Catherine Winters: That’s what my wife said! Is that the Liane Moriarty you’d suggest I start with?

im watching a very bad tv show that is an adaptation of a book i really enjoyed. and its been soooo long since i watched a bad tv show - clunky, soapy, bad dialogue. and its kind of pleasurable? like eating those powdered sugar donuts that taste like sweet cardboard.

in the streaming age i just only watch like truly excellent tv. and there's a pleasure in shlock.

(the show is Apples Don't Fall, a thunderously bad adaptation of Liane Moriarty's soapy, juicy, delicious novel)

I could tell it was a Liane Moriarty novel, even having never read them just based on the bits of dialogue that peeked through! It was sooo bad compared to the other adaptations and I loved it. My wife put it on and I was like, omg, I have to see the next one”

the book is such a delight though

That’s what my wife said! Is that the Liane Moriarty you’d suggest I start with?

so far ive read big little lies, apples never fall, and nine perfect strangers this week and i enjoyed all of them a great deal.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks!

There is also a bad 9 Perfect Strangers adaptation on Hulu.

so ive heard and im mildly excited

I’ve heard very good things!

I haven't read that one, but every time I hear the title I remember the woman from my book club who rants that there weren't 9 of them and they weren't strangers. Makes me laugh every time.

Nor, presumably, we're they perfect.

a second season is coming

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