Book To Movie Challenge

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Book to Movie Challenge


9/1/12 - 3/30/13



1) MAGIC/FANTASY
Read a book in which a young person is the “hero” OR a book whose cover shows a boy wearing glasses.
Young person is the hero
Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith = 9/1/12

2) ROMANCE
Read a romance OR a book with “love” (or a variation: loving, lover, loved…) in the title.
Romance
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater = 9/3/12

3) CLASSICS
Read a book set in Alabama OR a book that has won a Pulitzer Prize OR a book whose main theme is intolerance based on race, religion, gender, age or ethnicity

4) COMING OF AGE
Read a book involving a treasure hunt or a curse OR a book with a total number of pages that’s divisible by five
About a treasure hunt
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline = 9/9/12

5) CHICK-LIT
Read a book with a shoe featured prominently on the cover OR a book with a character who is part of the “jet-set” OR a character you love to hate
Shoe on the cover
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger = 9/6/12

6) THOUGHT-PROVOKING
Read a book in which a medical procedure plays an important part of the plot OR a book with a surprise ending OR a book about parents who have to make a difficult decision

7) MANGA
Read any manga book OR a book that takes place in Japan.

8) TWEEN
Read a book with wings on the cover OR a book from the GR Best Tween Book list

9) ANIMAL
Read a book that makes you laugh and cry at the same time OR a book about a family pet or with a pet on the cover.

10) HISTORY
Read a book published in a year with a 1, 8, 6 or 3 in the date OR a book about a member of the military (active duty or veteran, any country, any era).

11) DYSTOPIA
Read a book set in the future OR a book in which a character has to fight to survive OR a book with a black and gold cover.

12) CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Read a book where the main character has to prove his/her innocence (or that of a friend) OR a non-fiction trivia book OR a book with “and” in the title.

13) MEMOIR
Read a book with a three-word title (ALL words count!) OR a book that you think would be a good “book club” read OR a book in which food plays an important part.
Three word title
Quinn Checks In by L.H. Thomson = 9/30/12

14) CHILDREN'S
Read a book with an illustration on the cover (rather than a photograph) OR a children’s book that has won the Caldecott award.

15) HORROR
Read a book that scares you OR a book by an author whose initials can be found in “THERING”

16) THRILLER
Read a book in which ciphers or codes play a role OR a book with eyes featuring predominantly on the cover OR a book published in 2003.

17) SPORTS
Read a book in which sports plays an important part OR a non-fiction book about a person you admire

18) SCI-FI
Read a book set in space OR a book with a planet on the cover OR a book set in the United Kingdom

19) WESTERN
Read a book that’s the first in a series OR a book that inspired a TV show (not just a movie, but a show that lasted at least one season) OR a historical romance
First in a series
Soulless by Gail Carriger = 9/15/12

20) WILDCARD
Read any book-to-movie that’s not listed here.