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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is a 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl Strayed, describing her 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0.

Cheryl Strayed, a recently divorced woman, decides to start a new life by hiking along the 1,100 mile-long Pacific Crest Trail. She begins to discover herself as she goes along her trek.

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Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action thriller film based on the 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, which revolves around a spy who has to find a list of double agents who are being smuggled into the West on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.

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And the categories are:

Worst Film Adaptation
Best Film Adaptation
Best casting for protagonist
Best imagination brought to life
Worst aging of characters (too bad we haven't covered Mortal Engines yet)
Best addition to storyline

Who will take away the gold medal? 

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Once upon a time, Maddy and Bri were reading a book for the podcast, when a massive twister hit their town. When the storm cleared, Maddy and Bri found themselves in a strange colourful land, somewhere over the rainbow. Join Maddy and Bri and their new friend Christopher Scarecrow as they journey through the land of Oz to destroy the patriarchy and discuss questionable health saftey practices of the 1930s. 

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Briana and Maddy discover that they are secretly part of another world filled with demons, angles, and human/demon/angel crossbreeds. In spite of fighting with and killing actual demons, both Maddy and Briana struggle to accept the existence of the demons and their world. Follow the two of them as they discuss the over sexualisation of female protagonists in film and television, the representation of homosexuals in the supernatural world, and farting. Yes, farting.

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Matilda is a 1996 American family comedy fantasy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on Roald Dahl's 1988 novel of the same name, the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character with DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris in supporting roles. The film centers on a young genius girl named Matilda Wormwood, who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her disreputable family and Agatha Trunchbull, the ruthless, oppressive and tyrannical Principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School - Wiki.

In this episode of Chapter One: Take Two Briana and Maddy discuss how meaningful books like Matilda are. It is so important that children are talked to about, what can be seen as, 'adult' issues because without this education children are unable to express themselves and what they may be experiencing. As many of you will know, both the book and film are also very fun and entertaining. Check out this week's episode to hear more about our thoughts. 

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Briana and Maddy are isolated on the Yorkshire Moors when they discover a lost key. Little did they know that it would lead to a Secret Garden. Brought up selfish and overindulged, if you listen closely, you can hear them bickering. But, thanks to a magic chant spoken around a midnight fire to the beat of an ancient dance under the full moon they are able to resolve their differences and grow as people. 

This week we discuss Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 novel, The Secret Garden. We watched the 1993 film adaptation starring Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, and Andrew Knott. The 2020 film adaptation will be covered in Part 2. 

This is one of our favourite books we have read for the podcast so if you have not read it already, we strongly recommend you do. A spark of magic is always good for you. 

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Eragon (Ed Speleers), a poor farm boy, lives in Alagaesia, a kingdom ruled by Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a powerful but evil monarch. One day, Eragon discovers a beautiful stone that he soon realizes is a dragon's egg. When the creature hatches, Eragon sets forth on a path that could restore the glory of his homeland's legendary Dragon Riders and perhaps overthrow Galbatorix - Google.

To this day Eragon is the only film I have ever stopped watching after 20 minutes because it was so bad and frustrating. We covered it for this Fantasy season of the podcast and I will never watch the film again. It was released in 2006 which was the year after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released. I bring that up to emphasise that the industry was in the middle of loving fantasy films so it is confusing why this film was made so poorly, almost intentionally. Christopher Paolini created a beautiful world that we would have liked to explore more which is why we read the entire Inheritance Cycle. This series could have been the next global phenomenon but as a sequel has not be produced in the 14 years since the Eragon film was released, it is apparent that this is not the case. Have a listen to this fortnight's episode of Chapter One: Take Two to find out more. 

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The Chapter One Take Two team has some extra time on their hands these days. We have decided to spend some of this time working to entertain you and bring some laughs. Looking around our home we found many books that we have yet to read so set out to make a dent in our to-do list. Today's episode is The Time Machine, originally published in 1895 by H.G. Wells. We have covered both the 1960 and 2002 film adaptations and so have split the podcast episode into two parts, Part 2 is available here. 

Please take care of yourselves and everyone in your bubble. Remember to practice social distancing, wash your hands and get plenty of rest. It is okay to not accomplish amazing things everyday. 

Thank you to all our amazing essential workers, you deserve more recognition than you could ever get.  

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