Blood,Sweat and Books

For this weeks Book To Movie Monday I have decided to cover the movie A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. First Let's Discuss The Book Below Is The Cover Now for a little back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. The Queen Of The Damned is written by Author Nicholas Sparks and was released October,1999 by Warner Books. The Novel was inspired by the Author's sister although the story was largely fictional. After the success of Nicholas Sparks Book to Movie conversion for Message in a Bottle, the film rights for A Walk To Remember were sold to Warner Bros. in 1998. In case you don't realize that is almost a year before the book even hit shelves! Let's look at some of the characters in the book. Main Protagonists Jamie Sullivan- Daughter to the local minister. Jamie is a sweet and kind but socially awkward girl. She is diagnosed with Leukemia and decides to live her life with the help of the popular Landon Carter. Landon Carter- H...

For this weeks Book to Movie Monday I have decided to cover the movie The Notebook. I admit I am not really a fan of romance, chick lit style books or movies but I loved the movie version of this book. It also helped that Ryan Gosling is super hot lol. I read the book afterwards and while OK I definitely prefer the movie. First let's discuss the Book. Below is the Cover: Now for a little backstory in case some of you aren't familiar with the Novel. The Notebook is written by the Author Nicholas Sparks and was released in 1996. Nicholas began writing the novel back in 1994 and completed it in a period of six months. In interviews Nicholas has stated that the idea for The Notebook came to him after watching the relationship of his GrandInlaws who had been married happily over 60 years. The Book remained a Hardcover Bestseller for over a year on The New York Times Bestseller list. Let's look at some of the characters now shall we. Main Protagonists Noah Calhoun- A ...