Lost in My Library

I am so lucky to be in a place where THE HATE U GIVE was released early! I've been wanting to see this movie for the longest time, and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see it on opening weekend. Getting the basic stuff out of the way first: the movie was excellent . Definitely one of the best movies I've seen. It was so powerful, and emotional, and just beautifully done. It's a story we need right now, and I'm glad it's able to reach as many people as possible. There were changes made from the book, but they were all so good! The movie adaptation doesn't need to be exactly like the book to be a good adaptation. Personally, I thought that the modifications were some of the most powerful and thoughtful parts of the movie, and they all fit in so seamlessly to the original plot that they didn't feel like additions. One of my favorite parts about the whole thing was the environment I saw it in. I haven't been in a theatre that pack...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature at The Broke and the Bookish . This week's theme: movie freebie! I don't really go to see a lot of movies. I don't even usually go to see the movies that I'm so sure that I want to go and see. Why? It could be that I find it hard to take one big chunk of time out of my day for a break. It could be that I'm just really bad at planning. The point is, the YA-book-related movies that I haven't seen vastly outnumber the ones that I have.   I was going to use this week's theme to talk about some of my favorite movie adaptations - like The Book Thief, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Flipped - and then I realized that I don't really have that many more to talk about. So I'm going to talk about the huge number of instances of me reading the book and just not getting around to seeing the movie. 1) THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE: I actually saw the first movie in theaters! And I bought a ticket for the second...