Book Blogger Hop 9/30/11

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer (Crazy For Books). The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week. So sign up and join the hop. http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/09/book-blogger-hop-930-103.html

This Week's Question:

In honor of Banned Books Week, what is your favorite “banned or

frequently challenged book”?

Click here for 2010-11 list in PDF format. 

You can also click HERE to view past years and choose from any

of those titles!

My favorite banned or frequently challenged book of this year is Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. And my favorite of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This is one of my all time favorite books ever, I actually went through a phase when I was in middle school where I wanted to name my first born son Jem after Jeremiah Finch. (Actually, I still really like that name and I might just have to use it for real)

Feature and Follow Friday 9/30/11

Welcome to Follow Friday hosted this week by Parajunkee and Alison!

The main idea behind FF is just to go see a bunch of new blogs you may never have seen before, and follow the ones you like (and they’ll follow you back!) It’s a total win/win. Post your link i


This week’s question is:

What book that hasn't been turned into a movie (yet) would you most like to see on the big screen, and who would you like cast as your favorite character?

This is a really tough question, because I usually don't like the movie version that much when books are turned into movies, but maybe if I would be able to choose the actors, I'd like them better.

I have a lot of books that I really love that I don't think would make a good movie because of their length, or the complicated subject matter. I think in order for a movie based on a book to be successful, the book has to be short, or there has to be multiple movies per book so nothing is lost.  Also, the books I tend to like the most have a lot of inner diologue and unless, the movie has a running narrative you lose a lot of the oftentimes important and enlightening thoughts the character has.

So, I am going to choose The Shadow of the Wind  by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. My favorite character is Julián but I am not sure who I would want to play him. I will have to think on that for a while.