I’ve been enjoying Movie Moxie’s movie reviews and tweets for a while. And so I was a little excited when she announced her Book to Film Club where we review books and their movie adaptations released in 2011. So far the lists look like this:

Reading:

• January 2011 - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
• February 2011 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• March 2011 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• April 2011 - Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant

Other books include On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. You can view the entire list on Movie Moxie’s site. Of the 12 books on this list, I’ve only read one: the dark gothic tale of Jane Eyre. I thought Timothy Dalton was the perfect Mr. Rochester in the 1983 BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre. Michael Fassbender who is starring in the 2011 movie adaption will have very large shoes to fill, at least in my eyes.

I recently bought a Nook Color and I’m going to try to read all of the books on this e-reader. I may lapse back into paper form once in a while but I’m hoping to use this book club to test drive my new e-reader. So far, I haven’t been impressed with it even with all the glowing reviews out there. I’m hoping the January firmware update will improve things somewhat.

My favourite movie adaptation: Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Was very disappointed the director Alfonso Cuarón did not direct another Harry Potter movie.