After #1 By: Anna Todd Published: October 21, 2014 by Gallery Books 593 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything AFTER... Life will never be the same. #Hessa Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she's used to. But he's also rude—to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before. He'll call her beautiful, then ...

It's been a minute since I've done an edition of this feature on my blog. There have been plenty of book-to-movie opportunities to talk about so it really comes to down to inspiration and taking the time to type up a post.  For this edition of From Books to Movies , I'm going to share a brief movie review of The Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials and share some details on a few other favorites coming soon. Release Date: September 18, 2015 Director: Wes Ball MPAA Rating: PG-13 Adapted From: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner Movie Website: mazerunnermovies.com MY REVIEW: First things first. We did not get to stay for the ending. Long story, but the short is that a creepy (we think drunk) man was making my 12 year old super nervous and she all but begged to leave. I couldn't continue to tell her no after seeing the fear in her eyes. Her needs came before my movie watching needs in that moment. I took my 2 kids (ages 13.5, and less-than-a-mon...

(Please note: the above image was found at Bobbins and Books .) For this edition of From Books to Movies I am going to feature my movie review of The Maze Runner . Release Date: September 19, 2014 (USA) Director: Wes Ball MPAA Rating: PG-13 Adapted From: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Movie Website:  http://themazerunnermovie.com/ MY REVIEW: It's been awhile since I read this series but I remembered enough to know the majority of the story, though perhaps not as many small details. For the most part I was highly impressed with the way the movie was made. The action was great! The actors did an amazing job! My kids (ages 12, 10 and nephew age 11) LOVED it! So all in all I am super glad we spent the money to go watch it on our new BIG D theater screen in town. CHARACTERS I LOVED: Newt: Newt is played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster. I was familiar with him from his recurring role on the HBO show Game of Thrones. Being impressed with his work there, ...