In Episode 139, Gen and Jette continue their #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series with The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz. It’s our first whodunnit style mystery, and we had a great time. Show Notes While we’ve definitely seen this book floating around Instagram (hence why we picked it), we’ve also seen …
In Episode 49 Gen and Jette get out their magnifying glasses and trench coats for a genre breakdown trying to solve the mystery genre. We had lots of fun breaking this one down and looking at all the different sub-genres within mystery. (Including bumbling detective, amateur detective, caper/heist, comedy detective, …
In Episode 48 Gen and Jette talk about Mystic River. We read the novel by Dennis Lehane and watch the film adaptation by Clint Eastwood. Then we compare these two versions of the story. We chat about mood, atmosphere, and screen adaptations more generally. Prepare for spoilers and to have …
In Episode 18 Gen and Jette discuss Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, and its HBO limited series adaptation. This is one of those rare instances where the adaptation fully lives up to the source material. Flynn deftly peels back the layers of violence that affect her characters, while Jean-Marc Vallée …
