Bait & Switch: ROW80 Update

As I mentioned in Friday's post, I went with my daughter to see Beautiful Creatures. I really enjoyed the book, so I was looking forward to seeing the movie.
It was a good movie, but it was the classic bait and switch... something I see all too often happen with good books.
The movie had the same characters, although often with different purposes and traits, and even the same major plot points, but it was NOT the book I read. And it's a darn shame.
Was it a bad movie? No. But it's hard for me to be overly enthusiastic about it when it was such a deviation from the book. If I hadn't read the book, I think I would have liked it more. The biggest travesty: the main male character, Ethan, was a much stronger character in the book. The movie made him seem dorky and weak. Such a shame.
I have yet to see the authors' take on the movie, but I can see why they wouldn't want to speak out too publicly about any disappointment. Do you remember Anne Rice speaking out about Interview with a Vampire and her disappointment in Tom Cruise as Lestat? It didn't help the movie. Nor, I'm sure, did it help those who enjoyed the movie want to read her book. Catch 22.
But then again, I must admit to having the following problem...

Can you judge a movie without considering the book it was based on?
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Mondays are my  A Round of Words in 80 Days (ROW80)  Updates. So here goes...
WRITINGMy goal: Spend an hour a day writing/planning the Depression Cookies follow-up. 
My progress: Bit of a fail, since I still need to write another chapter. Will finish Wednesday.

My goal: Deep edits and "filling holes" work on Chasing Memories (my NaNo project). 
My progress: Prologue & Chapter One have been sent. Why is the first reader always the scariest?

BLOGGING
My goal: Post here on Monday, Wednesday & Friday and write some A to Z posts so April is not so overwhelming.
My progress: Posted MWF last week. Plan to do the same this week. Hope to write two A to Z posts this week. *fingers crossed*

READING
My goal: Read two books per week. My progress: Finished Beautiful Creatures just in time for the movie, and will have the review of it up on Mom in Love with Fiction. Read one book already this week and one more to go.