Bad On Paper5 Apr 2023

The Best & Worst Book to Screen Adaptations

Time for us to answer the age old question: Is the movie ever better than the book? Our current selves have a very different answer than we would have had 5 years ago.

We're talking about our favorite and least favorite book to screen adaptations, and the adaptations we are excited for, featuring calls from listeners with their thoughts!

Favorite Book-To-Screen Adaptations

Olivia: Gone Girl (Book by Gillian Flynn), 2019's Little Women (Book by Louisa May Alcott), Tuck Everlasting (Book by Natalie Babbitt), Room (Book by Emma Donaghue)

Becca: Game of Thrones (Books by George R R Martin), Where'd You Go Bernadette (Book by Maria Semple), Famous In Love (Book by Rebecca Serle), This Is Where I Leave You (Book by Jonathan Tropper)

We also wanted to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six (Book by Taylor Jenkins Reid), the adaptation that sparked this episode!

Most Anticipated Book-To-Screen Adaptations

Olivia: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Becca: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand

Obsessions

Olivia: Boll & Branch bedding and mattress topper

Becca: Shrinking on Apple TV+

What we read this week!

Olivia: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Becca: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead (out 5/9), A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson

This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman

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