Long Distance Lit

It's been a long unplanned hiatus, but Long Distance Lit is back!

In this episode, Katie and Sarah reveal their favorite existing book-to-movie adaptations. We also learn from Sarah's picks that she loves animated films, and from Katie's picks that her taste follows no discernible pattern and can be predicted by no living mortal.

This discussion is specific to adaptations where we've read the book as well as seen the movie/tv show.

Grab some popcorn! In this episode, Katie and Sarah are discussing book-to-movie adaptations coming out in 2018 and 2019. Because of the gap in between recording and publishing of episodes, several of these movies have already come and gone from movie theaters, but those are already out on DVD.

Next episode, we'll be discussing our favorite book-to-movie adaptations.

This month, Katie and Sarah are discussing Sarah's favorite book by her favorite author, I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak. Spoilers for the novel are from 7:19 to 26:06.

Note: This book includes a scene where the main character witnesses a sexual assault. The scene is not graphic or gratuitous, and we mention it in passing in the podcast because it is relevant to the plot, but if you may be triggered by this, you might want to skip this episode.

Another hiatus, but Long Distance Lit is back!

This month, Katie and Sarah are discussing The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher, a novella retelling of the The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. They also talk about the original Snow Queen fairytale as well as the novella's parallels to a certain Disney film (though not the one you'd expect).

Spoilers for the novella are from 7:35 to 26:51. Next time we'll be discussing I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak.

It's been an long and unexpected hiatus, but Long Distance Lit is back!

This month, Katie talks about her love (and shame) of the series The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids by Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey, along with her fondness for emo teens, her distaste for jerk redheaded third graders, and inarguably the best Halloween costume ever. These books are pretty formulaic, so feel free to listen along whether or not you've read the books.

Throwback Thursday has come early! This episode of Long Distance Lit is the first in a two-part special, where Sarah and I each discuss the childhood book series that made us lifelong bookworms.

This month, Sarah will be sharing her thoughts on the series Diadem by John Peel, as well as sarcastic characters, cover art changes, and unicorns. There won't be any discussion of major spoilers, so feel free to listen along whether or not you've read the books.

It's our first official book review! This month, Katie and Sarah discuss the book Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (and the South Korean film Old Boy for a hot minute despite it having absolutely no similarities to the plot of this book). Mild spoilers for the book start at 7:00 and go through the end of the episode, and major spoilers for the film Old Boy are from 9:52 to 12:37.

In this episode of Long Distance Lit, we introduce ourselves and talk about our favorite genres, authors and books.

Books discussed:

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Thud! by Terry Pratchett

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

Authors discussed:

Markus Zusak

Sarah J. Maas

Miyuki Miyabi

Ursula Vernon / T. Kingfisher

Sarah Rees Brennan

Rick Riordan

It’s hard making friends when you’re an antisocial bookworm. So when you find kindred spirits (with similar reading taste), you don’t let distance get in the way. Welcome to Long Distance Lit, a monthly podcast where two friends talk about books via the internet.