The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne follows the story of a young boy who lives near the Auschwitz Concentration Camp with his family as his father is a soldier in the Nazi army. The first little difference is that they never say Auschwitz. It’s assumed, but Bruno …
Read More »MOVIE REVIEW: Elizabeth – The Golden Age
In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the Virgin Queen, but as the fully realized myth she has created by the conclusion of the previous film. Shekhar Kapur also returns to direct, along with writer Michael Hirst, and cinematographer Remi Aderfarasin, but you wouldn’t recognize that the …
Read More »BOOK TO MOVIE REVIEW: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Before I go any further in this book to movie review, let me just say I am embarrassed to say that I only just read the book a few weeks ago. I watched the movie when it came out and didn’t even realize it was a book. I did however by …
Read More »BOOK TO MOVIE REVIEW: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I was recently in a used bookstore in my hometown when I was browsing the fiction section of the store and saw laying on a shelf The Great Gatsby. I immediately thought that it would be the perfect book to do a book to movie comparison. I read the book in …
Read More »BOOKS TO MOVIES: Beautiful Creatures
This is the first in our new series of book to movie comparisons. We will be posting a new comparison each month comparing a book we have read to the movie version of it, including things that are alike, differences, and comparisons. Enjoy this first one of the book Beautiful …
Read More »BOOK REVIEW: “Significance” by Shelly Crane
Title: Silent: Significance Author: Shelly Crane Publication: March 26, 2012 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Genre: YA Fiction, Romance Source: Netgalley
Read More »EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Author Stacey R. Campbell – The Lakeview Series
As an avid reader I find myself drawn to a lot of different books. Sometimes I like deep ones with powerful messages entwined in the story, and others I enjoy a light, simple read that is entertaining in whatever right. Stacey R. Campbell is definitely on my must read list …
Read More »BOOK REVIEW: “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Cheryl Strayed
Title: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” Author: Cheryl Strayed Publication: March 2012 Publisher: Vintage Pages: 338
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