Buckle up, book lovers — we’re going full Hollywood this week in an extended edition of Book Lounge! Joe kicks things off with the iconic Louis Sachar, who spills delightful behind-the-scenes tea about writing the Holes screenplay, hanging out on set, and the surreal experience of getting residual checks for his cameo.  

Then Danielle Valentine pops in to chat about Delicate Condition and its evolution into American Horror Story: Delicate.  

For the grand finale, Joe is joined by Jananie K. Velu and Meara for a joyfully nerdy celebration of book-to-screen adaptations. 

It’s big. It’s bookish. It’s cinematic. And it’s a blast. 

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Link to our full book list: 

Find all the books by our guests and mentioned in this episode here: https://www.libbylife.com/blog/page-to-screen-magic-authors-on-adaptations-book-lounge-by-libby-season-2-episode-9 

Guest host recommendations: 

Jananie 



Howl’s Moving Castle - Dianna Wynne Jones 






The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson 






Frankenstein – Mary Shelley 




Meara 



It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Ned Vizzini  






Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 






The Long Walk - Stephen King as Richard Bachman 




Joe 



Mommie Dearest – Christina Crawford & With Love, Mommie Dearest - A. Ashley Hoff 






Watch Mommie Dearest on Kanopy 






Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer 






Watch Into the Wild on Kanopy 




Follow the guests & guest hosts:  

Segment 1: 



Louis Sachar - website 






Danielle Valentine – website 




Segment 2:  



Jananie K. Velu – Links 






Meara - Links 




Time stamps: 

00:00:00 Title 

00:01:06 Intro 

00:02:47 Louis Sachar on HOLES 

00:42:47 Break! 

00:44:11 Danielle Valentine on DELICATE CONDITION & AHS: DELICATE 

01:33:15 Page to Screen Recs with Jananie K. Velu & Meara! 

02:28:17 Outro 



Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode in Libby. Library friends can add these titles to their digital collections for free in OverDrive Marketplace and Kanopy. Check out our Cumulative List for the whole season, or this list for today’s episode! 

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