Top Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish where we make all kinds of bookish lists. This week’s topic is Book to Movie Adaptations! I like book adaptations because it’s cool to see favorite books come to life on the big screen (when they’re done well.) And, if I haven’t read the book […]

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The Movie Date: Brooklyn

The Movie Date is a feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to the YA audience. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic but this week I’m stepping in to discuss a new film I think you’re going to love. BROOKLYN is a Fox Searchlight film directed by John Crowley, screenplay by Nick Hornsby, and based on the book by Colm […]

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Giveaway: The Scorch Trials Movie Prizepack

We are less than a month away before The Maze Runner sequel The Scorch Trials hits theaters. To get you ready for opening day I have some information about the flick and an awesome giveaway to share with you!   The Scorch Trials is the second installment in James Dashner’s Maze Runner series. I haven’t read the […]

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The Movie Date: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

The Movie Date is a weekly feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to the YA audience. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic and this week he discusses ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, a Fox Searchlight film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, based on the book by Jesse Andrews. The blunt, unsentimental title really says it […]

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The Movie Date: When Marnie Was There

The Movie Date is a weekly feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to the YA audience. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic and this week he discusses WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE, a Studio Ghibli film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, based on the YA book by Joan G. Robinson. If you love fantasy, humor, sentimentality, and imagination, surely […]

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Top Ten Books I’d Like to See as Movies

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish. This week we’re counting down the books we’d like to see as movies or TV shows. The summer movie season is in high gear though I usually gravitate to the smaller indie films rather than big popcorn movies. I’ll go see the book adaptations like Paper […]

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