Monday Matters #118: What I’m Reading, Screen Adaptations and More!

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #118! 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:

This Week I Hope to Read:

In Case You Weren’t Aware:

Recent Author Interviews:

Bookreporter.com interviewed Paula Hawkins (The Blue Hour)

Friends & Fiction interviewed J.T. Ellison (A Very Bad Thing)

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Stanley Tucci (What I Ate In One Year)

New Book Adaptations On TV Or Film:

*Thanks to Bookreporter.com for this information.

In Theatres:

Here
Release Date: November 1st (wide)
Based on: HERE by Richard McGuire

Hitpig!
Release Date: November 1st (wide)
Based on: PETE & PICKLES by Berkeley Breathed

Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Release Date: November 1st (wide)
Based on: LOST ON A MOUNTAIN IN MAINE by Donn Fendler, as told to Joseph B. Egan

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Release Date: November 8th (wide)
Based on: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER by Barbara Robinson

Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Release Date: November 8th (limited)
Based on: The Overlord light novel series by Kugane Maruyama

Small Things Like These
Release Date: November 8th (limited)
Based on: SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE by Claire Keegan

Ghost Cat Anzu
Release Date: November 15th (limited)
Based on: The manga series Ghost Cat Anzu by Takashi Imashiro

On TV:

Film Releases:

Pedro Páramo
Release Date: November 6th on Netflix
Based on: PEDRO PÁRAMO by Juan Rulfo

Series Premieres:

“Like Water for Chocolate” (6-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Sundays on Max; Series Premiere on November 3rd
Based on: LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel

“Cross”
Release Date: November 14th on Prime Video (all episodes of Season 1 will be available)
Based on: The Alex Cross series by James Patterson

“The Day of the Jackal” (10-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Thursdays on Peacock; the first five episodes will be available on November 14th
Based on: THE DAY OF THE JACKAL by Frederick Forsyth

“FX’s Say Nothing” (9-episode limited series)
Release Date: November 14th on Hulu (all episodes will be available)
Based on: SAY NOTHING: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

“Dune: Prophecy”
Air Date: Sundays on HBO at 9pm ET/PT; Series Premiere on November 17th
Based on: SISTERHOOD OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

On DVD:
 The Crow
DVD Release Date: November 5th
Based on: The comic book series The Crow by James O’Barr

It Ends with Us
DVD Release Date: November 5th
Based on: IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

Someone Like You
DVD Release Date: November 5th
Based on: SOMEONE LIKE YOU by Karen Kingsbury

---

I hope that you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #118. What are you reading and watching this week? 

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!