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Some of the Lisa Jewell crime books would make a good drama.

Creepy, suspenseful, with some romance and relationship themes also.

Haven't read "Where the Crawdads Sing" but thank you for recommending it.
I've read "Educated" by Tara Westover and I thought that it will be nice to see the movie. Although I remember watching the movie "The Glass Castle" (book by Jeannette Walls) and I didn't enjoy that movie at all(( Maybe movies based on biographies are not easily adapted, don't know.

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Lucinda Riley’s ‘Seven Sisters’ series would make a very good TV series.

Many years ago as a student I met William Golding and he told some wonderful anecdotes.
The best one was when ‘Lord of the Flies’ was going to be turned into a film and he interviewed several Hollywood film-makers to discuss their ideas. One of them - I forget who, but a very well-known producer - came to him enthusiastically with a stunning option:
“Say, Mr Golding, why don’t we put some girls on this island to give it some hooman interest?”

Jack Reacher has been played by different people in different films, never the same one twice as far as I can remember. Ben Affleck was another. Far more like the books.

You’ve got excellent taste, Hellogirl1 - Peter Schmeichel was another gorgeous looking chap ! I think his son is a goalkeeper as well.
Why did I never meet anyone as gorgeous as these blokes ?
Gosh in my day you thought you’d done well if you met someone who got washed every night ?

Infinity, it`s Lee Child`s son who`s taking over. I always pictured Reacher as looking like Peter Schmeikel (sp) as he was in his goal keeping days.

I read Crawdads - took me a while to get into it, but loved it afterwards. I imagine it will make a great movie Canadiangran

I think Lee Child is Jack Reacher. Lee Child is a very good looking guy ( at least on his book jackets) ❤️

Infinity2
Really? He thinks he looks like Jack Reacher?
Has he actually read any of the books?

Sara1954 - He did !! Tom Cruise !!

I remember going to see the film of Angela’s Ashes years ago after I’d read the book and was SO disappointed. I don’t like watching a film or TV version especially if it’s a book I love as the casting doesn’t usually match the images I have in my head. I also hate it when they change the storyline or the ending as often seems to happen! I will, however, read a book if I’ve enjoyed the dramatisation.

I’ve only just started on the Jack Reacher books, who the hell cast Tom Cruise?

Except of course he isn’t.
He’s a fictional one.

Hellogirl1 - I adore Lee Child and the Jack Reacher books. I’ve got every one he’s written.
Tom Cruise is lovely, but he wasn’t Jack Reacher. I see they’re making a new Amazon Prime series of it but I don’t have that so won’t be watching. Also Lee Child’s brother has taken over writing the novels so the last one was joint authored.
Personally I think you could tell which the authentic Lee Child bits are, but I might be delusional.

Jack Reacher - a real man !!

As other posters said I am invariably disappointed in the film version of a book I have read. Never seems to match up to the pictures in my mind.

I have yet to enjoy a film of a book I`ve read, they invariably leave me feeling short changed. And I definitely won`t go and see a Jack Reacher film, after years of reading the books, and falling in love with "big man" Jack Reacher, I just can`t stomach the idea of Tom Cruise playing the part.

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.
I would love to see a film of this.

When I read a book I imagine the scenes described in my mind, the film is very different and in several cases is just using the name and a very thin storyline. So I’m unlikely to watch if I’ve read the book.

I finished Where the Crawdads Sing on Sunday (after a recommendation from Urmstongran ) not sure if I want to see the film as I have got such strong images of Kya, Tate, Jumpin and Chase look like in my mind.

(It was one of those rare books that I did not want to come to an end, totally unputdownable )

CanadianGran
If they ruin Where the Crawdads sing I won’t be responsible for my actions.
One of the loveliest stories.

I’m always, inevitability disappointed by filming of books I have enjoyed; from “Women in Love” to “One Day”. They never imagine the protagonists as I have and very often change lots of bits…l

I see Jeanine Cummins American Dirt is "in development". That should be exciting.

I saw Monique Roffey at a recent event. She said she is in discussion about the film rights for her 2020 Costa winner Mermaid of the Black Conch. I didn't get a chance to ask her whether she saw it as an animation - I was imagining something like Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs or, with screen actors, something akin to The Shape of Water.

I'm sure Ken Loach could make a brilliant film version of Shuggie McBain.

I'd like to see Anna Burns' Milkman made into a film. I can picture Saoirse Ronan in the lead.