So my prediction turned out to be true - I spent the majority of my day re-reading Fire and Hemlock instead of studying for the GRE. In fact, I didn't leave the house at all except to go for a long walk by the cornfields across from my house. It reminds me of the first time I ever read it, I think it was during sophomore year in high school. I started it on the last day of Christmas Break and stayed up all night long, reading under the covers. I woke up to find that, lo and behold, it was a snow day! The whole thing seemed magical and fantastical and right out of the book.
Today reading it somehow made me feel like I was fifteen again. I have not felt this much like myself in a long time. Something about the combination of doing math (something I also haven't really done since high school) and reading a dear old book took me back in time. I cannot wait to make this book into a movie sometime.
Other favorite young adult fiction books I will make into movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (live-action version)
The Ordinary Princess
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Perilous Gard
The Sherwood Ring
Calico Captive
I hope you do make these into movies!
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