{"id":341620,"date":"2015-04-07T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/read-watch10-books-check-hit-big-screen-341620.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:09:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T18:09:33","slug":"read-watch10-books-check-hit-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/read-watch10-books-check-hit-big-screen-341620.html","title":{"rendered":"Novels to Movies: 10 Books to check out before they hit the big screens"},"content":{"rendered":" <p><em>Gone Girl<\/em>, <em>50 Shades of Grey<\/em> and <em>Mortdecai<\/em> have one thing in common - they're all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/entertainment-lifelove\/readytempt-best-foodie-movies-time-78585.html\">movie<\/a>\u00a0adaptations of novels.Ever since the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/entertainment-lifelove\/bollywood-to-hollywood-5-must-watch-crossovers-in-movies-81218.html\"> Hollywood <\/a>has been consistently getting their ideas and inspiration from the literary world. Which is why many of the exciting blockbuster movies coming out later this year similarly owe their inspiration and plot lines to the books on which they are based. There\u2019s a lot that can go wrong when moving from page to screen, but by and far, adaptions bring to life\u00a0our imagination of the story in all its technicolor glory.<\/p> <p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/singapore-events-lifelove\/our-pick-of-exciting-events-starting-april-2-85499.html#post-85499\">April<\/a>, consider adding to your reading list the following titles so you can read them before they make their way to the cinema. 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