Mitch Albom--movie or book?

OK I bought Mitch Albom's For One More Day several months ago and it has been sitting on my bookshelf ever since. My mom passed away 10 years ago and the premise of the book appealed to me very much--to be able to have just one more day with that loved one. I bet we'd all want that. My problem is that I'd be really pissed at the end of the day and I'd start cussing God out again like I did 10 years ago and maybe this time He wouldn't be so kind to me. LOL So that's part of the reason why the book is still on my bookshelf unread. I had to be ready to read it.
About two weeks ago, I was shopping at the library (shopping yes!). I call it shopping because I never really have a specific goal when I visit the library. I go about once a month. What I do is I have my empty tote bag with the library logo and I go up and down each aisle perusing different things that stand out and call me and I drop things into the tote until it's full. Then I go to the check-out!! That's why having a great cover is very important--for people like me who like the look of shiny things!! LOL Anyway I walked out with the five people you meet in heaven. The cover isn't particularly outlandish. It was the author's name that jumped at me. I read it and it is absolutely fantastic. If you haven't read it, you should totally go take it out or buy it or borrow it. It's a great read particularly for this time of year when we are trying to get all our ducks in a row so to speak. I will write more about the book itself in another blog.
OK so after having such a fantastic experience with that book imagine my delight when as I watched "Desperate Housewives" last week (did she lose her entire family?? OMG!! can't wait for next episode now!!!), they announced that ABC would be showing the movie adaptation of "For One More Day." I think it may even have been an Oprah pick. I put it on my organizer right away just to remind myself not to make any other appointments at this time. I was so excited even though I hate seeing a movie before the book.
Well, let me say that I couldn't finish watching it. I was bored to death. Excuse the pun. I really just couldn't get interested in the character at least not the present-life character. The movie does this back and forth thing between the past and present and actually even the mother seemed more interesting in the past. The son was not interesting past or present. I am extremely disappointed. I'm going to start the book tonight and then I'll tell you all what I really think. I'm not sure if it's because well, the movie is never better than the book. Or maybe it's the actors. Or maybe the writers were just boring. Or maybe it's just me. But I just did not like the movie. So I'm heading to my bookshelf and I'm tattering some pages tonight!!