"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Friday--- Dec. 9

TGIFriday, Dec. 9th - Book to Movie: Which book turned into a movie do you feel did the best adaptation? What about the worst?

BEST
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Stardust by Neil Gaiman
  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis




WORST
  • Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  • The Golden Compass by Pullman







Follow Friday at Alison Can Read : Keeping with the Spirit of Giving this season, what book do you think EVERYONE should read and you would buy it for all of your family and friends?

 Adult: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

 

YA: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness