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So I’ve pretty much been talking about movies lately, but another regular escape of mine is books. I know I’ve mentioned books being made into movies (two of my favorite things intertwined – yay!), but I’d like to explore that further. I saw a list somewhere (I really can’t remember where & I’m sorry) that had books being made into movies in 2013. I’m sure this is NOT an exhaustive list, but it was somewhere for me to start and I’m sharing it with you now…
1. The Hunter by Richard Stark
2. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
3. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
4. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
5. Admission by Jean Hannff Korelitz
6. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. The Company You Keep by Neil Gordan
9. World War Z by Max Brooks
10. Paranoia by Joseph Finder
11. The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
12. Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
13. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
14. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
15. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
16. The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
17. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
18. A Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
19. Serena by Ron Rash
20. The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
21. Horns by Joe Hill
22. Devil’s Knot by Mara Leveritt
23. Syrup by Maxx Barry
24. Dorothy of Oz by Roger S. Baum
As you can tell some of these movies have already been released and some are opening soon (tomorrow in fact and I’ll be at the theater to see The Host). Also, some of these books I’ve already read, some sound VERY interesting (check out fantasticfiction.co.uk – the BEST website I’ve seen for books), and some I’ll never read (or see the movie – World War Z). I think there are 3 categories that books made into movies fall into. The first, a movie that makes you want to read the book because you are interested enough to find out the whole story (Beautiful Creatures is my most recent). Second, a movie you cannot wait to see because you enjoyed the book so much (The Host, Catching Fire, & City of Bones from the list above for me). Third, sometimes the material, storyline, characters, etc. just never sound good to you and you have no desire to see the movie or read the book (World War Z, as stated earlier). The second type of movie listed is interesting to me because sometimes you can’t tell if the movie was actually good or not. Don’t misunderstand; you know if you liked it, you know if you thought it was an accurate representation of the book, you know if you liked the portrayal of the characters, but you may not be able to tell if the movie (all alone, without your knowledge of the book) was done well – especially, if it concerns an absolute favorite book. Regardless of where a movie or book falls in these (self-created) categories, I hope you have the opportunity to escape (into a book, at the movies, or spending time with friends & family) soon and often.