Monday Matters #108: What I’m Reading, Screen Adaptations and More!

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #108! Most of us hate to see Monday come, but I’m one for making it a bit more fun. Each week I take a look at new book releases, books on TV or film, recent author interviews and more! Life’s too short to hate Mondays so let’s start the week off right! I’m also joining It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by The Book Date which is a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. Let’s go!

What I Read Last Week:

Next Week I Hope To Read:

Recent Author Interviews:

Friends & Fiction interviewed Madeline Martin (The Booklover’s Library)

Bookreporter.com interviewed T.J. Newman (Worst Case Scenario)

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Jane Rosenberg (Drawn Testimony)

New Book Adaptations On TV Or Film:

*Thanks to Bookreporter.com for this information.

In Theatres:

Harold and the Purple Crayon
Release Date: August 2nd (wide)
Based on: HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON by Crockett Johnson

Doctor Jekyll
Release Date: August 2nd (limited)
Based on: STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson

It Ends with Us
Release Date: August 9th (wide)
Based on: IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

Rob Peace
Release Date: August 16th (limited)
Based on: THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

The Crow
Release Date: August 23rd (wide)
Based on: The comic book series The Crow by James O’Barr

The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Release Date: August 23rd (limited)
Based on: THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT by Edward Kelsey Moore

Reagan
Release Date: August 30th (wide)
Based on: THE CRUSADER: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism, by Paul Kengor

Across the River and Into the Trees
Release Date: August 30th (limited)
Based on: ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES by Ernest Hemingway

On TV:

“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder”
Release Date: August 1st on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson

“Hollywood Black” (4-episode docuseries)
Release Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on MGM+; Series Premiere on August 11th
Based on: HOLLYWOOD BLACK: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers, by Donald Bogle

“Bad Monkey”
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+; Series Premiere on August 14th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: BAD MONKEY by Carl Hiaasen

“Snowpiercer”
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on AMC; Season 4 continues
Based on: The graphic novel series Snowpiercer by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette

“Emperor of Ocean Park”
Release Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on MGM+; Season 1 continues
Based on: THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen L. Carter

“Sunny”
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+; Season 1 continues
Based on: THE DARK MANUAL by Colin O’Sullivan

On DVD:

 The Bikeriders
DVD Release Date: August 13th
Based on: THE BIKERIDERS by Danny Lyon

Force of Nature: The Dry 2
DVD Release Date: August 27th
Based on: FORCE OF NATURE by Jane Harper

The Watchers
DVD Release Date: August 27th
Based on: THE WATCHERS by A.M. Shine

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I hope that you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #108. What are you reading and watching this week? 

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!