1. A book made into a movie you've already seen

[Kim]

I'm reading MASH for this one. I started it last year but a bunch of books came in at the same time from the overdrive and this one got lost in the shuffle.

[May]

I'm planning on reading Girl, Interrupted for this one.

[SadieReadsAgain]

May wrote: "I'm planning on reading Girl, Interrupted for this one."

I was considering re-reading that for this prompt, but I have too many TBR books to go reading something a second time!

I love the film and seem to remember this being one of the few times where the film is actually better than the book. But I read it so long ago, and have seen people say such good things about it since, that I wonder if I'm remembering it wrong. I'll be interested to see what you think.

[May]

Sarah wrote: "May wrote: "I'm planning on reading Girl, Interrupted for this one."

I was considering re-reading that for this prompt, but I have too many TBR books to go reading something a second ..."

I'm looking forward to reading it! I watched the film again last year so it's reasonably fresh in my mind.

[Lin]

I am going with the Running Man (S.King). That was my first action movie ever and till recently I even didn't know it was based on a King's book. Daahh me..
I guess everyone has seen so many S.Holmes, Mrs.Marple and Poirot films.

[Kate]

I'm going to read The Cider House Rules, I saw the movie years ago, but haven't read the book.

[Samantha]

I've narrowed my choices down to:

Stardust
Matilda
Little Women

I'm leaning more towards Stardust atm, as I seem to be on a Gaiman binge right now lol

[Teresa]

Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into SpaceSomething Borrowed

[Jmsness]

I've just picked up secondhand American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis for this category!

[Loes]

I’ll be reading memoirs of a geisha. I actually bought the book after seeing the movie. Just never got around to reading it.

[Richelle]

I have chosen The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This movie made me cry, so I assume the book will too. But I thought I would give it a go.

[Pia]

I'll read Murder in the Orient Express for this one. Just saw the new movie (which was great!) so know I'll read some Agatha Christie.

If anyone is watching The Mountain Between Us, definitely read the book! It's amazing.

[Emanuel]

I watched first to die, because I want to read the book 1st to Die

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Ohw help, the first prompt and already so many possible books!! I think that I'll be going with The Maze Runner though, I really liked the movie and I'm feeling like reading something not to heavy at the moment + my sister has the entire series in paperback which I can borrow!!

[Marjorie]

I think I am going to read The Color Purple. My dd just finished it for one of her college lit classes so we have a copy :-)

[Anshita]

Richelle wrote: "I have chosen The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This movie made me cry, so I assume the book will too. But I thought I would give it a go."

I read the book last year and it is gripping from the first chapter. I hope you enjoy reading it.

[Anshita]

I picked three books for this prompt:
1. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich.
2. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.
I reached the decision to read The Accidental Billionaires since I love The Social Network so much.

[Amanda]

I’m choosing My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

[Elizabeth]

I'm going to read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I haven't read it since I was in grade school and I have recently watched 3 different film/TV versions of the story.

[Bigsna]

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum - I've seen the movie but forgotten all the 'good stuff'details. Also, i've always wanted to read the Bourne series because of how famous they are!

[Alaina]

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is what I’m going to start the year off with! 5is movie was actually pretty decent, but it made me want to see how different the book is.

[Jill]

I am going to read Schindler's List for this prompt.

[Jacquie]

I am choosing the book The Painted Veil. The movie is unforgettable.

[Malinka]

Thirteen Reasons Why
Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye
Coraline
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Papillon
The Godfather
The Man Who Planted Trees
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Carrie
Misery
The Hunger Games
Divergence
Outlander
Deadpool Classic, Vol. 1
The Talented Mr. Ripley
A Bear Called Paddington
What Maisie Knew
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Anna Karenina
Daniel Deronda
Rashomon
The Birds and Other Stories
Bridge to Terabithia
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Blindness
Anne of Green Gables
Ostře sledované vlaky
A Little Princess
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Wind in the Willows
The Stepford Wives
K-Pax
Much Ado About Nothing
Hamlet
Winnie-the-Pooh
The War of the Worlds
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Tin Drum
Me Before You
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Wuthering Heights
Far from the Madding Crowd
Where the Wild Things Are
The Danish Girl
Love, Rosie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Scarlet Letter

[Sabrina]

I'm reading Bridget Jones's Diary !

[Kat]

After careful consideration, I think I've decided on GIRL, INTERRUPTED.

[Emma]

I’m finding this one difficult as I don’t watch many films, and if I plan to watch something that I know was a book I tend to read the book first. Fairly often if they make a film of a favourite book I won’t watch it as I’m so often disappointed. I don’t particularly want to reread something I’ve already read and seen the film, though I have been planning a reread of The House of the Spirits for a while and I have seen that film way back when.

Otherwise I’m going to try and think back over the films I’ve seen recently (not many) and see if any were books I’ve not yet read.

[Mary]

For those of us who watched movies when they were $5.00...
Out of Africa
The Remains of the Day
Sophie's Choice
A Room with a View
Babette's Feast

[Stephanie ((Strazzybooks))]

Ones I have read and really enjoyed: The Help, Matilda (or any Dahl), The Book Thief, Wonder, The Shining, The Princess Bride, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, .

I think I'll go with Jurassic Park!

[Melinda]

The Maltese Falcon and others featuring Tommy and TuppenceAnd their dog, Asta- Dashiell Hammett
Anything by James M. Cain

[Amanda]

Starting now with My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

[Laura]

I don't think it's been mentioned here yet but I've been leaning towards It.

I haven't decided though! It's so hard. I am also thinking:
The Phantom of the Opera
The Other Boleyn Girl
No Country for Old Men
Scarface
The Zookeeper's Wife
One Shot (Jack Reacher)
Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner (Million Dollar Baby)
The Silence of the Lambs

[poshpenny]

Melinda wrote: "The Maltese Falcon and others featuring Tommy and TuppenceAnd their dog, Asta- Dashiell Hammett
Anything by James M. Cain"

Tommy & Tuppence are Agatha Christie. Nick & Nora Charles and Asta are in The Thin Man by Hammett. I'm quite fond of both couples.

I also really enjoyed Jurassic Park!

[Marci]

I chose A Clockwork Orange for this and I’m sooo thankful I did! It shows a completely different side of the story.

[Simant]

Is Wonder Woman: Warbringer valid for this category? I have already seen the movie but I am not sure if the book is related to it or is totally different one.

[Tara]

I don’t know a lot about it but there is some good alliteration in the title if you want to read it and aren’t sure

[Ayla]

Im thinking of reading American Assassin for this one. I've seen the movie and really enjoyed it, but I heard that the book is very different.
Im not a big reader of action/spy novels, so this will be a new genre for me.

[Alice]

I usually try to read the book before I see the movie but I've got a couple of ideas for this one.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Atonement

[Alaina]

Alice wrote: "I usually try to read the book before I see the movie but I've got a couple of ideas for this one.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Atonement"

Miss Peregrine’s is the one I’m doing too! It’s also the first book I’m reading this’s year 😁

[Vikki]

Started my first reading challenge with The Princess Bride. I love the film and have seen it many times!

[Tania]

I chose to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling - I've seen all the movies but never read any of the books until now. Definitely planning to read the whole series.

[Nancy]

I had three books in mind: Captain Blood by Rafaele Sabatini, The Razor's Edge by M. Somerset Maugham, and The Four Feathers by by A. E. W. Mason. I loved all three movies but only The Four Feathers had two movies and each movie was very different from the other so I chose that book. It is also my first read for the challenge. I am so glad I chose it because the book is very different from the movie and so far, better than either movie.

[Angela]

Im going to read Prettyon Pink for this one. Loved the movie in my younger days 😊

[Rachel]

I’ve chosen to go with The Railway Man by Eric Lomax for this category

[B]

What a great list of options from the group! Thanks to all! I believe I've settled on two (very different) books to start the year - The Devil Wears Prada, and True Grit. We'll see how the reading goes!

[Kelly]

There are some really great suggestions here! I'll probably read Hidden Figures, since it's been staring at me from the shelf for months.

[Cendaquenta]

I always make sure to read the book before the movie, so this prompt is going to be one of the more difficult of the bunch! :p
I'm going to either read Ross Poldark (although it was adapted into a BBC series, not a film) or Twelve Years a Slave. Perhaps I'll be able to get my hands on The Last Unicorn at some point this year, too.

[Mel]

Since I'm one of those "usually reads the book before I see the movie" peeps, I was considering rereading Gone Girl or Confessions of a Shopaholic for this category. Then I realized I had never read Coraline, but had seen the movie a while back. It's always interesting seeing a movie adaptation first and then reading its originating material. So many differences! (Some good, some not so good.)

[Beth]

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

[Chelle181]

I have just finished Moulin Rouge by Pierre La Mure, picked because I thought I had seen the film. Of course there are a lot of films and novels about the Moulin Rouge, so the film I have seen (the Baz Luhrmann one) matches up very little with this book!
That said this book is very powerful, such emotive and descriptive language. I would recommend it, it is a tear jerker of love, loss, and the human condition. I gave it 5 stars.
I have decided to also read The Martian by Andy Weir for this prompt because why not?
Some great suggestions here like Hidden Figures, which I have not read but would like to, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which I have read many times over.
Apologies as I am on the app, which apparently can’t link books.