Romance novels offer readers a guaranteed happy ending and often follow comfortable tropes: meet cute, enemies to lovers, friends with benefits, marriage of convenience, etc. Rom-com movies can be just as comfortable. For reluctant readers, knowing what to expect in a book might convince them to give it a try. I’d like to create a display that features new and old favorite rom-com movies and pairs them with rom-com romance books with an “if you liked this movie, try these books” angle. For example:
If you liked the movie The Lost City, try reading Romancing the Stone by Joan Wilder
If you liked the movie When Harry Met Sally, try reading Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
If you liked the movie Just Go With It, try reading The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
If you liked the movie You’ve Got Mail, try reading The Takeover by Cara Tanamachi
If you liked the show Schitt’s Creek, try reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Hi Jenni! I love these types of RA suggestions! I will now recommend Josh+Hazel to anyone who likes Harry+Sally because that movie is very popular with people among my age if only for the aesthetic alone (I cannot comment because it's on my to be watched list).
ReplyDeleteIf you liked the movie When Harry Met Sally, you might also like to try reading "People We Meeting on Vacation" by Emily Henry. The author's forward on the book actually mentions the movie as an inspiration by name.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jackie!
ReplyDeleteI love that you recommend putting old movies into the mix. I feel that more popular movies get all the hype even though there are plenty of old movies that are just as good if not better.
ReplyDeleteLol, I used movies I've actually seen!
DeleteTying in classic movies is a great idea!
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