April 19, 2025 • 8 mins
Lisa and Ryley had a conversation over text that sparked a discussion for this Saturday! Upcoming book to movie adaptations and there are A LOT coming up, including two the pair is very excited for!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Well, welcome into Lisa's Book Club Bonus Chapter edition.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's a Saturday. I'm here with producer Riley.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Hey, guys, and we are. We actually have a really
fun topic for today's episode. Earlier this week, Riley texted
me She's like, oh my god, I have to read
this book so to frame it. Serena Williams, who's the
professional tennis player, amazing athlete she has signed on to
executive produce Carrie Soto is Back, which is the Taylor
(00:34):
Jenkins Read novel Okay now now. Taylor Jenkins Read also
wrote DC Jon and this says our favorite, which we've
talked about multiple times, right, you prolific writer. So I'm
so happy that Serena is attached to this, obviously, because
the book is about a tennis player who leaves the
(00:54):
tennis circuit and then goes back like six years later
and tries for one last run at the title.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yes, and I've read like half of this book and
I put it down like last summer or something, and
I never got back to it, even though I love
her writing, I just kept like getting distracted or whatever.
So this is the perfect reason to go back and
finish it. I'm so excited for this movie completely.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So our jumping off point is this. And then we
started looking up and doing research on our favorite books
and when they're going to be made into Netflix series
or movies. So we've got a really good list. Yes,
So the first one coming out May eighth is Judy
Blooms Forever. Now. We did book in a movie for
Lisa's Book Club with are you there God, It's me
(01:37):
Margaret when that came out, and I know that Judy
Bloom was super excited about that project and how it
was put together and she really liked the film. So
this is coming out May eighth, and we have a
clip of Judy actually talking about how they were able
to go back and look at some of her old
notes on the book and you know, doing research for
(02:01):
the movie.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Right now, I have a biographer and he sometimes, you know,
he'll send me an email and say, I'd like to
contact this person who wrote to you and somebody who
maybe is famous now, and I'm like, really, person wrote
to me as a child. I don't know if I
told you this the other day. I don't keep things.
I'm terrible. I throw everything out. And the fact that
(02:24):
I kept all the letters always I never let a
letter call must say something.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Is that that's the only thing she kept where the
letters from her fans.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, and she later said that she doesn't even keep
home movies or anything. She doesn't keep anything. So the
fact that she and some of these writers or some
of the people that wrote to her could be writers
now like inspired by her. Oh they're massive.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, they're fully formed adults now. And the fact that
that's what she chose to keep really speaks volumes about her.
So we got a road trip to Key West and
we got to show up at her bookstore, and we
have to totally fangirl, like, we have to manifest.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That because Charlemagne said that that's the best way to
get to her.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
He did, so we got to go, Yeah, let's do this.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We'll bring a microphone and just put her on the spot.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
We can stay with my uncle Judy.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah. Yeah, no, we're totally doing this because I have
to say, she is literally the only person I want
to meet.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I know, Like, I think I would love to see
you fangirl over.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I mean, I know, yours is Emily Henry.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah, she is your Emily Henry.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Totally speaking of Emily Henry, we have another book, two movie,
TV series project people we meet on vacation.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Did you read that book? I did.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That was her first, like big, big novel, and I
did read it. I'm very excited because the guy who's
playing the main character, the main guy character, Alex, is
Tom blythe from the Hunger Games prequel and he was great.
People loved him.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well, it's an all star cast because it also has
Sarah Catherine Cook who was just in the White Lotus
All Star.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, she played Piper oh okay.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And then Lucas Gage was in the second White Lotus, Yes,
second series, and Alan Ruck was in Succession, So it's
a that's a big Castah.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And the girl who's playing Poppy, the main character, was
in My Lady Jane, which was like kind of a
lot of people liked it, but it was more like
a niche TV show. She was really good on that.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And supposedly it's coming out this fall. I was searching
and searching for an actual date. It has not been
released yet, but they're just saying fall of twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Five and it's going straight to Netflix, right.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It is the next one. I'm a big Ruthwear fan
and I read this years Ago, The Woman, The Woman
in Cabin Ten. It's coming out this fall on Netflix,
and I can't wait for this one.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Do you know the story of it?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I do not, please tell me.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So Karen Knightley Kiera Knightley, I should say, plays the
lead and it's about She plays a journalist who goes
on like a cruise ship and she witnesses a passenger
going over board and when she wakes up the next morning,
she's walking around and everyone's like, what's wrong. She's like,
didn't anyone see this person go overboard? And they're like,
what are you talking about? So mystery, mystery, It's really
(05:12):
really good. So Karen night Louvia amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I was going to say, I love her, so anything
she does is kind of a class So.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, so that will be out this fall. No date again,
but I don't know. I thought that was kind of cool.
There's some really really interesting book two movie streaming projects
out there.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeah. Are you the kind of person that you can
watch a movie that's based off a book and then go, okay,
I need to read the book now.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Okay, absolutely sometimes because sometimes if I watch something first,
all I'm picturing in my head is like the movie
and that kind of ruins it for me. So I
try to read the book. If I want to read
the book first.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, I read, well it ends with us.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
That's a perfect example that I read the book first
and then I watched the movie.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Ye, and I'm glad that I did that and not
the other way around. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
One of my favorite things to do too. I'm so
annoying about this is like pick apart, what like if
I read the book first, something like, well, that didn't happen.
I'm like that annoying person. I know people hate that,
but I'll be like, they cut out this scene or
they didn't do that right.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Well, that happened with Ellen Hildebrand's The Perfect Couple. People
were upset because the director decided to go on a
slightly different tangent and not go as far into the
backstory of the bride to be her family, and that
was a big part of the book. And I remember
reading online there were like a lot of people being like,
(06:31):
that's the only part that I didn't really like about
the series. When I asked Ellan about it and she
was fine with it.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Interesting, Yeah, I do understand that you have to sometimes
cut things out for the sake of timing, so I
do get it, but I'll still be the annoying person
that's like, actually, that didn't happen in the book or whatever.
But I'm so excited for this list.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Yeah, this is a good list.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I looked up. I looked out literally just books to
movie adaptations that are coming out, and the list is
pretty big and some of them now I'm like, ooh,
I'm interested in this because the casts are stacked.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Well. Another Colleen Hoover book, Verity. Anne Hathaway is starring
in it, and I just saw on Instagram this past
week that they've wrapped.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
They're done film.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Really Yeah, And a lot of people say that that
is Colleen Hoover's best book, yes, which is interesting because
it's not really like the angle that she usually takes,
like it's like a mystery kind of like who done it?
Almost I think, don't take my word for that, actually,
but I know that it's not like what she usually
does is not romance. So people are excited for that.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Yeah, And I'm definitely reading that book that's on.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
My list, and Anne Hathaway is she's the best. Yeah,
I have that book if you want to borrow it. Yeah,
can you bring it in for Yeah, I haven't ready yet,
it's just sitting on my bookshelf. Oops.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Well, coming up though, we have Elfie that we are
reading because Gregory Maguire will be with us May twenty first,
so I'm in.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I'm into that book right now.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And then we have the Carolyne Kepnis event May seventh,
so I'm revisiting you in all of her books.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
You're reading so much.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, it's hard to keep track.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
But hey, let us know if you like, you have
a favorite book that you're looking forward to having it
being turned into a series or a movie or anything
maybe that we've missed.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Yeah, we want recommendations always for books and for movies
that are coming out. We don't want to miss out.
I hate fomo.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Yeah I do too, but just dm one of us
let us know.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
We'd love to talk about it. But again, we have
part for coming up May seventh.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
If you want to come, the link is on my
instagram and the link is also on ninety five point
seven's instagram in Hartford. Just register. We look forward to
seeing you. It's going to be a beautiful event. And
then the event that's sold out is the Gregory McGuire
event May twenty first at Shouston Made
Well, welcome into Lisa's Book Club Bonus Chapter edition.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's a Saturday. I'm here with producer Riley.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Hey, guys, and we are. We actually have a really
fun topic for today's episode. Earlier this week, Riley texted
me She's like, oh my god, I have to read
this book so to frame it. Serena Williams, who's the
professional tennis player, amazing athlete she has signed on to
executive produce Carrie Soto is Back, which is the Taylor
(00:34):
Jenkins Read novel Okay now now. Taylor Jenkins Read also
wrote DC Jon and this says our favorite, which we've
talked about multiple times, right, you prolific writer. So I'm
so happy that Serena is attached to this, obviously, because
the book is about a tennis player who leaves the
(00:54):
tennis circuit and then goes back like six years later
and tries for one last run at the title.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yes, and I've read like half of this book and
I put it down like last summer or something, and
I never got back to it, even though I love
her writing, I just kept like getting distracted or whatever.
So this is the perfect reason to go back and
finish it. I'm so excited for this movie completely.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So our jumping off point is this. And then we
started looking up and doing research on our favorite books
and when they're going to be made into Netflix series
or movies. So we've got a really good list. Yes,
So the first one coming out May eighth is Judy
Blooms Forever. Now. We did book in a movie for
Lisa's Book Club with are you there God, It's me
(01:37):
Margaret when that came out, and I know that Judy
Bloom was super excited about that project and how it
was put together and she really liked the film. So
this is coming out May eighth, and we have a
clip of Judy actually talking about how they were able
to go back and look at some of her old
notes on the book and you know, doing research for
(02:01):
the movie.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Right now, I have a biographer and he sometimes, you know,
he'll send me an email and say, I'd like to
contact this person who wrote to you and somebody who
maybe is famous now, and I'm like, really, person wrote
to me as a child. I don't know if I
told you this the other day. I don't keep things.
I'm terrible. I throw everything out. And the fact that
(02:24):
I kept all the letters always I never let a
letter call must say something.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Is that that's the only thing she kept where the
letters from her fans.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, and she later said that she doesn't even keep
home movies or anything. She doesn't keep anything. So the
fact that she and some of these writers or some
of the people that wrote to her could be writers
now like inspired by her. Oh they're massive.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, they're fully formed adults now. And the fact that
that's what she chose to keep really speaks volumes about her.
So we got a road trip to Key West and
we got to show up at her bookstore, and we
have to totally fangirl, like, we have to manifest.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That because Charlemagne said that that's the best way to
get to her.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
He did, so we got to go, Yeah, let's do this.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We'll bring a microphone and just put her on the spot.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
We can stay with my uncle Judy.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah. Yeah, no, we're totally doing this because I have
to say, she is literally the only person I want
to meet.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I know, Like, I think I would love to see
you fangirl over.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I mean, I know, yours is Emily Henry.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yeah, she is your Emily Henry.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Totally speaking of Emily Henry, we have another book, two movie,
TV series project people we meet on vacation.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Did you read that book? I did.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That was her first, like big, big novel, and I
did read it. I'm very excited because the guy who's
playing the main character, the main guy character, Alex, is
Tom blythe from the Hunger Games prequel and he was great.
People loved him.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well, it's an all star cast because it also has
Sarah Catherine Cook who was just in the White Lotus
All Star.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, she played Piper oh okay.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And then Lucas Gage was in the second White Lotus, Yes,
second series, and Alan Ruck was in Succession, So it's
a that's a big Castah.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
And the girl who's playing Poppy, the main character, was
in My Lady Jane, which was like kind of a
lot of people liked it, but it was more like
a niche TV show. She was really good on that.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And supposedly it's coming out this fall. I was searching
and searching for an actual date. It has not been
released yet, but they're just saying fall of twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Five and it's going straight to Netflix, right.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It is the next one. I'm a big Ruthwear fan
and I read this years Ago, The Woman, The Woman
in Cabin Ten. It's coming out this fall on Netflix,
and I can't wait for this one.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Do you know the story of it?
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I do not, please tell me.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So Karen Knightley Kiera Knightley, I should say, plays the
lead and it's about She plays a journalist who goes
on like a cruise ship and she witnesses a passenger
going over board and when she wakes up the next morning,
she's walking around and everyone's like, what's wrong. She's like,
didn't anyone see this person go overboard? And they're like,
what are you talking about? So mystery, mystery, It's really
(05:12):
really good. So Karen night Louvia amazing.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I was going to say, I love her, so anything
she does is kind of a class So.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, so that will be out this fall. No date again,
but I don't know. I thought that was kind of cool.
There's some really really interesting book two movie streaming projects
out there.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeah. Are you the kind of person that you can
watch a movie that's based off a book and then go, okay,
I need to read the book now.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Okay, absolutely sometimes because sometimes if I watch something first,
all I'm picturing in my head is like the movie
and that kind of ruins it for me. So I
try to read the book. If I want to read
the book first.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Well, I read, well it ends with us.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
That's a perfect example that I read the book first
and then I watched the movie.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Ye, and I'm glad that I did that and not
the other way around. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
One of my favorite things to do too. I'm so
annoying about this is like pick apart, what like if
I read the book first, something like, well, that didn't happen.
I'm like that annoying person. I know people hate that,
but I'll be like, they cut out this scene or
they didn't do that right.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Well, that happened with Ellen Hildebrand's The Perfect Couple. People
were upset because the director decided to go on a
slightly different tangent and not go as far into the
backstory of the bride to be her family, and that
was a big part of the book. And I remember
reading online there were like a lot of people being like,
(06:31):
that's the only part that I didn't really like about
the series. When I asked Ellan about it and she
was fine with it.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Interesting, Yeah, I do understand that you have to sometimes
cut things out for the sake of timing, so I
do get it, but I'll still be the annoying person
that's like, actually, that didn't happen in the book or whatever.
But I'm so excited for this list.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Yeah, this is a good list.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I looked up. I looked out literally just books to
movie adaptations that are coming out, and the list is
pretty big and some of them now I'm like, ooh,
I'm interested in this because the casts are stacked.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Well. Another Colleen Hoover book, Verity. Anne Hathaway is starring
in it, and I just saw on Instagram this past
week that they've wrapped.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
They're done film.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Really Yeah, And a lot of people say that that
is Colleen Hoover's best book, yes, which is interesting because
it's not really like the angle that she usually takes,
like it's like a mystery kind of like who done it?
Almost I think, don't take my word for that, actually,
but I know that it's not like what she usually
does is not romance. So people are excited for that.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Yeah, And I'm definitely reading that book that's on.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
My list, and Anne Hathaway is she's the best. Yeah,
I have that book if you want to borrow it. Yeah,
can you bring it in for Yeah, I haven't ready yet,
it's just sitting on my bookshelf. Oops.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Well, coming up though, we have Elfie that we are
reading because Gregory Maguire will be with us May twenty first,
so I'm in.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I'm into that book right now.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And then we have the Carolyne Kepnis event May seventh,
so I'm revisiting you in all of her books.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
You're reading so much.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, it's hard to keep track.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
But hey, let us know if you like, you have
a favorite book that you're looking forward to having it
being turned into a series or a movie or anything
maybe that we've missed.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Yeah, we want recommendations always for books and for movies
that are coming out. We don't want to miss out.
I hate fomo.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Yeah I do too, but just dm one of us
let us know.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
We'd love to talk about it. But again, we have
part for coming up May seventh.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
If you want to come, the link is on my
instagram and the link is also on ninety five point
seven's instagram in Hartford. Just register. We look forward to
seeing you. It's going to be a beautiful event. And
then the event that's sold out is the Gregory McGuire
event May twenty first at Shouston Made
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