Loved it. And the fact that I won it in a giveaway (my first ever) made me enjoy it even more. I'm a junkie for behind-the-scenes stuff of entertainment, and this book gives excellent insight. My only small complaint was that it didn't really delve into information about each actor, at least not enough to satisfy me. But other than that, it was very enjoyable, and it made me even more excited for the movie to come out.

So I ended up watching The Host halfway through reading this book. I'm such a fan of how movies are made and I love reading about all of the behind the scenes action so I just gobble these Movie Companions up. Also the pictures are nice too :)

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact and soul entrapped. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. They also find the family Jami...

The Host is a very romantic novel, and I just love the sci-fi that is intertwined with the romance. When I read the book, I didn't cry at the end because I didn't think it was sad enough, but when I watched the film,I DID cry at the end, so I thought that was a bit odd. But a while later, I realised that the reason I cried at the end of the film and not the book, was because the film had a different ending.I've noticed that quite a few books have this happen to them, whether the ending or random...

This movie companion is really interesting if you're going to see the movie in March. Now, The Host (the book) is my favorite ever and I'm pretty excited (and scared) to go see the movie. I'm terrified that they'll ruin it because I don't really like the actors for the movie (although these actors are all amazing). After reading this companion I'm even more scared but I do know the cast and crew really are invested in making this a good movie so we'll just have to see, won't we? :)

They definitely had more fun making this movie than I had watching it. This book was a little boring at first, but reading it was significantly more pleasant than reading The Host so there's that.

http://themoonlitbookshelf.blogspot.d...My thoughts:Since The Host is one of my favorite books and the movie was fantastic, I really wanted to read The Host: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion in order to see behind the curtain.Mark Cotta Vaz provides the reader with a lot of interesting insider information and one learns many fascinating things about the movie production. I didn't know how complex such an adaptation could really be. There's so much work behind it - from finding the right

Strong imagery and thought in actions. Feeling is portrayed in a complete form giving full comprehension of the complexity behind the feelings. Good plot and story.

I really liked the behind-the-scenes information in this book, but if your just looking for pictures than I would suggest saving yourself the $10 and picking up US Weekly's Special Edition: The Host. Their selling it at your local grocery store until June and it has the same amount of pictures, some additional filming info. and more info. on the key actors, plus posters. As well as a couple pictures of Wanda in her new body which this book here leaves out.

Disclaimer: I won this book through First Reads. However, that has no impact on the review. " I thought it was interesting to have a sci-fi film where for once the aliens are not necessarily the bad guys. Yes, we're being invaded and taken over by the souls, but in a way they perfect our world, they perfect the human flaws, and yet the human mind and the human spirit is so strong that even the souls have difficulty overcoming that." - Diane Kruger If I was excited to see The Host in theatre bef...

This Companion has got me sooooo excited for the movie, It looks Incredible.

After reading this companion it makes me even more excited to watch the movie! :)

This is a goodreads first reads win. First I wanna say I love the cover of this book. The cover is a bunch of stills from the movie that have been put together to form the picture on the cover. This is sort of a hard book to review because it's behind the scenes information not a story.The pictures are really nice and there are quite a few good quotes from The Host by Stephanie Meyer. This book would be good for people who are interested in film-making. They showed how some of the stunts were en...

An interesting read for fans of behind the scenes information on movies. It was great to be able to understand why they changed certain things from the book. Movie adaptations are always a little different from the book at best, but it was nice to understand the reasons behind these changes.I would recommend this for fans of the novel or movie.

A beautiful companion to a movie adaptation of one of my favorites (if not my favorite) books. I have read a lot of movie companions recently (all happen to be written by Mark Cotta Vaz) since I thouroughly enjoy them. They are full with information and details about how the book was transferred into the big screen and breathtaking photographs that you cannot find elsewhere. They are great not only for people who love the particular book or movie that the companion talks about, but also they are...

I got this book long before I saw the movie and enjoyed it immensely. I loved behind the scenes looks at how they create movies, especially ones like this. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the movie so much when I saw it. I found it a disappointment. Definitely not as good as the novel, but that does not make this book any less appreciated.

Sigh I loved this. All the pictures, quotes and the way they all talked about the movie was amazing. It makes me even more excited to see the Host, LIKE NOW NOW NOW.

Reviewed by: RobinBook provided by: PublisherReview originally posted at Romancing the Book I went into reading this movie companion not really knowing what the original novel was about. But I did enjoy Stephenie Meyer’s other works, The Twilight Saga, so I decided to give this a chance. It wasn’t actually the novel just a movie guide of sorts so I figured that it would be a nice change of pace. I found out that I was surprised.I found out that the story is somewhat loosely sci-fi-ish…if that is...

Its a world where people can take dead humans and bring them back to life with a soul from a different planet. There is a weird thing about this girls body that they try to put a soul into. even though the body is dead and so is the preexisting human soul. The soul that has become the new host of the body can feel that the human soul is still present.The movie is pretty good. Not as good as the book but it was still good. Like always the book had so much more detail then the movie, and they left...

Yeah, not going to lie, Max Irons influenced my decision to get this. Don't get me wrong, I was excited for the movie, but Max ultimately made me swoon.So did Jake Abel.Okay, the movie was filled with pretty boys.The companion does what all of these companions do - gives you pretty pictures with some cursory details about the filming. Nothing spectacular, but I'm glad I can at least see some behind the scenes filming and wonderful pictures of Max.