I enjoy Jodi Picoult’s novels. Yes, she’s a blockbuster bestselling artist, which doesn’t always mean quality, but I think that there’s a depth and lyricism in her novels that some people (Ahem, fellow contributor) might assume would be lacking in someone who churns out a novel a year. Actually, since I don’t just read many…
Category Archives: Books on Screen
Books on Screen: A Wrinkle in Time
Earlier this year, my nine year old son and I read Rebecca Stead’s When You Reach Me, the 2009 Newbery Medal recipient and an overall amazing book. With an incredible book-within-a-book connection, the main character treasures the book A Wrinkle in Time, and there are some thematic commonalities between the stories as well. When we…
Books on Screen:
Why Book to Film Adaptations Often Fail to Impress
I could count on the fingers of one hand the number of movies that have been adapted from books that impressed me as much as the original books did. And I don’t think there are any that I’ve felt were better than the books, but then, that may be because I’m biased towards books when…
Books on Screen: Alice in Wonderland
I’m one of those people who plans their movie going experience right when they hear about the movie. Alice in Wonderland showed up on the upcoming movie lists about a year ago, so I have followed it since then. When the release date was announced, my husband and I marked our calender for a week…
Books on Screen: Thomas & The Runaway Kite
We knew that Thomas and the Runaway Kite was headed to our mailbox and everyday we checked in hopeful anticipation. As luck would have it, mommy had a girl’s night out the day that Thomas finally arrived so my three and a half year old got to watch it the first time with Daddy. When…
Books on Screen: Classic Animal Stories
When I was a little girl and I had the great good fortune of being home on a weekday, my mother would let me watch the Homemakers’ Movie, a mid-morning telecast of pre-war cinematic classics. Glued to our little black and white television, I was introduced to Bette Davis, Myrna Loy, Mickey Rooney; White Christmas,…
Books on Screen Stage:
The Miracle Worker on Broadway
Helen Keller. I’m sure that I’m not the only little bookworm who discovered this amazing woman and was driven to find out more and more. I loved the inspiring story of this intelligent person trapped by her lack of vision and hearing until she was given the gift of language by her teacher Annie Sullivan….
Books on Screen: Nancy Drew
On the whole, I’d have to say that I am generally not in favor of books-to-screen adaptations where Hollywood takes liberty with our favorite characters and makes them unrecognizable. However, in the case (pardon the pun) of Emma Roberts’ Nancy Drew (2007) I’ve no objections. I saw this movie when it first came out on…
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