The bad news: I have the flu.
The better news: I have extra time to visit my fav websites from my sickbed (aka the couch).
The best news: While visiting Stephenie Meyer’s website, I found out she’s secured a deal to make her adult sci fi book, The Host, into a movie.
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
So. Freakin’. Excited.
Like her Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer’s The Host is driven by her characters and their relationships. I can’t wait to meet Mel and Wanderer/Wanda, Jared and Ian, and Jamie. I fell in love with them when I read the book. However, the writer & director for the screen adaptation, Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show), will have his job cut out for him. His great challenge lies in the fact that the majority of the story centers around the internal conflict between two of the main characters–Mel, the human/host, and Wanderer/Wanda, Mel’s alien “soul”/hostee. (Here’s a review of the book, for those who haven’t read it and are now thoroughly confused.) Pulling off the inner dialogue, and pulling it off well, will either make or break this movie. But–if Mr. Niccol does a good job–the movie version will be well worth the 2 hours and $20 to see in the theater. (And yes, it will be $20, because I will insist that hubby come see it with me. :))
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And now, in my flu-haze state, I’m going to indulge in a little dream casting. Not my normal pastime, but I’m bored. Humor me…
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Mel ~ has to be brunette, strong-willed, intelligent, above average height, tough, pretty but not drop-dead gorgeous, 20-ish, and above all athletic. My picks:
Evangeline Lilly
Ashley Greene
Sophia Bush
Jessica Biel
Wanda ~ should be blond, pretty, extremely petite (doll-like), early 20’s, and expressive. My picks:
Dakota Fanning
Emilie de Ravin
Hayden Panettiere
Jared ~ handsome, brooding, protective, tallish, late-20’s to early-30’s. My picks:
Ian Somerhalder
Drew Fuller
Christian Bale
Ian ~ built, boyish, mid- to late-20’s, ability to be intense, and lovable. My picks:
Jared Padalecki
Chris Pratt
Jamie ~ Mel’s brother, a boy on the brink of manhood. My pick:
Josh Hutcherson
Jeb ~ rough n’ tough hiding a soft heart, mid-50’s, a little crazy, and authoritative. My picks:
Jeff Bridges
Hugh Laurie
Aspiring Alverna 
Everyone seems to have the flu this year! No fun!
Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks! I do feel better now.
I know it sounds a tad bit crazy, but I would rather be down & out sick-as-a-dog with the flu for 3 days, but then get it over with, than have one of those head colds that lasts for weeks because you can’t kick it.