More books coming to our screens in 2018! - Part 2

As we mentioned last week, more and more of our favourite books are making it onto the small and big screen.

Last time we looked at some of the thrillers and futuristic adventures getting the ‘celluloid’ treatment, this week it’s the turn of family life and relationships.  

Why not enjoy the book (again or for the first time) before you watch the film?

Every Day by David Levithan - - Each morning, A wakes up in a different body. There’s never any warning about who it will be, but A is used to that. Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. 

And that’s fine – until A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with – every day…

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - 16 year old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out – without alienating his friends, comprising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. 

The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.

Ophelia by Lisa Klein - In this reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Ophelia must choose between her love for Hamlet and her own life. In a surprising twist, she devises a plan to escape from Elsinore forever…with one very dangerous secret. Sharp and literary, dark and romantic, this dramatic story holds readers in its grip until the final, heartrending scene.

Fel i ni sôn yr wythnos ddiwethaf, mae mwy a mwy o’n hoff lyfrau yn cyrraedd y sgrin fach neu’r sgrin fawr.

Y tro diwethaf fe wnaethom ni edrych ar rai o’r llyfrau cyffrous a llyfrau antur ddyfodolaidd sy’n mentro i fyd ffilm, yr wythnos yma, rydym yn edrych ar fywyd teuluol a pherthnasau. 

Gallwch fwynhau llyfr (eto neu am y tro cyntaf) cyn i chi wylio’r ffilm?

Every Day gan David Levithan - Pob bore, mae A’n deffro mewn corff gwahanol. Does byth rhybudd corff pwy, ond mae A wedi hen arfer.  Peidiwch â mynd yn ormod o ran ohono. Gofalwch rhag i neb sylwi arnoch chi. Peidiwch ag ymyrryd.

Ac mae hynny’n iawn – tan i A ddeffro yng nghorff Justin a chwrdd â chariad Justin, Rhiannon. O’r foment honno, mae rheolau bywyd A ar ben. Oherwydd o’r diwedd mae A wedi cael hyd i rywun y mae e eisiau bod â hi – bob dydd…

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda gan Becky Albertalli - Mae'n well gan Simon Spier, 16 oed, sy’n hoyw yn ddirgel, gadw’r ddrama ar gyfer sioe gerdd yr ysgol. Ond pan fydd e-bost yn syrthio i’r dwylo anghywir, mae perygl y daw ei gyfrinach yn hysbys. Nawr mae’n rhaid i Simon gall hyd i ffordd o gamu allan o’i fywyd cyfrinachol cyfforddus cyn iddo gael ei wthio allan - heb wahanu oddi wrth ei gyfeillion, cyfaddawdu ei hun neu gawlo cyfle am hapusrwydd gyda’r dyn mwyaf dryslyd, hyfryd iddo gwrdd ag e erioed.

Little Women gan Louisa May Alcott – Mae Little Women ymhlith yr hoff straeon i blant erioed, ac mae’n seiliedig ar brofiadau’r awdur ei hun yn ystod ei hieuenctid. Mae’n disgrifio bywyd teuluol pedair o ferched y teulu March sy’n byw mewn cymuned fach yn New England.

Mae stori eu hanturiaethau domestig, eu hymdrechion i gynyddu incwm y teulu, eu cyfeillgarwch â’u cymdogion, y teulu Lawrence, a’u carwriaethau wedyn yn dal i fod mor gyfoes a hudol ag erioed.

Ophelia gan Lisa Klein - Yn yr ailffurfiad yma o drasiedi Shakespeare, mae’n rhaid i Ophelia ddewis rhwng ei chariad at Hamlet a’i bywyd ei hun.  Mewn tro annisgwyl, mae’n cynllunio i ddianc o Elsinore am byth… gydag un gyfrinach beryglus iawn. Yn finiog ac yn llenyddol, yn dywyll ac yn rhamantaidd, mae’r stori ddramatig yma’n dal darllenwyr yn dynn hyd yr olygfa ddirdynnol, olaf.