The film was really exciting (yes, even when I knew what was going to happen) but book because: Continue reading
Category Archives: Book vs Film
Book vs TV series – Empire of Pain
Book. Because – Continue reading
Book vs TV series: Daisy Jones and The Six
TV series. Because: Continue reading
Book vs. TV series – Everything I Know About Love
Book (but the TV series was really, really, really good and you should absolutely watch it). Because: Continue reading
Book vs TV series: Conversations with Friends
TV series because: Continue reading
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
When I started this blog almost ten years ago, I had an idea for a meme (it’s still sitting in draft posts). The idea was to read the books that my friends considered their ‘favourite’. I never progressed the meme, but I did get a nomination from Rory – Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Yes, shameful that it has taken me so, so long to read this book. And Rory commented on Goodreads that she was nervous that I wouldn’t love it as much as she did. Well… Continue reading
Book vs TV Series – This is Going to Hurt
Book was better. But actually really hard to judge because the book and the series had very different tones. Continue reading
Book vs TV Series – Anna Sorokin
This is not quite a straight-forward book vs TV series, because the book I read about fraudster Anna Sorokin – My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams – was not the basis for the new Netflix series, Inventing Anna. Instead, the series was based around a feature article by Jessica Pressler (and her forthcoming book, Bad Influence).
So, read or watch? Continue reading
Book vs. Film: Mothering Sunday
Book (by a whisker because I very much enjoyed the film). Continue reading
French Exit by Patrick deWitt – a literary mix tape
I mentioned how slow I’d been to write a review of French Exit by Patrick deWitt. I read it in February – can’t remember much except that I laughed out loud and loved every moment. So, a mix tape instead…
4/5 Dark and hilarious. Continue reading