44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)

[WVrambler]

I like police procedurals and similar shows, so I’ll be reading Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI by Robert K. Ressler. Ressler is the FBI agent who pioneered profiling criminals.

[Nicole]

Serendipity wrote: "I've got absolutely no ideas for this one since I'm not a big tv watcher - or movies anymore either. I'm trusting the perfect title will reveal itself to me before the end of next year!"

I had a quick look at your tbr-list and you have quite a few books on there that have been turned into a movie or tv show.
Hope this helps :)

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
The Glass Castle
The Girl on the Train
Gone Girl
11/22/63
Crazy Rich Asians

[Serendipity]

Thank you Nicole. You've just become my new best friend ;- ) Most of those Ive already assigned to categories . But...I had planned to read Crazy Rich Asians already but my name is taking forever to reach the top of the library hold list. I can't see it happening this year now so its great to know I have a slot waiting for it next year.

[Sabrina]

for any marvel fans, reading some of the comics is definitely an option!
I think I'm going to do Daredevil: Born Again which is the comic series run that largely inspired season 3 of daredevil, which I absolutely loved!

[Pam]

I've seen someone mention the tv show New Amsterdam in one of the threads. I haven't seen it but there is a book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital, which is the inspiration for the tv show. It is a new GR giveaway starting today.

[Lauren]

OK, I have a few choices based on the books made into TV shows:

Harry Bosch - The Burning Room - I've wanted to continue this series for a while now.
Miss Fisher Mysteries - Cocaine Blues
Cormoran Strike - Lethal White

A Discovery of Witches - I've read this one but highly recommend it and the adaptation is fantastic.

[dalex]

If you're a fan of The Handmaid's Tale TV show there's a book sequel being published next year - The Testaments!

[Rachelnyc]

dalex wrote: "If you're a fan of The Handmaid's Tale TV show there's a book sequel being published next year - The Testaments!"

What?!?! I am beyond excited about this!

[Tonya]

Milena wrote: "Tonya wrote: "I have a lot of options for this one:
Sharp Objects
Geek Love (AHS Freak Show)
[book:Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Fo..."

The Geek Love/AHS connection was on the Buzzfeed list posted above. I think they just have similar themes.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

So I took that Bookriot quiz, and as I was going along I was thinking it was going to come up with something awful. I don't watch very much tv, especially not the big genres like sitcoms, dramas, etc. But to my amazement the algorithm spat out From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, which is on my tbr. I might go with that, or I might go with something that is more directly linked to a show I watch.

[Tracy]

Jackie wrote: "So I took that Bookriot quiz, and as I was going along I was thinking it was going to come up with something awful. I don't watch very much tv..."

I mean, I'm watching a lot of TV right now, but thats not normal for me LOL... I took the quiz too, it said to read some book about a girl who was kidnapped or murdered in Saudi Arabia. I can't remember the name now literally 2 minutes later ( this is why I can't read lately UGH) but Ive seen the cover around here somewhere. Girl in a pink hoodie with sun glasses on. Off to search for it as an option, although I'm still pretty set on a Buffy graphic novel.

Found it.....

Second try, using Outlander for SciFi instead of Buffy and The Great British Bake Off instead of House Hunters ( because I watch it with my girls ), and leaving out Law and Order SVU which I really don't watch ( I used to because it was always on at my dads house)

was planning on reading this already this year. Im in the biggest Slump. I just don't feel like reading and that makes me sad :/

[Serendipity]

@Tracy, I'm finding myself in a bit of a reading slump as well. I think it is because all the good books that I really want to read are slated for next year's challenges. What happened last year is that I tried to put myself in the Christmas spirit and ended up reading lots of mediocre - at best - sappy Christmas books. I'm trying to be more selective this year, or at least limit the quantity. But I still want to find something good to read - and failing since the library hold system is not cooperating. They really need to hurry up and process those great sounding new releases that I'm first in line for ; -)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I just took the BookRiot quiz and got Children of Blood and Bone, which is on my list to read next year anyway.

I'm definitely doing something from the Gilmore Girls reading list, but it's good to know that some random online quiz thinks I will enjoy Children of Blood and Bone lol

[Irene]

There is this great Friends episode where Joey and Rachel read each other's recommended books. It is the Shining and Little Women.

Also House of Cards is based on this book: House of Cards. It is quite different from the series, but I enjoyed reading it.

And maybe the next game of thrones book will appear in 2019? One can only hope...

[Catherine]

I think I'm going to read Eligible for this one. It's a modern day retelling of one of my favorite movies, Pride and Prejudice (both versions! I mean, really, who can resist Colin Firth OR Matthew McFayden as Mr. Darcy). I've already read the original, so I thought this would be a fun way to spruce up my reading list for the year

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Catherine wrote: "I think I'm going to read Eligible for this one. It's a modern day retelling of one of my favorite movies, Pride and Prejudice (both versions! I mean, really, who can resist Colin F..."

I LOVED Eligible! You could also use it for the Borrowed prompt, if it doesn't work out here.

[Mom2triplets04]

I'm going with the A Great Deliverance since it's also on my 19 for 2019 challenge.

[SadieReadsAgain]

I'm going with The Incendiaries. I enjoyed Homeland and the look at extremist groups, and this seems to cover some similar ground.

[Johanne]

So, I read The Tales of Beedle the Bard in the new edition illustrated by Chris Riddell. That book is related to the Deathly Hallows movie in so many ways :) (and I just rewatched the HP movies this christmas)
I am also about to board on SKAM Sæson 2, Noora, the TV manuscript from the second season of the Norwegian series SKAM. That also works brillantly here. As far as I can tell there are editions in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish.
I´ll see what I end up using, but just to add with some ideas.

[Hilde]

Have you seen all of the SKAM series, Johanne? It was excellent :) I understand it became quite a hit in Denmark as well?

[Johanne]

Yes, Hilde I watched all of the SKAM seasons and I think it is brillant! You are right, they were quite the hit in Denmark as well. People were at the point of riot because DR (Danish national radio/tv) moved the series so they put it back ;) I want to rewatch now that I am reading the TV-scripts, which are also brillant by the way.

[Hilde]

I might have to read the script then just to re-live the show. Thanks for the tip!

[Johanne]

The script is like a rewatch. It is a raw script so there are notes to the cameraman, on where the actors should improvise and so on. I like that added dimension.

[Gaby]

Might bend this one slightly and read something related to Hamilton, cause I have so many books to read that are inspired by the musical.

[Brandy]

Optional questions:
- What are you reading this week?
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
- What film or tv show is it linked to?
Father Brown (BBC or Netflix or PBS)
- What's the connection with the tv show or film?
Very little. The character in the show is clearly based off these stories in that they have the same name and are both catholic priests who solve crimes.... and... scene. This is a book of short stories. They have their charms. But the admittedly historically accurate casual racism in some of these stories makes them less charming for me than the show.

[Brandy]

Oooh recomendation for anybody reading this with kids or you know who is as big a fan girl of Cotterpin Doozer as I am. Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Omnibus is a collection of Fraggle Rock comic books. And they are very, very, very much in the theme of the show. Cotterpin is featured in 3 comics. There is an absolutely lovely scene with Junior Gorg and maybe my favorite ever Boomer moment.

I read it for a nostalgia prompt in this years Pop Sugar challenge.

At the end Mokey teaches you to draw various things! Mokey far, far, far overestimates my drawing ability (and I'm an adult) but I do have very, very, very little drawing ability so maybe somebody else could learn to draw a doozer via her instructions.

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Rachelnyc wrote: "I love this prompt! My first inclination when I saw this was to read about Russian spies living in the US during the cold war since I was such a big fan of the show The Americans. I've read a coupl..."

I read You Are One of Them last year, and that definitely fits kind of in that space. A little different, okay, a lot different, but in the same thread. :)

[Rachelnyc]

Brandi wrote: "Rachelnyc wrote: "I love this prompt! My first inclination when I saw this was to read about Russian spies living in the US during the cold war since I was such a big fan of the show The Americans...."

Ooh this looks interesting, thanks!

[Courtney]

What are you reading this week?
I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends by Kelsey Miller

What film or tv show is it linked to?
Friends, one of my favorite tv shows

[Angela]

What are you reading this week?
The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky


What film or tv show is it linked to?
My favourite TV show, Drop the Dead Donkey

What's the connection with the tv show or film?
It's mentioned by Sally, one of the characters.

[Perri]

- What are you reading this week?
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History
- What film or tv show is it linked to?
Parks and Rec and Will and Grace
- What's the connection with the tv show or film?
It's by two actors from those series

[Adam]

I've decided to take a broader interpretation of this prompt. Rather than a film or television series, I've decided to go with a video game series.

I'm a big fan of the Assassin's Creed series, so for this week I'll be reading Alamut. The book that inspired much of the first game including the series motto.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

[Alaina]

I'll be reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I thought the movie was fantastic so I have high hopes for the book.

[Jen]

I did To All the Boys I've Loved Before and found it hilarious and way better than the movie.

[Elizabeth]

my pick for this was Savage Sam by Fred Gipson
and it was made into a Disney movie .

[Cristin]

I read X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills for this prompt.
This 1982 "Marvel Graphic Novel" was used as the basis for the mutant genocide plot-line of the 2003 movie "X2" (also known as "X-Men 2" or "X2: X-Men United").

[Matthias]

- What are you reading this week?
I am reading Ubik by Philip K. Dick.
- What film or tv show is it linked to?
I has a connection to the Netflix interactive TV show (related to Black Mirror) Baldersnatch.
- What's the connection with the tv show or film?
The book features in the show (in a background, and possibly in refererences in the story (but I will see more of that when I have read the novel).

Also, reading it because it is a Philip K. Dick story I haven't gotten to yet.

[Pam]

Matthias wrote: "- What are you reading this week?
I am reading Ubik by Philip K. Dick.
- What film or tv show is it linked to?
I has a connection to the Netflix interactive TV show (rela..."

That's a good one! Hope you enjoy it.

[Marilyn]

I just finished read WHILE WE WERE WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY by Wendy Wax, which meets this challenge. Loved it. Gave it 5 stars and included a Review here on Goodreads as well.

[Pam]

- What are you reading this week?
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

- What film or tv show is it linked to?
Naked and Afraid

- What's the connection with the tv show or film?
There is a character who is the star of a reality TV show called Expedition Survival! where he goes out into the wild without food and water and battles the elements and eats animals that he catches. He's a big phony, though. Not to say that these types of reality survivalist TV shows are as fake as his show! It does remind me of the show, though.

[MN]

I read Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernesy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, for this topic, having watched, and enjoyed, the film. I thought the book better than the film, although the film's transition/translation from the epistolary form of the book was managed quite well. The use of letters in the book made the central character more interesting than the film was able to convey, I felt.

A charming read, but that said, I also learnt about the German occupation of Guernsey in more (and sometimes harrowing) detail.

[ladymurmur]

- What are you reading this week?
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland

- What film or tv show is it linked to?
iZombie

- What's the connection with the tv show or film?
Main character is a zombie who works in/with the local medical examiners office.

[dalex]

One of my favorite TV shows is Black Mirror, a British sci-fi (ish) series available on Netflix. There are multiple lists of "books to read if you like Black Mirror," most of which include at least one novel by James Smythe (an author who has been on my TBR List for rather a long time).

I read The Machine, which is dark, disturbing, and very thought-provoking - basically the very things I like about Black Mirror. I enjoyed the book quite a lot and definitely plan to read more of the author's works in the future.

[Rebecca]

Yesterday I started reading Measly Middle Ages
It's based on the TV series Horrible Histories. It may be a kids show but I absolutely love the humour.

[Beth]

After watching the movie adaptation of My Sister's Keeper many years ago I have finally decided to pick up the book for this prompt.

[Kim]

What are you reading this week? Spencer's mountain by Earl Hamner, Jr.
- What film or tv show is it linked to? The Waltons
- What's the connection with the tv show or film? it is the basis on the show

[Jody]

What are you reading this week?
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

What film or tv show is it linked to?
The Harry Potter movies

What's the connection with the tv show or film?
Same author

[LukasmummyReads]

A couple of ideas, from sets I have read before.
The Surgeon - Rizzoli and Isles
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Dexter
Déjà Dead - Bones
Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man - Doctor Who

[Andrea]

For this prompt, I read The Passage by Justin Cronin. It has been on my TBR for a long time, but once learning that FOX was launching the series in January, I knew that I had to read it pronto because I will not watch a visual adaptation of a known novel before reading it. :)

[Nadine in NY]

Andrea wrote: "For this prompt, I read The Passage by Justin Cronin. It has been on my TBR for a long time, but once learning that FOX was launching the series in January, I knew that I had to read..."

Were you glad you read it? I keep thinking about reading that book, but I just never get around to it.