August 13, 2012
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Week 33: Hugo
I found out recently that the movie "Hugo" was adapted from a book. When I was in Minnesota, I stepped into a tiny bookshop and I actually saw a copy of it, but it was kind of thick and I didn't want to commit to bringing it back to California with me.
Today, I went to the UCSD Geisel Library and I saw a copy there! Mike checked it out for me with his card (yay for husbands).
It was not at all what I expected. Because of its size I thought it would be a story of similar length to Eragon or something. (Haha, don't judge a book by its cover....) But if you flip through it, you instantly know it's nothing like that. There are pages and pages of illustrations. It's a bit like a graphic novel, or a child's picture book. And it also feels a little like a silent film, which fits the theme, I suppose. It's really quite well done as a whole. And I can see why someone thought to make it into a movie itself.
