Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge!

Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge! is hosted by C.B. James at Ready When You Are, C.B.

The Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge is based on a simple idea - read a book, see a movie based on the book, include both in your review. Whether yours is a book blog or a movie blog, this could be a way to add some spice to your posts, expand your outlook, have some fun. Mostly, have some fun.

You don't have to write full reviews both the movie and the book. You can write a review of one then add a brief paragraph or just a sentence or two about the other at the end.

Here's how to join:

1. Select a challenge level:

• Matinee: one book/movie
• Double Feature: two books/movies
• Saturday Movie Marathon: four books/movies
• Film Festival: eight books/movies
• Festival Jury Member: ten books/movies

2. Copy and paste the Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge button to your blog. (Optional. If you don't have a blog, you can still sign-up and play along. You can post reviews here.)

3. Sign up using Mr. Linky at this link. Please list your challenge level in a comment.

4. Get together a list of books/movies that you plan on reviewing. (Optional. You can just see what comes along during the year if you'd rather.)

I'll post monthly link lists so you can post links to your reviews here and I'll try to feature a few reviews each month.

The challenge will begin on New Year's Day 2010 and will last all year.
There will be prizes. I don't know what the prizes will be yet, but expect several. I'm a big fan of giveaways. See here, here and here.

You can double count this challenge with any other challenges you're doing in 2010.

Hope you'll join and play along.....

I'll go with the Festival Jury Member level - 10 books & movies!

My Book / Movie List:

  1. If Only It Were True by Marc Levy / Just Like Heaven

  2. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling / The Harry Potter series

  3. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones / Howl's Moving Castle

  4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien / The Lord of the Rings trilogy

  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen / Persuasion

  6. North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell / North & South

  7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte / Jane Eyre

  8. Stardust by Neil Gaiman / Stardust

  9. Coraline by Neil Gaiman / Coraline

10. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman / Neverwhere