How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is a slasher rom-com that might be Meaghan's favorite book of the year — and that's only one of the Q1 2026 reading favorites Meaghan and Shirin are unpacking in this spring roundup episode. Dungeon Crawler Carl, Murder Bimbo, Colleen Hoover adaptations, Emily Henry's first film, Wuthering Heights discourse, and body horror about Ozempic. Yeah.

────────────────────────────── 📚 BOOKS DISCUSSED ──────────────────────────────

• To Cage a Wild Bird (HarperCollins ARC) — dystopian fiction, Hunger Games vibes • How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days — cozy fantasy enemies-to-lovers

• Murder Bimbo (ARC) — the most unreliable narrator of 2026

• How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates — Shailee Thompson | slasher rom-com |

⭐ Shirin's top pick • Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive — horror short stories | feminist themes

• How to Write a Love Story — Catherine Walsh | Irish coast romance

• Morgan LeFay Trilogy — Sophie Keetch| feminist Arthurian retelling

• Nothing Tastes As Good — Luc Dumas | body horror | GLP-1/Ozempic vibes (in progress)

• Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt Dinniman | LitRPG | BookTok phenomenon (in progress)

• Bless Your Heart — Lindy Ryan | audiobook | vampire horror comedy | southern gothi

────────────────────────────── 🎬 ADAPTATIONS & STREAMING ──────────────────────────────

• People We Meet on Vacation — Emily Henry | first film adaptation

• Wuthering Heights (2025) — Jacob Elordi | Shereen has notes

• His and Hers — Netflix | twisty thriller | highly recommende

• Reminders of Him — Colleen Hoover | movie ranked

• It Ends With Us — CoHo adaptations breakdown

• Project Hail Mary — film vs. audiobook (Ray Porter) — the audiobook wins

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His & Hers (Netflix), 56 Days (Prime Video), Cold Storage, and Forbidden Fruits — we review every major book-to-screen adaptation we've watched in Q1 2026. 📚🎬

It's been a stacked few months for book adaptations. So we're doing something new: a dedicated mini-review roundup episode where Megan and Shereen run through the ones we've watched since January that haven't had a full episode yet — how they hold up against the books, who they're for, and which one went completely off the rails with its ending (looking at you, 56 Days).

In this episode:

— His & Hers (Netflix, 6 episodes) — Based on Alice Feeney's 2020 novel. Starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. One of the twistiest things we've watched in a while, and Shereen immediately deleted it from her brain — which is somehow a compliment.

— Cold Storage (theatrical) — Based on the 2019 novel by David Koepp (yes, that David Koepp — Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible). Starring Georgina Campbell, Joe Keery, and Liam Neeson. A sci-fi horror comedy that doesn't take itself seriously and is better for it.

— 56 Days (Prime Video, Feb 18) — Based on Catherine Ryan Howard's 2021 novel. Starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia. The show decided to completely change the ending. We have thoughts.

— Forbidden Fruits (theatrical, March 27) — Based on a 2019 stage play. The Craft meets Mean Girls in a mall, featuring Lily Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, and Lola Tung. Do not sleep on this one.

Also: what's on our nightstands (Not All Dragons ARC, Sophie Keach's Morgan LeFay trilogy, and Delilah S. Dawson's Guillotine), the fantasy fatigue conversation, and a tease for next week's Q1 favorites episode

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Project Hail Mary hit theaters on March 20, 2026, and it already has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes critics score, a 98% audience score, and an $80.5 million opening weekend to its name. It's the kind of opening that only happens a few times a decade for a non-franchise film — and it deserves the conversation. This week on Fully-Booked, Meaghan, Shirin, and Arthur dig into the full adaptation: the book, the movie, the differences, and what it all means for a story this beloved.

The three hosts came to the film with different levels of prep. Meaghan listened to the audiobook in full in the weeks leading up to the release. Arthur had read the book before and came in with some memories intact. Shirin went in completely blind, knowing only that Ryan Gosling was in space and there was a rock involved. The result is one of the best kinds of adaptation discussions — three genuinely different entry points, all arriving at a surprisingly similar mix of love and frustration.

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Colleen Hoover is officially three-for-three at the multiplex, and Megan and Shereen are officially three-for-three at being surprised and disappointed. Reminders of Him hit theaters March 13, 2026, and the hosts were in the seats (Megan dragging a reluctant Arthur along for good measure).

On this week's Fully Booked, they break down the full adaptation: what the film changed from the 2022 novel, why the movie's version of the car accident actually makes way more sense than the book's, and why a story about the injustice of the criminal justice system keeps finding ways to... not make that point.

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This week's episode is less about any single book and more about the way reading habits actually work — the seasonal pulls, the abandoned TBRs, the stack of books next to the bed that somehow keeps growing. Megan breaks down her seasonal reading calendar (spoiler: spring means fantasy, fall means thrillers, and October basically only means horror). Shereen reflects on her own identity as a comfort reader who goes back to familiar fantasy series when she's in a slump — and how the steady stream of ARCs has basically replaced that habit.

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Dearest fictional friends, welcome back to Fully Booked — the podcast where we break down books, adaptations, and everything in between.

In this episode, we're diving deep into Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2, covering episodes 5–8 and wrapping up Benedict and Sophie's full season arc. Here's what we get into:

• ✨ Benedict & Sophie — Is this really the most book-accurate Bridgerton season? We compare the show to Julia Quinn's An Offer from a Gentleman.
• 📝 Lady Whistledown / Penelope — The reveal happened too soon, and now everyone's paying for it. We make the case for why this was lazy writing.
• 💔 Francesca's Storyline — John's death, Mikaela's queer identity, and why Francesca's grief hits harder than almost anything this show has done.
• 👑 The Supporting Cast — Kate is still being underused, Violet's Marcus storyline ends frustratingly, and Lady Danbury continues to be excellent.
• 🌸 Season 5 Speculation — The Eloise rumors are swirling. Is Season 5 already in motion?

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Meaghan and Shirin break down the micro-tropes that make them scooch deeper into their chair — Only One Bed, The Pact/Fake Dating Setup, The Kiss to Prove a Point — and the ones they're actively done with: The Love Triangle, The Third Act Breakup Over Nothing, The Extreme Age Gap With Weird Vibes, and the never-ending Will They/Won't They.

They also cover four hot ARCs dropping in March 2025 — including a horror-rom-com set at a murder speed dating event, a gothic boarding school mystery, a dystopian romantasy prison story, and a Black Mirror–style short story collection.

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Wuthering Heights 2026 review — Emerald Fennell's adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is the most controversial film of the year. We break down the whitewashing debate, missing characters, Hong Chau's scene-stealing Nelly, and why this feels more like gothic fan fiction than Emily Brontë.

The hosts discuss the film's stunning cinematography by Linus Sandgren, the Charli XCX soundtrack, the whitewashing controversy surrounding Heathcliff's casting, and the glaring omission of Hindley — arguably the catalyst for the entire story. They also celebrate Hong Chau's standout performance as Nelly, the most complex character in the film. With Megan giving it a brutal 4/10 and Sherine a more generous 7/10, this is one of their most divided reviews yet. Plus: comparisons to the 1998 TV film and Andrea Arnold's 2011 adaptation, a deep dive into the Brontë source material, and why this felt more like romanticized fan fiction than a faithful adaptation. Spoilers ahead!

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