Avid readers are familiar with the joys and sorrows of film and tv adaptations: for every awesome movie that brings your favorite characters to life, there’s another one that tries to destroy them. Given that the next few years promise to be absolutely saturated with adaptations, the smart book nerd will buckle up now, because […]
Dear Literary Lady, What are some literary misconceptions that drive you crazy? –L.I., Fort Collins, CO Dear L.I., To be honest, not a lot of literary misconceptions grate on me all that much. Part of it is because I know I have plenty of misconceptions of my own, literary or otherwise. The other part is […]
Popular books are like candy to filmmakers. A good book with a good story and a built-in audience can sound like an easy translation to box office gold and glory. But as we’ve all seen (many, many times), it’s not nearly so easy. The conventional wisdom is that the book is always better than the […]