Books to Movies 2019

Books to read before they hit the big screen in 2019

 A Dog’s Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron

 Film adaptation starring Bryce Dallas Howard & Ashley Judd expected January 11

 Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

 Film adaptation Ashes in the Snow starring Bel Powley & Peter Franzén expected January 11

 Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro

 Film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel starring Mahershala Ali & Rosa Salazar expected February 14

 The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell

 Film adaptation starring Blake Lively & Sterling K. Brown expected February 22

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

 Film adaptation How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World starring Jay Baruchel & America Ferrara expected February 22

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

 Film adaptation starring Tom Holland & Nick Jonas expected March 1

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis

 Film adaptation starring Haley Lu Richardson & Cole Sprouse expected March 22

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

 Film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett & Emma Nelson expected March 22

The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester

 Film adaptation Greyhound starring Tom Hanks & Elisabeth Shue expected March 22

Three Seconds by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellström

Film adaptation starring Rosamund Pike & Joel Kinneman expected March 22

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud Film adaptation Wounds starring Armie Hammer & Dakota Johnson expected March 29

The Best of Enemies by Osha Gray Davidson

Film adaptation starring Taraji P. Henson & Sam Rockwell expected April 5

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Film adaptation starring Jason Clarke & John Lithgow expected April 5

After by Anna Todd

 Film adaptation starring Josephine Langford & Hero Fiennes-Tiffin expected April 12

The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook

 Film adaptation starring Keira Knightley & Alexander Skarsgård expected April 26

The Sun is Also a Star

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Film adaptation starring Charles Melton & Yara Shahidi expected May 17

A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron

 Film adaptation starring Dennis Quaid & Josh Gad expected May 17

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

 Film adaptation starring Judi Dench & Josh Gad expected August 9

It by Stephen King

 Film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain & Bill Hader expected September 6

The Kitchen by Ollie Masters & Ming Doyle

 Film adaptation starring Melissa McCarthy & Tiffany Haddish expected September 20

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

 Film adaptation starring Amy Adams & Julianne Moore expected October 4

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

 Film adaptation starring Nicole Kidman & Ansel Elgort expected October 11

The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle

 Film adaptation starring Helen Mirren & Ian McKellan expected November 15

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

 Film adaptation starring Idris Elba & Taylor Swift expected December 20

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

 Film adaptation starring Harrison Ford & Karen Gillan expected December 25

Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

 Film adaptation starring Merle Streep & Emma Watson expected December 25

Film Adaptations with no release date as of January 2019

 

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

 Film adaptation starring Noah Centineo & Lana Condor

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

 Film adaptation cast not set

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

 Film adaptation starring Colin Firth & Julie Walters

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

 Film adaptation starring Elle Fanning & Justice Smith

Native Son

Native Son by Richard Wright

 Film adaptation starring Nick Robinson & Ashton Sanders

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison

 Film adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds

Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone

By Daniel Woodrell

Review by Pam Blittersdorf

Author Daniel Woodrell creates a memorable heroine in 16 year old Ree Dolly. Ree desparately wants to escape the poverty of her Ozark community and enlist in the Army (“where you got to travel with a gun and they make everybody help keep things clean”), but she feels duty-bound to her family. Her meth-cooking dad has posted the family home as collateral, then jumped bail. To save her younger brothers and mentally ill mother, Ree has to ask some tough questions about her father’s fate. The folks with the answers to those questions don’t take kindly to being asked. The language of the novel is gritty, genuine and suspenseful. Ree’s grim humor and determination are certain to catch you up in her story. Continue reading

One Day

One Day

By: David Nicholls

Review by Stephanie Crean

When I received this book as a “blind choice” as part of TPL’s ‘Christmas in July’, I expected it to be a cute, brainless beach read. One Day chronicles the relationship between two people by visiting them on the same day, year after year. Dexter, an affluent, self assured individual struggles with womanizing, drugs, alcohol, and eventually, self esteem. He constantly relies on the kindness and support of Emma, who wishes she could have the Dexter she met in college. Continue reading

Books to Movies 2017

Books to Read Before They Hit the Big Screen 2017

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Film release January 6, starring Taraji P. Henson & Octavia Spencer

Live By Night by Dennis Lehane
Film Release January 13, starring Ben Affleck & Zoe Saldana

A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Film Release January 27, starring Bradley Cooper & Britt Robertson

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Film release February 10, starring Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan

The Shack by William P. Young
Film release March 3, starring Sam Worthington & Octavia Spencer

Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Film release March 17, starring Emma Watson & Dan Stevens

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Film release March 24, as Allegiant Part 2, starring Shailene Woodley & Theo James

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Film release March 31, starring Jessica Chastain & Daniel Brüh

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Film release April 7, starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Film release April 7, starring Jacob Tremblay & Julia Roberts

The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Film release April 21, starring Charlie Hunnam & Robert Pattinson

The Circle by Dave Eggers
Film release April 28, starring Emma Watson & Tom Hanks

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Film release June 2, as Captain Underpants starring Ed Helms & Kevin Hart

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Film release July 14, starring Rachel Weisz & Sam Claflin

The Empire of a Thousand Planets by Pierre Christin
Film release July 21, as Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Dane DeHaan & Cara Delevingne

The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Film release July 28, starring Idris Elba & Matthew McConaghey

Jumanji by Chris Allsburg
Film release July 28, starring Dwayne Johnson & Jack Black

It by Stephen King
Film release September 8, starring Bill Skarsgård & Finn Wolfhard

The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Film release October 20, starring Idris Elba & Kate Winslet

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Film release November 10, starring Jennifer Lawrence & Joel Edgerton

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Film release November 22, starring Kenneth Branagh & Leslie Odom, Jr.

Dates to be Announced

The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
Starring Asa Butterfield & Nick Offerman

Back from Tuichi : The Harrowing Life-and-Death Story of Survival in the Amazon Rainforest by Yossi Ghinsberg
Film to be released as Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe & Yasmin Kassim

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Starring Ross Lynch & Anne Heche

The Long Home by William Gay
Starring James Franco & Analeigh Tipton

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Starring Natalie Portman & Tessa Thompson

The Giver

The Giver

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Review by Adrien Scott & Travis Johnson

Adrien Scott: Even if you had to read this Newbery Winner for school, it’s definitely worth a reread.  Jonas lives in what appears to be a Utopian society, but it becomes clear early on that it is in fact a very controlling society where jobs and even families are determined by a group of elders.  The story starts when Jonas is given a very special job by the elders, and follows what happens after Jonas makes certain decisions.

Though targeted for a younger audience, the message of the story will appeal to readers of all ages. Continue reading