Ok, I admit that I don’t really get around to watching movies very often (up until recently when we seem to have been watching an enormous slew of them!). I was really curious to see what the latest edition (published by Thunder Bay Books and due to be released in March 2010) of 501 Must-See…
Category Archives: Books on Screen
Books on Screen: Emily of New Moon
I’ve been curious about the Emily of New Moon television series for some time. It originally aired in 1998 and ran for four seasons. I’d never actually seen it though until Amazon ran a special I couldn’t resist. (You can get it on Amazon for less than $10 as of this moment!. THAT was a…
Books on Screen: The Princess and the Frog
Ironically, just a couple of days after posting the letter from Bernice McFadden about how books by and about African American authors are often only marketed to these groups, I received an unsolicited shipment of some delightful product tie-ins from The Princess and the Frog movie (For the real story, try The Best of Grimm’s…
Books on Screen: The Men Who Stare at Goats
I knew that The Men Who Stare at Goats was based on a nonfiction book, because I had heard the author on NPR. I haven’t seen the movie, and honestly, I’m not too sure about it. I don’t always “get” (or appreciate perhaps) the humor in some of George Clooney’s movies. But he is George…
Books on Screen: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
For the Classics Bookclub this past month we read any book by Louisa May Alcott of our choosing. I had found a copy of her short story, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (click on the title to read my review) and enjoyed reading this charming tale. Part of my inspiration for reading the short story, was…
Books on Screen: The Inheritance
For the Louisa May Alcott Bookclub, I read The Inheritance. It was Miss Alcott’s first novel (written when she was a mere 17), but went undiscovered until well after her death. This work caught my attention because it was set in my favorite era, 19th century England. My full review can be found here. After…
Books on Screen: Where the Wild Things Are
It’s Z-Dad and the Z-Kids from Bookie Woogie signing in! Thanks so much to 5 Minutes For Books for letting us share our thoughts on the “Where the Wild Things Are” movie. For our review of the original picture book, you’re welcome to peek here. The following discussion picks up where that prior review leaves…
Books on Screen: The Secret Life of Bees
I read Sue Monk Kidd’s book The Secret Life of Bees a few summers ago. It had been all the rage — a couple of years before I actually read it. I’m not one to jump on the book bandwagon. I finally had to read it after I started blogging, because it’s one of those…
Books on Screen: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
My daughter Amanda remembered reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs in school. She and Kyle were both looking forward to the movie, and she was anxious to introduce him to the books. When I looked for the book at the library, I noticed that there was a sequel. Pickles To Pittsburgh, while not credited…
Books on Screen: The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
My son is into pirates and I’m having a bit of a hard time with that. I just can’t reconcile the bad behavior of pirates with being something ADMIRABLE. That said, I know there are just plain fun pirate tales and I feel I can’t deny my son the joys of wearing an eye patch…
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