Maree('s) Muses

One of my "resolutions" for 2015 (if I must call it that way) has been to read more than 5 books. Don't laugh at me. Getting out of a long term reading slump is tough. I am here to happily report that I succeeded! For the last year, I have read a whole lot of SEVEN books. Fireworks, please! Seriously though, 2 of those 7 were more than 800 pages long. That's a lot of letters when you put it together. Maybe it could have been more. I certainly thought so when I got a new job and started commuting nearly 2 hours a day. Turns out that my body prefers to sleep... But I still try my best to read on the tram for as long as my eyes are open. Well then, without further ado, here is a little run-down of what I read and some thoughts... 

We live in a world of countless literary adaptations both for the big and the small screen. Be it famous and much loved adventures, romances and thrillers or "under the radar" stories that get finally introduced to wider audiences, the film makers can't get enough of literary adaptations. And who is to blame them? Neither can we. With the amount of literature-inspired films and TV shows produced these days, it seems impossible to read all of the books. One needs to chose wisely where to invest the time, but when you make your choice and decide to both read and watch... Which do you do first? I used to be a firm believer in the book. The book comes first, the book is true. Nothing can touch the book. I still stand by that, but I have come to realize that it only works to a certain extent. Here's an explanation of my recent experience in this area and how I arrived to the conclusion that it actually is allowed / it is not always a bad idea to watch the film befo...