From Martina Bookaholic:

The goal for this challenge is to read a book/ watch a movie in each of the 12 categories, which are further down, during the year of 2012 + 1 bonus category, if someone can’t find a book in one of the 12 categories.

You want to join?: Then please write me an e-mail to: martina.bookaholic@gmx.net with your book choices with the category #number and your blog address and the name, which I should use in this post.

Blogger Info:‘Book 2 Movie’ Button which should be linked back to this MAIN POST on my blog. Thanks

Categories -- Read a book/watch the movie:

1.  … where the movie is more famous than the book
2.  … to a TV- Series
3.  … which is based on a cartoon/ fairy tale or where the main characters are animals
4.  … where your favorite actor/ actress is playing in the movie.
5. … to a book classic which was made into a movie after 1990
6. … where the book was written for the movie
7. … from an author of your home country (for English joiners: from an author who is not  from an English speaking country)
8. . … where the story is about love and where you’ll probably cry OR where the story is about blood, murder and horrific killers.
9. … which is focused on a social critic topic (misogyny, racisms, cruelty,…)
10. … where the story is set at least 100 years ago.
11.  … where the story is playing in the future OR where the story is playing in Asia or Africa
12. … where the movie to the book is coming to the cinemas 2012
13. bonus category: … for all who have a problem to find a book/movie in one of this categories.

I’m happy and I’m really looking forward to this challenge and I’m also excited and so curious how everything will work out! So please, join and send me your details and tell all of your friends. That would be fabolous!! Thanks Greetings, Tina

I loved doing this challenge last year, so I thought I would repeat it this year.  Plus I am increasing my goal to 20 books to movies for this year.  For purposes of variety, I will not be including the Harry Potter movies even though I will be reading the novels and watching the movies.  I am going to try and seek out movie versions that I haven't seen...  Tentative TBR:

1. Water for Elephants -- Sara Gruen (2007)
2. Something Borrowed -- Emily Giffin (Adventures of Darcy #1) (2005)
3. P.S. I Love You -- Cecelia Ahern (2008)
4. The Hunger Games -- Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #1) (2009)
5. TBD
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