The Golden Compass is a book written by Philip Pullman that was sold in the adult and young-adult categories when it was first published in 1998. It is a book rich in fantasy and according to the Detorit Free-Press it is, “extraordinary storytelling at it’s very best”. In December a movie based on the book will premier starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman. On the movie website they have a fun generator where you can find out what your daemon is (not the same thing as a demon). In the book, a person’s soul lives outside their bodies in the form of a talking animal. Click on bookbabie’s daemon, Pereus, if you want to find yours!

Whenever a book my book club has read is made into a movie we say we should all go see it together, but we never do. Let’s face it, it is rare for a movie adaption of a book to compare favorably to a well written novel. It’s like me taking a bite of gluten-free pizza and expecting it to be as good as the real thing, it’s just not going to happen (and I’m probably better off not even bothering). The Mid-Continent Public Library has a nice list of books-to-movies and two new ones are opening this month. Next with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore opens April 27th and is based on Philip K. Dick’s The Golden Man, and The Hoax starring Richard Gere and adapted from the book by Clifford Irving opens on April 20th.

By the way, click on the star if you want to make your own Walk of Fame star. I Photoshopped mine afterwards to spruce it up! (Less bright, more contrast…)