{"id":2790,"date":"2019-02-06T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2019-01-24T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T06:15:55","slug":"four-books-that-should-have-been-made-into-movies-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2790","title":{"rendered":";four books that should have been made into movies yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg\" alt=\"bookworm things\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg 500w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The success of <em>To All The Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before<\/em> (with sequel announced!) and <em>Dumplin&#8217;<\/em> speak for themselves, really. We have a market for our favourite YA contemporaries being made into movies. Fun, diverse, cute romantic comedy movies.<\/p>\n<p>I think it works better that these movies have been made for a home screen rather than the cinema, honestly, and I hope that we get more of these movies over the course of 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/four-books-to-movies.jpg\" alt=\"four books to movies\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/four-books-to-movies.jpg 500w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/four-books-to-movies-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some contemporaries I would love to see adapted. Netflix, take my money!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When Dimple Met Rishi<\/em> by Sandhya Menon.<br \/>\nHonestly, do I even have to explain this one? It&#8217;s like this novel was written to be made for our screens. It&#8217;s cute, it&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s fresh &#8211; it&#8217;s just perfect.<\/li>\n<li><em>Bon Bon To Yoga Pants<\/em> by Katie Cross.<br \/>\nAfter Sierra Burgess, I need something a little less controversial, and while I have seen some negative reviews for this one, I&#8217;d love to see it translated into a movie. There was just something likeable about the characters to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2915 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/6-colours-burst.jpg\" alt=\"6 - colours burst\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/6-colours-burst.jpg 540w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/6-colours-burst-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Zoya Factor<\/em> by Anuja Chauhan.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure whether I&#8217;ve talked about this one here, but it&#8217;s snarky and sexy, and a lot of fun. I even <a href=\"http:\/\/ankahikoibaat.tumblr.com\/post\/122566216246\">fancasted this<\/a> after I read it, <a href=\"http:\/\/ankahikoibaat.tumblr.com\/post\/133895712976\">I loved it so much<\/a>. Honestly, whoever makes this will get my eternal gratitude and love.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Fill-In Boyfriend<\/em> by Kasie West.<br \/>\nName me one person who does not enjoy the fake dating trope and I will show them the door, because I adore it, and would love to see it play out in this way. I&#8217;ve put this into the world, now universe, please don&#8217;t fail me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, none of these could possibly live up to the way I imagined them when I read the books, but I have faith that, if done right, they&#8217;d be amazing. Hopefully. I think?<\/p>\n<p>Which novels would you want to see adapted for the silver screen, and do you have fancasts for them?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"ara\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg 300w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-768x379.jpg 768w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1024x505.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1200x592.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The success of To All The Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before (with sequel announced!) and Dumplin&#8217; speak for themselves, really. We have a market for our favourite YA contemporaries being made into movies. Fun, diverse, cute romantic comedy movies. I think it works better that these movies have been made for a home screen rather than the cinema, honestly, and I hope that we get more of these movies over the course of 2019. Here are some contemporaries I would love to see adapted. Netflix, take my money! When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. Honestly, do I even have to explain this one? It&#8217;s like this novel was written to be made for our screens. It&#8217;s cute, it&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s fresh &#8211; it&#8217;s just perfect. Bon Bon To Yoga Pants by Katie Cross. After Sierra Burgess, I need something a little less controversial, and while I have seen some negative reviews for this one, I&#8217;d love to see it translated into a movie. There was just something likeable about the characters to me. The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan. I&#8217;m not sure whether I&#8217;ve talked about this one here, but it&#8217;s snarky and sexy, and a lot of fun. I even fancasted this after I read it, I loved it so much. Honestly, whoever makes this will get my eternal gratitude and love. The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West. Name me one person who does not enjoy the fake dating trope and I will show them the door, because I adore it, and would love to see it play out in this way. I&#8217;ve put this into the world, now universe, please don&#8217;t fail me. Of course, none of these could possibly live up to the way I imagined them when I read the books, but I have faith that, if done right, they&#8217;d be amazing. Hopefully. I think? Which novels would you want to see adapted for the silver screen, and do you have fancasts for them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[526,59],"class_list":["post-2790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-post","tag-four-books-that-should-have-been-made-into-movies-yesterday","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}