Excited About the Movie? Get the Book! (Fall 2011 Edition)
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Excited About the Movie? Get the Book! (Fall 2011 Edition)


Did you know that many of this years most-buzzed about movies are based on great books?


Dream House - Movie opens Sept. 30

Based on the thriller Dream House by Valerie Laken





The Big Year - Movie opens Oct. 14

Based on the non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik





The Three Musketeers - Movie opens Oct. 21

Based on the book The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (and in many translations)





J. Edgar - Movie opens Nov. 9

Read all about the life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, first director of the F.B.I.






The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - pt. 1 - Movie opens Nov. 18

Based on the book Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer





The Descendents - Movie opens Nov. 18

Based on the novel The Descendents by Kaui Hart-Hemmings




 
A Dangerous Method - Movie opens Nov. 23

Based on the nonfiction book A Most Dangerous Method: the Story of Jung, Freud and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr




Hugo - Movie opens Nov. 23

Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick




- Excited About The Movie? Get The Book! Jan/feb 2012 Edition
Go ahead, be the person who can say, "Hey, I read the book that movie was based on!" Red Tails - Movie opens January 20 Read more about the Tuskegee Airmen in Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force. Coriolanus - Movie opens...

- Excited To See The Movie? Get The Book! Winter 2011-12
Or did you love the book? The movie is coming!  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Movie opens Dec. 9 Based on the espionage thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré   Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - American movie opens Dec. 21,...

- Films Based On Books: Anonymous
Anonymous - Movie opens Friday, Oct. 28 Based on the book Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James S. Shapiro Find more films based on great books....

- It's Harry Potter Week On The Teen Page!
The folks over on TATAL are a little (okay, very) excited about the seventh Harry Potter movie (part 1), which opens this weekend. To celebrate, they're hosting a theme week over on the teen blog, with special tribute posts, book lists, videos and...

- January Book Discussions
The book discussion will be meeting on January 24.  The afternoon group will meet at 1:30 pm to discuss Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden.  This is a nonfiction book about two society girls from New York who go to teach in a remote town in...



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