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EAT PRAY LOVE National Girls Night Out

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Elizabeth Gilbert’s mega best-selling memoir EAT PRAY LOVE is hitting the big screen in a movie of the same name starring the delicious duo Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem next week.

Pause, drool, resume.

So to celebrate the movie premier on Friday, August, 13th, we’re asking our Book End Babe chapters around the country to host a special book club Girls Night Out. (See the full list in our Twitter directory.) We’re THRILLED to partner with Moroch & Associates to promote this story about a woman’s trip around the globe to find herself after a tough divorce and identity crisis rocks her world.

First, if you’re not an official Book End Babe chapter, I encourage you to join. We’re a sorority of lit sisters whose mission is to promote great reads, authors and girlfriends. This contest is open to our existing chapters, but we welcome new chapters! The more, the merrier.

I have EIGHT fabulous prizes so eight total lucky queen B’s (the hosts of our book club chapters). It’s first-come, first serve on the prizes. It’s up to you whether you want to keep the prize for yourself or do a drawing at your next book party.

HOW TO ENTER:
Host a Book End Babes EAT PRAY LOVE Girls Night Out, beginning Friday, August 13th. Doesn’t matter if you eat first, after, go for drinks, or what have you. Just get together and go see the movie! The first EIGHT queenBs to submit a photo of your event including AT LEAST THREE OF YOU and short summary of your night out and thoughts on what your gals had to say about the film. The first eight of you to do so will get to pick either a T-shirt or bracelet. We’re celebrating girlfriends so dates with your guys don’t count. :)

E-mail me at bookendbabes (at) me (dot) com with your photo and recap of your night and what your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice would be on your prize. LOOK AT THESE CUTE T-SHIRTS AND BRACELET. The shirts are fitted. The bracelets are one-size fits all. :)
I’ll keep you posted on Twitter and our Facebook page when we’ve reached our allotted number of winners. All winners will get some EPL bookmarks, too.

Good luck and enjoy the movie! The Bookettes (the fab BEB bloggers who keep this baby rockin’) are getting to see the movie early – next Tuesday – so we’ll post pics and give you our recap, too.

Books rock, gilfriends rule and girls night out at the movies based on a book we love is cool, too.

xo,
Malena Lott
BEB founder & author

P.S. Special thanks to model Kendall Cook for showing off the prizes.
P.P.S. Yes, I’m hoping you’ll still read the book.

Books to Screen

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The summer movie season is in full swing, yet regardless of what time of year it is, you can always find films on the big screen that got their start on the pages of a book.  Book lovers can certainly agree that the success of adaptation from book to television or film varies wildly, ranging from brilliant (“To Kill a Mockingbird” or “Lord of the Rings” trilogy) to unbelievably bad (“The Leagues of Extraordinary Gentlemen” or the 1995 version of “The Scarlet Letter”).

I am a lover of both books and film, but given a choice, I always prefer to read the book first and then see the film.  So if you also enjoy reading the book first, then seeing the project evolve to the small screen or the big screen, here are a few books you might want to catch-up on:

EAT PRAY LOVE
Cast: Julia Roberts, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup
Director: Ryan Murphy (“Nip/Tuck,” “Glee”)
Category: Theatrical Film
Release Date: In movie theaters nationwide on August 13th
Based on: EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

This film has all the right elements to be a phenomenal success at the box office — Julia Roberts in the type of role audiences love to see her in, combined with Elizabeth Gilbert’s wildly successful memoir.  The story chronicles’ one woman’s quest to find what she really wants out of life.  In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India; and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

THE DARK FIELDS
Cast:  Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish
Director:  Neil Burger (“The Illusionist”)
Category:  Theatrical film
Release Date:  In movie theaters 2011
Based on:  THE DARK FIELDS by Alan Glynn

This thriller imagines a not-so-distant world where designer drugs are all the rage.  Our lead character, Eddie Spinola is hooked on MDT-48, a designer drug that adds intelligence and personality.  Think of it as Viagra for the brain.  While MDT helps Eddie achieve the kind of success he’s only dreamed about, the side effects are nasty .  Sanity-splitting headaches, spontaneous blackouts and violent outbursts are just a few.  Hooked and with his supply is running low, Eddie must venture into the drug’s dark past to feed his habit.

A GAME OF THRONES
Cast Regulars: Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director:  Tom McCarthy (“The Station Agent,” “The Visitor”)
Category:  Television Series
Release Date:  Anticipated start date of Spring 2011 on HBO
Based On:  A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (series) by George R.R. Martin

Seven noble families engage in an epic struggle for power set in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom.  Amidst war, political confusion and sexual intrigue, a brotherhood of misfits are all that stand between the realms of men and the horrors beyond.  HBO has greenlit ten episodes to see how the series will fare with audiences.

JANE EYRE
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins
Director:  Cary Fukunaa  (“Sin Nombre”)
Category:  Theatrical film
Release Date:  In select theaters Friday, March 11, 2011
Based On:  JANE EYRE by Charlotte Brontë

Yes, another version of the classic Brontë work.  But really, with a story this good, do you ever tire of seeing it done well on the big screen?  Never read the classic?  What are you waiting for?  Now is the perfect time!

And finally, for great summer reading fare, make sure and catch “Dead in the Family,” book ten in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series.  Whenever I finish one of Harris’ novels, I find myself disappointed that I have to wait for the next book to come out!  Lucky for me, “True Blood” is back this Saturday, June 13, for their third season on HBO!  While “Dead in the Family” may not be my favorite book in the series, it is a great summer read. I stayed-up throughout the night (on a work-night no less), so I could catch-up on my favorite supes (“supernaturals” for the uninitiated).

Okay, confession, I was really just rushing through to the end hoping that Bill and Sookie finally reconcile.  Yes ladies, I am a member of Team Bill.  Are you a “True Blood” fan too?  Leave me a message here and tell me:  Team Eric, Team Bill or Team Sam!