In this first episode of 2026, Meaghan & Shirin debate book-to-movie vs book-to-TV adaptations—why streaming took over, when a limited series works best, and why fantasy worlds are hardest to translate to screen.

Best Books of 2025 recap! We rank our Top 5 reads (each) across horror, thrillers, and romantasy/fantasy. Plus: honorable mentions, reading slumps, BookTok “book count” discourse, and our 2026 TBR.

Megan and Shirin review The Housemaid movie adaptation (based on Frieda McFadden’s bestseller)—breaking down performances, the campy tone, and the biggest book-to-film changes. Spoilers included.

2025 book-to-screen wrap-up: our top episodes, best & worst adaptations, banned books talk, and what’s changing for Fully Booked in 2026.

Megan and Shirin wrap up their 2025 reading year with a candid chat about fantasy burnout, new-mom thriller binges, surprise ARCs, and a late-year return to horror. They share standout books, new-to-them authors, and what really keeps them turning the pages.

Modern fantasy is dominated by romantasy, dragon academies, and super-spicy BookTok favorites like Fourth Wing, ACOTAR and Quicksilver. In this episode of Fully-Booked, we break down why some fantasy series explode while others never leave your TBR.

It’s Wicked Week, and we’re finally talking Wicked: Part Two. Meghan and Shereen dig into the visuals, the music, the fandom, the casting (yes, including Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo), and all the plot holes big enough to fly a broom through. Full spoilers ahead—consider yourself warned.

Meghan and Shereen kick off “November November” with a chaotic comfort episode: Stephen King’s Fairy Tale, Monika Kim’s feminist body horror The Eyes Are the Best Part, Brian McAuley’s wellness-retreat slasher Breathe In, Bleed Out, and a full romp through book-to-movie adaptation Forever My Girl. Come for the horror recs, stay for the small-town country romance and a gentle nudge to log off and read instead.

We dive into Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein: early fest screening impressions, Oscar Isaac’s chilling Victor, Jacob Elordi’s heartbreaking Creature, Mia Goth’s dual turn, and why the film’s tactile sets + makeup make it feel startlingly human

Meaghan and Shirin close spooky season by unpacking how Universal Studios turned Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and more into pop-culture icons—mixing juicy film history (Nosferatu! Laemmle! Lon Chaney’s DIY makeup!) with why these monsters still feel painfully human today.

We rewatch It Chapters 1 & 2 to dig into why Pennywise endures: coming-of-age grief, Derry’s complicity, flawless casting, Richie–Eddie subtext, Beverly’s survival, and the scenes that still wreck us. Plus, timely hype for It: Welcome to Derry on HBO/Max.

Folk horror isn’t just creaky floors and creepy forests—it’s slow dread, strange rituals, and outsiders trapped in tight-knit communities. Shereen (skeptic turned convert) and Meaghan (genre guide) break down what defines folk horror, why it scares so well, and the books/films that do it right—from Slewfoot and The Only Good Indians to The Wicker Man, The Village, and The Watchers.

YA horror is thriving — slashers, haunted houses, dark academia, and queer coming-of-age stories are giving readers real chills and real catharsis. Megan and Shereen unpack why “for the teens” horror works for all ages, swap nightstand picks, and rec a stack of gateway reads and adaptations.

The best horror adaptations of the last decade—Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Interview with the Vampire, The Invisible Man, Fear Street, Fall of the House of Usher, and BBC’s Dracula. We break down what makes modern page-to-screen horror work: fidelity to the source, bold updates, and the streaming era’s bigger swings.

Dark academia fans: we built Hollywood’s slate for you. From Yale secret societies to culty MFA programs, here are the campus thrillers we think should be adapted next—plus reader confessions (DNFs! trophy shelves!) you’ll feel in your bones.

Why are dark-academia books so hard to adapt? We dig into the vibe vs. story problem, elitist settings and unlikable casts, streamer cancel culture, and why animation could rescue the genre—using “Wednesday,” “The Order,” and classic Poe vibes as case studies.

We kick off our September theme with a big-picture chat on dark academia—specifically, why so many campus-set stories lean on secret societies, initiations, and underground clubs, plus current reads and a fantasy ARC you’ll want on your TBR.

We unpack Season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty — the frustrating choices, messy love triangle, and why the side characters are the only ones keeping us watching.

This week, we’re sweating through August and diving headfirst into romance month — starting with Netflix’s My Oxford Year. It had promise: Oxford setting, a dreamy British lead, and all the cozy vibes we love. But things went off the rails fast.

Colleen Hoover writes about love, but do her books still count as romance? Meaghan and Shereen break down the emotional weight of Hoover’s stories, question what defines the genre, and share some laughs (and confusion) along the way.