Summary: When TV shows diverge from books; new novels from Mary Doria Russell and Jim Shepard. We've closed out our survey for Summer Book Bingo square ideas, and we'll be announcing the new link for your 2015 BOTNS Summer Book Bingo card. That should give you a chance to plan your reading in time for our official start, May 25th. Be sure to tune in next week to hear more! (http://booksonthenightstand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/audiobooks.jpg)Audiobook of the week (02:30) (http://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/full/9780553397468.jpg)Spinster (http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/spinster-making-a-life-of-ones-own/230593), by Kate Bolick is my pick for this week’s Audiobooks.com Audiobook of the Week, and it's read by the author. Special thanks to Audiobooks.com (http://www.audiobooks.com/freebook) for sponsoring this episode of Books on the Nightstand. Audiobooks.com allows you to listen to over 40,000 audiobooks, instantly, wherever you are, and the first one is free. Download or stream any book directly to your Apple or Android device. Sign up for a free 30-day trial and free audiobook download by going to www.audiobooks.com/freebook (http://www.audiobooks.com/freebook) It Doesn't Say That in My TV Guide (08:16) This week we discuss books that have become movies or TV shows, and where the story arcs in the media diverge significantly from the books. The topic was inspired by an article that Michael read about Game of Thrones season 5, which speculates that characters from the book may be killed off in the television series. Other articles, books and shows discussed: "Game of Thrones actor explains his surprisingly early exit" (www.ew.com/article/2015/05/01/ser-barristan-dead-thrones) by James Hibberd in Entertainment Weekly (warning, spoilers for TV show) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17231.Darkly_Dreaming_Dexter?from_search=true&search_version=service) by Jeff Lindsay "The Book Was Better": Why Readers of TV Adaptations Need to Let Go (http://time.com/3058894/outlander-game-of-thrones-books-tv/) by James Poniewozik in Time The Walking Dead (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6465707-the-walking-dead-compendium-1?from_search=true&search_version=service) by Robert Kirkman "Book Series vs. TV Series: Rizzoli and Isles" (http://supposedlyfun.com/2013/06/20/book-series-vs-tv-series-rizzoli-and-isles/) The Surgeon (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32263.The_Surgeon?from_search=true&search_version=service) by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli and Isles #1) Two Books We Can't Wait for You to Read (19:38) (https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404411572l/18739541.jpg) (https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1430257714l/22889835.jpg) Michael talks about Epitaph (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18739541-epitaph?from_search=true&search_version=service), the new novel by Mary Doria Russell that takes a fresh look at Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the shootout at the O.K. Corral. You don't have to have read Mary's earlier book, Doc, to enjoy Epitaph, but they go together wonderfully. The Book of Aron (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22889835-the-book-of-aron?from_search=true&search_version=service) by Jim Shepard was called "A Masterpiece" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-book-of-aron-by-jim-shepard-is-a-masterpiece/2015/04/28/0a159fe6-ea98-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html) by Washington Post Book Reviewer Ron Charles. It's a story set in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi Occupation, told through the eyes of Aron, a young boy who wants only to protect his family. This is as much a coming of age story as it is a Holocaust story, though of course we know what's coming.
