Sharks, Birds, and Little Women [June Reading Challenge]

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our June reading challenge, books with movie adaptations. We discuss the power of nostalgia, the many valid ways art can be interpreted, and why Tippi Hedren keeps falling down.

Books we discuss include:

• “The NeverEnding Story” by Michael Ende
• “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers
• “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
• “Memento Mori” by Johnathan Nolan
• “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier
• “Story of You” by Ted Chiang
• “Jaws” by Peter Benchley
• “Here” by Richard McGuire
• “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace
• “The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
• “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
• “Thrawn” by Timothy Zahn
• “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk
• “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
• “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp