Hello! It’s Tuesday again, which means it’s time for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re going to talk about books that should be made into Netflix movies or TV shows. I don’t watch a lot of TV (I started watching The Americans about 4 years ago and I’m still at the beginning of season 2) but I would see my favorite books as movies. Some of them, at least. Our family has this thing called “family fun night” where one of us picks two choices and everybody else votes on what to do; we rotate between who gets to pick. So even if I wouldn’t rush out to see all of these in the theaters (when we can), they would make good family fun night choices.
Of course I had to pick Legend as one of my choices. I don’t have plans to reread it this year, but it’s probably my favorite book series. Two different companies have already held the option to make this movie (I currently don’t know what the status of the latest option is) but I still want it. The whole series. And while Netflix is at it, maybe they can make Warcross and The Young Elites. They’re all in the same Luniverse, after all (Ms. Lu once said in an AMA that she imagined The Young Elites took place inside the Warcross video game). Take my money, I’d watch these as soon as they came out.
I know there’s already been a Dragonlance movie, but it wasn’t that good. I had been so looking forward to it–my kids are named Laurana and Tanis, after all–but was so disappointed when I saw it. We need a really good live action version of this. Or perhaps a TV series. There’s like 100 books in this universe, so the TV show could go on for years.
Maybe I’m a little biased, because I just finished reading A Spectacle of Souls and Jessica Julien is one of my #AuthorConfession friends on Twitter. But I really liked this book and I think it would make a fun movie. And who wouldn’t want to see their friends succeed?
I just finished reading The Bride Test today, and I think the whole The Kiss Quotient series should be made into Netflix movies. Even The Heart Principal, which I haven’t read and doesn’t come out until 2021. I just want these as movies.
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour would make a great summer road trip movie. It’s got crazy destinations, new friends, a tragic backstory, and a budding romance.
Today Tonight Tomorrow would be such a fun movie! A scavenger hunt through Seattle on the last day of school, enemies-to-lovers, this movie would be a lot of fun.
Tweet Cute would be another cute movie. The children of two rival restaurants battle each other over Twitter and end up falling in love IRL. Why are movie studios making all these remakes again? There are so many new books out there that would make amazing movies.
It seems like there’s a theme for me tonight: high school seniors falling in love. The Best Laid Plans, about two best friends falling in love instead of enemies, but it’s a really sweet book that would make a really sweet movie.
I’m rereading the An Ember in the Ashes books in preparation for A Sky Beyond the Storm coming out in December, and I’d love to see these on my TV. I think there’s too much packed into these books to make proper movies, but the tetralogy would make a good TV series.
Yes, I know Gita Trelease renamed Enchantée to All That Glitters, but it will always be Enchantée to me, I think. I love this book and think this would make an excellent movie.
So there you have it. 10 books that I think would make great Netflix movies or TV shows. What did you pick this week?
Next week we’re going to talk about “Questions I would ask my favorite authors.” I may tweak it a little bit, but it will involve authors, questions, and maybe some of their advice.
Great list! I’d love to see a rom-com adaptation of The Kiss Quotient.
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Rom-coms typically make good movies.
Dragonlance was a staple of my childhood!! Love the names of your children! I didn’t even know there was a film of it! And fantasy is a good staple on Netflix at the moment, and on my list too! Romcoms are great too.
This is my TTT for this week.
There’s a reason you’ve never heard of the Dragonlance movie. Sadly, it wasn’t very good. But if we could get a really GOOD version of the movie, I’d love it.
Nice choices! I’m definitely thinking about reading “An Ember in the Ashes”, “Legend”, and “Dragons of Autumn Twilight.”
My TTT: https://steppingstonesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2020/08/top-ten-tuesdays-books-that-should-be.html
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I’m rereading Ember right now and it’s just so darned good! I read the first three books the first time in about 4 days (and they’re long books).
I would love to see The Kiss Quotient get brought to life. Great list.
Whitney @ Sincerely, Whitney recently posted…#TTT: Books that Should be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies
We need to send these lists to Netflix! Maybe they’ll listen to us.
Enchantee would be a gorgeous film to watch, all those Versailles court scenes!
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I wasn’t even thinking about that but you’re right!
Amazing list, can see lot of my favourite books here
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Yes, Tweet Cute would make an adorable film.
My TTT .
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They could show it on the Food Network, LOL.
These all sound so good, I think I’d like Best Laid Plans, it sounds so cute!
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I love the idea of Family Fun Night! We have a hard time coming up with movies and shows that everyone likes. There definitely need to be more choices that appeal to a variety of people. I hope Netflix is paying attention to this week’s TTT!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I hope Netflix sees these too!
We don’t always like the choices that some of our family members come up with (one of my boy’s favorite options is Minecraft Minigames, and my husband doesn’t like it when we choose She-Ra Princess of Power) but at least everybody gets to choose when their turn comes.
Dragonlance was made but it was a cartoon. I didn’t watch it cause it didn’t look very good. Great list!
Here is my TTT.
https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/top-ten-tuesday-9/
You weren’t missing much. I’ve only seen it once. Or did I see it twice? I might have shown it to my kids once.
I would really like a good Dragonlance series.
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“Good” being the key word 😉
Tweet Cute! You’re right, there are so many good books, cute and romantic books and yet we keep getting reboots and what not. Oi. I love your list — it made me smile!
Glad to hear that 🙂
Maybe I’d watch more movies if there were more original movies out there. Or I’d at least want to go see a movie or two.
Oooh, I would love an Amy & Roger adaptation! It’d have a great soundtrack, too. 😉
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It’d probably have to be one of those double-disk features like they did for Forrest Gump.
Great list! I’d love to see The Kiss Quotient, The Best Laid Plans or Tweet Cute on screen!
I hope Netflix is paying attention!
Tweet Cute is darling, and though I haven’t yet, I’d like to read Legend. Someday. Just have to make the time to do so. 🙂
Thanks so much for the visit to Finding Wonderland on this week; my apologies it took this long to visit here.
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