D.G. MARTIN: More N.C. books could be movies
Why aren't more North Carolina books made into movies?We ask ourselves even though the film, 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' based on the popular book s...
Why aren't more North Carolina books made into movies?We ask ourselves even though the film, 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' based on the popular book set in North Carolina was a great success last summer. Thanks in part to the movie, the book's sales continue to make the bestseller list. According to a July 14, 2022, article by Carrie Wittmer and Elizabeth Logan on the glamour.com web site, 'as of January 2022, the book sold 12 million copies, making it one of the bestselling books of all time.'But we miss the days when every Nicholas Sparks book and every John Grisham book was made into a blockbuster film.