In 2009 read a minimum of 6 books that have been made into movies and then watch the movie.
- Write a review on the Book vs the Movie and be honest about whether or not you think the film-maker was successful in translating the book to film. Please keep in mind that it is impossible to convey everything. You must both read the book and watch the movie within 2009. All genres are acceptable and it doesn’t matter when the movie was made.
- Feel free to display one of the following challenge buttons on your blog (movies shown are Pride & Prejudice, Marley & Me and Twilight)
- Please add to the comments of this post and/or the Goodreads group when you’ve done a review. Periodically throughout the year random prizes will be given out.
That being said, so far I’ve been doing the opposite, watching the movie then going to read the book. Hopefully this will change, but this is my progress so far:
- The Reader (movie) – watched Jan 19
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink – finished Jan 25 - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – finished Apr 3
The Secret Life of Bees (movie) – watched Jan 2009 - Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – finished Jan 30
Persepolis (movie) – watched Jan 30 - The Spiderwick Chronicles Series by Holly Black – finished Feb 8
The Spiderwick Chronicles (movie) – watched Mar 17 - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley – finished Feb 16
A Thousand Acres (movie) – watched Feb 27 - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris – finished Mar 28
True Blood: Season 1 (TV series) – finished watching Mar 2 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck – finished Mar 15
East of Eden (movie) – watched Apr 25 - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane – finished Mar 15
Mystic River (movie) – watched Apr 10 - Sin City: the Hard Goodbye (Vol. 1) by Frank Miller – finished Mar 29
Sin City (movie) – watched Apr 29 - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks – finished Apr 4
The Notebook (movie) – finished Aug 4 - Watchmen by Alan Moore – finished May 23
Watchmen (movie) – watched Aug 3 - Fried Green Tomatoes by Fanni Flagg – finished May 27
Fried Green Tomatoes (movie) – watched May 28 - Atonement by Ian McEwan – finished June 1
Atonement (movie) – finished July 12 - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis – finished July 2
Prince Caspian (movie) – watched January 2009 - Marley and Me by John Grogan – finished July 25
Marley and Me (movie) – watched April 2009 - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden – finished August 23
Memoirs of a Geisha (movie) – watched October 2009 - Generation Kill by Evan Wright – finished October 8
Generation Kill (mini-series) – watched in August 2009 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – finished October 25
The English Patient (movie) – watched September 2009 - Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Haris – finished May 24
True Blood: Season 2 (TV series) – finished September 2009 - Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier – finished June 20
Cold Mountain (movie) – watched December 16, 2009
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis – finished Mar 27
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (movie) - 300 by Frank Miller – finished Apr 18
300 (movie) - Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons – finished Apr 18
Ellen Foster (movie) - A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean – finished July 21
A River Runs Through It (movie)
Tentative Goal: 20 books and movies/tv shows
- Project Fill in the Gaps – 10/100 (Apr 13, 09 – Apr 13, 14)
- Thriller/Suspense Challenge 2010 – 0/12 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- TwentyTen Challenge – 0/20 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- 2010 Support Your Local Library Challenge – 0/25 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- 2010 100+ Reading Challenge – 0/100 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- 2010 YA Reading Challenge – 0/12 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Nancy Drew Challenge – 0/56 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Colorful Reading Challenge – 0/9 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Awesome Author Challenge 2010 – 0/6 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- TBR Challenge 2010 – 0/12 original 0/12 alternatives (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Read Your Own Books 2010 – 0/75 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- A-Z Challenge 2010 – 0/52 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- New Author Challenge 2010 – 0/50 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Books to Read Before I Die Challenge – 0/20 (Jan 1, 10 – Dec 31, 10)
- Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge – 2/15 (July 23, 09 – Dec 31, 10)
- Monthly Mixer Mele – 5/74 (Nov 1, 09 – Nov 2, 10)
- Countdown Challenge 2010 – 8/55 (Sept 9, 09 – Oct 10, 10)
- 345 Challenge – 2/12 (Aug 1, 09 – Aug 1, 10)
- James Patterson Challenge – 7/10 (Aug 15, 09 – Aug 15, 10)
- Women’s Murder Club Challenge – 0/9 (Aug 15, 09 – Aug 15, 10)
- Random Reading Challenge – 1/12 (Aug 1, 09 – July 31, 10)
- Sookie Stackhouse Challenge – 3/10 (July 1, 09 – June 30, 10)
- Lord of the Rings Readalong – 0/4 (Jan 1, 09 – Apr 31, 10)
- The Four Month Challenge – 5/250 pts (Nov 1, 09 – Feb 28, 10)
- What an Animal II Challenge – 4/6 (July 1, 09 – Feb 28, 10)
- Everything Austen Challenge – 2/6 (July 1, o9 – Jan 10, 10)
- Book Awards III Challenge – 1/5 (July 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- 999×2 Challenge – 42/81 (May 4, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- A Visit to Oz Challenge – 3/5 (Mar 31, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- 1% Well Read Challenge 2009 – 8/10 (Mar 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- Book vs Movie – 18/20 (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- What’s in a Name Challenge – 5/6 (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- 2009 TBR Challenge – 9/12 Alternatives 5/12 (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- 2009 YA Challenge – 7/12 (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- A-Z Challenge 2009 – 19/26 authors and 24/26 books (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- 100+ Book Challenge – 128/100 (Jan 1, 09 – Dec 31, 09)
- Fall Into Reading 2009 – 8/15 (Sept 22, 09 – Dec 20, 09)
ONGOING CHALLENGES
- 1,001 Books You Must Read – 67/1001
- EW’s New Classic Books – 14/100
- TBR Stack (Personal) – 11/132
- Operation Actually Read the Bible – 0/12 months
- Stephen King/Richard Bachman Challenge – 2/–