Read This:
Time for me to Come Home by Dorothy Shackleford and Travis Thrasher
Watch This:
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...
Read This:
Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
Watch This:
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...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3blux97mOEEKNUkbYsgsmg
Read this:
Watch this:
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, available for rental on Prime Video
Why We Made This Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I remember reading the book in grade school and hating it.
Claire: I read the book maybe 20-25ish years ago....
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4M3sNLilReZ4KdOgyBkMsR
Read this:
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Watch this:
One True Loves major motion picture available for rental or purchase
Why We Made This Selection and Background Knowledge
Claire: none other than knowing it was popular in the #bookstagram community.
Julie: Almost nothing, just that it...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/67V7WQHSVVVQ506o1X775g
In this episode of But The Book Was Better, Claire and Julie each share five upcoming screen adaptations they can't wait to see!
What 2024 screen adaptations are you looking forward to? What book do you wish would be made...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/19oQtD2P4vgCUwVEakMePP
Read this: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Watch this: The Glass Castle, a major motion picture
Background Knowledge
Claire: Nothing. I heard of it, probably the movie, but couldn't tell you what it was about. Didn't even know it was a memoir until I...
Read this: Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Watch this: Breakfast At Tiffany's movie
Why We Made This Selection and Background Knowledge
Claire: Obviously known about the movie for years, but didn’t know it was a book until I came across it in a thrift...
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Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
Watch This:
Pieces of Her limited series on Netflix
Why We Made this Selection and Background Knowledge
Claire: No actual background info. I just saw it at Costco, saw the Netflix sticker, read the back, and thought...
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Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering
Watch This:
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...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZOm57hbkUOYhaVTFwPHLh
Read this: The Shining by Stephen King
Watch this: The Shining, movie available on Prime Video
Why We Made This Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: General Stephen King knowledge. My kids actually knew a lot about what to expect from a Simpson’s Treehouse of Horrors...
Read This:
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Watch This:
Where the Crawdads Sing (currently only in theatres)
Listen to This:
Tell Me More: The Dark Side of Delia Owens (author of Where the Crawdads Sing) featuring Kayse Gale
Why We Made this Selection...
Read: You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah by Fiona Rosenbloom
Watch: You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah movie on Netflix
Why We Made This Selection and Background Knowledge
Julie: I just saw some buzz around it being...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hQZZjIC4w3sNvZiWpNjXk
Read this: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
Watch this: The Princess Bride, a major motion picture from 1987
Background Knowledge
Claire: I saw the movie a few times growing up, but haven't watched it...
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Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
Watch This:
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...