I was so excited to see Book-alicious Mama post that she had joined in a read along of The Book Thief, ahead of the November release of the much anticipated movie!  I went to see the write up at It’s All About Books, and decided to join in too.  Go on over there and check out the plan-Hope you join too!

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013, Markus Zusak’s unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

( from Goodreads)

Wow- Thank you so much Helen @ My Novel Opinion!  I am honored that you nominated me for this award.  I so enjoy reading her blog-she really poses some great questions for the new blogger!

Thank you very much Helen!

(I usually don’t put out 2 posts in one day, but heading for Boston early am, so here it is)

Now, I am supposed to do the following-

1. Display the Award Certificate on your blog.
2. Announce your win with a post. Make sure to post a link back to me as a ‘thank you’ for the nomination.
3. Present 15 awards to deserving bloggers.
4. Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post.
5. Post 7 interesting things about yourself.

Oh man- maybe a little harder than I thought- here it goes!

There are so many awesome blogs out there-and I am not sure who accepts awards or not, but here are a few that I really look forward to reading everyday-

~ Rebecca @ Love At First Book

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader

~Allison @ The Book Wheel

~ Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

~ Melinda @ The Book Musing

~ Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews

~ Erin @ Written Permission

~ Rory @ Fourth Street Reviews

~ Jamie @ Book Magnet

~ Katie @ Words For Worms

~ Lauren @ Books, Tea, and Me

~ Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

~ Sarah @ Sarah Says Read

~ Ionia @ Readful Things

~ Bradley @ Green Embers and Green Embers Recommends

Whew!

Now 7 (hopefully) interesting things about myself-

The first three happened after I turned 40- must be losing my mind

1.  I started skiing for the first time ever this past February-I am still scared!

2.  I started running two months ago-first time since high school- I even signed up for my first 5k in a month called Tunnel To Towers- you should check out this amazing story here.

3.  I started this blog a few months back because I started forgetting which books I had already read.  Too many times I would get 10 pages in and say-Darn, I think I already read this.

4.  I am a dog addict.  If I see a dog, I HAVE to ask if I can pet it.  Not that friendly with humans, though.

5.  I reread my favorite books over and over.

6.  I never knew parenting teenagers would be this hard.  I feel compelled to call my mom everyday and say I am sorry.

7.  As corny as it sounds-my husband is truly the love of my life.

Yup- I finally had an ah-ha moment last Saturday on the 5 hour car ride up to lovely Lake Placid!!  I had downloaded a bunch of ARCs from Net Galley and was all ready to plow through a few.  When I turned the my daughter’s kindle on, and went to the home page, what should I see at the top of the list?

The Hunger Games Trilogy!!

One of my favorite series was just sitting there inviting me back.

I did it.

Just finished Mockingjay last night.

And I LOVED IT!

It was like seeing an old friend that I didn’t realize how much I missed.

This wasn’t my first reread of this series, but it is the first reread I have done since starting this blog.

Up next-I am going to get those ARCs done, then maybe some other old friends, Harry & Ron, Lizzy Bennet, maybe some hobbits and elves?

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke & the Bookish.  It’s awesome. Every Tuesday, the lovely ladies over there give us book bloggers wonderful and fun topics to create our lists!  Check out what others have posted by going over there! http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com

Today’s topic is:

Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations

This was a difficult topic for me, as I almost always think the book was FAR better than the movie.  When I tried to split the list 5 best and 5 worst, I had a list of 20 worst! (don’t get me started- as much as I loved the HP movies-that second Dumbledore still pisses me off)

 So I forced myself to try to come up with what I thought was the 10 best-got 8.  Here is goes-

1.  The Help

I though they did a really good job adapting the story here- of course it loses a little something-especially since each character is so well defined and have such strong voices, but it was till a very good movie and pretty true to the book.

2.  Jurassic Park

I actually saw the movie before I read the book- spilled popcorn all over my date when that Rex jumped out- and I am glad I did since it is a great movie but the book has so much more going on that I probably would have been disappointed.

(These next two are cheats)

3.  Band of Brothers

I know it was a miniseries and not a movie, but it was SO well made-thank you Mr. Hanks.  I loved this series SO much, that hubby and I still rewatch occasionally on DVD-at that’s 10 ours!!

4.  Pride & Prejudice

I am talking about the BBC miniseries version-no offense Kiera Knightly-I love you but you are not my quintessential Lizzy Bennet.

Colin Firth= Mr. Darcy-that is all I am saying.

5.  The Silence of the Lambs

So well written and creepy, though I personally thought Hannibal was a touch more good looking than Anthony Hopkins-my apologies, Sir Anthony.

6.  Rebecca

One of my favorite novels really translated well into film-possibly my favorite Hitchcock-though I am STILL totally creeped out by birds.  Laurence Olivier was brilliant as Maxim de Winter!

And Mrs. Danvers-perfectly creepy!!

7.  Gone with the Wind

I love this book-and the movie stands up to it quite well.  Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable-oh my!!

and my favorite-

8.  To Kill a Mockingbird

To me, Atticus Finch is the best written male characters.  Gregory Peck played him wonderfully.

What do you think are the best/worst film adaptations?

Turn The Page Reviews will be quiet for the next week, as my husband and I head to Bermuda to celebrate 18 years of wedded bliss (bliss will be me, on a lounge on the pink sand, reading all day long-heaven!)

While I am sorry not to post for almost a whole week, we will be staying where there is no internet-can you believe a place like that still exists???

Enjoy your week-read some great books-and I will check in when we return.

Until then!

Kerri