Well, it's hump day again, so it's time to keep on with our new tradition here at TSR
and have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
The Book
 Ten years ago, Lexie Dodson fled her home in rural Ohio, leaving behind a heartbroken brother and abandoning a devastated fiancé. While chasing her desire of a fast-paced life in the city, and the obscurity of urban life, she is shaken to her very core by an act of violence that leaves her betrayed, broken, and pregnant—and with nowhere to go but home.
Seeking refuge and facing gut-wrenching decisions, she is confronted not only with the past she left behind, but also with a love that never died—a love waiting for something to stoke the flames.
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 Alison Brie as Lexie Dodson- She is the main character who returns to her hometown to find solace after a horrific assault and tragedy leaves her pregnant. There, she must make amends with past hurts and come to terms with the love she left behind.
 Justin Timberlake as Elliot Anderson- He's Lexie's high school sweetheart and the love she left behind to pursue a new life and career. Ans he is the one thing that will help get her through when she returns home.
 Jamie Lee Curtis as Gail Dodson- Lexie's headstrong mother. She speaks her mind and is the bedrock of their family. She may come off as one tough cookie but her only concern is for her family.
|  Scarlet Johnason as Sienna Wallace- She is Lexie's best friend. She's struggling to conceive with her husband Brent. Little does she know what kind of man he really is...
 James Franco as Brent Wallace- He is Sienna's husband. Lexie considers him a friend until one horrific day, he is there waiting for her in her apartment and attacks her.
 Dennis Quaid as Ed Dodson- He is Lexie's father, Gail's husband. He's a farmer by trade and loves his family. He is a softee-- the quiet one with whom everyone leans on.
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Okay, so we've been slacking a little lately, but...
Hollywood Dream Cast is back and it's hump day, so let's have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
The Book
 Introducing the Wish Series From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Barbara Freethy. A SECRET WISH is the first book in a series of stories revolving around wishes that will be released in 2012.
Three women, three birthdays and one unforgettable night that will change their lives forever.
One night in San Francisco, three women make a birthday wish believing it can't possibly come true. Liz is turning thirty. A successful nurse, she has a good career, but no man to share her life. All her friends are married, and she's alone, still trying to outrun a tragedy from her past. Then she meets a handsome stranger.
Angela, a member of a large, loving Italian family, is facing thirty-five with no baby in the nursery. Eight years of infertility treatments have put a strain on her marriage. Will she have to choose between her husband and having a child? When she is mugged by an unexpected assailant, her life takes a new turn.
Carole, a corporate wife, is staring down forty candles. Having grown up poor, she worked hard to get ahead, but when her kids bail on her birthday, and she discovers her husband with another woman, she realizes that she may have nothing at all. She goes back to where it all began, the mother she left behind, and the man whose heart she once broke.
Three women, three birthdays and a night of events that connects them in unexpected ways ...
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The Cast
 Natalie Portman as Liz - a successful nurse, who's turning 30 with no man to spend her life with, until she meets John...
|  Paul Walker as Eric- A daredevil and writer who brings Liz out of her shell, but has a secret of his own...
|  Reese Witherspoon as Angie- A member of a large Italian family. She longs for a baby and the growing families her sisters have.
|  Josh Duhamel as Colin- Angie's husband. He's devoted to his marriage and wife, but wants acceptance and to move onto the next chapter of their lives...
|  Naomi Watts as Carol- Despite her lavish life and her improvement in social status, she realizes she is poor in love, and the things she once thought were important are no more...
|  Tom Cruise as Blake- Carol's husband. He's skirting on the line of cheating and shows no more interest in his wife than keeping her as his trophy and making his life easier.
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Well, it's hump day again, so it's time to keep on with our new tradition here at TSR
and have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
The Book
 Wynn Murphy has been in love with Zane Anders since the day she laid eyes on him. But just when she begins to hope their casual relationship might turn into something more, a misunderstanding pushes her away
At first sight, charming and handsome, ad executive, Zane Anders has beensecretly infatuated with bake shop cutie, Wynn Murphy. This Christmas, he’s determined to tell her.
Join Wynn and Zane in this delightful holiday novelette as Zane goes dashing through the snow in an effort to capture Wynn’s heart.
15,400 words
The Cast  Kristen Bell as Wynn - She is the owner of the small bakery, Murphy's Bakery, where she employs her best friend. She harbors a secret crush on long-time, dreamy customer Zane.
|  Zooey Deschanel as Gemma - She is Wynn's BFF. She drinks more coffee than she does work. She loves men and wants nothing more than for Wynn to loosen up and have a little fun.
|  Chris Pine as Zane - He's the executive hottie that always comes in and chats with Wynn. He loathes pumpkin pie, but orders it anyway because she thinks he likes it. Little does Wynn know that he pines away for her too.
Well, it's hump day again, so it's time to keep on with our new tradition here at TSR
and have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
The Book
 Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart.
Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind.
With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Camryn, with absolutely no direction or purpose boards a Greyhound bus alone and sets out to find herself. What she finds is a guy named Andrew Parrish, someone not so very different from her and who harbors his own dark secrets. But Camryn swore never to let down her walls again. And she vowed never to fall in love.
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The Cast  Ashley Benson as Camryn: After the death of her high school sweetheart several years ago, a cheating boyfriend her friend choosing her man over her, Camryn sets off on a road trip.
 Leighton Meester as Natalie: She's Camryn's BFF, and there's nothing she wants more than for Camryn to find a man. But when her own boyfriend comes on to Camryn, she blames her.
|  Chace Crawford as Andrew: He's going to see his father who is dying, when he meets Camryn on a bus. But losing his father isn't the only thing he's afraid of. He's afraid of feeling anything for Camryn.
 Steven Strait as Damon: He is Nicole's boyfriend and has been good friends with Camryn for years. Until one evening, in a jealous rage, he practically forces himself upon, putting a rift between Camryn and Nicole.
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Well, it's hump day again, so it's time to keep on with our new tradition here at TSR
and have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
Before we get started, I have to say that I started this book Monday night and finished it Tuesday night. This book is haunting me. It's all I can think about, and probably all I'll think about the next few days. I think it will go down as THE saddest book I've ever read. And honestly, I hesitated to even do a dream cast because I don't think this book would be as good in movie form. I think they'd screw it up, and I'm not all that sure there are any actors and actresses I feel are quite adequate enough. But, here we go...I did my best... The Book  Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
| Buy The Book: | The Cast  Nicola Peltz as Hazel: She is 16 with Stage IV cancer. She is scared to let anyone in other than her parents because she knows they will get hurt when she dies. She fears what will happen to everyone else after she is gone. And she is obsessed with Van Houton and his book because she sees herself when she reads it,
 Marisa Tomei as Hazel's mom- Her life is practically devoted to taking care of her ill daughter. She has a good heart and wants Hazel to live her life while she is still able.
 Michael Cera as Isaac- He is their friend from Cancer support group who loses his sight (and eyes) to cancer.
|  David Henrie as Agustus: He's the hot amputee, the "survivor" of cancer. He meets Hazel and is intrigued from the start. His fear is oblivion--that after he dies he will be forgotten and that he will not leave a mark on this world.
 Matthew Fox as Hazel's father- Every time he goes to work, he fears it will be the last time he sees Hazel alive. Much to her dismay, he is always crying over her illness and her fate.
 Harrison Ford as Peter Van Houton- He is the author of An Imperial Infliction, the book Hazel, and eventually, Augustus both become obsessed with.
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Well, it's hump day again, so it's time to keep on with our new tradition here at TSR
and have a little fun and playing Hollywood Dream Cast!
Haven't you ever read a book and thought it would make an awesome movie?
Maybe you brainstormed who would play which character?
Well, here's the scoop. Every week, on Wednesday, we'll pick a book and assign it
OUR DREAM CAST for that book!
**Today's book is Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden. I'd like to start us off with some personal notes about it first. I read this recently, a recommendation from my mother and absolutely loved it!! This book is definitely going down as one of my favorites. And trust me, from someone who reads a lot of books, my favorites pile is extremely hard to get into. In the scenes where the mother recounts her story--a young mother in Russia during WWII during Stalin's reign, starving and desperate--there were times it was hard for me to believe that the author didn't find a survivor to recount their entire story, that she wasn't there herself. Because the mother's recount was THAT real, that incredible and emotional. This book is not for the faint of heart, it's raw and emotional, but it just speaks to the heart of the pain of life, the scars we carry, forgiveness, and second chances.**
The Book
 Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother?From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the pastMeredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya’s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother’s life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are. Buy the Book:On NOOK
The Cast  Neve Campbell as Nina (aka Neener Beaner) - the more adventurous sister, who travels all over the world running from her emotions.
 Vanessa Redgrave as the present (older) Anya- The mother. She's as strong as she is wounded. A survivor, having to live through the most horrendous of things, Anya has built a wall around herself, hiding inside the fairy-tales that she tells.
 Natasha Vodianova as the young Anya (who is actually someone else entirely but I won't give the name and spoil it) - Her Russian roots and appearance make her perfect. This Anya is young and full of hope. She finds her prince and is a mother of two before things start to fall apart.
 Gerard Butler as Daniel Flynn, Nina's boyfriend- He's a hot Irishman who's in love with Nina and tired of the danger in their work and not having a place to call home. He wants to settle down.
|  Joely Richardson as Meredith (aka Meredoodle) -
the sister who stays at home and never stops caring for her aging parents. She is the mother hen. But wounded at a young age by her cold mother, her exterior is hard as rock to those (other than her children) who try to break through it.
 Robert Duvall as the - The father. He is the heart of the family, the one that keeps them from coming apart. He is the only one who really knows Anya's story, and long ago was the one that saved her.
 Jackson Rathbone as Sasha - He is young, strong, charming and believes in true love and the power love can hold.
 Hugh Jackman as Jeff, Meredith's husband-
He is still in love with Meredith after two children and all their years of marriage. But lately tensions are high. She won't let him comfort her, yet he continually tries to break through her shell and make things work.
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