An enthusiastic member of more than one book club – I love Thursday nights spent with good wine and great girls – I've decided that I just don't read enough. I intend to... as is evident by the pile of 'must reads' that have accumulated on my bedside table over the past few months, I just don't get around to it.
Sadly, I often see the film version first (quite by accident sometimes) and then figure 'what's the point?' of reading the book it was based on. Now this, as I'm sure you'll agree, is not a sound argument. Case in point: The newly released 'My sister's keeper' starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin... I read the book by Jodi Picoult about 5 years ago and have since hoovered up every other novel she's ever written. I LOVED 'My sister's keeper' – as I read, it made me laugh, made me cry, made me stay up way past my bedtime. The film? Not so much...
Insert public service announcement here: PLEASE DON'T SEE THE FILM AND BE PUT OFF JODI PICOULT'S STORIES.
Anyways, the point of this post is to say that, in my quest to read more, I've been checking out the 101 books to read before your die list recently compiled by Exclusive Books. And, over the next few weeks I'll be breaking it down over a few blog posts and seeing how I measure up and how much work I have ahead of me. First chapter of the list goes live tomorrow....
Sadly, I often see the film version first (quite by accident sometimes) and then figure 'what's the point?' of reading the book it was based on. Now this, as I'm sure you'll agree, is not a sound argument. Case in point: The newly released 'My sister's keeper' starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin... I read the book by Jodi Picoult about 5 years ago and have since hoovered up every other novel she's ever written. I LOVED 'My sister's keeper' – as I read, it made me laugh, made me cry, made me stay up way past my bedtime. The film? Not so much...
Insert public service announcement here: PLEASE DON'T SEE THE FILM AND BE PUT OFF JODI PICOULT'S STORIES.
Anyways, the point of this post is to say that, in my quest to read more, I've been checking out the 101 books to read before your die list recently compiled by Exclusive Books. And, over the next few weeks I'll be breaking it down over a few blog posts and seeing how I measure up and how much work I have ahead of me. First chapter of the list goes live tomorrow....
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