Happy Holidays!

The Master of Horror: Stephen King

It should come as no surprise to anyone that another Stephen King book is being adapted into a made for TV movie. Bag of Bones by Stephen King has been made into a TV mini-series for A&E. Hollywood movies, made-for-TV movies, TV mini-series, as well as regular television series have all been made based off some of the author's most popular books. Here is a small list of some of these projects:

Carrie ~ Major motion picture starring Sissy Spacek

Misery ~ Major motion picture starring Kathy Bates

The Shining ~ Major motion picture starring Jack Nicholson

The Green Mile ~ Major motion picture starring Tom Hanks

The Dead Zone ~ Television series starring Michael Anthony Hall

The Stand ~ Television mini-series starring Gary Sinise and others

It ~ Made for TV movie starring Tim Curry (also the reason 1/2 the people I grew-up with were afraid of clowns)

We have a large collection of Stephen King books in the library. Half of the books can be found in the Accelerated Reader section and the rest in the regular Fiction section. Here is a list of titles we have that have also been movies. Consider checking one out!

Bag of Bones

Desperation

Dolores Claiborne

Firestarter

Hearts in Atlantis

Insomnia

It

Misery

Pet Sematary

The Shining

The Dead Zone

Cujo

The Tommyknockers

Happy Reading!

The BEST Book EVER, or so I've been told

The other day I had a student return Nicholas Spark's The Lucky One. She was highly recommending it to anyone within ear shot. I believe it was immediately checked back out by one of the lucky people in the library at the time. So I was not surprised to see a trailer/featurette pop up online today. As always I hope the movie doesn't ruin the book for everyone!




I will try to hold back the book to movie trailers now! But to be honest it's not my fault, the Holiday Movie Season happens.

Speaking of books becoming movies...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick has just been released in theaters. If your interested in the book it is located in the AR section of the library with the call "number" F Sel. Here's a quick idea of what the book is about:

"When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1932, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized"

I'm not sure how close to the book the movie turned out. Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.