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Rebecca | 215 comments November and December are great for movie goers! Contrary to popular belief, the movie season is also great for readers! So many books are turned into movies and if you watch the movie first and then read the book that’s great! Read the book and then watch the movie? Also, awesome!

This month, you’ve got two options. Read the book that one of your favorite movies is based on. Or read the book for a movie (or a tv show, like The Handmaid’s Tale) that is soon to be coming out.

One of my favorite movies is Mildred Pierce with Joan Crawford, so I’m going to read Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain and then I’m going to rewatch the movie.
Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

Let me know what you’re reading and if you need a suggestion, let us know!


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Linda Mallet (lmallet) | 20 comments I'm going to read American Sniper and then watch the movie.


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Linda Mallet (lmallet) | 20 comments I'm also going to read "Never go Back by Lee Child" before I go see the movie.


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Tiffani Erickson (xxreddxx) | 5 comments I have read several books this year that were (or are going to be) movies. If there are any books that I've read this year that were turned into movies or TV shows that I didn't list, it's mainly because I either wasn't sure or I didn't know.
The Maze Runner
The Host
American Sniper
Wild
Twelve Years A Slave
My Story by Elizabeth Smart (I know there have been TV shows/stories done on her life)
Beastly
Red Rising (hopefully coming out this year or next)
Soul Surfer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
A Tale of Two Cities (I don't think it's a movie)
Animal Farm (I don't think it's a movie)
The Girl on the Train (can't wait to watch the movie
The Games by James Patterson (although it's not a movie, it was based on this year's Olympics and it seemed so real, that I prayed that nothing like this happened at this year's Olympics)
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Body for Life (the author has actually made a movie based on this book, as a supplement-so it sort of counts)
Dreamcatcher

I did read Grey and Fifty Shades Freed, which were extensions of Fifty Shades of Grey, so some may count that.

I've got planned to read The Color Purple and Les Meserables and Memoirs of a Geisha, but I don't think those have been made into movies.


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Rebecca | 215 comments Tiffani wrote: "I have read several books this year that were (or are going to be) movies. If there are any books that I've read this year that were turned into movies or TV shows that I didn't list, it's mainly b..."

You've got this challenge in the bag! There are a few film and play versions of A Tale of Two Cities that are older, as well as one for Animal Farm, but it's a little creepy!


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Rebecca | 215 comments Linda wrote: "I'm going to read American Sniper and then watch the movie."

My dad recently did that and he greatly enjoyed both. It was especially awesome since he is not often a 'reader'.


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