For this month's Bookaholic Picks, I thought I'd share my favorite Books to Film (and one that is much anticipated)! I love it when a story comes to life in a way that I truly enjoyed.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Ok, so we all know what this first one is about and, yes, perhaps it is a bit overdone. In all honesty, I just love all these movies. They did such a good job bringing the books to life that I absolutely had to include them even if the whole world already knows about them.
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
This movie was super super cute! I was so happy with how they brought the book to film -- they really did a great job.
(Amazon.com) achel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship.
But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
This was another really well done movie to film. The characters were perfect (in my eyes). It was a bit disappointing that the combined more than one book in the series in the movie, but it worked out pretty well!
(Amazon.com) Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it—not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank—letters with large red sums she can't bear to read—and they're getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something....
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life—and the lives of those around her—forever.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
This one JUST came out and I am dying to see it, but just haven't had the time. I cannot wait to see how they did the one!
(Amazon.com) ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times.
This is an oldly, but goody! One of my favorite movies of all time, this one definitely needed to be included. I absolutely love this adaptation of the classic novel. Mr. Darcy makes me melt. <3
The Other Woman
Gamble on Engagement
Tempest in the Tea Leaves
