SmallScreenAdaptation

Passing | Nella Larsen

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This slim novella packs a full weighty punch. Written in 1929, Larsen deftly pens a dark story of two childhood friends who re-connect after a 12 year absence. It was completely gripping and tinged with genuine tension. I can‘t wait to watch the Netflix adaptation. Great suggestion from @MallenNC #NYWD list and my #Booked2022 #SmallScreenAdaptation

Megabooks, BarbaraTheBibliophage, monalyisha, alisiakae

Megabooks I just finished it too. Not ready to write a review yet, but 💯 agree with your assessment. Guess we did do a buddy read! 😂 are you going to use it for pop22 as well? 3y

Cinfhen I‘d like too but I haven‘t figured out which prompt @Megabooks !!! 3y

Cinfhen Yay on our unplanned buddyread xx 3y

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MallenNC I‘m glad you liked it! So much in such a short novella. I haven‘t watched the film yet but I‘m curious about how they present the ending. 3y

monalyisha OOooO intriguing! 3y

Cinfhen Me too @MallenNC im hoping it stays true to the book - also do you think her husband was having an affair with Clare??? 3y

Cinfhen I‘m loving my match @monalyisha well done 👍🏽 ♥️ 3y

MallenNC @Cinfhen I thought she was so paranoid about Clare that she was imagining the affair. 3y

Cinfhen It‘s just that Clare was definitely sly and I wouldn‘t put it pass her but I agree, it seemed more imagined on Irene‘s behalf. And do you think she was pushed? Fell? Was it purely accidental @MallenNC 3y

MallenNC @Cinfhen Agree about Clare — I think she would have had an affair with Irene‘s husband. And I think she was pushed but I feel uncertain. Of course I think it was written to make the reader go back and forth on what happened. That‘s what I‘m most curious about with the movie bc it‘s hard to present uncertainty visually. 3y

BarbaraBB So good! And so much better than

The Vanishing Half: A Novel

BarbaraTheBibliophage This was a hidden gem and I‘m so glad it‘s come out into the light with the adaptation!! 3y

Cinfhen Agreed @BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB but I did enjoy

The Vanishing Half: A Novel

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The Lost Daughter | Elena Ferrante

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I love Ferrante‘s writing because it gets to the deepest, most twisted parts of a person‘s (mostly women‘s) innermost thoughts that are often vile, but recognizable. This can be uncomfortable, as a reader, to see yourself in these characters‘ thoughts and actions. In this slim novel, a middle-aged woman, takes a solitary trip to the coast and becomes involved with a family also vacationing there. Her two grown daughters are never far from mind.

Cinfhen Yes, please! 3y

BarbaraBB It does sound good. Is It a new one? 3y

Chelsea.Poole @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB It‘s not new. I think this edition was published in 2008. I listened to it so I could watch the Netflix adaptation and understand all the undertones that I may miss if I don‘t read the book beforehand. Just started the film last night, halfway, great performances so far. 😊 3y

Cinfhen Oh, good to know it‘s on Netflix 😀that works for #Booked22 #SmallScreenAdaptation 3y

jlhammar I absolutely adore her Neapolitan Novels. Need to get to this one! 3y

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Megabooks

New Year Who Dis? | Bitchy Fits

I am ridiculously excited for this list of 16 books from @vivastory for #NewYearWhoDis!

I highlighted the covers of the ones that initially caught my fancy, but this is an epic match @monalyisha thank you!

7 was on my list, and I‘ve read and enjoyed 4, 8, 11, 12, 13. I‘m rereading The Martian Chronicles because I first read it nearly 30 years ago! #FeelingOld 😂

I‘m interested in more than these five, but I wanted highlight Scott‘s great list!

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DGRachel Ooh, Firestarter is one of my favorite King novels. Say Nothing was good, too! 3y

merelybookish Scott has such eclectic good taste! He was sure to provide a good list 3y

monalyisha I love Ray Bradbury so, so much. 💖 And the Tove J. caught my eye, too! It was on a few different #NYWD lists & I added it to my personal TBR. Have fun! 3y

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monalyisha Also, George Saunders is my husband‘s favorite author. He‘s normally not a big reader but he greedily devours his short story collections! 3y

Megabooks @DGRachel I wrestled with whether to put that in the graphic. Same with the Baldwin, Didion, and The Stone Angel. TBH, there are only one or two that I‘m not interested in. Just an amazing list! I just wanted his list to be easily readable to those who are interested. I love seeing other pairs lists. 3y

Megabooks @merelybookish truth! 🙌🏻 I hope he likes my list half as much as I like his! 3y

Megabooks @monalyisha I really enjoyed the Saunders. I read A LOT of sci fi when I was younger, and I think it‘s something whose time has come to renter my TBR more often. I wanted to read the Jasson after the #NYRBBookClub reviews came in. Sounds really fantastic! 3y

squirrelbrain What a great list! ❤️ 3y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain right?!? So pleased. 3y

BarbaraBB Numbers 2,5, 14 and 15 are all fantastic !! 3y

Megabooks Passing is another one that has been on my “maybe someday list,” but I think I should move it to my definite TBR if you both liked it! 👍🏻 @BarbaraBB (edited) 3y

Cinfhen This is a great list!!! I‘m gonna read Passing for #Booked2022 #SmallScreenAdaptation 3y

Megabooks @Cinfhen good prompt use! I hadn‘t thought of that. 👍🏻 I‘m so bad at knowing what‘s on tv. (edited) 3y

Cinfhen I only know because I saw a Netflix sticker on a book jacket 😘 3y

Prairiegirl_reading 3 and 14 are two of my all time favourites! What a great list! Great pairing I think. 3y

vivastory @DGRachel I think it's one of his more underrated books. I'll be interested to see what the remake will be like. 3y

vivastory @monalyisha This is def one of my fave Bradbury books & I love that one of the sections is set in Independence, MO. True Deceiver kicked off my love for Tove 3y

vivastory @Cinfhen I'll be interested to see what you think of Passing 3y

Chelsea.Poole “Ridiculously excited” —> same here! 👋 that‘s a great list, have fun! 3y

Megabooks @Prairiegirl_reading for sure a great pairing! 3y

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole fantastic!! It is!! 3y

Megabooks @vivastory like you, I‘m going to wait on purchasing until my gift cards come at Christmas 😃, but I‘ll probably read Say Nothing whenever my library hold comes in. My library does have several others, too, which is great. I‘ll definitely be reading some trickled throughout the year in addition to a few in January! 3y

SilversReviews I have only read EVERY LAST FEAR. ENJOY them all. 3y

Megabooks @SilversReviews thank you! I‘m excited! 3y

SilversReviews @Megabooks 😀 3y

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DGRachel

Booked | Kwame Alexander

Lastly, #Fall #Booked2021 Another list with some hard prompts!
#19-Dark Academia: The Secret History
#20-a coming out story: Fun Home
#21-HopePunk: We Set the Dark on Fire
#22-mythology retelling: The Witch‘s Heart
#23-adapted for small screen: Lost Girls
#24-MC/Author with AIDS/about the AIDS epidemic: Nobody Ever Said AIDS

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Cinfhen Ohhh, good to know about #SmallScreenAdaptation / I own that book

Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

Cinfhen I really like all your choices!! Do any crossover with #ReadingAfrica22 3y

DGRachel @Cinfhen Thankfully, yes! Five Nights Before the Summit works for Zambia (and 3 different Booked2022 prompts!) and Nobody Ever Said AIDS can be used for Botswana, Malawi, or Lesotho. Oh, and the only reason I knew about Lost Girls is that I was looking at all my nonfiction books trying to decide if an author was a journalist or just worked for a magazine or newspaper as something else and saw the Netflix sticker on the cover. 🤣 3y

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Cinfhen Hahaha that sticker saves the day!!! I have the audio 😉ohhh , I‘m gonna check out your book for the AIDS prompt xx thanks

Nobody Ever Said AIDS: Poems and Stories from Southern Africa

DGRachel @Cinfhen Just a heads up - I ordered a used copy of Nobody from AbeBooks today because it‘s out of print, my library doesn‘t have it, and it‘s not available on Kindle. 3y

Cinfhen I‘ll keep that in mind…thanks 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great picks!! 3y

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