Bookwild - Movie and TV Show Book Companions

Episode Date: February 16, 2024

This week, we share books that match the vibes of movies and TV shows.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchIf you liked the TV show Mr. and Mrs. Smith, you might like First Lie WinsIf you liked the movie Gone Girl, you might like Finding TessaIf you liked the movie American Fiction, you might like The Other Black GirlIf you liked the movie Luckiest Girl Alive, you might like Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is DeadIf you liked the TV show Bad Sisters, you might like An Inconvenient WomanIf you liked the movie Cruel Intentions, you might like Infamous Park Avenue PrinceIf you liked the TV show Jessica Jones, you might like Death of a Dancing QueenIf you liked the movie American Psycho, you might like Kill for Love  Get Bookwild MerchCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackCheck Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and GregFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrian 

Guys, welcome to the Killing the Tea podcast. This is Gare and Kate. And we are going to be discussing all things, chills, thrills, and kills. Kate and I are going to be talking about our favorite books, TV shows and movies that are in the thriller or crime fiction genre, as well as some reading habits and other items related to how we met on Bookstagram that will fit in with this podcast. So, Thank you so much for joining us, and we hope that you have fun and get totally terrified. What a week. What a week. We are back with an amazing idea from Kate the Great, Techie Becky. Yeah. I can't remember who I saw talking about companion pieces, but then I couldn't stop saying the word companion when I explained the idea to Gare. but someone was talking about like if uh words movie and book companions that go well together maybe they're not like exactly the same but they're like companion pieces i love it i was like we need to do this i love it i love it you know it's like the funny thing is too is that like i did something a while ago on instagram that was like and asked me anything but i was like hey like tell me what you want to

see on my bookstagram account and like somebody was like i want to see like i want to see like Like if you like this and read that kind of thing. And I was like so lost for ideas. And then like you said this and I was like, I literally like make fan posters. I cast books. And I'm just like, why did I not think of doing something like if you like this movie, read this book? Yes.

So I think it's perfect. I think it's so much fun. But I do have an icebreaker for you. I'm excited. So if you could pick your favorite authors. Right. Would you, do you prefer to read like a series or a standalone? Because like you sometimes will read a book and be like, oh my God, that was so good. Like I wish there was more. Or you're like, oh my God, that's so good. I want to read more by this person. And then like, I know you binge. Like we just talked about like the hunger games. Right. Yes. So I was like thinking about that because I'm always that person that's like, I want to. to like because we're such close friends. I'm like, if somebody asked me like, what's her comfort food? Like what's her favorite color? Like I could like rapid say all of these things. But like books being the

thing that brought us together. I'm like, oh my God. I don't know if you're a standalone girlie or a series girly. Yeah. So I feel like it changed or okay, here's the actual way. I would say it. because I like have more to read now in general and like more than I'm interested in reading sometimes it's harder for me to convince myself to start a series because I know I'm just going to want to read it all at once so like sometimes it does have to do with like if I have arcs that I need to read then like if I have enough like coming up that I need you or want to read, I'm not going to start like a four book series when I know that those are on my horizon. But then it's like the series that I have read, like the Nina Knight series is like,

Yasmin Ongo is like the only author I've talked to three times on between the lines. But I love that series so much. So like at the same time, if I, there are series that I love. So like sometimes it's worth it. And then other times it's just hard to start it if there's other stuff happening. That makes sense. I kind of feel the same way. Like I have like said this since January and I'm like really trying to stick to it.

But like I'm trying to like take not like a full step back, but like just trying to be more like conscience of what I'm like choosing to work with publishers on and like what I'm reading. Because I feel like I got into a point where I was like, well, that sounds good if I'm in that kind of mood or like this sounds. good if I'm like, you know, if I want to try something different. And then I found that I was like, DNFing a lot or just being like, I don't know if I want to read this. Yep. So because I'm like trying to take a step away from that, like I am trying to read more series because I've had like really good experiences with them, especially in MM romance. That's so cool that there are. I mean, I don't know if it's cooler if I'm just surprised, but like the romances even have series.

there's like I mean there's a series by Ella Frank and it's called it's like try trust Tate I think it's called the not the confession series it's called like the temptation series maybe but it's six books and it's all one couple oh wow and I was like six books one couple like I don't know

and it was just so good it's so good I couldn't put it down like I binge the whole series And then there's, like, others that are like, the characters are all connected, but like it focuses on two different characters with each book. And I'm like, these really work for me too, because they're kind of like standalones. So like if I revisit the series at like a later time, then like I can kind of pick up where left off. But yeah, those that are like, yeah, that that's always nice when they're standalone in a series essentially. Yeah, yeah. Because you can pick it up whenever.

So I do tend to be like a standalone kind of guy. Yeah. But I do get really happy and excited over a series. Yeah. I think the other thing is typically like if the first book in the series comes out and I read it, because it was a standalone, I'm still going to then like read it the next, like when the next one comes out, you know? Right.

I was thinking of like Blood Sisters. Like I didn't know that was going to be a series, but like I'm going to read the next one for sure. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sometimes I just don't like to wait. Oh, my gosh. That's terrible. I was thinking about that with 9th House or whatever the series is actually called.

Yeah. Like I don't know when the next one's coming out. I don't know that it's even coming out next year. That is so far away. I'm not going to remember anything. I get like nervous being like a mood reader because like when I finish that book, I'm like, I need the next one. I need the next one now.

And then like sometimes like the next one comes out and like my copy arrives and I'm all excited. But I'm like I'm not in the mood for this. Yes. Fuck. Yeah. that's why I think it is good like you said to like sometimes how you just want to like binge like wait until they're all

out and then just like binge all of them but yeah when you're when you're like a paperback pusher like me and you're like I want to I need to have all of them in my hand yes the collection

the collector in you oh my god I know getting out of control well I don't know if any of everyone just for me say fuck but there's a dog parking fucking dog oh and I thought it was about to get really loud in here

it doesn't sound it I can't hear it yeah yeah I think we're good they didn't hear it good doggies right yeah so companion pieces yeah do you want to kick it off

I don't care you don't care I can go first I'll go for it I'm going to die laughing if we have any in common though. Oh my gosh. I know me too. I wonder if we will. I kind of think we will actually now that I'm looking at mine. So the first one that I thought of is kind of because I'm watching this TV show right now, but we're watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Amazon Prime for anyone who's interested. And it's like it is like a modern retelling quote unquote of the movie,

but not necessarily. It's really not the same plot. at all. It's just like the idea of two spies having to like pretend to be married together. But it's really good as an action comedy is my little mini review. If you like action with like dry comedy in it, very fun. But I think if you like that, you would also like first lie wins by Ashley Elston. Very similar vibes, even though it's like not the same story. But the This one is about Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and a location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith. Oh, my gosh.

I forgot that Mr. Smith was in this. Oh, I love coincidences like that. Oh, my God. I was like, wow, you went all out with your connections. Yes, I did, like, without even knowing it. So after she gets her name and location from Mr. Smith, She learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark, Ryan Sumner.

The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn't privy to Mr. Smith's real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin and she's starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can't make any mistakes, especially after what happened last time. Because the one thing she's worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to her real identity, just walked right into this town. Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there's still a future in front of her.

The stakes couldn't be higher, but then Evie has always liked a challenge. I loved it. I am a sucker for con stories, though. Yeah. So also if you like con stories, but it has a very similar vibe as Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I can see that too.

I can see that too. Because the thing that I liked about that book because it did have some, like, really wild twists throughout kind of like Mr. or Mrs. Smith movie, at least, you know, but... Yep. Now I really need to watch that show. I think... I don't know.

We've never talked about spy shows. I love the movie Mr. or Mrs. Smith. And you'll love Donald Glover. So... Got two good things going for you there. I just love him. I know. I just love him so much.

He's like the one celebrity that I can like guarantee is never going to get canceled or like have anything. Yeah, I don't think so. Like I just, he's so perfect. I know. But, um, well, my first one is like a piggyback off from last week's episode because it's one of my favorite reading experiences. Oh my gosh. So if you watched or listened to last week's episode and we're like, oh my God, reminiscent about Gone Girl. We're like, why can I find something like that?

I introduced to you finding Tessa by Jamie Lynn Hendricks. Ooh, yes. And if you like that whole story of like having the wife and the husband have different perspectives in it and like the whole like missing wife thing and like what's going on here and you like twist and turns and fast pace and you just want to binge something really good, then I recommend finding Tessa. it's about Jace and Tessa, who appear to be a young couple in love with nothing to hide, but looks can be deceiving. When Jace Montgomery comes home late from entertaining clients,

he discovers that his wife Tessa is missing. There's broken glass at the back door, clumps of her hair, blood. Pretty much the same scene, actually, now that I'm thinking of it from Gone Girl. Yeah, it really is. And the cops in their small New Jersey town have been pegged as a suspect, especially after he explodes at a reporter during your press conference. Jace maintains his innocence despite the mounting evidence against him,

but when a co-worker he's accused of having an affair with also disappears and a search warrant finds an illegal gun in his home, all signs point to him as the culprit. But what is he really hiding? Meanwhile, Tessa finally feels safe, having set up her husband to take the fall for her disappearance, and someone close to him is helping her put him away. Breaking her lifelong pattern of bad men is only one hurdle she used to overcome. Story my life.

The other outrunning her secret past while trying to stay alive, especially when those in her new life aren't who they appear to be. Jace's lives don't add up and the authorities are closing in. Will Tessa's old life catch up to her and finally drag her back to a life of abuse before justice is served? Such a good story. Yeah, that's a great. That was a great one. Such a good book. I love that book so much.

I love her stories. they're so like, I feel like like sometimes like you pick up like a 300 page book and you're like, oh my god, it's only 300 pages. Like I'll be done this in like no time. Yeah. And you're like, it's like 300 pages, but it like drags on. And like with her, I'm like, how did I just read a 300 page book that felt like I read like 30 pages? Like it just flies by and like you can't put them down. Yeah.

She was that like little cliffhanger thing in her chapters. And lots of chapters. Yeah. Like she's like, you're not stopping. And now, sunshine. I know. And I'm like, you're fucking right, Jamie. She's the best.

She really is the best at that. Yeah, I love her. I agree. She's also a really, really amazing human. So. Yes. I love her. Totally.

I'm excited for her one this year. I know. I think it comes out in August or July, so I probably won't read it for a bit, but I do have it. I have it. I think it's summary. Yeah. I think it's,

Yeah, I think it is summery. Mm-hmm. Stay tuned. Stay tuned. I was hoping I could maybe segue away off of summer, but I really don't even think I can. So in keeping in movies and TV shows that I've watched recently, we saw American fiction here recently. So good. Like it was so much better than I even thought it would be.

but it's basically just to give a very short summary of it about an author, a black author who's very principled about everything he's done. So he hasn't sold a ton of books. But like he's in this really unique genre and really thinks of himself as an artist and has lots of principles about like not being a sellout. But then, when like a family member's health takes a turn and he kind of like needs to make money, he is faced with kind of writing stereotypes and basically writing stereotypical literature and then starts

to find success in something that he thought was a joke. Wow. Like he was like trying to make fun of like racist stereotypes. in like when people write black fiction, but it starts taking off. So then he has to like decide like, am I going to roll with this so that I can help my family member basically? And it's very funny. It is so funny, but like also very emotional.

But it also focuses a lot on the publishing industry. And so it was reminding me of the other black girl, which I realized was interesting because this, the other black girl is a book. and a TV show. So I guess I'm recommending a book and a TV show for a movie, but I will say the book version reminded me of American

fiction more. So, and it's by Zekea Delilah Delilah Harris. 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only black employee at Wagner books. Fed up with the isolation

and microaggressions. She's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to office darling, and Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk, leave Wagner now. It's hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages, but as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there's a lot more stake than just her career. So this one's more of a thriller than American fiction, but it

brought up so many of the same like conversations around publishing. So they're very similar. Great. That's great. I need to check out that show. Yeah. The show takes a little bit of a different direction that I liked. And I think they did it to open up the possibility of season two actually, which is. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. That's cool. I know because there's so many things that I want to watch and I just keep rewatching so many things that I love and I'm just like, oh, like, it's a comfort thing, which is oddly funny because I'm just realizing this now, but like your movie and TV shows are you're like, these are things that we recently watch or like I have recently seen. And mine are all like comfort watches that I've like seen multiple times. So nice. they may not be comfortable movies to watch but I've seen them more than once.

Yeah. But yeah. So to no one's surprise, my next one is for anyone who loved the movie Luckyest Girl Alive. Nice. And the book is

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is dead. So you have a young, successful woman who is kind of running from her past similar to Luckyest Girl Alive. and there's just like something that had happened in her past that she just doesn't want to talk about. But basically, everyone who can forgive me is dead is the book by Jenny Hollander.

And it says that, you know, what if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out to not be true? Nine years ago, the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a witness to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate. school on Christmas Eve, events known to the public as Scarlet Christmas. Though Charlie knows she was much more than just a witness. Now Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life. She's the editor-in-chief of a major magazine, engaged to the golden child of the publishing industry, and hell been on never ever letting her guard down again.

When a buzzy film made by one of her former classmates threatens to shatter everything she's worked for, Charlie realizes how much she's changed in nine years. Now she's not going to let anything, not even the people she once loved most get in her way. I almost did this pairing. And I kind of felt like you probably would do it. And I had other ones on my list, but I totally almost did the same one. Because I loved that book so much too. I loved it. So good. It's so good. I loved it. I thought it was so good. I think like a lot of people, I don't know if a lot of people would. I feel like anyone who, who is like this sounds exactly like gone or luckiest girl alive. Yeah.

I think that they would be like very surprised when they actually read it because it's kind of one of those things that like there's so much more to the book than just even the synopsis that I just gave. Yes. There's more going on. Yeah. There's so much more to just that plot and the events are so different. And it's just how it plays out. So wild. And anything where like some.

somebody like as an adult is like trying to not deal with or face something that has like a dark academia vibe. I'm like sold. Yes. Give it to me. Yeah. Yeah. Same. Totally. Oh my gosh. I agree all the dark academia. I know. I'm trying to think of no. No, never mind. Never mind. I don't. Were you trying to segue? Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, nope, it doesn't work. Like, nah, not going to work. Yeah. Um, my next. one was actually I enjoyed this book so much that I wanted to come up with a movie for or a movie or TV show for it. But I was able to think of one, Bad Sisters on Apple TV. Have you seen that one yet?

I have not. I have not. Okay. I didn't think you had, but I couldn't remember all of a sudden. Basically, I don't even know how to not give too much away. But it's like one of their, one of the. sisters, I think there are four or five, husbands dies. And then after the funeral, we start to learn that he was abusive, like very abusive to her. And then in each episode, we learn different

interactions that he had with like each woman that starts to like paint a whole picture of like who he is. And then obviously the title's bad sisters. So they get up to some quote unquote bad shit without trying to give some. the amazing twist away in that something very similar in themes is an inconvenient woman that I just read by Stephanie Buellens, I think. I think she's French, is my best guess. But it is about Claire Fontaine, who is convinced that her ex-husband killed their teenage daughter years ago and believes he's capable of doing it again, or killing again. When she sees him move in with another woman to play stepfather to a girl the same age as the one she lost, Claire tries desperately to warn the new bride of the danger.

But when the woman dismisses her admonishments, Claire takes matters into her own hands. Sloan Wilson left the LAPD to work as a sin-eater, a contractor for hire who specializes in cleaning up in convenient situations, situations better handled outside the law. Like the ex-wife who stalks her former husband and makes threats. to his new wife. As Sloan investigates, she uncovers a history of trauma that casts aspersions on Claire as well as Sloan's client. Soon the truth becomes increasingly muddled, but Sloan knows one thing for sometimes, but Sloan knows one thing. For sometimes, the only way to prevent a crime is by committing one. That synopsis was like not spaced out. It's like all like smashed together. And they're a Definitely some like wrong sentences.

I get the feeling that this was translated from a different language is the vibe that I probably got to begin with from this book. And like the main character like teaches French as well. And so there's like kind of some French throughout it. But it takes place in the U.S. I love the book too, by the way. But like I think something got messed up with a synopsis because even I was getting tripped up by that one. But I was like following it.

Okay, that's good. I follow. When I got to the Sloan part, it needed to be. like another paragraph and I felt like I just like messed it up but I'm just being overcritical. Yeah, no, I followed up. But it sounds really good. It is vengeful and very like thought provoking and like very complex ways that the female characters' lives come together at the end.

It's great. It's fantastic. The ending was amazing. I love the name Sloan too. So yeah. Anything to read a girl. It was so good. I could not put it down.

Every time we do it. I know, I do want to read it. I love the cover tool. I love the cover. Cover's so cool. Damn. And it's one where the title becomes like

deeper the longer you read. Yeah. I know. I don't have a segue either. We don't. I really don't. I really don't. I'm not, I'm struggling this week with segue.

We just have a diverse range of genres, kind of. Well, I guess if you want to read about a relationship that does work. Ooh, there you go. And you like the movie Cruel Intentions, then I recommend infamous Park Avenue Prince by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine. It is the first in a, I believe, six book series. Book three just came out. But this, each one's a standalone so you can like read this and just be like, okay, like that was good. But yeah, when I read this synopsis, I was like, this sounds just like cruel intentions and I was so pumped to read that.

So it's about the seven richer than sin legacies causing debauchery at the prestigious Astro University in Manhattan. And they are all called the Park Avenue Princes. So Weston Leroux is the Playboy, who's never going to turn down a bet, especially not when it comes to retaliating against the dean for pulling a dick move before summer break. When the dean's golden child arrives at Aster for his freshman year, Weston, I can't... Weston and his troublemakers throw down a wager that he can't resist. So basically, the target is J.T., who is the dean's son, and they bet that he can't, like, bed him to retaliate against the dean.

So basically he accepts the challenge and, you know, game on. And then you just go from there kind of like cruel intentions. So. Yeah. But yeah, it's really, really good. It's so, like, angsty and, like, fun and not too, like, dark or anything. Like, it's not like there's any, like, anything too bad in it considering that it's, like, a bat to sleep with someone, you know? like it there's no like bad triggers in it but it's just a really good fun like modern retelling

and I will say for that one and like other MM romance books I talk about I feel like this is like a very common thing when they tell the synopsis um so that's my segue like synopsis props but like when they tell the synopsis to like a lot of MM books it's like the character's perspective and then like a paragraph and then like the other character's name and like the paragraph so it's like I'm the playboy and it's like I'm the college freshman and a virgin

like so like I'm trying to be like oh like it's about him him and him and like not doing spoilers so that's why that I was like trying to think of his name when I was like and Weston that's who he is

I felt like one of those like fembots and Austin Powers when they like short circuit yeah that's been me today too so it's a theme right no

yeah my next one is like completely out of left field compared to that so just keep that trend going yeah but segue free is the way to be

of this yeah what made me think of this is Lisa Jewel just announced that she is doing a Jessica Jones book So she's writing a thriller that is a Jessica Jones thriller, which was like one of my favorite, what is that?

That's not Marvel. It's DC. But we'll say TV. On Netflix is Jessica Jones. So then seeing that Lisa Jewel is going to be writing one who's like one of my favorite authors. I was like, wow, this is going to be amazing. But since that's not out yet, if you loved the noir. vibes of Jessica Jones on Netflix.

I think that you would also love Death of a Dancing Queen, which is a series. So this ties into the beginning. Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G.R. Tano. After her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis, Billy Levine revamped her grandfather's private investigation firm and set up shop in the corner booth of her favorite North Jersey deli, hoping the free pickles and flexible hours would,

allow her to take care of her mom and pay the bills. So when Tommy Russo, a rich kid with a nasty drug habit, offers her a stack of cash to find his missing girlfriend, how can she refuse? At first, Billy thinks this will be easy earnings, but then her missing person's case turns into a murder investigation, and Russo is the detective's number one suspect. Suddenly, Billy is embroiled in a deadly gang war that's connected to the decades-old disappearance of a famous cabaret dancer. with ties to both an infamous Jewish mob and a skinhead group. Toss in the reappearance of Billy's ex-boyfriend with his own rap sheet and she's regretting every decision that got her to this point.

Becoming a PI was supposed to solve her problems. But if Billy doesn't crack this case, the next body, the police dredge out of the Hudson River will be hers. Just immaculate noir vibes. If you love noir, you're just going to love it. And like I said, this one is a series. So what I also think is very exciting is in May the second one comes out, devil in profile, and the cover is so cool. So that's my little blurb for the next one.

Devil in profile? Yeah. Oh my God. Of course. And it looks so dramatic. Actually, that looks very Jessica Jones. Yeah, it does. But yeah, I'm excited to read it.

She's already on my schedule to be on between the lines. So I have an arc of it that I will be reading soon. That is so exciting. Yeah. I'm very excited. There are a lot of good ones coming out in the summer as we were just discussing. There are. I was like, I'm going to be making a list the other day.

And I was like, oh, my God. Like, I'm going to be really busy reading the summer. Yes. Me too. Everything else in my life goes according to plan because getting older sucks. Yeah, it does. I just I had blood work the other day.

Yeah. And I have to go for like my blood work results. And I'm like, getting old, like, just having to like make sure to go to your annual checkup is so like annoying. I know. But things could be worse. Yeah, they could be worse. You could be Patrick Bainman.

You could. Nobody wants to be Patrick Bainman. But if you do like Patrick Bateman and you like the movie American Psycho, then here is a fun thriller slasher with a ton of satire. I laughed out loud so much during this book. And my segue is pickle. Nice. Because your book said she got a job at the deli, enjoyed the free pickles. And this book is Kill for Love by Laura.

Pickle Slymer. Oh, yeah. So here we go. Yeah, if you love American Psycho and the satire of American Psycho or Brett Easton Ellis, even in general, Kill for Love, one of my favorite books of 2023. And, yeah, you get to meet Tiffany. So the boys on The Row are only after one thing, but that bullshit's for the pledges. Tiffany's on the hunt for something more.

Kill for Love is a searing satirical thriller about Tiffany, a privileged Los Angeles sorority sister who is struggling to keep her sadistic impulses and haunting nightmares of fire and deconstruction. No, destruction. After a frat party hookup devolves into a bloody fatal affair, Tiffany realizes something within her as the insatiable desire to kill attractive young men. as Tiffany's bloodlust deepens and the bodies pile up she must contend with mounting legal scrutiny social media-fueled competing murders and her growing relationship with Weston weird who she thinks must be who thinks could be the perfect boyfriend so it even says it's a female driven modern day American psycho that exposes modern toxic plasticity with dark comedy and a propulsive plot I can't believe I haven't read it yet I need to do it. I still haven't read it oh my God it's so good where is that that's what I needed to buy on double points day

yesterday yeah yeah it's so good it's short too it's short too so I think it like might actually be under 300 pages but yeah it's just so good and Tiffany is freaking hilarious I love that I actually did a post of this of if you like American Psycho and you like the Babe Walker books, then you should read this.

I don't know if anybody's read Babe Walker, but she does like... I didn't know what you meant. Babe Walker did a book called White Girl Problems. Okay. And there's more than one. There's American Babe, white girl problems, and psychos.

Okay. And it's just this like very satirical comedy trilogy. I don't think there's any like thriller elements in these, but they're just like very, very funny. It's kind of like Chanel Oberlin from Scream Queens, played by Emma Roberts. It's like if she was in a book form. Yeah. So it's very much that like bitchy, like very dark comedy kind of like.

Yeah. Oh, fuck. Like I forgot there's a dead body in my trunk, but I have an eyelash appointment. So like he's just going to have it away. Yes. That kind of thing. Yeah. So it's very, very funny.

And it's really, really good. And I can't wait to see what she does next. Because she's just such a great storyteller. I know. That would be exciting. Well, we have lots of good recommendations. I know. Maybe now we could do like,

sometime coming up, we could do like, if you like this book, check out this movie or TV show. Oh, yeah. I like that. That's always fun, too. Mm-hmm. Isn't it funny how, like, do you, does your brain work like that too? Or are you normal?

Where you're like, sometimes it's easier, like, when you were like, take a movie or TV show and find a book companion. But like, I don't know with all of my books if I would have been able to like find the companion in a movie or TV show. Does that make sense? Yeah, I agree. Well, the other thing that I ran into is my, I read pretty strictly thrill. but like we watch like a wide variety of movies so even when I was like scrolling through my

movies I was like well I really loved that movie but I don't read anything like it so I didn't have an example for it yeah that makes sense like Guardians of the Galaxy I was like I don't have a book recommendation for that but I loved that movie yeah I think that's that's very interesting because I think that I actually read only like the two genres but like I read or I watch a lot of other different genres. Yeah. Yeah, like we saw Dune here recently, but like I haven't read a book that that was as sci-fi as Dune. It's very sci-fi. And we know I haven't. I didn't even expect that. Yeah, could you imagine if I was like, if I did all sci-fi like Dean Coons and like Dune and you're like what the fuck? What happened to him?