I was fortunate to have read "Lord of the Rings" before any of the movies came out. The books can stand alone! The movies can stand alone! BUT...Now my kids have seen all the movies first and are only just now starting to read the books. While they are enjoying the books, finding lot's of details that aren't in the movies, they still know the outcome already so they are missing out on the suspense of what's around the next page. And that's too bad because that story ROCKS the first time you READ it!

I'm drawing a blank on books I wish I would have read before seeing the movies because I almost always read the books first I guess. Seldom do I read the books after seeing the movies. One exception, "Into Thin Air", I saw the movie first and read the book second....the book was much better I thought.

PS>>>I almost named my son "Bilbo" but the wife nixed that idea so he became just plain "Bo". Although his legal name "William" fills in the "Bill" part!