Monday Matters #74: Reading, Adaptations and More! #imwayr

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #74! 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:

5 Books Publishing During The Next Three Weeks:

*Click on the book’s cover to see the book’s synopsis on Goodreads or my review if available.

Recent Author Interviews:

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Norman Lear back in 2014 on his book “Even This I Get to Experience” and recently replayed this interview

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Patricia Evangelista (Some People Need Killing)

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Sigrid Nunez (The Vulnerables) and Michael Cunningham (Day)

Upcoming Author Interviews (Can Play Back Later):

Murder By The Book interview Caz Frear (Five Bad Deeds) on December 11 at 12:30 PM PT

Murder By The Book interview Tracy Clark (Fall) on December 11 at 4 PM PT

Friends & Fiction’s Christmas Special is on December 13 at 4 PM PT

Books On TV Or Film:

*Thanks to Bookreporter.com for this information.

New In Theatres:

Wonka 
Release Date: December 15th (wide)
Based on: Characters by Roald Dahl

American Fiction
Release Date: December 15th (limited)
Based on: ERASURE by Percival Everett

The Zone of Interest
Release Date: December 15th (limited)
Based on: THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Release Date: December 22nd (wide)
Based on: The DC character Aquaman

All of Us Strangers
Release Date: December 22nd (limited)
Based on: STRANGERS by Taichi Yamada

The Boys in the Boat
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Color Purple
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker

Ferrari
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: ENZO FERRARI: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine, by Brock Yates

Occupied City
Release Date: December 25th (limited)
Based on: ATLAS OF AN OCCUPIED CITY: Amsterdam 1940-1945, by Bianca Stigter

ON TV:

Series Premiere:

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Disney+; Series Premiere on December 20th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

Season Premiere:

“Reacher”
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season Two Premiere on December 15th (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

On DVD:

Dumb Money
DVD Release Date: December 12th
Based on: THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees, by Ben Mezrich

Rumble Through the Dark
DVD Release Date: December 19th
Based on: THE FIGHTER by Michael Farris Smith

The Last Voyage of the Demeter
DVD Release Date: December 31st
Based on: “The Captain’s Log,” a chapter from DRACULA by Bram Stoker

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I hope that you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #74! Note – This is the last Monday Matters of 2023 but look for its return in the New Year. I wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy, Healthy 2024!