From the Page to the Screen!
Happy Tuesday! I had no muse this week, so I mined an old topic. Today, I will be talking about books I loved that were adapted to the big or small screen. It's doesn't mean I saw the adaptation, but I did read the book and denoted the adaptations I saw with an asterisk (*).
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn *
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan *
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett *
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green *
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkings
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery *
- It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding *
Any fave book adaptations?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
It's hilarious that I've read almost all of the books on your list, but I haven't seen any of the movies. Actually, that's a lie. I vaguely remember watching Gone Girl? Or maybe I just saw the commercials and remember how the actors look?
ReplyDeleteI saw more of the older adaptations (Megan Follows is my Anne). I do find that I have read more than I have seen especially since I stopped watching TV/movies in 2019.
DeleteI loved the Percy Jackson movies, and the TV show was pretty good, too!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is a fan, so I did see the first two movies (movie 1 was better than movie 2), but I never saw the TV show.
DeleteI'm always so reluctant to watch adaptations of books but if I recall correctly, we watched the Lord of the Flies movie after finishing the book in class. I still haven't watched The Fault in Our Stars in full (just snippets here and there) because I don't think I'd handle the feels well, haha. Great choice of topic today!
ReplyDeleteI don't recall ever being *that* mad about an adaptation. Even ones where I felt like it was thin on the original source material (The Duff, Beautiful Creatures) were still entertaining. I had to watch TFIOS in pieces. It was tough.
DeleteI have only seen Percy Jackson from the list above!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I were saying how we (unpopular opinion) actually liked the first film.
DeleteI really enjoyed the adaptation of Happiness For Beginners by Katherine Center. I've seen the adaptations of Big Little Lies (pretty good, but not as good as the book), If I Stay (pretty good, but not the actors I'd have picked) and Anne of Green Gables, a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteThe Anne adaptation of my heart is the one shown on the cover I selected - the Canadian TV adaptation with Megan Follows. Saw it in my youth on PBS and fell in love.
DeleteI didn't know that If I Stay had been made into a movie. I just read it a little while ago, so now I am going to see if I can find it. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI had not seen the film, though Rachel (above) said it was pretty good. It was a book I have big love for, so I would be picky with that one.
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