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“Reading the Oscars”

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.”