Coming to a Theater Near You

It's that time of the year.  Summer movie season.  And if sometime in July or August you find yourself finally tired of our (hopefully) beautiful summer weather, and wanting to hit the cineplex, maybe you'll want to have read the book first.  Here are a few of the choice titles coming out this summer.

A Second Wind, by Philippe Pozzo di Borgo

This book is the inspiration for the award winning French film, The Intouchables.

As the descendant of two prominent French families and director of one of the world’s most celebrated champagne houses, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not someone in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his wife being diagnosed with a terminal illness, a paragliding accident left him a quadriplegic.  Passing his days hidden behind the high walls of his Paris townhouse, Philippe found himself the modern equivalent of an “untouchable”—unable to reach out to others, as others were afraid to reach out to him. The only person who seemed unaffected by Philippe’s condition was someone who had been marginalized his entire life—Abdel, the unemployed, uninhibited Algerian immigrant who would become his unlikely caretaker. In between dramas and jokes, he sustained Philippe’s life for the next ten years.



Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter , by Seth Grahame-Smith

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.



The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

This is the story of what it’s like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.



And here are a few more books headed to the movies either this summer or later in the year...
Savages, by Don Winslow
The Bourne Legacy, by Eric van Lustbader (based on the Robert Ludlum series and character)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, by Jeff Kinney
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Breaking Dawn (Part II), by Stephenie Meyer
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
World War Z, by Max Brooks