Previously: We loved Midge Maisel and Joel Maisel is a fuckboy.
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Marines: Coming to children’s classics as an adult is always an experience. With the upcoming theatrical release of A Wrinkle in Time, we Snark Ladies decided it was about time to give the 1962 science fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle a read.
To balance out our adults in 2018 point of view, we thought it would be great to invite someone to this conversation who had previously read and loved the book. Chelsea fit that bill, plus she brings a lot of humor and snark to the table, which we knew from her time recapping Dawson’s Creek for us. Chelsea’s also got her own podcast call Not Now, I’m Reading and a BookTube channel where you can find even more of her bookish opinions.
Nicole, Chelsea and I had three pretty different experiences with A Wrinkle in Time:
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As always, thank you to Stefan Chin for our delightful theme music.
For those of you watching and reading along, here is our planned upcoming media in the order they’ll be released: A Wrinkle in Time the movie (posting the Wednesday after it’s released!), Marvel’s Runaways, Atomic Blonde, A Game of Thrones, Westworld, and The Last Jedi.
Finally, here is this episode’s media mentioned:
Dear America (Scholastic, 1996-2004)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury Publishing/Scholastic, 1997-2007)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins, 1950-1956)
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (Scholastic, 1995-2000)
The Fairyland Series by Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel & Friends, 2011-2016)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon, 2005-2008)
