8 Children’s Books We’d Like to See Rewritten For Adults
I still love children’s books. Give me a book by David Macaulay to pore over or a chance to revisit…
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5 More Books to Read Before They Come to a Theater Near You
There’s nothing worse than going to a movie with a group of friends, only to come out of it and…
6 Famous Books With Extremely Faithful Film Adaptations
Whenever a well-known novel is adapted for the silver screen, the conversation among book lovers inevitably drifts to the changes…
5 Reasons We Can’t Wait to See Ender’s Game
2013 has been a pretty good year at the movies for original science-fiction—think Oblivion, Elysium, Pacific Rim, and Gravity. But…
5 Ways The Wizard of Oz Changed En Route To the Big Screen
If you are reading this, I assume you are alive, and if you are alive, I assume you have seen…
5 Novelizations We Want to See
Bookish people (like you and me) can be snobbish about the film and TV adaptations of our beloved novels. We…
9 Authors Who Cameoed In the Movie Version Of Their Books
Bestselling author. VlogBrother. Actor? The Fault in Our Stars scribe John Green revealed to his local newspaper, The Star, that…
Hollywood’s Favorite Author: Elmore Leonard, 1925—2013
Hardboiled crime fiction writer Elmore Leonard, author of nearly 50 books, died today at the age of 87. His career…
Our Favorite Jane Austen Updates
Friday marked the release of the movie Austenland, concerning the romantic misadventures of a Jane Austen obsessive visiting a petticoats-and-courtship–themed…
Rosamund Pike Will Star Alongside Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s Gone Girl Adaptation
David Fincher has finally found a leading lady to star alongside Ben Affleck in his adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling…
A Comic-Con Reading List: YA Edition
The annual gathering of geeks known as San Diego Comic-Con officially kicks off today, and while you’ll find your usual…
What It’s Like to Read ENDER’S GAME as an Adult
I didn’t read Ender’s Game as a child. I love sci-fi now, but I wasn’t into it as a kid.…
Why I Love Dean Koontz’s ODD THOMAS Series
“…humanity is a turbulent family aboard an endless train, on an infinite journey to shores that can only dimly be…
Five Things that Surprised Me About Roald Dahl’s MATILDA
The Tony awards are this Sunday, and acclaimed new musical Matilda is one of the most-nominated shows. To celebrate Matilda‘s ascension to…
5 Writers Failed by the Film Industry
Hollywood feeds on writers. Now more than ever, the cinema awash in remakes, re-imaginings, sequels, and adaptations. For some writers,…
Movie Adaptation? These Authors (and Readers) Will Stick With the Book, Thanks
Thanks to Charlie Kaufman, we all know what the process of adapting a book is like for the screenwriter—it starts…