What I'm Reading 06/07/2013

For the past 2 years I've been on this kick where I've wanted to read every book that's being turned into an upcoming movie. So this past summer/fall I read a handful of books that have come out on the big screen or are going to soon. Here is a sampling of what I read:

• Beautiful Creatures
• The Great Gatsby
• The Host
• One For The Money*
• The Descendants
• Admission
• Cogan's Trade
• The Wettest County In The World*
• Savages
• Life of Pi*
• The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
• One Shot*
• The Lucky One

The ones with stars are the ones I actually watched the movies of. I do subscribe to the school of thought that "The book is always better" so that might be why I haven't actually sat down and watched the movies. I will say "Life Of Pi" was the closest to having a better movie than book and that's just because of the graphics & visuals. It was so hard to visualize his boat, the ocean, the island, the animals while reading the book and the movie really helped it become real.

Currently I'm reading:

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - I'm early into this book, but so far it is intriguing and different from my usual novels. Rumor has it Oprah & Tom Hanks are linked to the movie rights of this book.

Gone Girl - Husband & I have been listening to this on CD, so we are more than halfway done, but we've been listening to it for a while. We only listen when we are together on long car rides, so the process has been slow moving. However, I'm really into this book and can't wait to find out how it ends and what all happens. I'll hold off on whether I recommend it or not after I finish it, but for now, I know that it's coming out as a movie and it was one of the Best Books of 2012. 

Cloud Atlas - This is one of the longest books I've ever read. It's so slow-moving and is taking me forever to get through. (this might be because I put it down for months at a time). I've had to return it to the library twice and pay late fines on it, so I finally just got it on my kindle. I've heard the movie is epic and the book is worth reading. (Not convinced yet, but I'll let you know if I ever finish it)

City of Bones - This is not the YA book that's being made into a movie, this is by Michael Connelly author of the Mickey Haller series (The Lincoln Lawyer series starring Matthew Mcconaughey). I really got into Connelly's books after reading the first Lincoln Lawyer book (& watching the movie) and through that series I jumped to his other series on Harry Bosch. He has written close to 20 books with this character and City of Bones is the 8th book in the series. Bosch is a great character, he can be a little dark, but he's a great cop and the plots/characters of each book are unique.