Not her playing Boléro 😭 I was expecting a more cozy piece from all the descriptive setup 🤣

I was in orchestra in high school (like 7 years ago for me) we had to memorize our parts for this piece and it still haunts me to this day. I can never handle mentions of this piece like a normal person, it’s been a few years since I picked up my flute even and I may still know my part.

It has a single melody repeated over and over which lead to my destain of this piece The song drives me mad. 😭

Any other previous / current music students out there who have been subjected to this piece? 🤣 (Sorry if this shouldn’t be in the book form lol pls let me know and I’ll move this)

At the risk of sounding negative, I really wanna talk about this.

I’ve notice in recent months there’s been huge influx in books being adapted to movies and TV shows (not mention the ever growing quest that is From Bookshelf to TV).

I’ll be honest. There was a time when I used to look forward to favourite books being adapted, mainly being turned into animated series. But it’s really worn me down as of late.

After the disaster that was “Wuthering Heights”, I’m weary of any story that gets adapted. I’ve seen Nolan’s Odyssey trailer, and I’m less than impressed.

I understand that we have interpretations. Afterall, what makes an adaptation or a retelling interesting is what new conversation it brings to the table.

Nolan’s Odyssey looks so glum and sci-fi-y. He’s playing off Viking motifs as if they’re Greek. There’s no colour other than blue or black, the costume, and I could keep going. The counter to these criticisms I’ve seen is that Homer didn’t care about costumes as they weren’t central to the story, so why should we? Which is just not true if you’ve either The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Costumes indicate status. There’s repeated mention of Telemachus’ purple robes, indicating his royal lineage, and despite that he’s treated so badly in his own home. Soooo much detail about Paris putting on his costume to go duel with Menelaus to show what a dandy he is. And Agamemnon’s costume.

I think all’s been said about “Wuthering Heights”, and though I haven’t read it myself, I’m 100% sure whatever Emerald Fennel was doing with her film wasn’t central AT ALL to the book’s themes.

There are some stories that just can’t be adapted (looking at Lolita). And we shouldn’t force it.

I’m not asking for word-for-word, the most faithful adaptation. I’m asking for meaning. I think we all just want the central themes of the stories to be explored in whatever way the director sees fit.

Despite my complaints, I’ll give Nolan’s Odyssey a chance. Maybe he does explore the central themes of how a journey can change us, trauma, loss, grief, homecoming, etc. I was excited for it before the trailer anyway.

I want to hear everybody else’s thoughts in regards to Film and TV adaptations. I liked The Vampire Diaries for the most part (it has major problems still), glad they strayed away from the books. But that show is just so different that I’m not sure it even counts as an adaptation.

I’m not a big film/show watcher for this reason (other than my terrible attention span lol), but if there’s any you liked I’d be interested to try.

I saw some posts on here about good vs bad books adaptations, and it got me thinking about books that probably shouldn't or can't be adapted and why.

I know before the recent Dune movie releases people were saying that it would be too difficult to make a good adaption of the book due to the scale, need for special effects, etc. (Yet, the movies turned out really really good imo.) I just finished Coldwire and that's another one that I don't think can be adapted in a way that would work well- iykyk.

What are some books that you think shouldn't or can't be adapted into a tv show or movie?

Does not pass the Bechtel test. Which is frustrating when it was written by a woman. I knew there was a chance of that because of its age but, beyond just that, it goes out of its way to disparage women and women’s “witch magic”. That’s probably what bothers me most. It’s a “very special boy” story and every woman you meet is either pitiful or conniving or generally both.

Hey Pagebound, I’m sure that this has already been mentioned but I was just wondering if there was any possibility that we will be able to like receive our notifications not just inside the app, like it’s a little frustrating having to open the app just to check if you have a notification or you open the app and see something someone has said/asked days after cuz you weren’t notified. And it would be nice if you know you got a notification if one of your friends posts something new or smth. Just wondering, love the work you guys put into this app 🥰

What's y'all's biggest book related and/or not book related unpopular opinion?

Mine are, that books are made to be shared and we should give away/lend books out without any intention of getting them back more often! And, that the person sitting in the middle seat in a plane SHOULD get both armrests.