2015 Book to Movie Challenge

OK, just one more (I hope!) The blog that hosted this one last year had announced that they would not be doing it again, so it looked as if there would not be books to movies challenge.  I loved this one as I try to read a book before it becomes a movie. Fortunately, another blog has taken over hosting this challenge, so I will be in again.  Sign up here.

Hello friends! Do you love movies? Do you love when books you love become movies? Welcome to the 2015 Book to Movie Challenge which was previously hosted by Katie on her blog Doing Dewey. The objective of the challenge is to share your reviews of movie or TV book adaptations, and hopefully generate some interesting discussions over the course of the year.

The challenge is super easy and flexible comprising of two parts:

♦  A quarterly check-in where you can add a link-up to your reviews; and/or

♦  Participate in a read-along of four 2015 movie adaptations.

GUIDELINES

♦  There are no hard or fast rules.

♦  You can join at any time. You can participate in one part of the challenge or both. You can participate in one read-along or all four. It’s all about having fun and what suits your interests and time.

♦ Neither the book nor the movie has to be new this year.

♦ A TV show counts if it is movie length or you have watched at least 2 episodes.

READ-ALONG SCHEDULE

March 2015 – Serena by Ron Rash to tie-in with the movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper

June 2015 – Paper Towns by John Green to tie-in with the movie starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne

September 2015 – To Reach The Clouds by Philippe Petit to tie-in with the movieThe Walk starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

November 2015 – The Martian by Andy Weir to tie-in with the movie starring Matt Damon

Here are the books-to-film I will be reading:

1.  My Sister's Keeper--Jodi Picoult
2. Bridget Jones's Diary--Helen Fielding
3. The Color Purple--Alice Walker
4. Still Alice--Lisa Genova
5. Like Water for Chocolate--Laura Esquivel
6. The DUFF--Kody Keplinger
7. American Sniper--Chris Kyle
8. The Time Machine--H.G Wells
9. One Day--David Nicholls
10. The Girl on the Train--Paula Hawkins
11. Memoirs of a Geisha--Arthur Golden
12. Madeline--Ludwig Bemelmans
13. Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen
14. The Martian--Andy Weir
15. The Company You Keep--Neil Gordon
16. Outlander--Diana Gabaldon
17. Brooklyn--Colm Toibin
18. A Thousand Splendid Suns--Khaled Hosseini
19. Austenland--Shannon Hale
20. Paper Towns--John Green
21. The Scorch Trials--James Dashner
22. Sarah's Key--Tatiana de Rosnay
23. Bridge to Terabithia--Katherine Paterson
24. Emma--Jane Austen
25. Life of Pi--Yann Martel
26. The Grapes of Wrath--John Steinbeck
27. Inferno--Dan Brown
28. Me an Earl and the Dying Girl--Jesse Andrews

Challenge completed on December 21