Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

This category makes me laugh, because we've seen it so many times, some of us have a kneejerk reaction.

But it looks like there are A LOT of books being made into movies & shows in 2022!!! I'll have to choose between some of my favorite authors: Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith or The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson. Or maybe I'll finally pick up Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Here are a crazy number of links to articles about books being made into shows in 2022:
https://the-bibliofile.com/2022-books...
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...
https://www.booklistqueen.com/books-t...
https://teaandinksociety.com/books-be...



Listopia is here!

I got burned on this one the last time, so I'll wait to choose until whatever I want to read has actually come out as a TV show or movie

I posted this on the BookTok thread but these books that are being adapted will often blow up on social media.

I deeply appreciate all of these lists 1) because I don't watch TV and never know what's coming out ever and 2) because through them I learned I get to watch not one but TWO adaptations of Persuasion next year and now I'm excited!!

I'm either going to read Wicked or School of Good and Evil, but I'm not quite sure which one.

My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights out of it. Thrown the book out of the window. Of course I will watch it immediately and love it while also screaming in my head that THERE IS NO HOT AIR BALLOON in Around the World in Eighty Days, among other things.

Sigh.

I am going with Deep Water

poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights out of it. Thrown..."



They're doing ANOTHER remake of that? How can anything surpass the greatness of Jackie Chan????? (Answer: they can't. No one can surpass Jackie Chan.)

If anyone can surpass the charming Jackie Chan in a movie, it may be the charming David Tennant in a series. David is playing Fogg, and instead of being a stick in the mud who does nothing but play whist, he's running around being chatty. Fixx is now a female journalist traveling with him instead of a detective chasing him. I mean, they could have at least called her Nellie. Nellie Bly actually DID go around the world, and in only 72 days!

But here's the thing. I love to watch few things more than David Tennant running around being chatty and charming, with foppy hair and a waistcoat.

The two halves of my brain are either going to come together and decide one way or the other, or my head is going to explode.

Trailer
https://youtu.be/76Ge6vO4q9Y

poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights out of it. Thrown..."

I will be joining you....

LOTS of these movies were supposed to be released already but were delayed due to pandemic lockdown. I personally will wait to see what really opens then pick my read.

I don't know how much of the series the Heartstopper adaptation will cover but I'll probably just use Heartstopper: Volume Five for this.

Salem’s Lot will also be a movie in autumn 2022

poshpenny wrote: "If anyone can surpass the charming Jackie Chan in a movie, it may be the charming David Tennant in a series. David is playing Fogg, and instead of being a stick in the mud who does nothing but play..."



He does look charming in that trailer!

Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is coming to Netflix next year!

The first Jack Reacher book (Killing Floor) will work. New series starts in Feb.

https://ew.com/tv/reacher-first-look-...

Also Sarah Dessen's Along For the Ride wrapped up filming in August so hopefully it will come out next year.

I heard that Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is coming out in 2022, so I'm going to read that. whether it does or not. haha. with the pandemic it seems like there's no telling what gets released when scheduled or not.

Just saw a preview for Station Eleven!

Laura wrote: "Just saw a preview for Station Eleven!"

I saw that trailer last night. It looks good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAG-...

poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights out of it. Thrown..."

Oh wow! I love David Tennant too and also Jules Verne. And particularly that book. I must have read it 6 times since I was young. Can't wait for the movie even if it's not a copy-paste of the book.

poshpenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just saw a preview for Station Eleven!"

I saw that trailer last night. It looks good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAG-..."


WOW it's been a while since I read that book, I guess, because I don't remember a lot of that!! I don't have HBOMax, either, so I won't be watching it any time soon.

Fannie wrote: "poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights..."

I read it when I was young but can't remember it particularly well, so guess it's time for a reread!

Popsugar had a list that said there is a live action Peter Pan coming, and also an adaptation of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, about the women who brought down Harvey Weinstein, which I do want to read at some point, but likely a heavy read

poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapted the daylights out of it. Thrown..."

You're saying about the hot air balloon, and I've just remembered that the Phineas Fogg branded crisps have a hot air balloon on the packet. Apparently everyone loves the concept of travelling round the world in a balloon!

poshpenny wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just saw a preview for Station Eleven!"

I saw that trailer last night. It looks good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAG-..."

It really does, and honestly I wanted to love the book so, so much more than I actually did, so maybe it will change my mind.

Pachinko is being released soon...

We have virtual events too or it premieres on tv too that authors go to an interview! We had called it a Free virtual event where authors can discuss their books! This Friday, I'm going to watch a free virtual event in my local book store where a conversation with bestselling YA author Kathleen Glasgow, the creator of 'Girl In Pieces', 'You'd Be Home Now, and 'How to Make Friends with the Dark'! It premieres on December 10, 2021 (Friday), at 6 PM:D I am so excited:)

Rachael wrote: "You're saying about the hot air balloon, and I've just remembered that the Phineas Fogg branded crisps have a hot air balloon on the packet. Apparently everyone loves the concept of travelling round the world in a balloon!"

Well he wrote books with balloons in them! Just not 80 Days. They should make things branded Five Weeks in a Balloon! Fogg's entire point was ANYONE could do it by buying tickets on scheduled, commercial travel and specifically NOT by hiring anything special.

You know, thinking about it now, I'd LOVE an adaptation of The Twenty-One Balloons! Who do we talk to about that?

Rachael wrote: "Fannie wrote: "poshpenny wrote: "My historically favorite book is being adapted again this year, starring one of my favorite actors. They recently released a trailer and they have RUINED it, adapte..."

I would recommend She Said. And it didn't come across as overly heavy to me since it has a more journalistic slant. It was fascinating seeing how a story comes to light.

Crystal wrote: "I heard that Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is coming out in 2022, so I'm going to read that. whether it does or not. haha. with the pandemic..."

I'm reading this one as well. It was originally scheduled to have come out this year in 2021 but it got pushed back. Now it seems highly likely that it will be released next year.

Since The Bad Guys just got announced as a movie, I guess I should start reading the books.

The Inheritance Games is being made in to a tv show but I don’t know when it’s coming out yet.

Ava DuVernay's Filmworks is making a Netflix series from the Wings of Fire books, likely debuting in 2022.
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/21...

Just saw a trailer for this yesterday- Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" is getting a movie adaptation in February 2022!

Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer books are set to be launched as a series on Netflix this Summer. They have just finished filming series one. I hope it’s as good as Amazon’s adaption of Bosch!

Station Eleven already has a few episodes out, so depending on how strict you want to be it may not count.

Liza wrote: "Station Eleven already has a few episodes out, so depending on how strict you want to be it may not count."

I actually considered this at the beginning but then I figured since it was an end of the year (2021) series and I read the book this past week before 2022 it made sense to leave it out.

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While I'm open to Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI at the same time I'm still on the fence about that one.

Hoping to see if there are others out there that I would like.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Dana wrote: "Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas"

Would Station Eleven really count for this one? The series was released in December 2021.

Ron wrote: "Dana wrote: "Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas"

Would..."

It's on the Listopia.

Oh okay. Wasn't sure.

LOL Never trust the Listopia!!! People add all sorts of crazy books to them that don't always fit.

I mean, it's up to each reader if you want to count a series that started in 2021. But just because it's on the Listopia doesn't mean it works.

Nadine in NY wrote: "LOL Never trust the Listopia!!! People add all sorts of crazy books to them that don't always fit.

I mean, it's up to each reader if you want to count a series that started in 2021. But just beca..."

This I know but I wasn't sure about Station 11.
I will search for something else.

I'm currently reading The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn for this prompt. The second season of Bridgerton will be out on March 25th.

Nadine in NY wrote: "LOL Never trust the Listopia!!! People add all sorts of crazy books to them that don't always fit.

I mean, it's up to each reader if you want to count a series that started in 2021. But just beca..."

I kind of agree here.

Personally, I usually go to amazon and search there since they usually have relevant release dates.

Saw this list today:

https://www.bookbub.com/blog/book-mov...

thanks for sharing Mel!!!! I'm adding Pachinko, Conversations with Friends and Death on the Nile as options. :)

Oh a new Death on the Nile adaptation? that will be an easy pick for me :)

George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood is being turned into a television series this year. Jane Austen's Persuasion is also being made into a Netflix movie.

I am planning to read Persuasion. I loved Autumn De Wild's adaptation of Emma from 2020, and I guess I'm hoping for something of similar caliber from Netflix.

The Station Eleven adaptation isn't out in the UK until later this month, so anyone wanting to use it for the prompt just pretend you're in the UK.