Chapter One, Scene One
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. In Part One, they dive into the book—exploring its characters, themes, and the story on the page. In Part Two, they break down the screen adaptation—analyzing casting, changes, and whether Hollywood got it right… or missed the mark. Expect witty banter, sharp opinions, and a little drama (the fun kind) as three friends bring their love of stori...
What Would Parker Posey Read?
What Would Parker Posey Read?
Same research. Same actress. Very different vibes.
In our first What Would _____ Read? episode, Michelle and Laura are putting Parker Posey's imaginary TBR to the test.
We dug into books Parker has actually talked about reading, the writers and ideas she's drawn to, her own wonderfully unconventional memoir, and a career filled with smart, eccentric, ambitious, complicated—and occasionally unhinged—women. Then we each came to the microphone with three books we think belong on her shelf.
Michelle went vintage, eccentric, Southern Gothic, and old-Hollywood adjacent with...
I’d Read That: Books to Pair with You’ve Got Mail
Sometimes the best part of finishing a movie is figuring out what to read next.
In this episode of I’d Read That, we're starting with You've Got Mail—the 1998 rom-com that gave us bookstores, AOL, enemies-to-lovers, anonymous correspondence, and the eternal battle between the charming little indie shop and the giant corporate bookstore.
But instead of simply talking about the movie, we're asking a different question: What books would we pair with it?
Michelle, Laura, and Katya each pulled out different themes from You've Got Mail and brought books they think belong besi...
The One Where We Take a Vacation!
We're taking a vacation!
Hey everyone! Just popping into your feed for a very quick Chapter One, Scene One update.
We are officially putting ourselves on summer vacation.
Which sounds much more glamorous than saying, “We need a few weeks where nobody has to read a book by Tuesday.”
So there will be no new episodes during September — BUT we are not going anywhere.
In fact, we're using this little break to shake things up a bit, because Chapter One, Scene One will be back October 6th with new episod...
Five Star Weekend: The One Where Life Phases Collide
After a devastating loss, Hollis Shaw decides what she needs is a weekend on Nantucket surrounded by her closest friends. Sounds lovely, right?
There’s just one small catch: she invites one best friend from each era of her life.
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
This week, we’re diving into Elin Hilderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend—a story filled with friendship, grief, old grudges, complicated history, fabulous food, Nantucket scenery, and the kind of emotional baggage that definitely requires an extra carry-on.
We’re talking about the friendships that worked (and the on...
Mini Episode - Genre Series: The One With Sunscreen and the Perfect Beach Read
Apparently, “beach read” is a genre. Except… it isn’t. So what actually makes a beach read a beach read?
Does genre matter? Does it need romance, or can there be a murder or two? Does the story actually have to take place at the beach? And if you read a decidedly un-beachy book while sitting under an umbrella with a frozen drink, does that count?
In this mini episode, we’re attempting to define the completely undefinable—from the genres and settings that give us beach-read vibes to the books we’d actually toss into our vacat...
The Perfect Couple: The One Where Imperfect is the Theme
A dead body. A Nantucket wedding. One unbelievably wealthy family with enough secrets to fill an entire beach house. But here's the question - The Perfect Couple is marketed as a mystery... so why does it sometimes feel more like two hundred pages of rich family drama? This week we're breaking down Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling novel and the Netflix adaptation starring Nicole Kidman. We'll debate whether this story is really about solving a murder, which character got the biggest glow-up on screen, and whether the show actually improved on the book.
From the page to the screen...
Mini Episode - Genre Series: The One Where Classics Get Defined
This week we're continuing The Genre Series with Classics. What is a classic? Who defines when a book becomes a classic? Do we need a checklist? This week we discuss what we think defines whether a book falls into the Classic category. We also discuss old classics vs modern classics. Join is for the discussion!
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Every week, we read it, watch it, and then bring our completely unbiased (and occasionally judgmental) opinions to t...
The Other Bennet Sister - The One Where Mary Shines
Let's be honest. If someone asked you to name all five Bennet sisters, would you remember Mary before Googling it? This week we're giving the forgotten Bennet sister her chance to shine as we dive into The Other Bennet Sister. We're talking books, adaptations, favorite moments, and whether this overlooked character deserved to become the heroine all along.
From the page to the screen and every plot twist in between, Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Every week, we read it, watch it, and then bring our completely unbiased (and...
Mini Episode - Genre Series: The One With the Beautiful Sentences
This week we're continuing The Genre Series with literary fiction. Everyone seems to have an opinion about it, but ask ten readers to define it and you'll probably get ten different answers. This week we're exploring what literary fiction is, what it isn't, what readers expect from it, and why adapting these introspective, character-driven stories for film and television isn't always as straightforward as it seems.
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Every week, we read it, watch it...
Margo's Got Money Troubles - The One With Only Fans and a Sexy Alien
This week on Chapter One, Scene One, we're diving into one of the most talked-about adaptations of the year—Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe and its Apple TV+ series adaptation. What sounds like a story about OnlyFans quickly reveals itself to be something much bigger: a young single mother trying to survive, complicated family dynamics, impossible expectations, and the price of turning yourself into a product in the modern economy. But does the book earn all the praise it's received, and does the adaptation capture what made the novel resonate with readers? As it turns out... we do...
Mini Episode: Genres - The One Where Thrillers Get Domesticated
This week we're continuing The Genre Series with one of our favorite rabbit holes: domestic thrillers. Ever since Gone Girl, readers have been obsessed with stories full of secrets, lies, betrayals, and endings that make you question everything. But has the genre become predictable, or are we still happily turning pages to watch it all unravel?
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Every week, we read it, watch it, and then bring our completely unbiased (and occasionally judgmental) opin...
Three Bags Full/Sheep Detectives - The One That Is Not a Cozy Mystery
This week we're discussing Three Bags Full and its adaptation, The Sheep Detectives.
A dead shepherd. A flock of observant sheep. An Irish countryside full of secrets. On paper, it sounds like the book and movie should be telling the same story. In reality, they seem to have wandered into entirely different fields. One focuses on sheep philosophy and existential questions, while the other embraces mystery, adventure, and detective work. Which approach worked better? You'll have to listen to find out.
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scen...
Mini Episode - Genre Series: The One With All The Genres
This week we are starting a new mini-episode series - The Genre Series. We're kicking it off with a general discussion on genres and how convoluted it can get. Am I reader a thriller? What kind of thriller? Oh wait, there is romance too! But is it also Book Club fiction (Laura says that is not a thing)? Or Contemporary fiction? You see what we mean? Take a listen and let us know what you think!
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movi...
Remarkably Bright Creatures - The One Where Marcellus is the Debate
This week we're discussing the bestselling novel Remarkably Bright Creatures and its Netflix adaptation starring Sally Field.
From a grieving widow and a missing son to an unexpectedly insightful octopus, we're diving into one of the most beloved books of the past few years. Did the adaptation capture the heart, humor, and emotional connections that made readers fall in love with the story? Or did something get lost between the page and the screen?
From the page to the screen—and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movi...
Mini Episode - Reader Habits: The One About Book Recommendations
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss our last mini episode in our Reader Habits series: Book Recommendations. Where do you get them from, who do you trust, and what happens when the book rec goes south? Hint: you should probably not send hate texts to that person...I'm looking at you Laura.
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Devil Wears Prada - The One That is So 2006...that's all
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the The Devil Wears Prada - the original book and movie from 2003/2006 BUT also the 2026 movie Devil Wears Prada 2! That's all...
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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Mini Episode - Reader Habits: The One With Spoilers
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back for our last mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we talk about spoilers. Some of us are team spoilers and some of us think that is just wrong. And what makes it a spoiler for you? Listen in to join the conversation.
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The Better Sister - The One Where No One is Better
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the The Better Sister, the 2019 book by Alafair Burke and the adaptation, a limited series on Amazon Prime. (Crossing our fingers for a second season).
The book is a domestic thriller about two estranged sisters, Chloe and Nicky, who must reunite after Chloe's husband, Adam (Nicky's ex-husband), is...
Mini-Episode - Reader Habits: The One Where Bad Series Get Tossed
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back for another mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we dive into whether a series gets tossed if it starts to go bad. But also, what qualifies as a true series vs a character continuation? We have opinions (would you expect anything less?) and you...
His & Hers - The One With the Final Twist
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the Alice Feeney book His & Hers and its Netflix adaptation. A lot of twists and a lot of lies = an interesting thriller with several surprises!
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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Mini Episode - Reader Habits: The One With Too Many Bookmarks
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back for another mini-episode in our Reader Habits series. In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we dive into the topic of reading multiple books at a time. Are you a one book loyalist or neurodivergent and able to read four or five at the same time? Which category do the ladies...
Project Hail Mary - The One That is Amaze, Amaze, Amaze!
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back and in this week's episode we discuss the Andy Weir book Project Hail Mary and it's recent movie adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and well, Ryan Gosling. There are a few side characters but essentially it is Ryan as Ryland Grace and his space alien buddy Rocky. Amaze, amaze, amaze!!! Join us to hear ou...
Mini Episode - Reader Habits: The One Where We Dish on DNFing
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between - Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back and we are bringing you our first mini episode! In this shorter, conversational chat with the ladies, we dive into the topic of DNFing. Do you DNF? Or are you like Katya and have too much FOMO to put the book down for good? Or are you like Laura who will hate...
People We Meet on Vacation - The One Where They Stop Being Just Friends
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
Welcome back and join us with our NEW FORMAT!!! Yep, that's right, we realized one thing with an episode for the book and one for the adaptation - we were often saying the same thing. BORING. So we upped our game and now will discuss both in one FABULOUS episode. You're welcome. The full episodes wi...
Spring Clean - The One Where We Summon Our Inner Marie Kondo
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us this week as we Spring Clean! We discuss our TBR's, who needs to organize and weed through their insane collection of books, apps to help us stay organized and on top of our goals, where to sell books we have read (and want/need to part with), and an update on our go...
The Woman in Cabin 10 (movie) - The One With the Second Guessing
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the the movie adaptation of The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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Woman in Cabin 10 (Book) - The One Where the Cruise was a Bad Idea
What if you were absolutely certain you witnessed a crime… and everyone around you insisted you were wrong?
In today’s episode of Chapter One, Scene One, we’re setting sail with The Woman in Cabin 10 written by Ruth Ware — a locked-room mystery on open water, where isolation, privilege, and perception collide. We’re diving into the book that asks whether the real danger is what happened… or whether anyone will believe you when it does.
Let’s open the book.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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The Hating Game (movie) - The One Where Hate Is Just Love in Disguise
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the Netflix movie adaptation of The Hating Game book by Sally Thorne. Did it win us over or did Laura just think it was meh? Listen and find out!
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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The Hating Game (book) - The One With Nicknames
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the enemies to lovers trope in The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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From Page to Screen: What's On Our Adaptation Radar
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the upcoming adaptations. Laura, Michelle, and Katya share 3 (or 4) picks each that are upcoming or ones they never got to watch. Michelle might throw one in that she wants to be adapted....
SPOILER ALERT - Nope, no spoilers on this episode. Just a quick summary of the bo...
The Giver (movie) - The One Where They Changed Too Much
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the adaptation of the YA Dystopian, The Giver, where in 2014 Hollywood greats and newbies came together. It may have bombed at the movie theater but did it crush our Giver dreams? Come find out!
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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The Giver (book) - The One That Makes You Question Everything
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we discuss the YA Dystopian, The Giver, because we have a lot to say about this one.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
Follow us on our socials @chapteronesceneone (Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube) and make sure to subscribe to the podcast on yo...The Thursday Murder Club (Movie) - The One with Murder...but Make it Charming
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back and join us as we explore the charming British village of Fairhaven and the residents of Cooper's Chase in the Richard Osman book The Thursday Murder Club.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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The Thursday Murder Club (Book) - The One With Tea, Secrets, and Bodies
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it.
This week we're diving into Richard Osman's delightful debut "The Thursday Murder Club" or as we like to call it, "Agatha Christie meets The Golden Girls (and guys)" Four septuagenarian sleuths, a retirement village with secrets, and a dead body that kicks off one seriously clever mystery. Trust us, you'll never look at retirement homes th...
The Hunting Wives (Netflix Show) - The One With All the New Twists
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome back, this week we explore the Netflix TV adaptation of The Hunting Wives. The plot twists are new, the chaos consistent and they still need therapy (like, for real). Come find out what we thought and whether we will be watching Season 2.
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
...The Hunting Wives Book - The One Where Everyone Needs Therapy
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join hosts Michelle, Laura, and Katya as they read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. This week we discuss the May Cobb book "The Hunting Wives" or as they like to say "Desperate Housewives meets Duck Dynasty." We have a lot of opinions on this one!
SPOILER ALERT - We will spoil it all, you have been warned..
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Book Challenges - The One Where Some Goals Are Bigger Than Others
Welcome to Chapter One, Scene One - The Podcast.
Every year, readers everywhere set ambitious book challenges and reading goals… and every year, those plans somehow collide with real life. In this episode, we’re talking all about yearly reading challenges—why we set them, why we break them, and whether they actually make reading more enjoyable or just more stressful.
We dive into book count goals, genre challenges, mood reading, DNFs, and the pressure that can come from tracking every page. From Goodreads goals to book slumps, we’re sharing our honest experiences with what wor...
Welcome to Chapter One Scene One - The One Where We Introduce Ourselves
From the page to the screen, and every plot twist in between—Chapter One, Scene One is where books meet their movie and TV adaptations. Join us as we read it, watch it, and (of course) judge it. Welcome to Chapter One Scene One, let us introduce ourselves. Michelle, Laura and Katya - three friends who love books and their screen adaptation, giving our opinions and bantering with a lot of sarcasm. Come join us!
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