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Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

With the holidays coming up, it's the most popular time for movie releases. Several of the upcoming movies are based off of popular books. From Frankenstein to The Martian, our beloved books are getting some time on the big screen. Many favorites have been made into films over the years, and it's always interesting to see how the movie compares to the book.

For this challenge, simply choose a number of books that have movie adaptations to read during the quarter. Bonus points if you watch the movie - and if you do, tell us what you think of the differences (mark your spoilers, of course).

Tasha has volunteered to lead this challenge. Thank you, Tasha!

I would like to participate in this challenge. It will be my first challenge since I've only been a part of ŷ������ for a while now. For my goal of books to read I will say 5 books. I don't know which ones yet, but I do want to read a lot especially since it is school time and it seems to get harder and harder to read.

Great challenge! My goal will be seven

I will volunteer this sounds like a great idea. Put me in for 4 books and I can always bump the total

3/4

The Maze Runner��
The Witches��
-Dracula
-The Queen of the Damned
�� Something Wicked This Way Comes

I'm in for 10 hoping to bump it to 15!

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

With the holidays coming up, it's the most popular time for movie releases. Several of the upcoming movies are based off of popular books. From Frankenstein to The Martian, our beloved books are getting some time on the big screen. Many favorites have been made into films over the years, and it's always interesting to see how the movie compares to the book.

For this challenge, simply choose a number of books that have movie adaptations to read during the quarter. Bonus points if you watch the movie - and if you do, tell us what you think of the differences (mark your spoilers, of course).

here's the plan so far goal is 3
read

and then go see the movie?

I'm in for 3 books - hopefully will be able to bump up that number :-)



�� 1. Atonement read 10/12/2015
�� 2. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake read 10/16/20151
�� 3. P.S. I Love You read 10/31/2015

3/3
Challenge completed

Tasha, are you volunteering to lead the challenge or just participate? Either is fine, I just want to be sure I understand!

I love this idea! Count me in. I'll aim for 3:

3/3 - Challenged Completed!

Holes by Louis Sachar Completed 10/24/15
Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike Completed 11/6/15
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald Completed 12/25/15

I look forward to reading and watching the films!

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

2/15
The Longest Ride
Kiss the Girls

I'm going to join and start with 3.

1/3

1. The Crow: Special Edition 10/13/15
2.
3.

This is a fun challenge. I'll try for 5.
3/5

1.) The Time Traveler's Wife ��
2.) The Color Purple ��
3.) Fifty Shades of Grey ��
4.)
5.)

I'll sign up for 9, thanks!


Fourth Quarter Challenge, October 01 - December 31
From the Page to the Screen
Goal: 9/9

01. Dracula - 09 Oct 2015, 4/5 �� : 7.5 (1992), (view spoiler)[
2/10. The movie was not great, very little in common with the book other than the character names. Lots of bad accents, and sexed up ladies lovin' Dracula. (hide spoiler)]
02. Fight Club - 10 Oct 2015, 4/5 �� : 8.9 (1999), (view spoiler)[
9/10. The only movie I'd seen previously, it holds up well on another go. Lots of differences from the book, mostly to do with Marla. The ending is completely different, but (I think) better than the book. (hide spoiler)]
03. The Time Traveler's Wife - 13 Oct 2015, 3/5 �� : 7.1 (2009), (view spoiler)[
5/10. Much better than the book, which I thought was super creepy. Quite a few differences (probably to make it less creepy!), but they were improvements. Not really my kind of book/movie. (hide spoiler)]
04. The Man Who Fell to Earth - 17 Oct 2015, 5/5 �� : 6.7 (1976)
05. Heart of Darkness - 21 Oct 2015, 1/5 �� : 8.5 (1979), (view spoiler)[
3/10. Yikes, this loosely based adaptation is #48 on IMDb's Top Rated Movies list. I wanted to like it... I hated the book, and strongly disliked the film. That's 3+ hours I'll never get back. (hide spoiler)]
06. A Single Man - 24 Oct 2015, 4/5 �� : 7.6 (2009), (view spoiler)[
8/10. Wow, what a gorgeous film! Very sad, slow movie that's true to the story. Colin Firth is amazing, everything, everyone in this movie looks beautiful. (hide spoiler)]
07. Of Mice and Men - 03 Nov 2015, 4/5 �� : 7.6 (1992)
08. 1984 - 13 Nov 2015, 4/5 �� : 7.2 (1984), (view spoiler)[
6/10. Fairly true to the story, but (understandably) left out a lot of background doctrine. Somehow seemed more grim than the book, despite toning down the more violent scenes. (hide spoiler)]
09. No Country for Old Men - 27 Nov 2015, 4/5 �� : 8.1 (2007), (view spoiler)[
7/10. Good movie, quite a few big changes from the book. The sheriff is a minor character in the film, though his part is a little bigger at the end. A troublesome underage runaway character is replaced by a very brief poolside conversation with a boozy woman. (hide spoiler)]


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Volunteer to lead if you still need someone

Yay, I've been looking forward to a challenge like this! I love reading and watching movies, so it's perfect. I'm joining in for five books!

1. The Maze Runner by James Dashner - completed November 2015 (previously watched movie)

2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - completed November 2015 (watched movie during challenge before reading book)

3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - completed November 2015 (waiting for it to be released)

4. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner - completed November 2015 (waiting for it to be released on video)

5. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradel - completed November 2015 (optioned and pending cast)

6. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - completed November 2015 (in production)

6/5 - challenge completed!!!

Put me down for 5

I'll try for 3

1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

I will try for 6 with the possibility of more.

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

6/6 Challenge Complete!!!

1. Watership Down by Richard Adams - 8/10/15

2. The Witches by Roald Dahl - 12/10/15

3. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - 1/10/15

4. If I Stay by Gayle Forman - 24/10/15

5. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 1/11/15

6. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl - 30/11/15

4th Quarterly Challenge: From the Page to the Screen
October 1st - December 31st

I LOVE the idea of this challenge. I'm a huge book and film fan so this is perfect for the final quarter!

I'm going to aim for 6, with the potential to add more.

1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Film is due for release in 2016)
2. I Am Legend
3. Dracula
4. The Girl with All the Gifts (In Post-Production July 2015)
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. The Great Gatsby
7. Room (Can't wait to see the movie!)

Current: 7/6

In for 6 10, I think, actually.

7/10

1. The Colour of Magic
2. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
3. Bird Box (film being made)
4. A Scanner Darkly
5. Portnoy's Complaint
6. Surfacing
7. Go Tell It on the Mountain

Options:
Frankenstein
Norwegian Wood
Lolita
Beloved
O Pioneers!
Carrie

if you are still looking i will lead

It looks like Tasha volunteered to lead this one first - thanks Tasha!

Blagica, if you wouldn't mind leading the banned books challenge like we talked about, that would be great!

It's nice to have so many volunteers for leading challenges. :)

I'm in

I'm in for 3!
1. The Woman in White completed 31 OCT 2015

Changed my goal from 8 to 6.

I'm in! I'll go with 5 books

Progress: 0/5

From Page to Screen Challenge

A fab challenge! I'd like to go for 3. I'm also going to combine this with my Randomiser challenge to keep everything achievable!

I've had to change a couple of titles due to the availability at the library.

1st October - 31st Dec 2015:

3/3

1. Lorna Doone - R. D. Blackmore ��
2. Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen ��
3. Dracula - Bram Stoker ��

Well, there are 5 for sure that were movies that I have to read to accomplish other challenges, so I'll make my goal 6.

1. The Time Traveler's Wife
2. Emma
3. A Tale of Two Cities
4.
5.
6.

3/6

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
OCT 1 - DEC 31 2015
Perfect timing for this challenge - have just watched The Maze Runner and it's next on my reading list after Stardust.
I'll go for 4

FINISHED Completed 4/4

1 Stardust Neil Gaiman - loved this book but yet to see the film - watched 21st November - fab film too even if it wasn't completely faithful to the book.
2 The Witches Roald Dahl - loved the film and the book although a number of differences in the film adaptation and preferred the ending of the book
3 The Color Purple
4 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer - the book is better than the film

I'd like to give this one a go.

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

Progress: 0/3

I'm going to set a goal of 5!
1.The Crucible 10/4/15
1997 movie staring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder
2. I Am Legend 10/25/15
2007 movie staring Will Smith
3.
4.
5.

I just saw the Martian yesterday (I read the book last year so it doesn't count for the challenge). It was excellent, and I highly recommend!

Hello Everyone :) So excited to lead this challenge I absolutely love books-movies


Participants

Dragon - 0/5
Veronica - 0/7
Tasha - 2/4
Blagica - 6/15
Sharon - 0/3
Susan(msg 7) - 3/3 Completed��
Jackie B - 1/3
Charity - 1/3
Alicia - 2/5
EggP - 3/9
Megan(msg 15)-4/5
Chris P - 4/5
Emma - 0/3
Joanne - 5/6
Kelly - 3/6
Lulu - 1/10
Susan(msg 24)- 0/3
Mandy - 0/5
Hala - 1/3
Megan(msg 26)- (2/6)
Clare - 3/4
Lisa - 0/3
Vanessa - 0/3
Stephanie - 2/5
Constance (Luna Suazo) - 0/4
Rebecca - 1/1 Completed��
Vernice - 4/5
Hnin Set Phyu - 0/6
Kim - 0/3
Ariel - 2/4
Elaine - 2/5
Kathleen - 0/4
Lindsay IL - 0/5
Amy (Other Amy) - 0/7

Total Books Read - 46

Total Movies Seen - 3


The Book was Better says:

Clare - ,The Witches
Tasha - , The Maze Runner
Megan - , The Maze Runner
Jackie B. - ,Holes


The Movie was Better says:
Megan - ,Vampire Academy

They were the same says:

Megan wrote: "I just saw the Martian yesterday (I read the book last year so it doesn't count for the challenge). It was excellent, and I highly recommend!"

how did it compare to the book

I'd like to participate in this challenge as well. My goal will be to read 4 books.. possibly 5 if you guys have any suggestions!


1. This is Where I Leave You
2. Twelve Years a Slave
3. Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
4. Miral
5. The Descendants

Constance wrote: "I'd like to participate in this challenge as well. My goal will be to read 4 books.. possibly 5 if you guys have any suggestions!

1. The Time Traveler's Wife
2. [book:Twelve Years..."

Welcome to the challenge. :) What kind of books do you like to read?? The Notebook, Dear John, Stephen Kings-Green Mile,Carrie. The Harry Potter Books to movies are great. If you like light hearted books Disney has put out tons. for YA -Maze Runner, City of Angels, Divergent

hey guess what I just got a Oprah update. These books are becoming movies fall 2015

-Room By Emma Donoghue
-Brooklyn By Colm Tóibín
-The 33 By Héctor Tobar
-The Danish Girl By David Ebershoff
-Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins
-Carol By Patricia Highsmith
-Beasts of No Nation By Uzodinma Iweala
-In the Heart of the Sea By Nathaniel Philbrick

Update to message 19.

1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Film is due for release in 2016)
2. I Am Legend

Current: 2/6

FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

3/15
The Longest Ride
Kiss the Girls
The Time Traveler's Wife

I will be down for one and it will be the great Gatsby as i planed on reading it next

The Great Gatsby

Updated message 29

Completed 1/4

Stardust - now need to watch the film

Kelly wrote: "Update to message 19.

1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Film is due for release in 2016)
2. I Am Legend

Current: 2/6"


I didn't know Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was going to be a book. I wonder what it will be like


I liked the movie I am Legend with Will Smith

Blagica wrote: "FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

3/15
The Longest Ride
Kiss the Girls
The Time Traveler's Wife"

You are doing well Blagica

Rebecca wrote: "I will be down for one and it will be the great Gatsby as i planed on reading it next

The Great Gatsby"

You are added enjoy your book

Clare wrote: "Updated message 29

Completed 1/4

Stardust - now need to watch the film"

The movie Stardust is great I have watched 3 times. If you get the chance to see the movie let me know how it compares I have heard a lot of different reviews so I am hesitant to read it

Rebecca wrote: "I will be down for one and it will be the great Gatsby as i planed on reading it next

The Great Gatsby"

If you decide to watch one of the films, I recommend the Leo DiCaprio over the Robert Redford. DiCaprio's Gatsby was better - just try to look over the terrible music choice. Enjoy the book!

Tasha�� wrote: I didn't know Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was going to be a book. I wonder what it will be like


I liked the movie I am Legend with Will Smith

Yes! Tim Burton is directing it and I love his style, so I have high hopes for what he can do with the story. It's due for release in 2016 :)
I also liked the movie I Am Legend, however I wish I had read the book before as I ended up feeling let down by the book, unfortunately!

Tasha�� wrote: "Blagica wrote: "FROM THE PAGE TO THE SCREEN
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2015

3/15
The Longest Ride
Kiss the Girls
The Time Traveler's Wife"

You..."
I'm a self admitted book and movie junkie so this is just my cup of tea =)

Updated message #18


The Witches by Roald Dahl

Completed 1/6

I am starting the great Gatsby today