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Two New Movies Prove Appeal of “Little Women”

What can a 150-year-old novel still offer up to readers in the digitally enhanced 21st century? As proof of the timeless appeal of Little Women (Bantam Classics), the new movie in theaters Sept. 28 is the 7th film version of the classic. It’s a modern retelling: Newbie director Clare Niederpruem brings Meg,…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 27, 2018

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Book-to-Screen on Trials of Bookshop Ownership

If you have read The Bookshop (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Penelope Fitzgerald, you will want to see the movie to answer some questions: How can a movie portray a book’s delicately described inner states? How can subtle emotions and flitting feelings be shown on the screen? And if you have seen…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 14, 2018

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Reese and Kerry to Adapt ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ for TV

It’s been a little over a year since we obsessed over Reese Witherspoon's adaption of Big Little Lies, and now the star is bringing a second suburban drama to the small screen. Last week, Witherspoon announced that, in partnership with Scandal’s Kerry Washington, she will develop Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere into a television…

BookTribApril 8, 2018

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Fight for Faith, Glory and the Fate of the Western World in “The Secret of Etemenanki”

The year is 1187 and the Muslim forces of Sultan Saladin have just crushed the Christian armies struggling to maintain control of the Holy Land. As two great faiths continue to fight and kill for supremacy, the pair journeys from the heart of Rome, the seat of Christian power, to the…

Wyatt SemenukApril 11, 2022

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Intergalactic Space Odyssey “Breach of Contract” Takes Readers on a Wild Ride

The planet Earth is in trouble, and the human race is on the brink of extinction. An intergalactic coalition is working to save Earth’s species, but less-noble powers have other plans. Add aliens that look like cats, shape-shifting lizards, shape-shifting wolves, demons, and a crustacean-like species trying to destroy the…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 26, 2022

BooksToScreen Fiction

Shapeshifting Aliens, Endangered Earthlings and a Sci-Fi Adventure Full of Whimsy

In the sci-fi novel, The Data Collectors (Skinny Leopard Media) by Danielle Palli, Earth is the last outpost for a dying breed of beings — humans. Humans used to live on many planets, but one by one, they destroyed them all, much in the way they are destroying Earth now.…

K.D. ReidNovember 30, 2020

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Meryl Streep Voices “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth”

The week surrounding the 50th anniversary of Earth Day marked the release of an original Apple TV+ animated short based on the Oliver Jeffers children’s book, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth. The New York Times bestseller and TIME Best Book of the Year, written and illustrated…

BookTribApril 23, 2020

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A Globe-Trotting Sci-Fi Thriller Worth Your Time – No Matter How You Measure It

"Jam-packed with action, adventure and magic! It takes you on a fantastical journey filled with descriptive imagery from start to finish. ... A page-turner for sure!" —Hina Khan, reviewer —∞— You’ve probably seen the lithographs of the artist M.C. Escher, whose mind-bending optical illusions make you question the nature of…

Dennis HetzelMarch 22, 2022

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“Sins of the Fathers” Is a “What If?” Historical Thriller Blending Fact and Fiction Seamlessly

“An explosive ending as gut-wrenching as it is shocking. If this were a boxing match, it's the punch you didn't see coming.” — Stephen H. Foreman, Novelist and Screenwriter Even in modern times, high treason isn’t something to be taken lightly, but what if it could have saved millions of…

Monique SnymanFebruary 22, 2022

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Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

It was during the pandemic that friends encouraged Tony Roth, entrepreneur and founder of a major eldercare business, to write the story he was destined to bring to life. And he did. 90 days later, and with more than 110,000 words and a number of fascinating characters, Trigger Point (Full…

BookTribMarch 1, 2022

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One Man’s Race Through Appalachia to Hunt a Killer

“What a ride! I haven’t been this glued to a book in years.” — Lynn McKamey, Amazon reviewer —∞— We first meet Master Sergeant Roman Keane, the protagonist of Harry Harrigan's The Road King Chronicles: Blue Ridge Run, in his favorite place in the world: speeding along the highway on…

Nikki ErlickDecember 4, 2020

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Ed Hajim’s “On the Road Less Traveled” Takes Us on an Unforgettable Journey

“A bend in the road,” says Ed Hajim, “is not the end of the road.” He should know. At the age of three, Hajim was kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told that his mother was dead. He pressed his face against the car window, watched the miles pass…

Jim AlkonMarch 1, 2021

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Your favorite classic holiday movies started as books

Holiday practices such as the Christmas tree, caroling, and exchanging gifts are rooted in traditions that go back generations. But for people of the modern age, there’s a new tradition without which the holiday season would be incomplete: gathering the family around the television and watching our favorite Christmas movies.…

Michael RuscoeDecember 18, 2014

BooksToScreen Fiction

Waiting for Tulip Fever? Historical Novels We’d Love to See on the Big Screen

When we heard that Tulip Fever, Deborah Moggach’s charming historical novel was going to be made into a movie, we did a little dance. And maybe even squealed out loud. Sure, it was embarrassing, but the book is just that good. Set during "tulipomania" in Amsterdam in the 1630s, it tells…

Rachel CarterMarch 1, 2017

BooksToScreen Fiction

“Today Is the Day” Transforms Troubled Teen Into a Marine

Today Is the Day (Xlibris) by Deborah Curtin is an engaging military thriller about terrorist activity that infiltrates a small town but leads outward to a much larger, more sinister plot. More than this, though, it is a character study of a young man’s coming of age in post-9/11 America…

Cynthia ConradNovember 26, 2019

BooksToScreen Fiction

New “Pet Sematary” Film Version Is Scariest Yet

Nothing’s scarier than a book that opens with “Death is a mystery and burial is a secret.” Or a movie with the tagline, “They don’t come back the same.” “Pet Sematary,” the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s book of the same name, arrived in theaters April 5. A 1983 bestseller…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 21, 2019

Two New Movies Prove Appeal of “Little Women”

Book-to-Screen on Trials of Bookshop Ownership

Reese and Kerry to Adapt ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ for TV

Fight for Faith, Glory and the Fate of the Western World in “The Secret of Etemenanki”

Intergalactic Space Odyssey “Breach of Contract” Takes Readers on a Wild Ride

Shapeshifting Aliens, Endangered Earthlings and a Sci-Fi Adventure Full of Whimsy

Meryl Streep Voices “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth”

A Globe-Trotting Sci-Fi Thriller Worth Your Time – No Matter How You Measure It

“Sins of the Fathers” Is a “What If?” Historical Thriller Blending Fact and Fiction Seamlessly

Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

One Man’s Race Through Appalachia to Hunt a Killer

Ed Hajim’s “On the Road Less Traveled” Takes Us on an Unforgettable Journey

Your favorite classic holiday movies started as books

Waiting for Tulip Fever? Historical Novels We’d Love to See on the Big Screen

“Today Is the Day” Transforms Troubled Teen Into a Marine

New “Pet Sematary” Film Version Is Scariest Yet

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