Most individuals today prefer to immerse in a cinematic experience over reading a 450-page book. However, if not for novels, there would not be many of the movies we enjoy today. Such titles as Les Miserables, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shutter Island, The Godfather, etc., were all books first, after all. There is an interesting relationship between books and their movie adaptations. Of course, a good book can have a bad adaptation, and a bad book might end up winning an Oscar, but … [Read more...]