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Staff Recommendations – August 2014
Welcome to our first monthly recommendations blog where the Adaptation staff tells you lovely readers what we’ve been loving in the month of August! Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell I just finished reading...
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Adaptation #100: Get Out of Your Box, Trolls
Kendyl and Dorin have a million great things to say about the film The Boxtrolls as well as the book it is based on, Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. The two pull out some fairly intricate metaphors...
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Adaptation #103: Alexander and the Delightful, Wonderful, Not Bad, Very Good...
Dorin and Kendyl discuss the children’s book by Judith Viorst along side the film and are extremely pleased with how well the themes are portrayed on screen and how the additions take them one step...
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Vlog: Four Book Characters We Want Origin Stories For
In which Jenn tells you what book characters we’d love origin stories for. Horns Book Review iTunes – Twitter – Facebook – Tumblr – YouTubeFiled under: Children's Book, Vlog, Young Adult Fiction...
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Vlog: Favorite Holiday Adaptations
In which Sarah – in true festive spirit! – lists our favorite Christmas adaptations! iTunes – Twitter – Facebook – Tumblr – YouTubeFiled under: Children's Book, Fairy Tale, Film, Vlog Tagged: A...
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Adaptation #118: The True Meaning of Gratuity
Dorin and Kendyl sit down to talk about Adam Rex’s novel The True Meaning of Smekday. Funny, sweet and surprising, this is another one that we love discussing, especially since we forgot that we didn’t...
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Vlog: Top Five Memorable Quotes From Adaptations
In which Jessica and our Adaptation hosts go quote-crazy! iTunes – Twitter – Facebook – Tumblr – YouTube Filed under: Book, Children's Book, Film, Vlog Tagged: Ever After, Tale of the Princess...
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The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Originally posted on River Ram Press #InspireWriters #InspireReaders: A book review by Kendyl Bryant If you’ve seen the new Dreamworks film Home starring the vocal stylings of Jim Parsons and Rihanna,...
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Adaptation #122: Home Is Where the Boov Is
Kendyl and Jenn discuss the film Home (2015), what is lost and found in the changes from Adam Rex’s novel and what aliens would really think about the weird stuff humans have invented. Make sure you...
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The Misselthwaite Archives Adapts The Secret Garden on YouTube
With mother’s day just passing, I find myself reminiscing and missing more the things I use to do with my mom rather than past ways we celebrated the holiday. One of my fondest—and also possibly the...
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Commentary #8: Peter Pan (2003)
Our hosts commentate their way through Peter Pan (2003), finding all the ways that it could be a very dark story and wondering at the parallels between the lost boys and the pirates. iTunes – Twitter –...
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Vlog: Strange or Silly Reasons for Banning Books
In which Dorin details some silly or strange reasons why some books have been banned over the years.Filed under: Book, Children's Book, Classic Literature, Vlog Tagged: 1984, Alice's Adventures in...
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Adaptation #139: Peter Pan, #NotAllChildren
Everyone gathers again for more Peter Pan discussion, this time on the novel by JM Barrie and all the ways it’s been adapted on stage and screen. The hosts talk about the kiss in the corner of...
View ArticleAdaptation #1: Cinemagic and The Invention of Hugo Cabret
On the first ever episode of Adaptation, Kendyl and Jessica gush over Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret and discuss how the book’s unique format gives them high expectations … Continue...
View ArticleAdaptation #2: Hugo Has a Sexy Dad
On episode #2, Kendyl and Jess are joined by coursemate Corey to discuss Martin Scorsese’s movie adaptation Hugo and how well the book translated to screen… and talk about Jude … Continue reading →
View ArticleAdaptation #5: One for the Lorax
In the fifth episode of Adaptation, our hosts discuss the movie One for the Money (and Corey vents her frustration). This is followed up by gushing over the brilliance that … Continue reading →
View ArticleNew Poster for Upcoming Paddington Bear Movie
The legacy of Paddington Bear began in 1958 with creator and author Michael Bond. Bond wrote the first book after he noticed a teddy bear all by itself in a … Continue reading →
View Article‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Gives a First Look at the Land of Oz
Following in the ‘grand’ tradition of two similarly themed films coming out around the same time, 2013 is set to bring us two more treks into the the world of … Continue reading →
View ArticleThe New ‘Oz’ Trailer Hits and Actors Hint at a Sequel
When I reported on the first poster for Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, I admitted that I was skeptical about how Oz would hold up to the classic … Continue reading →
View ArticleAdaptation #15: The Perks of Being An Infinite Lorax
Kendyl, Corey and Dorin finally get to see the film Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax and then discuss the high school experience via Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. … Continue reading →
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