HeyJaredBookish Ambitions
It takes ambition to write a novel. It takes ambition to adapt it. And honestly? It takes ambition to keep adding books to a TBR that already has a waitlist.
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Wait, That Was Fanfic?! The Love Hypothesis, Fifty Shades, Dramione & More (opens the original)
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The fanfic-to-book-to-adaptation pipeline is real, and we are here for it. In today's episode, we're chatting all things fanfiction and how it has inspired some major film and book deals. This seems incredibly relevant because The Love Hypothesis comes out THIS WEEK , and it started as a fanfic! What?!? From Fifty Shades of Grey to Alchemized and so much more in between, we're discussing this unique publishing pipeline. We have a lot of thoughts about these fanfics and the famous franchises they
Practical Magic, 90s Nostalgia & the Power of Witchy Women (opens the original)
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Practical Magic 2 is coming out, and do we wish we were the Owens Sisters? Yes, we do. The first movie brought us so much nostalgia and reminds us how much we love witchcraft in the 90's. Naturally, we had to read the book, and of course, we have thoughts. This week we are talking through our August Book Club Pick, Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, and the cult classic adaptation that captured all of our hearts and made us want to move into a Victorian home with our aunts and start casting spell
Seeking Persephone, Regency Romance & Crowdfunded Ambition (opens the original)
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What happens when you take a Regency romance, give it a tiny budget, a crowdfunding campaign, a set in Utah, and a whole lot of ambition? You get Seeking Persephone , and we're surprisingly into it. This week we're talking about Sarah M. Eden's Seeking Persephone and its screen adaptation, including the marriage-of-convenience romance, Beauty and the Beast vibes, our favorite characters, and why this might be one of the most faithful book-to-screen adaptations we've covered. We also get into the
The Seven Year Slip, Book Club & Practical Magic (opens the original)
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We decided to let you sit in on book club this week. 📖 We're talking all things The Seven-Year Slip by Ashley Poston , our July Patreon Book Club pick, including the time-travel structure that somehow converted Caroline from a time-hop skeptic, the characters we fell completely in love with, the relationships that made us want a Fiona and Drew of our own, and the very important role of lemon pie. We also get into grief, change, rediscovering who you are, food as a storytelling device, and why th
New Moon, Team Edward vs. Team Jacob & Toxic Romance (opens the original)
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Bella is the red flag. Edward is the red flag. Jacob is... also a red flag. Honestly? Everyone needs therapy. This week we're heading back to Forks to revisit New Moon by Stephenie Meyer and the 2009 film adaptation. With Robert Pattinson once again roasting Twilight during The Odyssey press tour, it felt like the perfect excuse to ask the question: did this story age terribly... or did we just grow up? We dive into Bella's impossible choices, Edward's controlling behavior, Jacob's boundary issu
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