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I am exactly the same with Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog but I am a glutton for punishment.

Please ignore my previous suggestion of A Dog's Purpose! I do not intend on watching this movie as a video has emerged from TMZ that shows a beautiful dog being forced into turbulent water as it fights so hard to stay out of the water. This is not a dog's purpose and they should have either stopped filming or used a different dog that was more confident. We have no idea what else has gone on and if these are the kind of trainers accepted by the makers of this movie, I won't be watching.
I do however intend to read the book, but as I won't be watching the movie, I am not sure it will count for my prompt and will consider another book/movie.

AnnMarie wrote: "Please ignore my previous suggestion of A Dog's Purpose! I do not intend on watching this movie as a video has emerged from TMZ that shows a beautiful dog being forced into turbulent water as it fi..."

I don't think that you have to watch the movie for the book that you're reading. I'm reading The Shack for this prompt, but I don't intend to watch the movie, mainly because I'm not a big movie watcher. I think it's okay to still count A Dog's Purpose for this prompt even if you don't watch the movie.

I need some help! I've already read Murder on the Orient Express for this prompt, but just found out my book club has selected The Shack as a book of the month. I can use Murder on the OE for author from a country I've never visited but I was wondering if these two books could fit into any other prompts. Can anyone think of any others? Thanks!

Murder on the Orient Express could count for author with a pseudonym, as Agatha Christie also wrote as Mary Westmacott. If you don't generally read mysteries, you could slot it as a bestseller from a genre you don't normally read. It is definitely a book about travel. You could loosely count it as set in the wilderness as much of the problem stems from the fact the train is stranded in the middle of snowy nowhere (although this is a stretch). You could count the Orient Express as a hotel of sorts, in the same way that a cruise is a sort of hotel. Many people consider Hercule Poirot to be eccentric (this is a category that really depends on your definition). And I feel absolutely certain that this book is mentioned in other books; it's such a classic.

Anyway, it ought to be able to fit somewhere!

Jackie wrote: "Murder on the Orient Express could count for author with a pseudonym, as Agatha Christie also wrote as Mary Westmacott. If you don't generally read mysteries, you could slot it as a bestseller from..."

IIRC, Poirot himself refers to the events in it in at least Cards on the Table, if you want to count that as "book mentioned in another book"

Jackie wrote: "Murder on the Orient Express could count for author with a pseudonym, as Agatha Christie also wrote as Mary Westmacott. If you don't generally read mysteries, you could slot it as a bestseller from..."

Thank you so much! I think I'll pencil it in for a book about travel! I didn't think about that, but you are so right!
Betty

Siobhan wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Murder on the Orient Express could count for author with a pseudonym, as Agatha Christie also wrote as Mary Westmacott. If you don't generally read mysteries, you could slot it as a ..."

Siobhan wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Murder on the Orient Express could count for author with a pseudonym, as Agatha Christie also wrote as Mary Westmacott. If you don't generally read mysteries, you could slot it as a ..."

Thank you so much! I'm penciling it in for a book about travel right now, but if I decide to do the advanced list, I'll definitely move it to "book mentioned in another book". I was thinking I would do the advanced list, but I'm really considering it now.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, I haven't scoured the whole thread (although I probably will, I'm really excited to have found this group!) but I have just read Alone in Berlin as the film comes out in March of this year with Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson. I thought it would be tough as my second book of the challenge and I am trying to quite roughly keep to 1 book a week and this one is almost 600 pages but I honestly couldn't put it down.

I chose Wonder for this prompt. I finished it last night and it was so good. Made me feel so many emotions! I'm looking forward to the movie, I hope they do it justice.

I am reading "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver. I don't usually read YA but this one I had available.

I'll read Wonder for this. I chose this for another challenge prompt, but I think it will suit here better

I am going to read Live By Night by Dennis Lehane. I read an entire series off his for the 2016 challenge, so this should be just as good.

Quite a few people have recommended The circle by Dave Egger to me.

Keri wrote: "I am reading "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver. I don't usually read YA but this one I had available."

Just finished that today!

Juanita wrote: "A book that's becoming a movie on 2017 is one of the few (maybe the only) repeat/update from the 2016 list. I for one am glad to see it. I admit that today (at work, shhhhh) I Googled "books becomi..."

I think Ready Player One was moved to 2018.. A great book though

I'm reading The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made for this one. It's great!

I'm currently reading The Mountain Between Us for this requirement.

I just finished "Ready Player One" -- cheating a tiny bit, I suppose, because the Spielberg movie is slated for a 2018 release. I had wanted to read it for a long time. Didn't really live up to the buzz, I thought. The premise and overall plot were terrific, and I appreciated the '80s cultural references a lot, but the story really bogged down toward the middle, and finishing became a chore. I'm glad I read it, though, and look forward to the movie.

The Dinner is another one that I don't think I've seen mentioned yet. It supposedly has a release date of 5/5/17. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to read that, or if I'd rather read The Circle for this prompt.

I got lucky, because I just happened to have read many of these, without knowing about the future movie deals. -Jen from Quebec :0) (PS) I do NOT know how they'll pull off READY PLAYER ONE

I saw Lion last night and noticed that it is an adapted screenplay of A Long Way Home. It had a similar release to Hidden Figures, limited in December for Oscar bait and then wide on January 6th.

I really enjoyed Lion and have been thinking about reading the book also.

I'm reading The Circle by Dave Eggers, and I'm kind of shocked at how bad it is. I thought Eggers was supposed to be one of our modern literary geniuses? I thought this was "literary fiction"? I must have that wrong. Because the writing is so wooden and stilted and just trying-too-hard, and so far the plot has been ridiculous and full of minutiae. I'll keep reading it, since Emma Watson is in the movie so I know my daughter will want to see it, and I'll want to have read the book first.

But I'm so confused.

Is this crappy writing style part of the satire, and I'm just not smart enough to get it? Or was I wrong about this being "literary fiction"?

Nadine wrote: "I'm reading The Circle by Dave Eggers, and I'm kind of shocked at how bad it is. I thought Eggers was supposed to be one of our modern literary geniuses? I thought thi..."

I don't see this listed as literary fiction anywhere. It's commonly listed as dystopia.

Caity wrote: "I don't see this listed as literary fiction anywhere. It's commonly listed as dystopia. ."

Dystopia is one of the top three shelves on GR, but if you open it up to see the other shelves, quite a few people have shelved it as "literary fiction," and reviews are praising the writing.

And, like I said, I thought Eggers was hailed as a literary genius. I'm mystified.

That's really what I'm asking: Is Eggers a literary darling, or am I confusing him with another writer? Are all his books written like this?

Would you consider the handmaid's tale as a book being made into a movie? I really want to read it but I don't know what category I can use it for.

Nadine wrote: "Caity wrote: "I don't see this listed as literary fiction anywhere. It's commonly listed as dystopia. ."

Dystopia is one of the top three shelves on GR, but if you open it up to see the other shel..."

I'm personally approaching it as a modern dystopia and not literary at all. I think his other books might be literary and sometimes people automatically assume that everything a literary author writes is going to end up in the same category. I dunno. I'm not even 20 pages in yet, but I am enjoying it so far.

Ashley wrote: "Would you consider the handmaid's tale as a book being made into a movie? I really want to read it but I don't know what category I can use it for."

I think if you really want to read it for this task, then you should go ahead and do so. It's a mini-series, technically, that's being made, but if this is the most appealing option then do it anyway and bend the task. Be a rebel!

Nadine wrote: "I'm reading The Circle by Dave Eggers, and I'm kind of shocked at how bad it is. I thought Eggers was supposed to be one of our modern literary geniuses? I thought thi..."

I just finished it yesterday and kind of sat there in shock; the book absolutely terrified me! But I think the stilted writing was on purpose. These are people so immersed in technology and social media and conversing in snippets that they can't really speak well. And Mae is kind of a boring person, which showed in the book as well. I thought Eggers was trying to translate that into the book. Anyway, that's kind of my take on it.

I also used Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race for this prompt since it was the group read this month! I had another book in mind for the 'interesting woman' prompt.

Is anyone else reading Murder on the Orient Express? I've never read any Agatha Christie as I am not too fond of crime/detective fiction, but I am going to give this a try.

Ashley wrote: "Would you consider the handmaid's tale as a book being made into a movie? I really want to read it but I don't know what category I can use it for."

Hi Ashley! Great name! ;)
I definitely think you can get away with using The Handmaid's Tale for this task. While they say "becoming a movie", I think you could easily make the argument to "becoming a movie OR tv show". It is being adapted for viewing; seems like a good enough stretch to me!

I have All the Bright Places for this one but I'm now seeing it won't be released until 2018. :( I'm already 20% in and I'm loving it so I might have to use it for another category or just keep it for this.

In the Parade section of my newspaper last weekend they interviewed Nancy Pickard about her book becoming a movie this year. I started reading it for this prompt. I am only half-way through and really enjoying this book. I can't wait until it comes out on the big screen this year!

maybe I go read, like some one said before:Teu Para Sempre.In Portugal I don't kwon when the movie arrives, but the book I have to read this year, so I'll.

Some great options here:

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Just FYI, Unknown Soldiers has been filmed for the third time and it will come out in the fall as a part of the celebrations of the centenary year of Finnish independence. A couple of years ago it was also translated properly into English and published by Penguin Classics.
Here is a clip from the first movie in 1955: (The actors are too old for their roles as 20-year-olds but many of them had fought themselves, which brings back realism.)

I've noticed that many WWII novels are popular but obviously this would be from a different perspective and about a war theatre (north of Leningrad and Lake Ladoga) that many maps about the war in Europe even cut off. It is very realistic, though.

Hello everyone! If you're still looking for inspiration, a movie version of My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier is coming out in June.

A Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is a great read!

I'm reading Wonder by RJ Palacio for this category.

I just finished The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon and it was awesome. It fits into several categories, but I have a feeling it's going to end up being my "becoming a movie in 2017" book. If you like narrative nonfiction and adventure stories, this will probably be up your alley.

I read The Dinner -- it was a pretty gripping audiobook and I had trouble putting it down. It's kind of weird and dark and has it's funny moments. I just wish it had landed the ending better.

Everything, everything is my choice for this category. It's because the previews for the movie look so good

Also if anyone wants to read Blade Runner, this prompt is a good excuse to do so! The remake is coming out this year.

Paige wrote: "Also if anyone wants to read Blade Runner, this prompt is a good excuse to do so! The remake is coming out this year."

It's a sequel, not a remake. So it might be based on another book in that series, or it might not be.

Nadine wrote: "It's a sequel, not a remake. So it might be based on another bo..."

Blade Runner is based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was a stand alone. There are other books in the series that were written by a different author, almost 20 years later, starting with The Edge of Human. The sequel movie, Blade Runner 2049, as I understand, relates to the first book in terms of shared setting and some characters. I could not find any definitive information regarding links between the movie plot and the novel sequel, but based on the summaries I've seen for both, I don't think the new movie is based on Edge of Human, but we've only had one teaser trailer so far. I'd still recommend Do Androids Dream as very worth reading, and not only for the differences between it and the movie, but it may not be the best fit for this prompt.

Edited to add title of new movie, and to correct accidental misinformation.

Correct, not the same author. And not having read them, I don't know if any were used as a basis for this new movie sequel.

I'm going to the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

I'm reading A monster calls by Patrick Ness