**Read It, Watch It 2024 Challenge**

[Lindsey]

Read It, Watch It Challenge
A 2024 Bonus Challenge

Let’s read. And watch!

Our “Read It, Watch It” is an optional, bonus challenge that ties into the prompts you’re already reading for the 2024 challenge! Over the course of the year, we’ll be reading, watching, and discussing books and movies that fit four of our 2024 prompts. This is a fun way to dive deeper into a story and see the films or shows that were inspired by it (or vice versa)!

How it works:
1) Our “Read It, Watch It” challenge has four prompts to be completed (read and watched) during a specific quarter of the year.

This year’s prompts are:

January – March: Hybrid genre
April – June: Includes a wedding
July – September: A character-driven story
October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon

2) For each of the four prompts, pick a book that matches the prompt but ALSO has a movie and/or TV adaptation. As always, feel free to get creative with your book choice.

3) During the corresponding months, read it, watch it, and discuss! Join the Facebook group and watch for specific discussion threads related to our Read It, Watch It challenge! These discussions will be hosted by a longtime 52 Book Club member, and inspiration for the original 52 Book Club Read It, Watch It challenge — Melissa Hoyt!

Questions and tips:

a) I already have a book picked for one of these prompts but it doesn’t have a movie adaptation! What do I do?

This challenge is an optional bonus challenge and there is no pressure to complete any or all of it. If you’ve already read a book without a movie or TV adaptation for one of these prompts, you’re welcome to simply skip that prompt on this Read It, Watch It challenge.

Alternatively, you could also decide to complete that prompt twice — once for the regular 2024 challenge, and once more for this Read It, Watch It challenge.

b) Does the movie have to be a direct adaptation of the book?

No. As always, feel free to get creative with this bonus challenge. For example, you could choose to read Pride and Prejudice for the prompt “Includes a wedding.” You could then watch a direct adaptation of the book, or choose a looser interpretation such as Bridget Jones's Diary or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

As another example of how creative you can get with this challenge: You might choose to read the book A Court of Thorns and Roses for the prompt “Hybrid Genre.” While a TV adaption of the book hasn’t been released yet, you could decide to watch the movie, Beauty and the Beast because the book was inspired by a retelling of that fairytale.

As always, it is up to you how flexible you’d like to be with your interpretation of each prompt.

c) Does a TV series count for this challenge?

Absolutely!



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[Lindsey]

My tentative list:

Hybrid Genre - Around the World in Eighty Days
Includes a Wedding - Red, White & Royal Blue
Character-Driven - Me Before You
Published In A Year Of The Dragon - The Three Musketeers

[the]

My list:

Hybrid Genre - A Wrinkle in Time
Includes a Wedding - Jane Eyre
Character-Driven - The Book Thief
Published In A Year Of The Dragon - The Fault in Our Stars

[MaryAnn (EmilyD1037)]

Still setting this up

Hybrid Genre -
Includes a Wedding
Character-Driven
Published In a Year Of The Dragon

[DaNae]

Let me see if I can make this happen :) 4/4


Hybrid Genre: Killers of the Flower Moon History & Mystery. The book pulled off the mystery part much better than the movie, which felt self-indulgent on Scorsese's part.

Includes a Wedding: The People we Hate at the Wedding I could not have hated the book more. However, I found the movie fun fluff with a rather great cast. I quite liked the 2017 adaptation of the book. I felt the subtle changes made to the narrator and his relationship with with Sophia made for a more interesting scenario.

Character-Driven: Crooked House
(I kept jumping around on which book I would use for this, but in the end I wanted a movie I hadn't previously seen. Agatha is not primarily known for her stunning character development, but in this one, it all happened because of one very warped personality.) I like the 2017 adaptation. The subtle changes to the narrator and his relationship with Sophia made a more palatable romance.

Published In a Year Of The Dragon: Stormbreaker I landed on this 2000 title as it filled prompts in three other challenges I’m working on. Initially I planned on watching the 2006 movie, with Ewen McGregor. I began it on some streaming service or the other, only to have it disappear when I paused it to leave the county. Eventually, I found what I think may be an ongoing series on Prime. So far I stopped at the first episode. I did like the actor playing Alex Rider much better in this one than I did the 2006 one.

[Beth]

Hybrid genre:
Includes a Wedding:
Character driven: The Book Thief
Written in the year of the dragan: A Man Called Ove (2012)

[Pie]

Hybrid Genre - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ✔
Includes a Wedding - Jane Eyre ✔
Character-Driven - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ✔
Published In A Year Of The Dragon - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[Beth]

My choices

January – March: Hybrid genre
📔 Psycho (Psycho, #1) by Robert Bloch (horror, mystery)
🎥 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/...

April – June: Includes a wedding
📔 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
🎥 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10172266/

July – September: A character-driven story
📔 The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5) by Ellis Peters
🎥 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185420/

October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon
📔 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
🎥 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/

[Sophiebeth]

I'm hoping I can manage to complete some of theses ones
Jan- Marc- Hybrid Genre -
April- June - Includes a Wedding
July- September- Character-Driven
October - December - Published In a Year Of The Dragon

[Anitra]

Hybrid Genre: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

[Anitra]

Includes a Wedding: Red, White and Royal Blue

[Anitra]

Character Driven: The Book Thief

[Anitra]

Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Fault in Our Stars

[Susan]

Tentative list for the 2024 Read It, Watch It 2024 Challenge
Oddly I have not read or watched any of these...

Hybrid genre:
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
"A Wrinkle in Time"

Includes a wedding:
"The Princess Bride" (JUST watched with our daughter on New Years, now I will read the book!)

A character-driven novel:
"Daisy Jones & The Six" (mini series)

Published in a Year of the Dragon:
"Lady Chatterley's Lover"

[Hilde]

Includes a wedding - by James Patterson

This is the first book in the series Women's Murder Club www.goodreads.com/series/40469-women-... in it's Norwegian translation. I have read it once before, in 2005, but I have not seen the TV series so I don't know if any of the episodes is based on the first book.

[Alison]

I think I might do One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus. I’m reading first then I’ll watch the Netflix series.

It covers #7 at least 4 Points of View.

[Janette]

Hybrid Genre. Harlen Coben Fool me once. Book and Netflix series

[Cyndol]

My tentative list is:

Hybrid Genre - A Wrinkle in Time
Includes A Wedding - Crazy Rich Asians
A Character Driven Story - A Man Called Ove ( A Man Called Otto)
Published in the Year of the Dragon - Wonder

[Nikki]

January – March: Hybrid genre - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
April – June: Includes a wedding - Crazy Rich Asians
July – September: A character-driven story - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon - Stay Close

[Rob]

Work in progress...

Hybrid genre: Little Fires Everywhere
Includes a wedding: The Princess Bride
A character-driven story
Published in a Year of the Dragon

[Cathy]

Read It Watch It 2024 Challenge
Progress 0/4

Hybrid Genre: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer
Includes a Wedding:
Character-Driven:
Published In A Year Of The Dragon:

[Jenny]

Read It Watch It 2024 Challenge
Progress 0/4

Hybrid Genre: A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Includes a Wedding: Four Weddings & a Funeral - Richard Curtis
Character Driven: The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Year of the Dragon: Gone Girl (2012)- Gillian Flynn

[Teri]

I already have books selected for these prompts (which I'll list here); however, finding a movie/tv series that is an adaptation or similar may be a bit of a challenge and will take a bit of research:

January – March: Hybrid genre - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
April – June: Includes a wedding - The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson [TV series - The Tudors, Season 4]
July – September: A character-driven story - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon - The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988) by Lilian Jackson Braun

[Hilde]

Does Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein fit any of the prompts? I got the book and 5 films based on it. I have only seen the first film, and got the others recently.

[CiCi]

X - January – March: Hybrid genre: Persuasion
No matter how hard I try I just don't like to read Jane Austen (what is wrong with me, lol). However, I absolutely love the movies...

X April – June: Includes a wedding: A Walk To Remember
Short story, but I love the movie way better.

X July – September: A character-driven story: Me Before You. Such good story. hearfelt

X October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Fault In Our Stars. Loved this, both of them; book and movie, I felt were on point.

[jyweniverel]

Hilde wrote: "Does Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein fit any of the prompts? I got the book and 5 films based on it. I have only seen the first film, and got the others recently."

Character driven book

[Hilde]

jyweniverel wrote: "Hilde wrote: "Does Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein fit any of the prompts? I got the book and 5 films based on it. I have only seen the first film, and got the oth..."

Thanks, had not picked a book for that prompt!

[Hannah]

Progress 0/4
January – March: Lovecraft Country
April – June:
July – September:
October – December:

[Christina]

mine is Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

[Laura Z]

For the hybrid genre, I'm using The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. It's a nonfiction financial thriller, and it was made into a comedy-drama.

[Lindsey]

For hybrid genre I read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 2.5 Stars, and watched the PBS Miniseries (8 episodes) with David Tennant and gave it 5 Stars.

[Lisa Marie]

I am really hoping to be able to complete a couple of these :)
Still need to decide on the book/movie

January – March: Hybrid genre
April – June: Includes a wedding
July – September: A character-driven story
October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon

[Ciara]

For hybrid genre, I'm thinking about doing The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. I haven't read it yet but it sounds like it's a thriller/social satire mash-up? & also a limited series on Hulu.

[Ticha]

I just have the first one: January-March. Hybrid Genre. Read and watched Stardust 2006 and 2007

[Aquaria]

January – March: Hybrid genre

Dorothy Sayers – Gaudy Nights

A book that crosses all kinds of genre lines-- It's an academic thriller, a romance and a feminist philosophy book. I don't know what more 'educated' people think of it, but that list sounds like all hybrid genre to me. It might even qualify as the forerunner, if not the origin, of the romantic suspense genre.

April – June: Includes a wedding

Wilkie Collins – The Woman in White

July – September: A character-driven story

Graham Greene – The Quiet American

October – December: Published in a Year of the Dragon

Arnaldur Indriðason – Jar City

[Tina]

Jan Mar mixed hybrid
The Lost Bookshop!
New author for me, has romance, magic and suspense ..plus a magical house lol

[Lisa]

So is this supposed to be the same as the book from the year long challenge or can you choose a different one

[Lindsey]

Lisa wrote: "So is this supposed to be the same as the book from the year long challenge or can you choose a different one"

Entirely up to you! I'm choosing to use different books but many aren't.

[Becki]

My choice for Hybrid Genre is the Shadowhunters TV series, as I'm working my way through the Books.

[Casey]

Hybrid Genre: Water for Elephants
Includes A Wedding: The Duke and I
Character Driven: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Published in Year of the Dragon: The Fault in Our Stars

[Ticha]

Includes a Wedding... I've just watched Poor Things and discovered it's based on a book, so I'm reading it for April.

[Christina]

I read and watched Crazy Rich Asians for includes a wedding. The book was better than the movie

[Carol]

January-March: Hybrid Genre-I read and watch read The Princess Bride, which is described as both Fantasy and Romance on Goodreads.

April-June: Includes a Wedding

July-September: Character Driven:

October-December: Published in the Year of the Dragon:

[Rebel]

I just finished and watched the movie today. The book: 5 stars but the movie was terrible. 🫣

[Gina]

Rebel wrote: "I just finished and watched the movie today. The book: 5 stars but the movie was terrible. 🫣"

You could try the TV show on AMC. The first season was awesome awesome awesome! The second season starts in May, I think.

[Jolien]

I've read / watched Fantastic Beasts and where to find them for the Hybrid Genre and Little People, Big Dreams: King Charles / Prince Charles 70: Son and Heir for the Includes a Wedding prompt.

[Anna]

DaNae wrote: "I’m really struggling to find my wedding book. I’ve given up using the book for the prompt for the 2024 challenge. I’m going to wait for July and read Rainbow Rowell’s newest. But I can’t seem to f..."
Rebecca is great but it doesn't have a wedding scene. It references the wedding but the wedding does not take place in the book (skips from going to get married to married) Don't know if that is a deal breaker but wanted you to know.

[Ron]

I'm currently watching the series "Under The Bridge" and reading the book version by Rebecca Godfrey.



Under the Bridge

I love both. This is one of those instances where I can't decide which I like more.

The kids on the show are terrifying. And don't get me started on the chemistry between Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough. I ship their characters for life now!

And Godfrey writes in a way that's hauntingly poetic. I want to feel bad for the kids because of how screwed up their lives were, but at the same time I can't because of what they did and the life they took.

[Carol]

I am really gave a hard time with the Wedding Prompt. I actually read and watched The Princess Bride for a different prompt earlier this year. I read My Brilliant Friend last year so that one is out also. I could do Crazy Rich Asians, but prefer not to read such a long one since so am working on the Summer Reading Challenge.

[Barbara]

✅ Hybrid Genre: Little Women (Norton Critical Editions) by Louisa May Alcott
✅ Includes a Wedding: The Duke and I (watched Bridgerton Season 1)
Character-Driven: TBD
Published In A Year Of The Dragon: TBD