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A crotchety old witch who‘d rather be left alone, a woman coming to grips with the magical trauma of her past, and Lychford‘s new vicar who is experiencing a crisis of faith must join forces to prevent a threat of extra-dimensional proportions...

the building of a fancy new grocery store.

This was quick and fun, if a bit slight. Pictured is my purely fantasy #HeadCasting for the 3 leading ladies.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Dame Helen Mirren as Judith, Freema Agyeman as Autumn, and the Doctor herself Jodie Whittaker as Lizzie. 6y

DGRachel I love all three of those actresses, so I‘d watch the heck out of a show with them. 😊 6y

GingerAntics I love all three of them. Those selections alone make me want to read this. 6y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great fantasy cast! 6y

CampbellTaraL Oh hello, I too would watch this in a heartbeat. 😮😍 6y

JoRead If one of the characters made you think of Helen Mirren then it automatically goes to my TBR 😊 6y

JazzFeathers Sounds like fun 😊 6y

monalyisha You explained this in such a perfect, succinct way (which I totally failed to do 😅). Also, I fully support your Judith casting. 🖤 6y

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The Thorn of Emberlain | Scott Lynch

Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen (portrayed in my #headcasting by Heath Ledger and Brendan Gleeson) are the #BestBookFriendship (remember what happened with the poison?) and book 4 of the Gentleman Bastards Sequence, The Thorn of Emberlain, is my #MostAnticipated of whatever year it ends up coming out.

#Riotgrams #ReadingResolutions

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vivastory I've only read the first one, but I loved it. Need to check out the others. 7y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @vivastory They are not quite as perfect as the first, but the worst complaint I have is they both could be about 100 pages shorter to make the pacing a little more snappy. In book 2 the boys get into piracy and in book 3 they get into politics. 7y

KimM Great series 7y

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Full Fathom Five: A Novel of the Craft Sequence | Max Gladstone

Gladstone‘s books are so diverse, so I did my best to make my #HeadCasting for Full Fathom Five follow suit.

Kai Pohala - Maori actress Keisha Castle-Hughes

Teo Batan (character from book 2 in an extended cameo) - America Ferrera just like before

Izza - Sennia Nanua from The Girl With All the Gifts

Edmond Margot - put Matt Lucas in a green velvet suit and you‘ve got the perfect Margot

Jace - Maori actor Cliff Curtis

Mako - Mako obviously

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Kevarian - Vanessa Redgrave just like in the first book. Cat - Elizabeth Debicki. 7y

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Nightside The Long Sun | Gene Wolfe

This was my #HeadCasting when I read Nightside:

Patera Silk - young Michael Caine

Auk - Common

Blood (the crime lord, duh) - Vincent D‘Onofrio

Also Maytera Marble - Michelle Yeoh, Maytera Mint - Andie MacDowell, Maytera Rose - Helen Mirren, and Hyacinth - Rocketeer-era Jennifer Connelly

saresmoore Vincent D‘Onofrio! Even when he‘s not playing a bad guy, he‘s totally a bad guy. 7y

DrexEdit @saresmoore agreed! I'd watch anything he's in! 😊 7y

TK421 Vincent D'Onofrio was perfect as Kingpin in the Daredevil series. I picture him as any bald, imposing crime lord when I'm reading now.😃 7y

ApoptyGina69 My heart skipped when I saw Vincent‘s head! Then I read the context. Anyway, hell yes! 😍 7y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk #ReadOfTheNewSun 6y

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The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison

Here are my #FavoriteNewCharacters of the year for #AlltheBooksof2017

- Maia Drazhar, His Imperial Serenity Edrehasivar VII (long may he reign) from Katherine Addison‘s The Goblin Emperor

- Boudica, the possum with a sombrero and a sniper rifle from Daniel Polansky‘s The Builders (you my girl, Boudica)

- Superpowered spies Oblivion and Fogg (my #headcasting was James Darcy and Ben Whishaw respectively) from Lavie Tidhar‘s The Violent Century

kylienoele Sombrero wearing possum? Sold! I need to read all of these books! 7y

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The Strangler Vine | M.J. Carter

This is my current listen from a recommendation by @Seshat ages ago. The narrator sounds SO much like Fassbender with his Magneto accent that I headcast him in the role of William Avery, and I think Mark Strong would make a great Jeremiah Blake, the Holmes to Avery's Watson.

So far this murder mystery set in 1830s India is extremely enjoyable. #HeadCasting #CurrentListen

MrBook Added! 😁 7y

Seshat Oooooh. I love "head casting." It is my second favorite mental game, after "what would I do if I won the lottery." 7y

Seshat And I agree with your choices! 7y

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TheBookDream Your head casting and reference to Holmes/Watson has landed this on the must read. 7y

TheBookDream I didn't even look at the plot, just "MINE" 7y

DGRachel Narrator sounds like Michael Fassbender? SOLD! 7y

Avanders lol I reacted the same as @TheBookDream 7y

BeckyLeJ I love, love, love this book! So fabulous! 7y

vivastory Fassbender as younger Magneto is one of my favorite X-Men performances. I can't wait to see him in The Snowman 7y

rabbitprincess Mmmmmmmm Michael Fassbender 😍 7y

minkyb I can watch/listen to Fassbender do just about anything! 7y

Seshat Oh, yes! I agree. I'm so glad you're enjoying it! 7y

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Anansi Boys: A Novel | Neil Gaiman

I cast books in my head like movies, and as soon as I started revisiting Anansi Boys as an audiobook I remembered the cast I had in my head 12(!) years ago when I first read it.

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Fat Charlie Nancy. Taye Diggs as Spider. Ben Vereen as Anansi.

Anybody else cast books that haven't been adapted? #HeadCasting

MicheleinPhilly ALL THE TIME! I cast as I'm reading. A lot of books end up starring Cate Blanchett. ☺️ 8y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @MicheleinPhilly There's this series of fantasy novels that I started reading a few years ago when my wife was binge watching Grey's Anatomy for days on end and now whenever a new book comes out in this series the characters in my head battling it out in armor are still all the doctors of Seattle Grace Hospital. 8y

MicheleinPhilly HAHAHAHAHA! 8y

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kspenmoll 😂 8y

annkuch13 Love it!! 8y

HannaPolkadots I cast Elijah Wood for Frodo when I was about 7 and my dad read LOTR to us. When, about 7 years later, they actually did cast him for that role I remember being so grateful, because I wouldn't have to accept or get used to a Frodo different from the character I had known for all those years. 8y

Andrea4 This is still sitting on my shelf to read so I have no idea what it's about, but I'd watch the heck outta' that movie with that cast! 8y

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