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Harry & Meghan on Netflix
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: Big royal follower, but mainly for the tea. I definitely got my interest from my mom. I wrote my 8th-grade research paper about Princess Diana’s...
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Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering
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Tell Me Lies on Hulu
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I was seeing a lot of friends and accounts I follow posting about it. They released 3 episodes and then only...
This is a really cool time to be a mom and an avid reader. Millennials, my generation, born between 1980-1995, are starting to have kids of their own. And we are not accepting the tired tropes of Mommy Culture....
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Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
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Die Hard on Prime Video
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: My husband does not ever stop talking about Die Hard the movie. It’s in his top 3 movies of all time. I...
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Time for me to Come Home by Dorothy Shackleford and Travis Thrasher
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Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas on Hallmark
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: Nothing at all before we started researching Christmas-themed books/movies to...
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Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
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Blonde on Netflix
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: Heard about the standing ovation at the Venice film festival and it intrigued me.
Claire: All the headlines of the 14-minute standing ovation.
Before you say which...
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Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain
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Mr. Malcom’s List on Prime Video
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: Seemed like both the book and the movie might have a Bridgerton vibe, so I was curious.
Claire: No knowledge other than...
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Normal People by Sally Rooney
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Normal People on Hulu
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I actually watched the show about two years ago and have always been curious about the book.
Claire: I just went along with Julie’s suggestion...
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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Gone Girl movie on Prime Video
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I actually read the book just before the movie came out and watched the movie when it was available for rental. That...
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Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
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Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I literally cannot remember how we picked this?!? But I do love British crime dramas.
Claire: Like most of our previous...
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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
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The Summer I Turned Pretty on Prime Video
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Claire: I’ve heard of the book and knew it had been popular in the YA crowd for...
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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Where the Crawdads Sing (currently only in theatres)
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Tell Me More: The Dark Side of Delia Owens (author of Where the Crawdads Sing) featuring Kayse Gale
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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The Godfather on Paramount+
The Offer on Paramount+
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie and her family has watched and quoted this movie for years. She first read the book in high school...
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Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
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Deep Water on Hulu
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I knew about this book because I follow all celebrity gossip and I knew it was the movie Ana de Armas and...