The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ~ The Movie on Netflix

Last weekend, my husband and I watched the Netflix Original movie based on the best-selling novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrow and Mary Ann Shaffer.

Starting solely with the movie (for those of you that have not yet read the novel), I found the movie to be very charming overall. The acting was well done and the cinematography was lush. I loved the scenes of Guernsey's countryside itself, which leaves me wondering if the movie was really filmed on Guernsey??? Something to look into I suppose! Anyway, I highly recommend watching the movie version of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. 

Yes, I realize I've just given a glowing recommendation to watch The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Netflix and I stand behind my recommendation. However, as someone who has read the novel twice already, there were somethings in the movie version that were really different from the novel. For instance, Sophie, Sidney Stark's sister is not in the movie version at all! Nor is Remy, the woman that befriends Elizabeth in the labor camp, present in the movie version. Also, Juliet Ashton's character just shows up on Guernsey with no one to meet her when she arrives on Guernsey and the members of the The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society have no idea she's coming until after she arrives. Plus, other plot details as well have been changed up a bit.

I know that movies can't always closely follow/replicate the books they are based on. I also fully understand that plot details will be omitted or changed to make the movie more appealing for broader audiences and to also keep a movie from being super long in length. But as an avid reader though, I often find it difficult to fully love a movie based on a novel. Especially, if I've already read the book before watching the movie. I try to keep in mind that movies and books are two different art forms and that does help to keep things in perspective.

As a side note, there have only been two exceptions that I can recall where the movie version is better than the book, in my opinion. I actually loved the movie version of Eat, Pray, Love much more than the book. I also enjoyed the movie version of Red Dragon as much as the novel itself and felt that the movie version was pretty faithful to the novel's plot.

Have you read and/or seen the movie version of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? How to you feel about movie adaptations of the books you've read?

Now for something a bit fun. I discovered a recipe online for Potato Peel Pie!! I don't think I'll be making it, but thought sharing a recipe for potato peel pie would be fitting for this post, don't you?

Alias Grace | Official Trailer [HD] | on Netflix

The following is more information regarding 'Alias Grace' from Netflix:

Alias Grace is based on Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel. The six-hour miniseries follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843.

Has anyone seen the new 'Alias Grace' series on Netflix yet?

As a fan of Margaret Atwood's writing, I was curious about the new series on Netflix based on Atwood's novel, Alias Grace... I've yet to read Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, so was hesitant to watch the series prior to reading the novel. 

However, not knowing when I'll find the time to read Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood when I have so many other books waiting to be read, I decided to go ahead and watch the 'Alias Grace' series on Netflix.

Although, I enjoyed the acting and costuming in the adaptation of 'Alias Grace', I didn't like this series overall. I can't quite put my finger on why I didn't like it... Something about it just didn't sit right with me.

If you watched 'Alias Grace' on Netflix, 

what did you think of it?

Author Cameos In Movies Based On Their Books

I've watched many movies based on books over the years. I can recall seeing author, Stephen King, in several small cameo roles in many of the movies based on his novels. So, this had me wondering about other authors who've had small cameo roles in movies based on their books.

I came across an article on Mental Floss titled, 25 Movie Cameos by the Authors of the Original Books by Stacy Conradt. I found it fun to discover which authors also had small cameos in the movie adaptation of their book!