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November 8, 2019

Hulu & Netflix Adaptations To Fill You Up This November

Whether you celebrate this month’s holiday of Thanksgiving or not, the cold season brings us a lot to be thankful for. Family, friends, warm clothes, and of course enough book content to fill your plate ten times over! So round the family up, and enjoy these amazing adaptations Netflix and Hulu have to offer.

Every new release has been put into categories and include the Netflix and Hulu release dates to boot! Click on the titles or where it says “book” or “novel” to either the watch film/show trailer or to purchase the original book!

About Authors

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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power (2019 Documentary) – November 19th, Hulu
Vita & Virginia (2019 Film) – based on the story of the love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (November 22, Hulu)

Romance

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Fever Pitch (2005 Film) – based on the book Fever Pitch: A Fan’s Life by Nick Hornby (November 1st, Hulu)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003 Film) – based on the novel by Frances Mayes (November 1st, Hulu)
Let It Snow (2019 Film) – based on the novel Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances by John Green (November 8th, Netflix)

Drama

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A Simple Plan (1998 Film) – based on the novel by Scott B. Smith (November 1st, Hulu)
Denial (2016 Film) – based on the book Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah E. Lip Lipstadt (November 4th, Hulu)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998 Film) – based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson (November 1st, Netflix)
The Christmas Candle (2013 Film) – based on the novel by Max Lucado (November 1st, Netflix)
The King (2019 Film) – based on historical events and several plays from William Shakespeare’s Henriad (consisting of the plays Richard II, Henry IV Part 1 & 2, Henry V) (November 1st, Neftlix)
Wings of the Dove (1997 Film) – based on the novel by Henry James (November 15th, Hulu)

Crime

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Escape from Alcatraz (1979 Film) – based on the crime novel by J. Campbell Bruce (November 1st, Hulu)
The Irishman (2019 Film) – based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt (November 27th, Netflix)
La Reina Del Sur/The Queen of the South (Season 2) – based on the book by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (November 29th, Netflix)

Thriller

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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962 Film) – based on the nonfiction novel by Alexander Klein (November 1st, Hulu)
The Firm (1993 Film) – based on the novel by John Grisham (November 1st, Hulu)
Earthquake Bird (2019) – based on the novel by Susanna Jones (November 15th, Netflix)
Apple Tree Yard (Season 1) – based on the novel by Louise Doughty (November 19th, Hulu)

Supernatural

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Interview with a Vampire (1994 Film) – based on the Gothic novel by Anne Rice (November 1st, Hulu)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968 Film) – based on the novel by Ira Levin (November 1st, Netflix)
The Ring (2002 Film) – based on the novel by Koji Suzuki (November 1st, Hulu)
NOS4A2 (Season 1) – based on the book by Joe Hill (November 26th, Hulu)

Comics

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Fantastic Four (2005 Film) – based on the Marvel comic series (November 1st, Hulu)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Season 1 & 2) – based on the manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (November 1, Netflix)
The Deep (Season 3) – based on the comic by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer (November 1, Netflix)
The End of the F***ing World (Season 2) – based on the graphic novel by Charles Forsman (November 5th, Netflix)

Animation

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Hello Ninja (Season 1) – based on the children’s book by N. D. Wilson (November 1st, Netflix)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2002 Film) – based on the folktales of Sinbad from the Middle Eastern book One Thousand and One Nights (November 1st, Hulu)
Green Eggs and Ham (Season 1) – based on Dr. Seuss’ book of the same name (November 8th, Netflix)
Llama Llama (Season 2) – based on the children’s book by Anna Dewdney (November 15th, Netflix)

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October 31, 2019

13 Magical Quotes For National Magic Day

Whether you plan to take on the night or hang at home with some horrifyingly good reads, here are 13 magically inspired quotes to put you in the best of spirits for this wicked holiday.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

― Caroline Gordon, American Novelist and Literary Critic

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Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

― W.B. Yeats, Irish Poet

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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

― John Anster, The First Part of Goethe’s Faust

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.

― J.K. Rowling, known for Harry Potter

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Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.

― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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…disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business….

― Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.

― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

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Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what’s real in life, and in one’s own heart.

― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

― Nora Roberts, American Romance Author

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.

― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

― Roald Dahl, known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Happy Halloween and National Magic Day!

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October 29, 2019

Pick A Halloween Candy And We’ll Give You A Book!

October 4, 2019

Thrilling Hulu & Netflix Shows Arriving This October

Along with the changing of the leaves come the dark, chilly nights of Autumn- the perfect setting for everyone’s favorite holiday, Halloween. Face your fears with this month’s terrifying Hulu and Netflix adaptations!

We’ve put every new release into categories and included the Netflix and Hulu release dates to boot! Click on the titles or where it says “book” or “novel” to either the watch film/show trailer or to purchase the original book!

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

From ‘the Time Traveler’s Wife’ | Image via Giphy

A. I. Artificial Intelligence (2001 Film) – based on the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss (October 1st Hulu)
Beautiful Creatures (2013 Film) – based on the books by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (October 1st, Hulu)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009 Film) – based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger (October 1st, Netflix)
Total Recall (1990) – based on the short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Phillip K. Dick (October 1st, Hulu)

Drama

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After (2019 Film) – based on the book by Anna Todd (October 9th, Netflix)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015 Film) – based on the memoir by Amos Oz (October 25th, Netflix)
Looking For Alaska (Season 1) – based on the book by John Green (October 18th, Hulu)
No Way Out (1987 Film) – based on the book The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing (October 1st, Hulu)
Raging Bull (1980 Film) – based on the memoir by Jake LaMotta (October 31st, Netflix)
Troy (2004 Film) – based on the Greek epic, Homer’s Illiad (October 1st, Netflix)

Crime

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Trainspotting (1996 Film) – based on the book by Irvine Welsh (October 1st, Netflix)
True Grit (1969 Film) – based on the book by Charles Portis (October 1st, Hulu)
Winter’s Bone (2010 Film) – based on the book by Daniel Woodrell (October 1st, Hulu)

Horror

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An American Haunting (2006 Film) – based on the book An American Haunting: The Bell Witch by Brent Monohan (October 1st, Hulu)
Hellraiser (1987), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996) – based on the book The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (October 1st, Hulu)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990 Film) – based on the short stories Lot No. 249 by Arthur Conan Doyle and The Cat From Hell by Stephen King (October 1st, Hulu)
The Haunting (1999 Film) – based on the book The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (October 1st, Hulu)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 Film) – based on the book by Patricia Highsmith (October 1st, Hulu)
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000 Film) – inspired by Dracula by Bram Stoker (October 1st, Hulu)

Thriller

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Along Came a Spider (2001 Film) – based on the book by James Patterson (October 1st, Netflix)
Castle Rock (Season 2) – inspired by the stories of Stephen King (October 23rd, Hulu)
In The Tall Grass (2019 Film) – based on the novella by Stephen King (October 4th, Netflix)

Comics

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Blade (1998), Blade 2 (2002), and Blade: Trinity (2004) – based on Marvel Comics’ Blade series (October 1st, Hulu)
Cheese in the Trap (Season 1) – based on the popular Korean Web Series by Soonkki (October 1st, Netflix)
Constantine (2005 Film) – based on the DC Comics Hellblazer Series (October 1st, Hulu)
Ghost World (2001 Film) – based on the comic by Daniel Cowes (October 1st, Hulu)
Men In Black (1997 Film) – based on the Marvel Comics’ Series by Lowell Cunningham (October 19th, Netflix)
Supergirl (Season 4) – based on the DC Comics (October 1st, Netflix)
Superman Returns (2006 Film) – based on the DC Comics (October 1st, Netflix)
Raising Dion (2019 Premiere Film) – based on the comic book by Dennis Liu (October 4th, Netflix)

Animation

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Kengan Ashura (Part 2) – based on the Japanese Comic written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon (October 31st, Netflix)
Sailor Moon (Season 4) – based on the Japanese Comic written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi (October 1st, Hulu)
The Bravest Knight (Season 1B) – based on the children’s book The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived by Daniel Errico
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (2019 Premiere Special) – based on the Dav Pilkey Captain Underpants Comic Series (October 8th, Netflix)
Ultramarine Magmell (2019 Anime) – based on the Chinese Comic by Masaya Hokazono (October 10th, Netflix)

There are so many choices for the month of October, both for those who would rather not be spooked by their entertainment, and those seeking a thrill.

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September 19, 2019

Wil Wheaton Will Narrate New ‘Looking for Alaska’ Audiobook

Ahead of the highly anticipated Hulu adaptation of John Green‘s Looking for Alaska, it’s been announced that Wil Wheaton will be lending his voice for a new audiobook version of the bestseller.

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Wheaton is best known for his childhood roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Stand by Me. Wheaton’s more recent roles include playing himself on The Big Bang Theory, and voicing Flash in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

Wheaton has always been very public with his love of all things nerd culture, much like Green. Looking for Alaska, follows the story of a young man who is based on a teenaged version of Green, making this project a perfect fit.

The original audiobook version of the novel was read by Jeff Woodman, a professional narrator. Though the update is probably being made for the purpose of promoting the Hulu series, it also seems like Wheaton may have more of a personal connection to the story that Looking for Alaska is telling.