How many movies and series have you viewed in the last 12 months?
You might be surprised to learn that successful screen adaptations often begin with a great book!
Take a bag full of great flicks to enjoy during those warm summer nights.
Better than a Drive-In: 4 Books in this Bag:
Dumplin' / by Julie Murphy.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
The sun is also a star / by Nicola Yoon.
Summary: "Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them"
The fault in our stars / by John Green.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
The handmaid's tale / by Margaret Atwood.
Summary: Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order.