What makes a Good Adaptation: Don’t Mention The Film
04/03/22 • 58 min
In this episode we’re discussing what makes a good adaptation! We discuss adaptations of books we have read before such as Pride and Prejudice, to books we haven’t read on the podcast such as The Lord of The Rings! Join us as we wander through the forest of adaptations, what we like, what we don’t like, and picking out those we think our cat would read.
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In this episode we’re discussing what makes a good adaptation! We discuss adaptations of books we have read before such as Pride and Prejudice, to books we haven’t read on the podcast such as The Lord of The Rings! Join us as we wander through the forest of adaptations, what we like, what we don’t like, and picking out those we think our cat would read.
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Recommend us a Book!
If there’s a book you want to recommend to us to read, just send us a message/email and we’ll pop it on our long list (but please read our review policy on our website first for the books we accept).
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Teaching My Cat To Read: The “very serious” Book Review Podcast - What makes a Good Adaptation: Don’t Mention The Film
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Eli
Hello and welcome to teaching my cat to read the very serious Book Review podcast I'm Eli. I'm M.
Lotti
And I'm Lottie. And this week we're discussing everything about what makes a good adaptation.
M
Second thing is I genuinely can't start the podcast until like you've done that my brain is like there needs to be a beat.
Lotti
Jingle Jingle Jingle.
Ha ha ha.
M
And using Jingle Jingle?
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