“Well-written and interesting non-fiction” should be a genre in itself. Non-fiction is one of those things that attracts those who are interested in whatever topic (finance, baseball, or history), but great non-fiction transcends genre and pulls in readers who might be only mildly interested in a certain topic, or perhaps never even thought they’d read…
Category Archives: Books on Screen
Read YOUR guest post here: Books On Screen
With so many “books on screen” coming out or recently released, I’d love to feature them. We run the Books on Screen column on Thursdays when we have one, and it is one of the two spots** that we have open for guest posts. If you’ve seen the movie, you can review it for us….
Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked Games
My 7-year-old son has getting down for the last half hour on the Wii with Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. He even invited me to play, and I had a 5-Star performance of “California Dreamin.’” Score!! When I was on my Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked press junket, there was a product room showcasing all…
We Bought a Zoo: Books on Screen, with Giveaway
I’ve been a fan of memoir for a while. I really liked the run of “project memoirs” I read like The Happiness Project and anything by A.J. Jacobs. But lately, I’ve read memoirs with a different theme. Stories like Running Away to Home deal with people who take risks by leaving everything familiar behind to…
Books on Screen — Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving weekend is the beginning of the big end-of-year push of movies, which are timed to coincide with times when people have more time off (and maybe more incentive to get out of the house and away from relatives — not me of course, but I’m just sayin’). The Muppets — November 23 Okay–this isn’t…
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: Books on Screen
I read Lisa See’s first historical fiction novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, a few years ago, and it was one of my favorite novels that year. Chinese culture is so different from my American ways and I remember being fascinated by the distinctions between different kinds of love and the Chinese rituals, especially…
I Don’t Know How She Does It: A Books on Screen Giveaway
I’ve seen the previews for the new movie I Don’t Know How She Does It starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammar (and more). The cast is incredible, and the previews look great. It looks like a fun mom’s night out sort of movie — one that I figured I’d rent…
I Am Number Four — Books on Screen
This summer Amanda started reading the Lorien Legacies series. The book I Am Number Four was only released last summer, and I think that the movie was already in production, which probably has helped increase interest in the books. The second book The Power of Six just came out (linked to Amanda’s review). There are…
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