Image credit: BBC/Moonage Productions Hello everyone, When it was announced that A Good Girl's Guide To Murder was being adapted for television, it was incredibly exciting. After all, this is one of my all-time favourite books and truly one of the best mystery novels I have read - adult or young adult. The first book in a … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, In April I read The One by John Marrs, a 2016 novel that imagines a world where everyone has a biological match - one person that they are guaranteed to fall completely in love with. This is turned into an app that people can download for a small fee, and the founder … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The One
Image credit: Amazon Prime Video Hello everyone, Of the three books I have read by Taylor Jenkins Reid to date, Daisy Jones And The Six is easily my favourite, so it was both exciting and intriguing when it was announced that it would be adapted for television. Containing 10 episodes, it premiered on Amazon Prime in early … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Daisy Jones And The Six
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, After an impressive first series released in 2021 that brought Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse to life on the small screen, it was very exciting when Shadow And Bone finally returned to Netflix in March. Three months on, I have finally got around to watching all eight episodes, so it is time to … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Shadow And Bone (Series Two)
Image credit: ITV/Drama Republic Hello everyone, Back in the summer of 2020 I read The Confessions Of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins. It was a remarkably powerful and moving character portrait written with immense depth, also containing a forbidden romance and an intriguing murder mystery. Frannie Langton herself has such a unique and sophisticated voice, and her … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Confessions Of Frannie Langton
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, Back in November I read The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, an absolutely gripping Nordic crime novel which was the very definition of a thriller. It was an easy five stars, and I was totally on the edge of my seat for most of the way. It had been on … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Chestnut Man
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, There was excitement all round when in 2019 it was announced that Netflix would be adapting Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels, namely the Shadow And Bone trilogy and the Six Of Crows duology, and after a slight delay due to the coronavirus pandemic it finally hit our screens on April 23rd. The announcement of show … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Shadow and Bone (Series One)
Image credit: BBC Hello everyone, At the beginning of 2017 I read Us by David Nicholls, a Booker Prize longlisted novel that told the story of a family as they travel throughout Europe. It begins one morning, when Douglas Peterson wakes up one morning and is told by his wife Connie that she is thinking of leaving … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Us
Pages: 293Published: 18th November 2016 When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone… Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them – The Original Screenplay
Image credit: BBC Hello everyone, If you have read some of my previous blog posts, then you might know that The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton was one of my favourite books I read last year. I felt it was a modern classic, just beautifully written. It was adapted into a television drama in December 2017, so after … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Miniaturist
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