We read it. We watched it. We have a lot of thoughts, and some of them got personal.

This week, we're doing a full book versus show breakdown of Margo's Got Money Troubles — the novel by Rufi Thorpe and the Apple TV series starring Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Marcia Gay Harden, and Nicole Kidman. We talk about what the show changed and why, why Caroline loved the book more than the show, why the show got heavier than either of us expected, the double standard around sex work and creative agency, and the single motherhood conversation we really needed to have.

Also: Caroline is deep in her first round of edits and possibly spiraling a little; Catherine is racing to finish Masters of Death before book club; Off-Campus season two starts filming in a week, and we could not be more ready.

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We watched Off-Campus so you didn't have to — except you absolutely should.

This week, we're doing a full book versus show breakdown of Elle Kennedy's The Deal and the new Amazon Prime series Off-Campus. We talk about what they kept, what they changed, why most of the changes were actually the right call, the locker room consent conversation that made us want to stand up and applaud, Hannah's mom scene that had us both emotional, and why Caroline likes the show better than the book. We also get into college romance tropes, how the market has evolved since 2015, and what we're hoping season two does differently.

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We warned you there was a lot of book news. We were not wrong.

This week we're back after a little break (life happened, end of April is a lot, we have no further notes) and we are diving straight into the biggest list of book and adaptation news we've ever put together. New books from Rebecca Yarros and John Green, a Star Wars romance, a new Divergent book nobody asked for, Greta Gerwig doing Narnia, The Odyssey with a cast that broke our brains, Heartstopper Forever finally has a release date, Princess Diaries 3 is really happening, and we have very strong feelings about the Beach Read casting.

Also: Caroline is 50,000 words into her novel, read Funny Story and cried, and powered through The Deal so you don't have to (you're welcome). Catherine is deep in a Star Wars romance novel and has zero regrets.

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