Dim the lights and whip out that buttery popcorn -- it's movie time! This summer, there are so many awesome books-turned-movies that we're considering calling summer of '09 the summer of books. With movies like New Moon, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and The Lovely Bones coming out in theatres, we couldn't help but wonder when some of our fave books will be immortalized on the big screens. We're counting down the 10 books we wanna see as movies -- and casting them, too! Check it out and tell us who you'd like to see acting out your fave characters.

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