I love reading a good, engrossing book! I confess that I am the type of person to finish a book’s last sentence, close the tome and hold it to my breast, and swoon with the immersive memories. A book should transport you to its world, take you away from your own. (I love the photo above for that reason; the lady is in picturesque France, but her reading is taking her away to somewhere else!)
I love watching a good, engaging movie! It’s an entirely different medium; the two should not be compared. This becomes problematic because some movies are based on great, well-written books.
Such is the case with the bestseller, Where the Crawdads Sing. I loved the lyricism of this marvelous fiction. I just saw the movie. It is very good, too. Not identical, but evocative in a different way!
I wish that people wouldn’t compare the two mediums, wouldn’t expect the same thing from these two avenues. I recommend BOTH of these treatments to you.
Butt Stuff 
7 responses to “#503) Books and (NOT VERSUS) Movies”
Books, books, books.
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lurvspanking and I are in agreement.
Thanx for the post!
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My favourite Literary based photograph was also taken in Paris. But it was of the author, Emma Smith, with her typewriter on her knees, trying to get some work done on a hot day, in the times before air conditioning, on the banks of the River Seine.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emma-smith-obituary-xx2bd9gqj
If you ever get the chance to read it, I recommend her book Maidens’ Trip. It is a novel based on the experiences of her War Work in WWII. Very short for a novel, but still one of the best books that I have ever read.
Prefectdt
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And PS. They should make a film of that book 🙂
Prefectdt
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I have a tall stack of To Be Read books, but will add this title to that list; thanks for the recommendation!
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I agree…the two mediums are not to be compared. I love reading and am really no film buff but the other night I watched a film adaptation of the book The Remains of the Day and found it incredibly watchable and terribly sad. I’m sure you will have seen it Jean Marie
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Yes, wonderful movie with Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.
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