To Love and To Cherish by Jennie Adams ... QC #125

Kel, Kathy and Claire ... I know you're going to enjoy this one .... Jack and Tiffany are heartwarming characters that you really can't help but route for

Hi Vince .. how nice to have you pop in ... yes, you're right ... this one is very emotional and covers some pretty weighty issues ..... I've found to expect that from any of the books branded with the Heart to Heart theme ... and thanks for the recommendations, I have Memo: Marry Me, but alas, I missed out on Parents of Convenience .... and I'll have to check the UBS for The Italian Dad, not sure how I missed getting that one, but I did .... and that one's high on my list of wishes

Jennie .... it's most evident that this book was written from your heart .... thank you for sharing Tiffany and Jack with us ... they are a great couple and ones I hope you let us visit again from time to time  .... I really enjoy your style ... your scenes with Almathea were truly delightful, I could see her "goddess" glare and smiled too  .... I'm curious, you were to cast Jack, who would you pick? 

Hi Jennie ..... yes, Keanu Reeves came to mind for me as well ..... I was seeing scenes of him in that movie "Sweet November" with Charese Theron  (I think your kitchen pic would be from this movie, excellent movie) ... a particular scene at the beginning of the movie where he denies he needs her help ... that look of disbelief that she sees inside him ...  I kept thinking Jack would have that look in his eyes when Tiffany first says to him "you're different" 

and yes, I do understand about a particular photo drawing you ... if I were to seriously look for a "hero" I would do it the same ... disregard a movie role and go for that one look, that one emotional connection and then build around that  .... I think if you were to go by the actual role the hero was playing, you might take more of the movie character than you would intend ..... so going with a "photo" and expanding makes total sense

I recently read a HP and I kept seeing Christian Bale's face as the hero .... now he's played so many bizarre roles, some terribly dark .... but it's a certain scene in the movie Batman Returns ... he has that "look" ... his eyes just gave off something that to me was exactly the way the hero in the book I was reading would look at the heroine .... and regardless of his dark roles, I keep seeing Christian Bale, even though I later thought of Ben Affleck in his most assured presence and went with him for my casting challenge .... LOL, see casting agents can be fickle

I chose Josh Lucas for your Jack simply because of certain feeling his role in Sweet Home Alabama and then later in Unfinished Business that came to mind ... in the "romantic" lead roles he's got a certain charm, where he's assured in what he does but not in his own self when it comes to the heroine .... he has a vulnerablitiy that is endearing ..... there's a scene towards the end of the movie in Sweet Home Alabama when he pushes his soon to be exwife away, and I can picture Jack pushing Tiffany in the same way  .... there's an undercurrent of "don't you know I'm doing this for your own good?" though it's never spoken  ... there's alot of pain in that scene

ahh, the kiss from "Speed" ..... yes, that was a great kiss .... that was great casting, Keanu and Sandra ... they just sparkled ..... and yes, the kiss ..... I've been a devoted Keanu fan every since!  LOL  ....... and yes, I can definitely see Keanu as Jack  

casting from a "finished' work is so much different than casting for a work in progress ..... I rather enjoy matching an actor to a hero .... I get to draw on my own experience of the actor in past roles and then envision him portraying the hero I'm seeking ... I get to decide if the actor is worthy of the hero ... cool!  LOL