Continuing on last week's theme, I read The Children of Men by P.D. James. I've seen the film and I love it, I thought it was exciting, suspenseful and terrifying. Now I've read the book it was based on, I can tell you they are are definitely two separate entities. While the basic premise remains the same, they are very different and I  discovered this novel is one of the rare exceptions where the movie is better. The book just does not have the same effect.