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20/20 Vision Challenge

“Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!”~Derek Jarman, Dancing Ledge

Welcome to the Short & Sweet Treats 20/20 Vision Challenge!

The goal is to read 20 or more books that were made into movies or TV shows.

Now, you can finally get around to reading the books that inspired the movies you love! Or, if you are really good, read the book first then see the movie! Either way you must read book and see movie. If it's a TV show, just make sure you have seen enough episodes to make a good comparison with the book.

Select any 20 or more books that were made into movies or TV shows, and set your own pace. You can give yourself six months, a year, or any other time frame.

You may list the books you would like to read and check them off as read, or just fill them in as you go along.

You may track within this thread or create a new thread in this folder.

By the end of the challenge, you will have achieved 20/20 vision!

Have fun reading and viewing!

I'm in. I am thinking of making a separate thread to keep track of my challenges. :)

LaLaLaLaLaura's Challenges

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yay! thank you amber!

You're welcome!
I have a few books picked out already. :)

This sounds fun! !

Ashley wrote: "This sounds fun! !"

Thanks, Ashley! Join in any time :)

you can post it here or make a separate thread. either way is good!

Is this restricted to just movies? Can you also include books that were turned in t.v. shows?

Laurennia wrote: "Is this restricted to just movies? Can you also include books that were turned in t.v. shows?"

Yes that's fine too. It's something I hadn't thought of actually. I think it is a good idea and will give us more options. As long as you've seen enough episodes to make a good comparison.

What did you have in mind? I'm thinking something like Under the Dome?

if anyone would like some ideas on "Short & Sweet" books made into movies, check out our new bookshelf called "Masterpiece Theatre" This will eventually be a genre we will chose from.

If I missed anything let me know.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

I would also recommend Life of Pi, Jurassic Park, and anything by John Grisham!

Here's a few I spotted that have movies but aren't on the shelf:
The Woman in Black
Holes
Much Ado About Nothing
The Bridges of Madison County
The Midwich Cuckoos
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Stardust
Coraline
Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (Filmed as "Apocolypse Now")
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ella Enchanted
Pippi LongstockingThe Road
Rosemary's Baby
Solaris

thank you, Melanti! I will fix those soon! ^_^

I've actually read three books-to-movies so far this year -- but I almost never watch movies based on books. Either I love the book and don't want to see Hollywood mangle it or I don't like the book enough to devote more of my life to it.

So far this year I've read:
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
The Book Thief

I really liked The Woman in Black (though I've heard they changed the ending in the movie) and Tracks, but hated The Book Thief. I seem to dislike the book for all the same reasons other people love it.

love the idea for a movie book shelf! Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions

thanks Ashley! We do have an awesome group of people here!

LaLaLa Laura wrote: "Laurennia wrote: "Is this restricted to just movies? Can you also include books that were turned in t.v. shows?"

Yes that's fine too. It's something I hadn't thought of actually. I think it is a g..."

Under the Dome is a good one! I watched the show but didn't read the book... so now I'm on to something.

But also shows like "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" (it's short) or maybe "Game of Thrones" (those books are much longer, but who knows...)

Short & Sweet Challenges
20/20 Vision Challenge
Started: 1/1/2014
Progress: 20/20
Completed: 6/11/15

“Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!”~Derek Jarman, Dancing Ledge

Welcome to the Short & Sweet Treats 20/20 Vision Challenge! The goal is to read 20 or more books that were made into movies or TV shows.

1. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1/10/14)
2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (1/22/14)
3. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (3/17/14)
4. Dexter By Design by Jeff Lindsay (3/18/14) - Dexter on cable TV
5. Columbo: The Helter Skelter Murders by William Harrington (4/7/14) - TV series
6. The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman (4/21/14) - cable TV series
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (5/7/14)
8. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (7/18/14)
9. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (8/9/14)
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (8/27/14)
11. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis (10/3/14)
12. King and Maxwell by David Baldacci (10/22/14) ~ TV show
13. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1/14/15)
14. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (1/27/15) ~ TV show
15. Carrie by Stephen King (2/18/15)
16. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (3/9/15)
17. Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories by Daphne du Maurier (4/7/15) ~ The Birds movie
18. Heat Wave by Richard Castle (4/21/15) ~ Castle TV show
19. The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (5/10/15) ~ Longmire TV show
20. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Martinez (6/11/15) ~ movie

Marla wrote: "Short & Sweet Challenges
20/20 Vision Challenge
Started: 1/1/2014
Progress: 2/20
Completed:

“Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!”~Derek Jarman, Dancing Ledge


Welcome to the Short & Sweet ..."

Nice job so far, Marla! Thank you for joining in!

20/20 Vision Challenge
started 2/1/2014 - completed 12/31/2014

1. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde - (watched movie version titled A Good Woman)
2. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, 1991 movie
3. The Constant Gardener by John le Carre, 2005 movie
4. Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer (watched entire 2 series of inspired TV show)
5. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (watched 2004 "Agatha Christie's Marple" miniseries episode by same name)
6. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (watched 2004 BBC miniseries)
7. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (watched 2004 movie)
8. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, 2006 movie
9. The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier, 2012 movie
10. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 1999 movie with Frances O'Connor
11. A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie, another BBC Miss Marple
12. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, watched Muppet Treasure Island
13. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, 1959 movie
14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, watched 2009 Swedish film
15. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs, tv show Bones
16. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, watched Disney's Tarzan cartoon
17. Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings, watched Murdoch Mysteries tv show
18. The Mysterious Affair at Styles and many other Poirot books, been on an Agatha Christie audiobook kick lately - watched a couple episodes of the tv show Poirot
19. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman, netflix show same name
20. The Time in Between by Maria Duenas, DramaFever series

welcome to the challenge, Danaë!

I finished my first 20/20 book The Lover

nice job amber!! :)

Thank you Laura! :)

Finished my 2nd 20/20 book,The Black Dahlia. I haven't watched the movie yet, but it's on my to be watched list. I thought I would like this more than I did. It was a slow read for me, until over half way through and it took forever to get into the plot of the book. Meh...
Hopefully I will enjoy the movie better. Between Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansen and Hilary Swank - What's not to love?

Progress 20/20

I'M FINALLY FINISHED!!!!!!!

1. The Joy Luck Club
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes
4. Sophie's Choice
5. Big Fish
6. Of Mice and Men
7. Fahrenheit 451
8. The Great Gatsby
9. Memoirs of a Geisha
10. Catching Fire
11. The Hunger Games
12. Twilight
13. New Moon
14. Eclipse
15. Breaking Dawn
16. Animal Farm
17. The Fault in Our Stars
18. The Time Traveler's Wife
19. White Oleander
20. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Finished Jaws. I was disappointed with ending. I love the movie so much that the lack of suspense in the book was a let down.

Speaking of this shelf, both of our current group reads should be included on it.

will fix that Melanti! thank you :)

This sounds like fun! I'm in.

20/20 Vision Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2014 thru May 1, 2015
Read: 11/20 - 9 more to go!

Showtime
1. How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto (5/13/14)
Movie (1995) Starring: Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft
2. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (5/30/14)
Movie: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Mickey Rourke, Sophie Okonedo
3. Sphere by Michael Crichton (7/2/14)
Movie: (1998) Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson
4. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais (7/11/14)
Movie: (2014) Starring: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal
5. Emma by Jane Austen (7/14/14)
Movie: (1996) Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (8/5/14)
Movie: (2005) Starring: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley
7. The Giver by Lois Lowry (8/8/14)
Movie: (2014) Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep
8. The Lost World by Michael Crichton (9/17/14)
Movie: (1997) Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite
9. Serena by Ron Rash (10/10/14)
Movie: (2014) Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans
10. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (10/18/14)
Movie: (1994) Starring: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas
11. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (12/10/14)
Movie: (2010) Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt

Action!

Challenge start date 05/03/2014. I know I have read more than 20 books that have been turned into movies so my goal will be to only read the book-turned-movie if I have never read it or seen the movie. This should be interesting.

1) The Lathe of Heaven
Ratings: Book, 3 stars; Movie, 1 star. Movies have come a long way since 1980. 5/10/14
2) Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ratings: Book, 2 stars; Movie, 2 stars. The "good" characters in the movie were more aggressive than I imagined them to be in the book. Also, the ending was very anticlimactic. That was the best part of the book and the movie did not do it justice. 5/27/14
3) The Fault in Our Stars
Ratings: Book, 5 stars; Movie, 5 stars. This is such an amazing book-turned-movie! I loved everything about it. 6/17/14
4) TBD

good luck! thank you Kimberly and Diana for joining in!

I'm in!
20 books, 20 movies... This will be a good place to track my progress this year.

20/20 Vision Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

1. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (1/24/14)
2. The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri (4/26/14)
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (5/26/2014)
4. The Children of Men by PD James
5. The Giver by Lois Lowry
6. The Great Divorce by CS Lewis
7. 1984 by George Orwell
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welcome! thanks Tony!

This is a different challenge and I would like to join. I am joining in May, however, can I use any book that I have read since January 1, 2014? I plan to finish by 12/31/2014.

20/20

1.A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens-Completed 2/2/14-*****
Movie-*****
2.Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons-Completed 1/1/14-*****
Movie -***** It was a delightful adaptation of the book!
3. The Remains of the DaybyKazuo Ishiguro-completed 2/3/14-*****
Movie Rating-*****
4. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham-Completed 2/26/14-****
This was made into a BBC special in the 1980's. It was a quite good adaptation of the book and enjoyable series.-****
5. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas-Completed 2/21/14-***
Movie-****-It is a typical Hallmark Channel movie and fun to watch.
6. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth-Completed 5/31/14-*****
BBC TV Series-*****
7-Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George-Completed 1/23/14-****
Movie-BBC Series-*****
8-New Moon by Stephenie Meyer-Completed 5/20/14-****
Movie-***
9 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson-Completed-6/29/13-****
BBC Series-Jekyll-*****
10-All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot-Completed 7/23/14-*****
BBC TV Series-*****
11Red Dog by Louis de Bernières-Completed 7/29/14-*****
Movie-10/14/14-*****
12Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn-Completed 8/8/14-****
Movie- excellent Movie-*****
13The Black Stallion by Walter Farley-Completed 7/19/14-***
Movie-****
14Redwall by Brian Jacques-Completed 8/5/14-*****
Movie-*****
15Holes by Louis Sachar-Completed 8/12/14-*****
Movie-*****
16Charlotte's Web by E.B. White-Completed 9/26/14-*****
Movie-10/10/14-*****
17-Peter Pan by [au[author:Cornelia Funke|15873]thor:J.M. Barrie|5255014]-Completed 9/16/14-*****
Movie-10/9/14-*****
18-From the Terrace by John O'Hara-Completed 10/3/14-*****
Movie-10/21/14-*****
19The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke-Completed 12/6/14-*****
20-Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer-Completed 12/29/14-★ ★ ★
Movie-12/27/14-★ ★ ★

Successful completion of this Challenge and so enjoyed the movie/video element!

you sure can, Wanda! thank you for joining in!

Starting the challenge. Going to try to do this one and the Books from A to Z Challenge together. :)

Can I count it if the movie hasn't been released yet or is in the making?

1. Divergent
2. The Maze Runner

in the making is OK!

I think I'd like to join this challenge (read/watch 20 by end of this year):

1. The Help (read 1/14, movie not watched yet)
2. Ender's Game (read 1/14, movie not watched yet)
3. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (not read this year yet, TV show not watched yet)
4. The Red and the Black (read 3/14, movie not watched yet)
5. Their Eyes Were Watching God (read 3/14, movie not watched yet)
6. A Single Man (read 4/14, movie not watched yet)
7. Flowers for Algernon (read 5/14, movie not watched yet)
8. Orlando (read 5/14, movie not watched yet)
9. Stardust (read 5/14, movie not watched yet)
10. The Lathe of Heaven (read 5/14, movie not watched yet)
11.. The Golden Compass (not read this year yet, movie not watched yet)
12. A Room with a View (read 5/14, movie not watched yet)
13. Labyrinth (not read yet, miniseries not watched yet)
14. The Turn of the Screw (not read yet, movie not watched yet)
15. The Shrinking Man (not read yet, movie not watched yet)
16. The Forsyte Saga (not read yet, movie not watched yet)
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nice list Greg! thank you for joining!

I didn't know The Lathe of Heaven was a movie. Thanks Greg:)

Ashley wrote: "I didn't know The Lathe of Heaven was a movie. Thanks Greg:)"

I found that one on Kimberly's 20/20 list :)

20/20 Vision Challenge
Duration: 7/2014 - ??


1) The Painted Veil
BOOK 2/13/2014
FILM 2/14/2014
2) The Black Dahlia
BOOK 2/23/14
FILM 7/15/14
3) The Giver
BOOK 3/07/14
FILM 8/23/14 (Releases Aug 15, 2014)
4) Jaws
BOOK 5/2014
FILM 5/2014
5) Something Wicked This Way Comes
BOOK 1/07/2014
FILM
6) The Lathe of Heaven
BOOK 5/27/2014
FILM
7) Death of a Salesman
BOOK 6/2/14
FILM 6/4/14
8) Interview with the Vampire(Audio)
BOOK 7/15/14
FILM 8/9/14
9) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Audio)
BOOK 7/9/14
FILM 7/12/14
10) Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
BOOK 7/15/14
FILM
11) Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Audio)
BOOK 7/22/14
FILM
12) Frankenstein (Audio)
BOOK 8/11/14
FILM
13) The Hundred-Foot Journey
BOOK 10/28/14
FILM
14) The Sea of Monsters
BOOK 9/25/14
FILM
15) Psycho
BOOK 10/18/14
FILM 10/30/14
16) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
BOOK
FILM




TBR
The Exorcist
The Silver Linings Playbook

Ashley wrote: "20/20 Vision Challenge
Duration: 2/2014 - ??

How was the movie for The Painted Veil Ashley? I like the book, but I've never seen the movie version.

I enjoyed the movie more than the book. The ending is slightly different but nothing that changes the story

Ashley wrote: "I enjoyed the movie more than the book. The ending is slightly different but nothing that changes the story"

Thanks Ashley, I'll check it out :)

I just watched a BBC series from the 1980's to fulfill the second part of this challenge. The book and film was The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and it is a sci-fi classic as well as Boxall 1001. I really enjoyed the film and if it had not been for this challenge, I probably would have never seen it. Thanks for the challenge!!!

Duration: However long I take
Start: July 14, 2014
Progress: 0/20

1. The Giver
2. The Help
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. The Book Thief
5. The Maze Runner
6. The Fault in Our Stars
7. The Shining
8. Holes
9. The Black Dahlia
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
11. Stardust
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thank you for joining the challenge, Charlotte!