I was so focused on the Academy Award nominees for screenplays based on previously published material that I completely failed to notice that 6 out of the 9 Best Picture nominees are based on books. (This is why I read LISNews and EarlyWord and other book/library blogs: to try to fill all the many gaps and oversights in my knowledge.)
The Best Picture nominees based on books are
- “The Descendants” based on the book by Kaui Hart Hemmings and a short story called “The Minor Wars” from “House of Thieves” also by Hemmings
- “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer
- “The Help” based on the book by Kathryn Stockett
- “Hugo” based on “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick
- “Moneyball” based on the book by Michael Lewis
- “War Horse” based on the book by Michael Morpurgo
Are you a read-the-book-first person? Or a watch-the-movie-first person?
Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Life blog is comparing the books and movies in their “Reading the Oscars” series. The first post is on “The Descendants.”
Shakespearean Insulter, www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html: I don’t usually enjoy being insulted, but it’s almost fun to be insulted in such flowery language.
Thanks to the YOU who sent me this link!
And if we now feel a desire to brush up on our Shakespeare, the Dewey call number to visit is 822.33. (It’s almost impossible to be a public librarian and not know that number!)
Homemade Crap!, homemadecrap.com: “all things diy. (well, mostly.)”
Remember the library has lots of books to inspire your DIY and craft projects. Try browsing the shelves at your nearest library around call number 745.5.
“Cats vs. Dogs: An Infographic” on I Can Has Cheezburger? and “Gold vs. Cats (Infographic)” on Cats4Gold.com: I adopted a kitten recently. While trying to choose between the available kittens in a litter, I started searching for pros and cons of males vs. females.* Instead of that, I came across these infographics which, although not very useful for choosing the sex of a pet, were quite amusing.
The library has much more informative material on cats (and dogs). Use the subject headings “Cats” and “Dogs” to start your search in SUNCAT. (Or if you’re more interested in gold, we have information on that, too.)
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*I decided on a female kitten.
Academy Award nominees were announced yesterday morning. My favorite list of nominees is always the one for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
Why?
Because that is where movies made from books appear.
You may have time to read the source material for these nominees before the Academy Award ceremony:
Find all the nominees at oscar.go.com/nominees.
I’m not really a football fan, but like many others who also aren’t, I always know which teams are going to the Super Bowl. Last night I even saw the end of the NFC Championship, watching one of this year’s Super Bowl teams earn its spot.
Will you be rooting for the New England Patriots or the New York Giants to win the big game?
Regardless of which team is “your” team, you can find something on both in SUNCAT:
Hatchet Job of the Year, www.hatchetjoboftheyear.com: “[T]he Hatchet Job of the Year Award will be presented [on 2-7-2012] to the author of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months.”
On the Hatchet Job’s “Manifesto” page it says, “We need professional book reviewers. We need people who know what they’re talking about, whose voices we recognise and trust, even though we might not always agree with them.” Isn’t that the truth! Have you ever tried to write a book review? Even writing a very short review for such as one for a social booksharing site is not easy.
YOU loved this link and sent it to me. I love it, too. I’ll be checking back to find out who wins the award.
Fictional Food: Bringing food from page to plate!, www.fictionalfood.net: “Fictional Food is a blog dedicated to both cooking fictional food and posting about fictional food around the internet. While books are the primary focus, television, game, and movie foods are also featured.”
YOU linked to this site, and it caught my eye. Thank you, YOU!
