beach reads: before the silver screen

summer is just around the corner, yay! memorial day weekend marks the beginning of cookouts, bonfires, and trips to the cape.  it also marks the start of beach season, which means beach reading; my inner-nerd is over the moon with excitement.  this summer, my personal reading list consists of books that are due to hit theaters before the clock strikes 2015.

three reasons you should read the book before seeing the movie:

1. the book is usually always better than the movie
2. to avoid surprises (confession: i read the spoilers first)
3. to be one step ahead of that annoying friend that always brags about reading the book first and then points out every single detail that was different*

*disclaimer: do not be that annoying friend that always brags about reading the book first and then points out every single detail that was different

mockingjay by suzanne collins  -  watch the trailer  -  buy the book

the giver by louis lowry  -  watch the trailer  -  buy the book

gone girl by gillian flynn  -  watch the trailer  -  buy the book

the fault in our stars by john green  -  watch the trailer  -  buy the book

what's on your reading list?