Read VS Watch

Hello Oscars! Thank you for the spotlight on some great movies that were inspired by books. For this episode we will be talking specifically, Poor Things. The Oscar winning 2023 film starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef and Mark Ruffalo was adapted from the 1992 Alasdair Gray novel.  
Join us as we rushed to tell you how excited we are for this story, (that we did not even finish it before recording this episode) to ...

Ding Ding Ding, are you ready for Round 2? This is the 1994 first novel in the series of many by Janet Evanovich and the 2012 movie adaption starring Katherine Heigl, Debbie Reynolds, Jason O’Mara and John Luguizamo -just to name a few. DeeAnn and Scott try to solve the dilemma as to why there over thirty (30) books written in the successful book series but only one (1) movie made.  We think we found the solution.  Listen to Round ...

Another older but …gooder(???) story about a Jersey girl turned bounty hunter in this 1994 first novel in the series of many by Janet Evanovich.  Join us we discuss why the hugely successful series with protagonist Stephanie Plum and the subsequent move with Katherine Heigl, Debbie Reynolds, Jason O’Mara and John Lequizamo have such different outcomes.  Why is there over 30 books written in the successful book series but only one m...

Here we go again, we are going to keep this train wreck going by really plunging into the “nitty gritty” of VC Andrews’ first novel and most infamous 1979 story, Flowers in the Attic along with the 2014 screen version starring Heather Graham and Ellen Burstyn.  

As we said for Round 1, this is a super sensationalized story about family dysfunction.  If you do not want to hear about, child abuse, sexual assault, (and a lot ...

Oh boy, this is quite the episode. If you know nothing about VC Andrews and her first and most infamous 1979 story, Flowers in the Attic, this may not be the episode for you.  Scott and DeeAnn dive into all things book as well as the 2014 screen version starring Heather Graham and Ellen Burstyn.  

This is a very Over-theTop, sensationalized story about family dysfunction.  If you do not want to hear about, child abuse, sex...

Happy 2024! It's Round 2 Time of  the 2021 New York Times Best Selling Novel and 2023 Apple TV Series,  The Last Thing He Told Me. 

Scott and DeeAnn will talk all things about the Laura Dave story (including spoilers and ending) as well as the series starring Jennifer Gardner, Nikolai Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, and Aisha Taylor.  And yes, Scott watched a whole series. 
Tune in to see if he will ever do another ...

Wait what, isn’t this a week early?  Yes, our present to you.  We will be pretty busy next week so we thought why not, it’s done why not share the info of the 2021 New York Times Best Selling Novel and 2023 Apple TV Series,  The Last Thing He Told Me.  To keep with our non-holiday material theme, this is not going to be a Holiday RomCom or  Warm-Feel-Good story. We are doing a 180 with this mystery, drama, thriller.

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It’s Round 2, so that means we are “spoiling-the-hell” out of The Da Vinci Code , the 2003 book by Dan Brown along with the 2006 movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. 

Round 2 is all things story, characters, as well as the Glove Rating and whether it’s a recommend to read the book, watch the move, do both, do neither or just listen to this podcast and call it a day. 

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Ready for the Holidays? Well we are not and so we thought we would do something very different (there are only so many holiday themed book/films) and talk about a good old adventure, action, mystery-themed story.   We are visiting the 2003 book by Dan Brown along with the 2006 movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. 

It’s Round 1,  so we will be talking all things about the author, director, actors and some ba...

Ready for Round 2 of the Donald Ray Pollock’s The Devil All The Time? Well we are so join us for the 2011 novel and the 2020 film adaption with an ensemble cast to include: Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Riley Keough, Robert Pattinson and Harry Melling.
Remember this is the spoiler round so all things about the story are discussed with this Southern Gothic tale.

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So we are still experiencing some “tech issues” with the new editing software. If it continues, will stop this madness and go back to the “tried-and-true”.  

Anyways, we hope you enjoy Round 1 of the Donald Ray Pollock 2011 novel and the 2020 film adaption with an ensemble cast to include: Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Riley Keough, Robert Pattinson and Harry Melling, just to name a few.
We discuss background and tidbit...

It is that season, so we decided on a classic, THE classic 1897 novel, Dracula by Bram Stoker and the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, and Keanu Reeves. Join us in Round 1 where we talk background and interesting facts regarding Bram’s research as well as all things movie!


PSA - We are trying a new editing software and clearly our Sound Engineer hasn’t quite grasped i...

Did you read it, watch it, both, neither? We’re fine with whatever, as long as you are ready for all things story and spoilers with Round 2 of The Devil Wears Prada. (Ding Ding 🛎️)   We are talking about the 2003 Lauren Weisberger novel and 2006 movie starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci (among others). Again, we apologize in advance for any mispronunciations whilst we dive into the elite NY Fashion World.

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Hello there! Hope all had a wonderful summer! 

Scott and DeeAnn are happy to be back.  We are keeping the same format with two Rounds - R1 being background on book and movie and R2 being a deep dive (and spoilers) with comparisons, reviews, etc.  So join us for this first round on the New York Times  best selling 2003 book by Lauren Weisberger and the very popular 2006 movie with legend Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emil...

So get ready for some heavier subject matter. Scott and DeeAnn talk more about Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness as well as the movie Apocalypse Now, starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Laurence Fishburne, and Robert Duvall.

Discussion on the themes of both stories. Do they compare? Differ? What does “civilized” actually mean? Join us, we give a little history, you may learn something, we did!

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Yes, we know we missed a week.  But we had some “stuff” happen and time escaped us!  Also, did not help our motivation with this selection, the uplifting, motivational, inspiring….(clearly not), 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola movie Apocalypse Now.
  
We thought we had enough practice with prior episodes that we were ready to take on some heavier subject matter. Guess what w...