Libba Bray

First topic message reminder :

Has anyone read A Great and Terrible Beauty and the sequel Rebel Angels? I've read them both and I like them A LOT!

The third and final book in the Trilogy is The Sweet Far Thing, and I'm soooooo excited for it.

AND the greatest piece of news EVER is that they might be making Beauty into a movie! *squeee*

Ooh great work, Ginnaroo!! ^.^
I love it!! lol, you must have been really bored last night

Kartik: Brandon Baker (not sure if he is old enough though) *shrugs*
Tom: William Moseley (he looked okay for the part!)

PICS: Tell me what ya think ^.^

http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/images/talent/26.jpg (William)

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3381/Events/3381/BrandonBak_Vespa_5551356_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Baker,%20Brandon%20(I) (Brandon)

My, am I glad I'm Ann now *drools* I mean- *ahem* -don't kill me Mum, Holly chose!

okay so we need members for libba bray club..

Elana
Streams of Silver
Just_Ginny
Cookie??? (let me know)


Hehe, what? He seemed so perfect for Tom! lol

*twitches* Ahem....MY WILLIAM MOSELEY!!! *grabs him and runs away with a squee*

How about we use..er...Alex Pettyfer? The guy who was Alex Ryder?

*isn't trying to cover William nonono*

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okay so we need members for libba bray club..

Elana
Streams of Silver
Just_Ginny
Cookie??? (let me know)

Sign me up, Holly!

And that dude would make a cool Kartik... but he needs a haircut

AH! I LOVE these books! I'm so excited for The Sweet Far Thing to be published. And I'm really excited for the movie to come out!

I'm so glad I've found other people who love this trilogy. For some reason most of the people I hang around haven't even heard of these books. It's quite sad.

Brunette wrote:

okay so we need members for libba bray club..

Elana
Streams of Silver
Just_Ginny
Cookie??? (let me know)

Ooooo...count me in as well! I'm in the process of leaving one of the clubs I'm already in, so I can join this one!

Hehee you guys are starting a club? Woohoo!

I love being Kartik...*stares moodily into the distance*

Ok, I owled Elfie all the member names! Hopefully she'll owl me back soon!!

Alex?? Hmm...idk. I still like William.

Well *ahems nervously and slides away from her mum* I think William would make a wonderful Tom, good choice Holly *hides behind her*

Hehe *hides Elana*

soooo...im still wating for Elfie to PM me about the club! Hopefully it'll be a success! lol

and Alex is kinda cute Gin...just not as cute as dear William *backs away*

Brunette wrote:

soooo...im still wating for Elfie to PM me about the club! Hopefully it'll be a success! lol

Actually...the club has already appeared in the clubs forum. I noticed it this afternoon as I was browsing around. Just thought you'd like to know.

I have bought these books to read, after seeing all you lot squeeing over them :D

I hope they're good - I'm gonna start reading the first one tomorrow.

lol Amy!! You're soooo gonna love it!! guarentee you! ^.^

*goes to Clubs forums to ooh and ahh at the new club!* hehe

*gahs*

I want my William

How about Tom is Channing Tatum????? *huggles her William desparately*

Yes Erin can join! And Amy WILL love the books :D

Maaaybeeee....*thinks* hehe

Look! The club is open so we can post there instead!! ^.^

http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.org/sutra133127-Libba-Bray-Club-Leader-Brunette.htm#133127

*goes happily* :D I love Libba Bray and her amazingness that gives us clubs ^.^

Yes, yes! Go post in the club! hehe!!

Anyone else who want sto join the Libba Bray Club PM me!

anyway....i saw one of the books in the shop and i considered buying it but then i wasnt sure if it was the first one or not and i HATE reading books out of sequence. so i didnt buy it...

XD

I've *still* got these to read...I'll have to get round to it sometime. Aliza, you can always borrow the books off me when I'm done reading them if you want.

yay....i love you amy

I'm about a third of the way through A Great And Terrible Beauty and so far, I really like it.

Spoiler:

It's a very intriguing plot so far, I'll be back here when I've finished!

Hehe! Woo Amy!!!! I told you! ANyone who comes into contact with this book series will fall in love with it!!! hehe!

OK, I've finished both books now, and I thought they were really good!

I can't wait for the third book to come out now...

Spoiler:

ok..i just started reading this....

(thanx amy for lending it to me)

anyway...i'll let you know what i think

I think you'll like it Aliza. Just let me know when you want the second book Although I'd better give it to Elly for you before the end of the week, cos it's half-term next week, I think.

Anyway, here's a graphic I made for A Great And Terrible Beauty

Amy, it's beautiful! When I saw the picture, I thought of Rebel Angels, but it's great! Whootles for you!

Anyway, just here to proclaim my undying love for these books

Amy, you are fantastic!!! It's beautiful!!!

I'm glad you liked the book! I'm excited for it to come out *is impatient* It's been too long...boo Libba Bray! lol Jusk Kidding, of course! *huggles her books*

If me and Amy and everyone else in this thread loved the book. I'm sure you'll like it Aliza!!

i just finished a great and terriblr beauty and i loved it!!!!

but i have to wait til school startd again to read the next one

Awww...It's just as good!!! I'm glad you both loved it!!!

Told ya it's addicting!

...rebel angels is AWESOME

i cant wait til the next book comes out.

I totally love these books they are amazing i think id say they are my second favorite after Harry Potter they are pure brilliance its sad about pip though isent it o i can't wait until the next book i think it comes out on December the 6th.

I just read these two book last year and they were amazing, I really loved the characters and the storyline.

I cried about pip did anyone else?

Not long now until the new book!

Libba Bray is putting up a quote a day on her blog until the book is out, and this is todays:

Quote :

"A woman's face presses against the surface, and I stumble back, gasping. Her features emerge from the murky deep of the well. The eyes and mouth are closed as in death. Her face is bleached of all color. Her hair floats on the water beneath the ice like the rays of a dark sun."

Todays TSFT quote:

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"We offer more of the apple to Freya, who gobbles it greedily. Kartik strokes her mane and she softens under his touch, nuzzling him with her nose. Around us the night creatures have their say. We are surrounded by a symphony of crickets and frogs. Neither of us feels the need to speak, and I suppose that is one of the qualities I find comforting in Kartik. We can be alone together."

*hopes something happens between the two of them in the next book*

There was so much UST in the first two something has to happen!

Quote :

The water nymph's webbed hand caresses my ankle. With a gasp, I shake it loose. Her colored scales remain on my skin in a jeweled handprint.
"You'll not take my skin without a fight," I warn, and my words echo in the cave's emptiness.

Today's quote ^_^

EDIT ONE (December 15th):

Quote :

"It is hopeless. I shall never curtsy without falling. I shall lie sprawled upon the gleaming floors of Buckingham Palace like a disgraceful stain of a girl, my nose resting upon the boot of the Queen. I shall be the talk of the season, whispered about behind open fans. No doubt every man will avoid me like typhus."

EDIT TWO: December 16th:

Quote :

"For my part, I find that their minds are as corseted as their waists, with conversations limited to parties, dresses, and the misfortunes or shortcomings of others. I should rather take my chances with the lions of Rome's ancient Colosseum than endure another tea chat with the likes of them. At least the lions are honest about their desire to eat you and make no effort to hide it."

EDIT THREE: December 17th:

Quote :

Felicity greets me warmly. "Happy Easter! Wasn't it an interminable sermon? Honestly, I can't see why we have to bother with church at all. Hello, Simon," she says, deliberately abandoning proper etiquette. "Jaunty hat. Did you take it from a bandstand?"

EDIT FOUR: December 18th:

Quote :

"You must build the fire," Mother Elena says. "Burn him. Burn everything."

EDIT FIVE: December 19th

Quote :

"With seemingly no effort at all, Croestus swoops me up onto his back. As we ride toward the forest, I clutch his waist for dear life. Whatever the reason for this visit, it can't be good. Down below in the river, I see that Gorgon steams ahead, keeping pace with us. No, this isn't good at all."

EDIT SIX: December 20th

Quote :

"The wall that separates the Borderlands from the Winterlands is a fearsome construction. It stretches as tall as the dome on St. Paul's Cathedral and runs in either direction as far as the eye can see. In the gloom, it appears to glow.
I put my hand to the tall pilings. They are smooth.
'Bones,' the fairy whispers."

EDIT SEVEN: December 21st

Quote :

“A terrible knocking has me awake and not at all happy about it. Rubbing sleep from my eyes, I creep downstairs. It’s Tom who is making such a racket. He’s returned in a lively mood; in fact, he enters the drawing room singing. It is an unnatural occurrence, like watching a dog ride a bicycle.”

EDIT EIGHT: December 22nd

Quote :

"The London fog envelops us in its murkiness. Figures emerge at first like ghosts, like something that belongs to the mist, before taking on form--top hats, coats, bonnets. It is an effect as thrilling as anything conjured by the Wolfson Brothers' magic lantern."

EDIT NINE: December 23rd

She gave us TWO quotes today :D

Quote :

"I stand on the narrow sill, holding tightly to the frame, my body bowing out. And then I let go. My arms transform into the shiny blue-black wings of a raven, and I'm soaring high above Spence. It is exhilarating. I could live inside this power forever."

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"I push through the door, and Kartik takes in the sight of me--face flushed, hair a ruin. 'Gemma? What has happened?'
'You're dreaming,' I say, and his eyelids flutter under my persuasion. When he opens his eyes again, he is in that twilight land between waking and sleep.
'Why didn't you come to me?' I ask.
His voice is faraway. 'I'm a danger to you.'
'Well, I am tired of the safe. Kiss me,' I say. I take a step forward. 'Please.'

YOU GO FOR IT WOMAN XD

EDIT TEN: December 24th

Quote :

My eyes are heavy. I could sleep for days. We pass the graveyard on our left. Crows perch on the headstones and just before my eyes shut, I think I see a faint glimmer. The crows disappear into it, and everything on the hill goes dark and still as death.

EDIT ELEVEN: December 25th

Quote :

"When my dreams find me, they are disquieting. A pretty lady in a lavender dress and hat races through London streets thick with fog. Her ginger hair falls loosely about her frightened face. She beckons me to follow, but I cannot keep pace; my feet are as heavy as lead and I can't see. The cobblestones are coated with paper adverts for a spectacle of some sort. I reach for one: Dr. Theodore Van Ripple--Illusionist Extraordinaire!"

And that's all :D

Amazon cancelled my order!!

So now I don't have a book I've ordered it again from another online site...I can only hope it comes before I have to go back to France.

*resists urge to open the spoiler*

I'm still waiting for Amazon to send me my copy... I just hope it didn't cancel my order

I can't wait to read it! I gave into temptation and clicked on Gin's second spoiler... I saw the first two words and clicked on it again quick! I'm not sure I want to know any information about... that.... yet

I FINALLY READ IT!

...

...

And it was a HUGE, FREAKING disappointment. I wanted closure. I wanted explanations. I wanted to UNDERSTAND. And it was all a bunch of rubbishy, well-written rambling. It may as well have been the first book in the trilogy, for all the explaining it did. We still know nothing about nothing. The first and last hundred pages were good, and a few in between. I skipped like 300 pages because I got bored, and I didn't miss a thing. I skipped nearly half the book and I didn't miss out on anything important! That should say a lot....anyway, I'm gonna sludge through those pages I skipped because I want to rant about how disappointed I am in the book review I'm gonna write. And I can't write a review unless I read the entire book, so...

Maybe if I read it again, expecting the worst, I'll look at it with a kinder eye. Look out for my rant about this HUGELY DISAPPOINTING book in the next issue of the HE Pensieve! xD