by Beth Cronk, Litchfield head librarian
Books made into movies always stir up a lot of interest. It’s amazing how much more a book will get
checked out when it’s adapted into a movie.
This fall there will be a number of movies and a new television show or
two based on books. Get a start now to
read the book before the movie you want to see hits theaters.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is Bill Bryson’s popular book from the 1990s about his
attempt to hike the trail. Written with
self-deprecating humor, this is supposed to be different than introspective travel
memoirs like Wild; Bryson decided to hike the trail because it was there,
with a companion even less prepared than he was. The movie, A Walk in the Woods, stars
Robert Redford and Nick Nolte and is coming out on September 2.
Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero is available in the Litchfield library on CD and in other libraries in
print. Ashley Smith tells her story of
being held hostage in her apartment by Brian Nichols, who had just killed
several people while escaping from a courthouse. The movie adaptation is called Captive and
will be released September 18, starring Kate Mara and David Oyelowo.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is the movie adaptation of
the second book in the Maze Runner trilogy. In The Scorch Trials by James
Dashner, the teens have another challenge to face: crossing 100 miles of desert
while being attacked by zombies in order to reach a cure for the disease that
will turn them into zombies, too. This
dystopian thriller will arrive in theaters September 18.
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is a bestselling book that came out in 2013. Malala Yousafzai began fighting for girls’
rights to education when she was eleven.
At age fifteen, she was shot in the head on her bus ride home from
school in an attempt to silence her. In
2014 she became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her
continued role as a spokesperson for educating girls. The documentary He Named Me Malala will be
released October 2.
The Martian by Andy Weir is a novel from 2014 that got
great reviews. In it, an astronaut is
left behind on Mars when his crew evacuates the planet because of a dust storm. No one even knows he’s alive, but he doesn’t
give up. A futuristic take on a castaway
story, the movie starring Matt Damon opens October 2.
The 2011 biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson also was
praised by critics. Now the movie by the
same title is coming out on October 9.
Michael Fassbender plays Jobs, with Kate Winslet playing Joanna Hoffman
and Seth Rogan playing Steve Wozniak.
Also debuting this fall are The Last Kingdom, the BBC TV
series based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warrior Chronicles series; Room, the movie
adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel of the same name; and The 33, based on Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar.
Get ahead of the rush now by ordering any of these books on
our online catalog or speaking with a library staff member to request a
copy.
