Hello Beautiful! Even if you are a bookworm, have you ever looked at the pages of a book with blank eyes? Or have you ever experienced moments where the phone wins the dilemma of a book or telephone before sleep? It was such a period for me; unfinished books formed a small mountain at my bedside. While Hello Beautiful was on my to-read list on Goodreads, one evening I decided to go ahead and start reading it on Kindle.
Do you like historical fiction novels? So, do you like the fact that there is love, intrigue, and ambition in historical events and fiction? When it comes to historical fiction in literature, Philippa Gregory is one of the first names that come to mind. Philippa Gregory invites you to an intelligent and entertaining journey into the depths of history with her series “The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels”. This series contains many famous historical novels. And deals with the rich and complex history of England and the royal families ruled by the Plantanaget and Tudor dynasties. In this series, Philippa Gregory masterfully brings together the magic and reality of the historical novel. While emphasizing the importance and power of female characters at every opportunity.
As someone who usually consumes popular things late, I decided to read the novel “It Ends with Us” when I came across it this year. Colleen Hoover brought this novel to life by self-publishing it on Amazon in 2016. And the author is gaining momentum with “trending Booktok books”, one of the most known phenomena of TikTok. 5 years after the release of “It Ends with Us” with the best books on Booktok in 2021, it gained great popularity and provided a rapidly rising reputation for both the book and the author. I learned these in my mini-research session, which I was curious about after purchasing the book. The book creates a feeling of romance at first glance. When we read the description of the book, it makes us say it’s a love triangle. But while reading the book, you come across a very raw, honest, and compelling story. I can’t say that I found a romantic story as I expected, but I think it gave me more than I expected.
The story is always the most important to me. No matter how the story is delivered to you, the only thing that matters is the essence of the story. The nice part about getting stories through books is being able to belong to that world while you spend your time between those pages. And the curiosity and excitement of the next page have always been addictive for me. Another passion of mine is to have characters from novels on the screens that I can’t get enough of watching. That’s why I love the adaptation of the stories and lives that I enjoy reading in the form of TV series/films.
Although the productions adapted from the book are sometimes disappointing, some of them can be simply perfect with their plot, editing, and cast. I enjoy comparing these productions with the books, examining their differences, and especially the expectation that occurs before they appear. It is wonderful to see what comes to mind on the screen when I am between the lines and to compare places and people with the fiction in my head. But I try to put myself in a conscious expectation. Because I also know that I will not find the richness of the book on the screen.
