Movies to Books

For some reason, I couldn’t get the daemon to work in a regular post, so I put him up there for a couple of days. Anyone else take the test? What’s your daemon? It was so much fun to see what mine was. 🙂

Lately, I’ve been scanning the papers to see what books to movies are in the works. Atonement (open now) seems to have Oscar buzz already for its actors, so I’m going to read the novel. The Reader by Bernard Schlink is due out in 2008 (with Nicole Kidman) and I’ve heard of it before, but never read it.

So, over the holidays, I’m trying to read two books at once. While I read YA or MG, I’m trying to get through the adult novels that have been sitting in my TBR pile forever.

Remember, check back tomorrow for an announcement! 🙂 And coming later this week, someone asked me if I ever blogged about where I was and what I was doing when I got “the call” that my manuscript had an offer. I’ll share that, too.

Writer Strike Resumes & Golden Compass Reviews

First, the talks to end the five week writer strike have ended with no resolution. Sigh. I feel bad for everyone all around. The boxoffice has been slow this year (again) and this is an awful time for this to be happening.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071208/ap_en_mo/hollywood_labor

And, the reviews for The Golden Compass are in. The reviews averaged out to be a B-, but I’m not too concerned. Tons of Hollywood movies go so-so reviews (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End) and were boxoffice blockbusters. We’ll see. If you go, come tell us what you thought!

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808718640/critic

On Monday, I’ll post an update on the class of 2k9. Plus, some very exciting news!