Great Book and Movie
Combinations!

Are Books better than Movies? A book and movie combination can help you answer this question.

Movies are a great way to supplement a book club choice. Consider a book and movie combo if you aren't sure about what book you will choose when it's your turn and you know you want to add some extra flair to your meeting.

"We chose House of Sand and Fog as our book/movie combo and it was our best meeting yet!"

When you send out the invites to host your meeting you can add a footnote about planning to have the meeting run an extra hour or so. In order to fit everything in you can begin the book talk during dinner and then move onto the movie afterwards. It's a neat experience to have just finished reading a book, talking about it, and then watching it's movie version.

Some thought provoking questions for book to movie discussions:

1. Was the book or the movie better? Why?
2. How similar were they? Did the movie closely or loosely follow the book?
3. Did you like the actors chosen to play the main characters? Would you have chosen any differently if you were casting the movie?
4. What major or minor event was left out that you thought needed to be included in the movie?
5. Did the overall message or theme of the book stay the same from book to movie?
6. Would the movie have been as good if you hadn't read the book?

Remember the point of this type of meeting is to compare book and movie!

For even more excitement try to plan reading the book around the movie's release in the theatres. Then you can have a book club field trip!

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