Ann and Halle discuss one of their favorite things to read: retellings of classic literature. They'll end with what they're reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Eligible by Curtis SittenfeldPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Ann's picks:

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley- Beauty and the Beast

Jane by April Lindner- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë- Jane Austen books- William Shakespeare's complete works- Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

March by Geraldine Brooks- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott- Ralph Waldo Emerson books- Henry David Thoreau books- Little Women (film)- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction- Geraldine Brooks books

Halle's picks:

Longbourn by Jo Baker- Downton Abbey (TV)

When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James- Fairy Tales series by Eloisa James- House M.D. (TV)

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley- King Lear by William Shakespeare- National Book Critics Circle Award- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh- The Arabian Nights- Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare- The Taming of the Shrew  (film)

What We're Reading This Week:

Ann: By Gaslight by Steven Price- Episode 32 - Fall 2016 Book Preview- By Gaslight on Goodreads- Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton- East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Halle: El Deafo by Cece Bell- Episode 34 - Childhood Favorites- Newbery Medal- Wonder by R.J. Palacio- Episode 5 - Books That Make You Cry