Episode 8 || Books vs. Movies

Published: Nov. 12, 2014, 6:42 p.m.

b'Annie is joined by guest Rebekah Arwood, manager of The Bookshelf in Thomasville. Rebekah and Annie chat about that ever-controversial topic: Is the book better than the movie? The discussion runs the gamut, from the newly-released\\xa0Gone Girl\\xa0to\\xa0The\\xa0Hunger Games,\\xa0Great Gatby\\xa0to\\xa0Little Women\\xa0(which Rebekah and Annie both identify as a wintertime classic).\\xa0\\n- Gillian Flynn wrote her own screenplay for her bestselling novel\\xa0Gone Girl;\\xa0here are more novelists\\xa0that could follow in her steps.\\n- We think Jane Austen would love\\xa0both\\xa0The Lizzie Bennet Diaries\\xa0and\\xa0Emma Approved, two web adaptations by\\xa0Pemberly Digital, a company devoted to using new media to adapt classic works of literature.\\xa0\\n- The\\xa0Bookshelf Film Society\\xa0meets once a quarter to discuss the film adaptations of books; local film professor Lisa Mitchell guides the discussion each month.\\xa0Join us!'