Book 2 Movie 2012 Challenge

Hi, everyone! Time for another 2012 Reading Challenge!!

This is a great idea for a challenge! This is totally different from the other challenges that I am participating in, so I cannot resist :)

This challenge is being hosted by Martina at Martina Bookaholic.

Here are the details copied from Martina's blog:

Book 2 Movie 2012 Challenge

The goal for this challenge is to read a book/watch a movie in each of the 12 categories, which are further down, during the year of 2012 (01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012) + 1 bonus category, if someone can’t find a book in one of the 12 categories.

This means: 12 books + movies in 12 months, as a result 1 book/1 movie per month. (Book can be read/movie can already been watched – but just one of each)

You want to join?:
Then please write me an e-mail to: martina.bookaholic@gmx.net with your book choices with the category #number and your blog address and the name, which I should use in this post.

Blogger Info:
Please; every one of you has to put on every review which is made for this challenge or on the sidebar of the blog, the ‘Book 2 Movie’ Button which should be linked back to this MAIN POST on my blog. Thanks


Here are the categories for the challenge:

Read a book/watch the movie …

1. … where the movie is more famous than the book

2. … to a TV- Series

3. … which is based on a cartoon/ fairy tale or where the main characters are animals

4. … where your favorite actor/ actress is playing in the movie.

5. … to a book classic which was made into a movie after 1990

6. … where the book was written for the movie

7. … from an author of your home country (for English joiners: from an author who is not coming from an English speaking country)

8. … where the story is about love and where you’ll probably cry OR where the story is about blood, murder and horrific killers.

9. … which is focused on a social critic topic (misogyny, racisms, cruelty,…)

10. … where the story is playing at least 100 years ago.

11. … where the story is playing in the future OR where the story is playing in Asia or Africa

12. … where the movie to the book is coming to the cinemas 2012

(+ 13 bonus category: … where you’ve already watched the movie, but never read the book) – for all who have a problem to find a book/movie in one of this categories.

If you would like to join me in the challenge, click on the challenge badge at the beginning of this post.

I am going to keep track of my progress below (here are my plans for the categories):

1. where the movie is more famous than the book: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

2. to a TV- Series: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse, Book #1)

3. which is based on a cartoon/ fairy tale or where the main characters are animals: Beastly by Alex Flinn (Kendra Chronicles, Book #1)

4. where your favorite actor/ actress is playing in the movie: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

5. to a book classic which was made into a movie after 1990: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde or The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. where the book was written for the movie: Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

7. from an author who is not coming from an English speaking country: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

8. where the story is about love and where you’ll probably cry OR where the story is about blood, murder and horrific killers: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë or Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

9. which is focused on a social critic topic (misogyny, racisms, cruelty,…): The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millennium, Book #1)

10. where the story is playing at least 100 years ago: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Christmas Books, Book #1)

11. where the story is playing in the future OR where the story is playing in Asia or Africa: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

12. where the movie to the book is coming to the cinemas 2012: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, Book #1)

13. Bonus category: where you’ve already watched the movie, but never read the book) – for all who have a problem to find a book/movie in one of this categories: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson