Double-Stacked Bookshelves

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a way to share what you're loving in list form. The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is a freebie, so I'm going with: Top Ten Books to Film Adaptations .  I don't normally find that films do a great job of portraying how awesome books are, but these films did a pretty good job at getting it right! Fight Club (1999) The book is awesome and the film is even better...whoops...did I say that?  Yep.  This is such a great adaptation of Palahnuik's novel and the acting is superb.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1  (2010) This is, hands down, my favorite film in the series.  I found that the story finally captured the darkness and angst of the books.  It was beautifully filmed and makes so much sense.  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Epic awesomeness.  These three films do a wond...

Happy Monday, fellow A-Zers!  Welcome to week 2 of the A-Z Blogging Challenge.  Today's letter is F and I'm bringing you the following:  Jonathan Safran Foer. Jonathan Safran Foer (1977-) I first encountered Foer's work in college after watching the film based on his novel Everything is Illuminated .  Then I read the book and fell in love with it.  Who wouldn't love a female dog named Sammie Davis Junior Jr who continually masticates itself and has personality?  The characters are memorable and entertaining to boot.  I've continued to read his other works, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Eating Animals , but I have to say that Illuminated is by far my favorite.  Despite the success of the films based on his work, Foer has remained relatively unknown outside the literary circle.  I think he deserves to be well-known. *Recommendation:  Everything is Illuminated , both the book and the movie Who are some of your f...