(Sound)track It!- "Love, Rosie"

Soundtracking 
Cecelia Ahern's 
Love, Rosie 

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For my first ever (Sound)track it! Post, I'll be featuring a book that I have recently finished and completely adored. Sure, I'm a few years behind since most of my friends have been raving about it for quite some time now. Well, it's better late than never! 

Also known as Where Rainbows End and Rosie Dunne, Love, Rosie is a novel by PS I Love You author Cecelia Ahern and has gathered a whole lot of praises from readers. 

Some time last year, it made the big screen (entitled Love, Rosie) with Lily Collins playing the titular role, Rosie Dunne and Sam Claflin as Alex Stewart. 

I admit that this is one of the rare books which I watched the movie first before reading the book. However, I could say that it did not affect my reading enjoyment that much except that I visualized Rosie and Alex as Lily and Sam. Not complaining, though 'cause I cannot think of any other who could portray my book babies (YES they're my book babies now, too) as well as they did :) I loved the movie as much as I loved the book so I guess no harm done.

Anyway, as I finished this beautiful book at 3am with happy tears in my eyes, I plugged my headphones in and shuffled my playlist. The first song that automatically played reminded me so much of Rosie and Alex's relationship that I just NEEDED to make a playlist for the book.

Here are the top 5 songs I personally think that should be part of the book's (and the movie's!) official soundtrack:

Have you heard?! - "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" on its way to the big screen!

Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before on its way to the big screen!

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Yes, you've read it right! Just a few months after the big success of YA author Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before, it is now on the book-to-movie path!

The said bestseller has been optioned by Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and to pen the adaptation is Annie Neal, who made it to the Black List last year for her Beauty Queen script.

30-day Book Challenge: DAY NINETEEN

"Favorite Book Turned Into A Movie"

Oh, another movie related challenge! And today, I have to choose a Favorite book turned into a movie. As both a book and movie fan, there's nothing more satisfying than a favorite read hitting the big screens. Of course, along with the excitement comes a tinge of nervousness since MOST films just simply don't give justice to the magnificence of books.

But there are some rare instances which the movie seems a very good representation of the text. One of these is...

30-day Book Challenge: DAY FOURTEEN

"Book Turned Movie and Completely Desecrated"

I know most (if not all) would agree with me on this one: Books are better than movies. And I know that again, most (if not all) of us have that one (or more) book that has been thrashed, pulled apart, and just completely wrecked by its movie adaptation.

So for today's challenge, I have to chose a book that has been turned into a film and is just seriously not up to the standards of book readers. Among all of I have chosen, I guess this one's probably the most fitting for today.

SEA OF MONSTERS: Sail or Sink?

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Sea of Monsters Movie Poster

FILM DETAILS:

Release Date: August 7, 2013

Directed by: Thor Freudenthal

Written by: Marc Guggenheim  

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes

Rated PG

Many movie enthusiasts and fans of the hit series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan were thrilled with the news of the production of the Percy Jackson sequel: Sea of Monsters. Though most were a bit uncertain to watch the film because of its preceding movie's outcome: The Lightning Thief, true blue fanatics of the franchise were ready to spend a few bucks to see the movie adaptation of Mr. Riordan's novel. 

Having watched the first installment of the movie series and being a fanatic of the books, I was excited to give it a shot, just to see whether there has been any improvement and if it stuck closer to the book this time. And looking from the point of view of an avid PJO reader, here are some things I'd like to comment on (I'd like to warn you guys though that this is going to be long and very detailed, I think):