The Book Watchers Club

ANOTHER TEEN DYSTOPIA  This time Chelsea dives into a book she has never read before. Cities on wheels eating each other? What could possibly happen here! The book is filled with whimsical words, fantastic world building and...a lot of death. In this violent and apocalyptic society, how can two children stop nuclear war? Listen and find out  Just a heads-up - if any similarities exist between our...

Today we bring you even more Austen with the classic, Emma. Emma is a bored socialite who has sworn off marriage and in turn uses her time and intellect to marry off her friends. Mr. Knightley is her biggest hater and is the only person in her life to ever admit Emma has some faults. We may also discuss some of those faults here today!! Join us as we discuss the 2020 film adaptation and try not ge...

You've got to go and dig those holesssssssss If you are 90s babies like us you may remember picking up Holes by Louis Sachar at the Scholastic Book Fair. If you are anything at all like Chelsea, you still own the original hardcover from said Book Fair. You may also remember a cutie little show called Even Stevens with an up and coming actor named Shia LaBeouf. Despite being nothing like the p...

They say "What Makes You Different, Makes You Dangerous". Well we say PISH POSH to that and invite you to embrace your differences in yet another post-apocalyptic series. Chelsea just CANNOT get enough.  Divergent is the story of a small but mighty girl who will somehow be the catalyst to save the world. Today we invite you to take a leap of faith with us as we discuss where the movie di...

Last night we dreamt we went to Manderly again. When we woke up we realized that we had to bring you today’s episode!  Rebecca, given the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century, is a gothic thriller from 1938. The first film adaptation (1940) won the Oscar but today we discuss the 2020 film on Netflix. While the movie was originally a DNF for Ariel, she wants to give it another chance. Chelse...

Can you believe this book is for kids??? May the odds be ever in our favor today when Chelsea breaks down her absolute FAVORITE dystopian novel & film.  Did we finally find the elusive Best Adaptation Ever or our Bae? Keep Reading. Keep Watching. Homework: Rebecca Podcast: The Book Watchers Club Insta: The Book Watchers Club Just a heads-up - if any similarities exist between our podcast and o...

Today we very nervously take on an anime classic and discuss the book and it's very different film adaptation.  Ariel reads Howl's Moving Castle a couple times a year and in out fifth episode she blows Chelsea's mind when she reveals just how different the book and movie are. Is it a tale of a warn torn country or a whimsical love story? You're about to find out. Keep Reading....

Chelsea wasn't quite ready to say goodby to teenage dystopia - Today we bring you Uglies . In 2005 Scott Westerfeld gave us a near perfect series and it took the film industry a whopping TWENTY YEARS to do anything about it.  Join us as we delve into a different terrible version of the USA and discuss where the movie succeeds and where it falls a little flat (spoiler alert its Chase Stokes fo...

The Book Watchers Club is a podcast where we watch books. By that we mean we dive into the differences between novels and their screen adaptaions. In episode three we bring you The Giver. A dystopian tale about a utopian society where one member becomes The Keeper of memories and the one giving those memories is The Giver. Ariel will lead us down the journey of comparing the 1993 novel to the 2014...

The Book Watchers Club is a podcast where we watch books. By that we mean we dive into the differences between novels and their screen adaptations. Episode two covers a different classic, Twilight. The book that changed Chelsea's life, and the movie that ruined Chelsea's life. She will tell Ariel EVERYTHING but they might mostly focus on Emmett. This is the Podcast of a nerd, Bella.  Kee...

The Book Watchers Club is a podcast where two besties watch books. By that we mean we dive into the differences between novels and their screen adaptations. In our FIRST EVER EPISODE we had to cover a classic: Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice. While there have been an abundance of adaptations, none stand quite as tall as the 1995 mini-series or the 2005 film.  Because Ariel has rea...