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CanadianGran Tue 20-Jul-21 23:39:34

Infinity2, City of Windows looks like a good read. I don't read very many cop/detective type books, but will pick one up on occasion.

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Infinity2 Tue 20-Jul-21 22:19:12

Scrublands by Chris Hammer. It’s set in Australia and opens with a priest shooting dead members of his congregation. The main character is a reporter sent to write a follow up story who ends up investigating and discovering the truth.
It was an amazing book, so well written and really gripping.

The other book I read recently that demands to be turned into a film is City of Windows by Robert Pobi, about a sniper in a snow bound American city. Brilliant.

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SueDonim Tue 20-Jul-21 21:41:01

A Gentleman in Moscow. I really enjoyed it, it was so full of detail and there’d be plenty to put into a film.

I also adored Hamnet and can visualise it being filmed, although I was so immersed in the world of Stratford that maybe no movie could do it justice.

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CanadianGran Tue 20-Jul-21 21:17:02

I just finished reading Where the Crawdads Sing, and found out that they have already filmed a movie to be released next year. The lead actress is Daisy Edgar-Jones, who also played the lead in Normal People series. Both of these were book group picks of ours.

If a book group pick is on at the theatre, we do try to organize a book-group movie night. Such fun, then we can compare book to movie afterwards.

I really enjoy seeing how the movie producers/directors/cinematographers etc, bring the book to light. Some done very well, others leaving you a bit flat.

Of our other book group picks this year, I don't know if I could bear to go see Shuggie Bain if it were a movie!

Any books you have recently read that you would love to see as a movie?

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