Episode Details

Buckle up, book lovers — we’re going full Hollywood this week in an extended edition of Book Lounge! Joe kicks things off with the iconic Louis Sachar, who spills delightful behind-the-scenes tea about writing the Holes screenplay, hanging out on set, and the surreal experience of getting residual checks for his cameo.  

Then Danielle Valentine pops in to chat about Delicate Condition and its evolution into American Horror Story: Delicate.  

For the grand finale, Joe is joined by Jananie K. Velu and Meara for a joyfully nerdy celebration of book-to-screen adaptations. 

It’s big. It’s bookish. It’s cinematic. And it’s a blast. 

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Link to our full book list: 

Find all the books by our guests and mentioned in this episode here: https://www.libbylife.com/blog/page-to-screen-magic-authors-on-adaptations-book-lounge-by-libby-season-2-episode-9 

Guest host recommendations: 

Jananie 

• Howl’s Moving Castle - Dianna Wynne Jones 

• The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson 

• Frankenstein – Mary Shelley 

Meara 

• It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Ned Vizzini  

• Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 

• The Long Walk - Stephen King as Richard Bachman 

Joe 

• Mommie Dearest – Christina Crawford & With Love, Mommie Dearest - A. Ashley Hoff 

• Watch Mommie Dearest on Kanopy 

• Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer 

• Watch Into the Wild on Kanopy 

Follow the guests & guest hosts:  

Segment 1: 

• Louis Sachar - website 

• Danielle Valentine – website 

Segment 2:  

• Jananie K. Velu – Links 

• Meara - Links 

Time stamps: 

00:00:00 Title 

00:01:06 Intro 

00:02:47 Louis Sachar on HOLES 

00:42:47 Break! 

00:44:11 Danielle Valentine on DELICATE CONDITION & AHS: DELICATE 

01:33:15 Page to Screen Recs with Jananie K. Velu & Meara! 

02:28:17 Outro 

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