It's...Friday? (4/24)

[ufcasey]

What have you been reading this week?

QOTW:
Would you rather have a book you love be turned into a movie or into a tv mini-series? (ignore the covid implications of a movie release right now)

[Vespasia]

I finished The Ten Thousand Doors of January a few days ago. I will save my comments for the discussion but I liked it overall.

Last night I started The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili but I think I may save it for later. The intro is good but it's really long and potentially heavy (Georgia under Soviet rule) so I'm not sure it's what I want right now.

QOTW: Definitely a miniseries. It allows for more details and a fuller story. Just 6 or so episodes though, I don't need anything dragged out unnecessarily!

[dontlook]

I finally read a bit this week!
1. Recipe For A Perfect Wife by Karma Brown: 5 stars
2. Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey: 2.5/3 stars

Something happened and I suddenly got 7 ebooks from the library at once. I put 2 on hold for another week, returned 1 without reading and am trying to get through the others quickly.

QOTW: miniseries would be great because I could watch at home but I almost never watch shows or movies based on books I’ve read because the show is always so wrong. Obviously, the pictures in my head of the main characters is the only correct way for them to be lol.

[rainbowchip]

I finished The Gravity of Us. It was OK. Everything in the book seemed underdeveloped. The romance plot, the parents' relationship, even the NASA parts.

I'm currently reading The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. I won this through goodreads.

I also started Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. My son is reading it for school and I had my copy from when I was his age so I'm reading along with him. I honestly don't remember anything about it so it's like reading a new to me book.

QOTW: I lean toward series because I don't get the chance to go to movies very often so I'd have to wait until it came out on some at home media.

[meowmaps]

I finished The Guest List on Sunday. Really enjoyed that. I also read Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope. It was really mind-opening. I'm glad I read it. In the middle of New Waves right now and enjoying that too. I'm on a good book roll. I imagine that's not going to last forever!

QOTW: Miniseries for sure and with lesser known actors. I hate when they turn a book into a major motion picture and cut things out and then put a big star in a character's role and they don't fit with the picture I had in my head. The one time that I think a movie did a great job with a book is Gone With the Wind but I watched the movie first. When I read the book later I realized how much was missing from the movie despite it being quite long.

[sassypants]

I finished Night Film. It was really good and had lots of fascinating twists and turns, plus the media-style inserts of articles and photos really enhanced the reading experience. My only gripe with it is that the author uses italics for emphasis far too often. I can figure out the emphatic points myself, TYVM. I found them to be distracting and there was at least one italicized word per paragraph (see what I did there?). I'm now reading The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History, by Brian Fagan. I've only read one chapter so far but it's interesting. I do worry when they get into the 18th century and start discussing animal abuse that I won't be able to handle it. I'm very sensitive to that topic (I cried during Oliver and Company if that gives you any indication).

QOTW: Definitely series. You can really get into character development in that format. I love how Outlander has come together, and American Gods as well.

[litskispeciality]

My reading has been so bad this month. I'm about halfway through "Saving Megan", hope to dive deep in tonight.

QOTW: I guess mini-series since most movies change the plot and leave out important info. Something like "The Help" would have made a much better mini-series since there's so much content to cover.

[mrspez07]

I’m finishing up listening to Finding Dorothy. Hopefully I can get it done before it auto returns today.
Also started reading crooked letter, crooked letter, which has been on my goodreads list a long time (ebook version). And I also have fly girls going too (hard copy)

QOTW I would typically pick mini series to provide lots of detail, but that probably works best for multi-day, multi-event books. If it is a story that takes place 1x or across 1 day or a few hours, it should probably be a movie.

[rootbeerfloat]

I discovered Courtney Milan (from a ML thread) and read a couple of her contemporary romances, Trade Me and Hold Me (plus a short story), but apparently, the rest of the books in the series aren't published yet (or at least, I can't find them at my library or Amazon).

QOTW: I'm more likely to watch a movie. It's hard for me to commit to a TV series, and I don't usually watch TV adapted from books.

[charlatti]

I just started The Flicker of Old Dreams. I can’t remember where I heard about it but it was described as a strangely lovely book about a woman who works in a small town mortuary.

Qotw: ditto rootbeerfloat — I’m more likely to see a movie than make time for a new series. Plus the book is always better so the lower commitment of a movie seems better.

[travella]

I'm still reading The Turn of the Key and reading Because of Winn-Dixie with my kids.

QOTW: I'd prefer a mini series. It's easier for them to cover the entire story and I get to enjoy it longer.

[abs]

I flew through The Happily Ever After Playlist earlier this week. First thing I have read in months that I just immediately got into. I read it in two days I think.

I then picked up but put right back down Get a Life Chloe Brown.

I'm now reading The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate. Most serious book I've read in awhile. I like it a lot so far.

[dontlook]

Apr 25, 2020 7:08:32 GMT -5 abs said:

I flew through The Happily Ever After Playlist earlier this week. First thing I have read in months that I just immediately got into. I read it in two days I think.

I then picked up but put right back down Get a Life Chloe Brown.

I'm now reading The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate. Most serious book I've read in awhile. I like it a lot so far.

I started and stopped Get A Life within 30 pages.