Monday Matters #122: What I’m Reading, Screen Adaptations and More!

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #122! 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:

Recent Author Interviews:

Friends & Fiction interviewed Signe Pike (The Shadowed Land)

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Haruki Murakami (The City and It’s Uncertain Walls)

Murder By The Book interviewed Victor Methos (The Silent Watcher)

New Book Adaptations On TV Or Film:

*Thanks to Bookreporter.com for this information.

In Theatres:

The Return
Release Date: December 6th (wide)
Based on: THE ODYSSEY by Homer

Nightbitch
Release Date: December 6th (limited)
Based on: NIGHTBITCH by Rachel Yoder

Oh, Canada
Release Date: December 6th (limited)
Based on: FOREGONE by Russell Banks

Kraven the Hunter
Release Date: December 13th (wide)
Based on: The Marvel Comics character of the same name

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Release Date: December 13th (wide)
Based on: Characters created by J. R. R. Tolkien

Nickel Boys
Release Date: December 13th (limited)
Based on: THE NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead

Young Werther
Release Date: December 13th (limited)
Based on: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On TV:

Film Releases:

The Children’s Train
Release Date: December 4th on Netflix
Based on: THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN by Viola Ardone

That Christmas
Release Date: December 4th on Netflix
Based on: THAT CHRISTMAS AND OTHER STORIES by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb

Series Premieres:

“Creature Commandos”
Release Dates: Thursdays on Max; Series Premiere on December 5th (the first two episodes of Season 1 will be available)
Based on: DC Comics featuring the eponymous team

“One Hundred Years of Solitude”
Release Date: December 11th on Netflix (all episodes of Season 1 will be available)
Based on: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel García Márquez

“Invisible” (6-episode limited series)
Release Date: December 13th on Disney+ (all episodes of the series will be available)
Based on: INVISIBLE by Eloy Moreno

“Dexter: Original Sin”
Release Dates: Sundays on Paramount+; Series Premiere on December 15th
Based on: The Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay

On DVD:
 The Outrun
DVD Release Date: December 3rd
Based on: THE OUTRUN: A Memoir, by Amy Liptrot

White Bird
DVD Release Date: December 3rd
Based on: WHITE BIRD: A Wonder Story, by R. J. Palacio

The Wild Robot
DVD Release Date: December 3rd
Based on: The children’s book series The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Beast
DVD Release Date: December 10th
Based on: THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Henry James

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I hope that you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #122. What are you reading and watching this week? 

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!