Chapter One, Scene One

Jane Austen gave us two sisters with very different ideas about love. Somehow, all three of us ended up at a wedding. In this episode of I’d Watch That, we’re pairing movies with Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen’s 1811 novel about Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor can get through an entire visit without letting on that her heart is breaking. Marianne would like to know what the point of being...

What Would Greg Kinnear Read? What do art thieves, fly-fishing, cryptocurrency, surveillance technology, a library fire, and getting swallowed by a whale have in common? Apparently, Greg Kinnear's imaginary TBR.In this episode of What Would _____ Read?, Michelle and Laura are building a book bag for Greg Kinnear—and this time, the research sent us down some very specific rabbit holes. Greg has tal...

Sometimes the best part of finishing a book is figuring out what to watch next. In this episode of I’d Watch That, we're starting with Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady, a rom-com featuring rival bookstore managers, very different reading tastes, and the complications of finding someone much easier to like online than in person. But instead of simply talking about the book, we're asking a diff...

What Would Parker Posey Read? Same research. Same actress. Very different vibes. In our first What Would _____ Read? episode, Michelle and Laura are putting Parker Posey's imaginary TBR to the test. We dug into books Parker has actually talked about reading, the writers and ideas she's drawn to, her own wonderfully unconventional memoir, and a career filled with smart, eccentric, ambitious, compli...

Sometimes the best part of finishing a movie is figuring out what to read next. In this episode of I’d Read That, we're starting with You've Got Mail—the 1998 rom-com that gave us bookstores, AOL, enemies-to-lovers, anonymous correspondence, and the eternal battle between the charming little indie shop and the giant corporate bookstore. But instead of simply talking about the movie, we're asking a...

We're taking a vacation! Hey everyone! Just popping into your feed for a very quick Chapter One, Scene One update. We are officially putting ourselves on summer vacation. Which sounds much more glamorous than saying, “We need a few weeks where nobody has to read a book by Tuesday.”So there will be no new episodes during September — BUT we are not going anywhere. In fact, we're using this little br...

After a devastating loss, Hollis Shaw decides what she needs is a weekend on Nantucket surrounded by her closest friends. Sounds lovely, right? There’s just one small catch: she invites one best friend from each era of her life. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? This week, we’re diving into Elin Hilderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend—a story filled with friendship, grief, old grudges, complicated history...

Apparently, “beach read” is a genre. Except… it isn’t. So what actually makes a beach read a beach read? Does genre matter? Does it need romance, or can there be a murder or two? Does the story actually have to take place at the beach? And if you read a decidedly un-beachy book while sitting under an umbrella with a frozen drink, does that count? In this mini episode, we’re attempting to define th...

A dead body. A Nantucket wedding. One unbelievably wealthy family with enough secrets to fill an entire beach house. But here's the question - The Perfect Couple is marketed as a mystery... so why does it sometimes feel more like two hundred pages of rich family drama? This week we're breaking down Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling novel and the Netflix adaptation starring Nicole Kidman. We'll debate...

This week we're continuing The Genre Series with Classics. What is a classic? Who defines when a book becomes a classic? Do we need a checklist? This week we discuss what we think defines whether a book falls into the Classic category. We also discuss old classics vs modern classics. Join is for the discussion! From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is w...

Let's be honest. If someone asked you to name all five Bennet sisters, would you remember Mary before Googling it? This week we're giving the forgotten Bennet sister her chance to shine as we dive into The Other Bennet Sister. We're talking books, adaptations, favorite moments, and whether this overlooked character deserved to become the heroine all along. From the page to the screen and every plo...

This week we're continuing The Genre Series with literary fiction. Everyone seems to have an opinion about it, but ask ten readers to define it and you'll probably get ten different answers. This week we're exploring what literary fiction is, what it isn't, what readers expect from it, and why adapting these introspective, character-driven stories for film and television isn't always as straightfo...

This week on Chapter One, Scene One, we're diving into one of the most talked-about adaptations of the year—Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe and its Apple TV+ series adaptation. What sounds like a story about OnlyFans quickly reveals itself to be something much bigger: a young single mother trying to survive, complicated family dynamics, impossible expectations, and the price of turning y...

This week we're continuing The Genre Series with one of our favorite rabbit holes: domestic thrillers. Ever since Gone Girl, readers have been obsessed with stories full of secrets, lies, betrayals, and endings that make you question everything. But has the genre become predictable, or are we still happily turning pages to watch it all unravel? From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in b...

This week we're discussing Three Bags Full and its adaptation, The Sheep Detectives. A dead shepherd. A flock of observant sheep. An Irish countryside full of secrets. On paper, it sounds like the book and movie should be telling the same story. In reality, they seem to have wandered into entirely different fields. One focuses on sheep philosophy and existential questions, while the other embraces...

This week we are starting a new mini-episode series - The Genre Series. We're kicking it off with a general discussion on genres and how convoluted it can get. Am I reader a thriller? What kind of thriller? Oh wait, there is romance too! But is it also Book Club fiction (Laura says that is not a thing)? Or Contemporary fiction? You see what we mean? Take a listen and let us know what you think! Fr...

This week we're discussing the bestselling novel Remarkably Bright Creatures and its Netflix adaptation starring Sally Field. From a grieving widow and a missing son to an unexpectedly insightful octopus, we're diving into one of the most beloved books of the past few years. Did the adaptation capture the heart, humor, and emotional connections that made readers fall in love with the story? Or did...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss our last mini episode in our Reader Habits series: Book Recommendations. Where do you get them from, who do you trust, and what happen...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the The Devil Wears Prada - the original book and movie from 2003/2006 BUT also the 2026 movie Devil Wears Prada 2! That's all...SPOIL...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back for our last mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we talk about spoilers. Some of us are team spoil...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the The Better Sister, the 2019 book by Alafair Burke and the adapation, a limited series on Amazone Prime. (Crossing our fingers for...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back for another mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we dive into whether a series gets tossed if it st...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the Alice Feeney book His & Hers and its Netflix adaptation. A lot of twists and a lot of lies = an interesting thriller with seve...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back for another mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we dive into the topic of reading multiple books a...

From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and in this week's episode we discuss the Andy Weir book Project Hail Mary and it's recent movie adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and well, Ryan Gosling. There...