Loved the Pages: Books becoming Movies

I love to read and I love movies.  Two things my husband could do without.  I read all type of books - mystery, romance, young adult, chick lit, historical... you name it.  To me a good book is a good book no matter what it is about.  Recently most of the books I have been reading have become movies (or are becoming movies).  I personally prefer to read a book before I see the movie unless it is about something that I know I will never read.  What about you?

Good book series and Good movie (my husband liked the movie even without reading the book)

I thought the first 2 out of 3 books were good in this series.  I think the movie was good but only if you had read all the books as there were parts in it that seemed unnecessary if you didn't know what was coming.

I liked the books better than the movies because I could picture the characters differently.  As a vampire girl (going back to Anne Rice books in junior high), I thought the whole series was entertaining.

I have read almost all of these.  I think Janet Evonovich writes very entertaining books that are great Saturday afternoon reads.

I fell asleep during this movie but my husband liked it.  I really liked the book.  If all history books were written this way I think I would have enjoyed that subject more.  Killing Kennedy is also good and I am halfway through Killing Jesus.

Had to include this since I read the books way before the movies were out. I love that there are kids in elementary school who are now reading them (or parents reading to them)

This is a book I read and did not love as much as everyone.  I have skipped the movie completely but heard good things about it.

All I can say is "tears and more tears"

 This was a book that I made myself read before I saw the movie.  I liked the movie way better than the book but I have talked to many where the reverse was true

  The book was great.  The movie had Matthew McConaughey - need I say more.  Rumor has that there may be a sequel

This was a movie that I couldn't believe was made.  I couldn't even finish the book, but obviously others disagreed.

Book was excellent - haven't seen the movie yet

Here are a few books I have read and heard they were coming to movie which I am so excited about:
   

These are books that haven't made it to movies but think they would be great:

• Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
• Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls