Ghostgirl: Homecoming by Tonya Hurley

Rating: 3/5
Age R: 13+ (I found that a LOT of 13 year olds are the ones who love this series the most) It's still pg-13 because of certain content though.
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Series? This is the second book in the Ghostgirl series. The first being, Ghostgirl :) You can read my review of that one here.
Thoughts:
In Ghostgirl: Homecoming Charlotte is in Heaven. Or is she? Is Heaven really a phone bank?
Charlotte finds herself in a place that might not be Heaven. She and the other folks from Dead Ed are all stuck answering phones but hold on a sec, Charlotte's phone is not ringing, not at all. What does that mean?
Meanwhile in the world of the living, Petula ends up in a coma (WTFruit?) and Scarlet finds herself trying to figure out a way to save Petula along with her seemingly doomed relationship with Damen.
I'm starting to think that Charlotte is going to go through all these in between places before she actually goes to Heaven. Or maybe the story in this book is the last in between place she will be in and the third one will actually take place in Heaven. Who knows.
I REALLY like the idea of what happens after death in these books. It's interesting and unique in its own way but what I don't like is the story. In the first book all Charlotte wants is to be popular yatayata then in this one she has to help Scarlet help her sister, Petula, get out of a coma. It's just not something that interests me. Sure the story has it's moments but overall, it's not for me. Not only that but the story is somewhat ridiculous to me and not in a super fun enjoyable way. Damen goes to some extreme and silly lenghts to try and get Petula to wake up from her coma. It's just ugh, ridiculous! Like I said before, this book is not for me, I liked it, but didn't love it. The characters sometimes frustrated the heck out of me along with the story but others might feel different. I'm just giving my opinion here. I honestly think teenagers might not like this book that much but those in the 12-15 year range might love it. I have a cousin that age and she really likes this series and so do a lot of her friends so there you go.

Quote/s:

She laughed and looked up at him, the relief of being with him again shining from her hazel eyes. A solitary tear dropped from Damen's eye.
'Is that a tear?'
'Yeah, but it's a man-tear'

Note:
I thought it was pretty weird that Petula and Scarlet's parents are NEVER around, not even when Petula's in the hostpital. The doctors are always telling Damen what's going on instead of Petula's guardian. Weird. All I'd want would be an explanation, but instead we get nothing.
Another thing that was odd to me was the fact that in the first book there is practically no mention of Charlotte's parents but in this one it turns out her parents have been dead. It's a huge WTFruit moment. Tonya Hurley has mentioned in interviews why she doesn't have parents but the whole parents being dead thing is odd because this news just comes out of nowhere. If I missed something in the first book talking about this let me know in the comments. I don't think I did but it's possible I suppose.


YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley. R.ed here.
-Beetlejuice (Movie that I love)
-life after death
-humor
-music
-goth and/or emo
-girlfriend in a coma (no not the Smiths song)
-If I Stay by Gayle Forman. R.ed here.

WWYCOA: Assassination of a High School President Movie Trailer

I saw this over at SlashFilm so of course I had to share.
I heard a teeny bit about this one before so I was already looking forward to it. SlashFilm says the actual movie is WAY better than what this trailer leads you to believe. I sure hope so. :) Either way, I'm interested. :D

Unfortunately folks because of some money problems this movie might not make it to theaters :( not even limited. Hopefully, HOPEFULLY, that will get sorted out and we can at least get this movie in some theaters. If not, it might just go straight to dvd. :( Well, it's something.

Let the Right One In American Movie News

Okay about two weeks ago I was told that there'd be an American movie made of the AMAZING SUPER FRIGGIN' AWESOME BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER Let the Right One In. :D

Well, there are some news. Some new news hehe :D

Reeves signed on to adapt and direct an American remake of the cult hit, now called "Let Me In," the English translation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's original novel. He recently finished a second draft of the script, currently set in Reagan-era Colorado, and is scouting locations, looking to maintain the original story's chilly, snow-swept environs. The film is scheduled for a fall 2010 theatrical release.

Reeves is also working with casting director Avy Kaufman -- who previously found kids for "The Sixth Sense" and "The Ice Storm" -- to find the two leads, which Reeves vows will not be aged-up to make the film more of a smoldering "Twilight"-style romance.

"There's definitely people who have a real bull's-eye on the film," Reeves said, "and I can understand because of people's' love of the [original] film that there's this cynicism that I'll come in and trash it, when in fact I have nothing but respect for the film. I'm so drawn to it for personal and not mercenary reasons, my feeling about it is if I didn't feel a personal connection and feel it could be its own film, I wouldn't be doing it. I hope people give us a chance."
--- Mark Olsen

I'm definitely giving him a chance even though I wasn't a big fan of Cloverfield. I am excited! Mostly because I LOOOOOVED the Swedish version. We'll see how this one turns out. :D Honestly I'm REALLY glad they're not going to take advantage of the whole Twilight craze. No offense folks but I'm not a big fan of those movies. I like the books because they're cute but..yeah the movie and the upcoming one..um no sorry.

Have you seen Let the Right One In? (If no, why not!?) What do you think about this? Happy/sad it's not going to be like Twilight? Curious as to who will be cast as the two 12 yr olds? I sure am :)

WWYCOA: Amelia

Release Date: coming soon

This is Ewan McGreggor's new movie. I love him! It's not really my kind of movie. Interesting but..just not my kind of movie. I might watch it only because of Ewan McGreggor though. :D

Album: Julie Feeney- Pages

Release Date: June 29, 2009
Info:
Feeney's second self-produced album, pages has just been completed. She first composed the songs and all of the orchestral parts, and then she conducted the orchestra in the recording. The orchestra which included woodwinds, brass, strings, vibraphone and glockenspiel (among others) was recorded over 2 sessions in one day at the Irish Chamber Orchestra Studio in Limerick. Unusual about this album is that all of the instrumental music is played by the orchestra with no additional instruments or midi instruments. She later recorded all of the singing athome in her own studio where she produced and mixed the album.

Check out some of the music from this album on Julie Feeney's MySpace. It's beautiful! My favorite from this album is Impossibly Beautiful. I suggest you listen to the whole album because this gal's music is very pretty and the feel good kind of music you just might end up loving. :D I already got myself the album, that's just how much I like it.

Song: Across the Universe by The Beatles (Fiona Apple cover)

I love her voice and this cover of Across the Universe

WWYCOA: The Invention of Lying

I love Ricky Gervais and this looks pretty neat so I'm definitely looking forward to it. :)

Release Date: September 25, 2009

WWYCOA: Lion's Den/Leonera

Leonera actualy translates to lioness but they are calling it lion's den..dorks hehe :D

This one seems pretty darn interesting and sad :(

Release Date: July 3, 2009 (limited)

Beatly Movie Alex Pettyfer as The Beast

I think it's ...I dunno I imagined him WAY beastlier.

What do you think?

Steven Spielberg T.V show?

According to EW Steven Spielberg is working on a new T.V show for TNT. Nothing's final yet but it's about this-

It takes place six months after evil extra terrestrials decimate mankind. Wyle would play the leader of a ragtag group of citizens who try to bring down the aggressors.

It's rumored that Noah Wyle will be playing the lead role. Hmm I'm not a huge fan of him....

Past Life-New T.V show coming to FOX

I definitely cannot wait. After watching that go check out the rest of the previews.

From FOX:
From writer David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights), and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose, comes PAST LIFE, a new drama series about an unlikely pair of past-life detectives who investigate whether what is happening to you today is the result of who you were before.

Another thing, the main guy feeling all scared in that trailer is a British actor. Just sayin'. :)

WWYCOA: Whatever Works

I have to say, I'm curious about Woody Allen's next movie.

What I don't like about them though is that he's pretty much ALWAYS with a younger person than him, WAY younger.

In My Mailbox

IMM brought to you by Alea and Kristi. Thanks! :D

This week I got:





I won Far From You over at ReviewerX and it came with some awesome signed bookmarks. Thanks!

I think that's all..I also got Cowboy Bebop the complete series :D and Garden State you all should watch both of those. Trust me, they're awesome.

If you've read any of them please let me know what you think. I always like knowing about them before hand especially since some of these I bought on sale (a dollar each at half price book store!) so I haven't read many or no reviews on them. :D Thank you!

What did you guys get?

Mark Your Schedule--T.V show schedules

September 10
Supernatural---ahh!! can't wait to see you-know-who
The Vampire Diaries

September 14
Gossip Girl

September 16
Glee

September 17
The Office's new season
Community (Joel McHale's new show!) will premiere right after the office
Bones

September 18
Dollhouse

September 21
Heroes (new season I will be watching even though the show is starting to suck..)
House

September 23
Criminal Minds

September 25
Smallville (yep, now it'll air on Fridays instead of Thursdays alongside Supernatural)

September 27
Desperate Housewives
Family Guy

Well, that's what I'll be watching what are you going to be watching? :) I'll be watching more but the dates haven't been released date like for example the dates for It's Always Sunny. Sometime in September for sure though. :D

WWYCOA: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Release Date: July 15, 2009

I'm actually really excited for this one. I'm not a big fan of the movies. I like them but they're not that great which sucks because I'm like in love with the books. :)

The music in the trailer is REALLY pretty. :D

Lotus Online and Lotus: Courtship of the Seven Seeds Chapter 1-5 Review

I don't know if you've guys heard about this site called Lotus Online but if you haven't you should seriously check it out. It's the website to the Lotus series which is written by Neven Kinnefick. Unfortunately it has not been published..yet. You can thankfully read five chapters online for free from the first book in the series called Courtship of the Seven Seeds. On the website you can also find some images and music (they sound very peaceful and nice) files related to the books under Media. It's really great to see the maps of the worlds in the books. As you read along I'm sure it'd be great to see where events are taking place just like with The Inheritance Series and The Lord of the Rings books.

I've read those chapters and here's what I think :D

Rating: 3.8/5
Age R: 13+ (beware of some violent scenes, at least violent for the kiddies)
Release Date: Unknown
Thoughts:
The Temporal Lotus was the stone that created the world, commanded by those of an ancient race, known as the Alluri. Now, the Stone has gone without trace for nearly two thousand years... But all that is about to change.

Enter the Lotus series, where the end days of the Temporal Lotus's lifetime on the world of Hearth are envisioned through the eyes of Delore Viese, a young tavern worker at the forefront of an incredible journey through far-away lands, mysterious blood affiliations, and violent struggles for political ascension.

I recommend you guys read these first five chapters they are quite entertaining and fun. You'll enjoy reading about Delore, swords, greek mythiological creatures, and much more. I don't know exactly how long the book is going to be but each chapter itself is short and fast which is great considering how it seems like 12 year old or folks around that age will love it more. I really liked reading them and just to be clear, I would have given them a higher rating if I had read the whole book. You can understand how difficult it is to rate part of a book. When the book comes out I'm sure I'd LOVE to read the whole thing and am most likely going to enjoy it. From what I read it seems really good and like a great adventure I'm going to want to take. :) I'm sure I'm not the only one that will feel this way. I suggest you guys check it out. :D

As I began reading these five chapters I immediately noticed how it's just the kind of read fans of The Lord of the Rings and The Inheritance series might like. I assumed that was the case after having read the premise, and thankfully I was right. Of course, this story is quite different in it's own way which makes it stand out from those other reads. First off, this one has humor. If you've read LOTR and/or The Inheritance series you may notice how there's little to no humor there. Well, that would be great to have because if you're like me, you enjoy books/movies with humor. To me humor just makes everything better. Then there's a song in the third chapter that captures the whole LORT feel more. I gotta say I love that. :D I'm sure there's more awesomeness but I can't tell too much just by having read five chapters.


Note:
I really like the cover it makes me think of ...the future. (: Honestly it doesn't really seem to have anything to do with the story itself but it's still neat.
In the fourth chapter the word "okay" is used and it's weird because the story takes place a VERY long time ago before the word was used. It's not really known when it began to be used but still...just saying.

YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-fantasy
-a sprinkle of humor
-The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
-The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini

Click on the banner below to check it all out :D

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow might become a movie

Cory Doctorow's Little Brother is being optioned to become a movie. I still haven't read the book, I only just bought it after having read part of the free ebook they've been having online for a long while now. Go get it and read it so you can be ready in case there's a movie. :)

Song: On Your Side by Pete Yorn

I've been listening to him a lot more than usual lately. Lovely voice he has!!!! :D

WWYCOA: Thirst

Be warned this trailer is pretty darn violent if you're under 17 ..well just beware.



Release Date: July 31, 2009 (limited)

Yet another vampire movie but I CAN'T WAIT!

The Lovely Bones Movie Poster

Click on it to see it better.

Release Date: December 11, 2009

As you probably already know this is Peter Jackson's upcoming movie (He and del Toro are still working on The Hobbit!!!) based on Alice Sebold's pretty dang good novel (R.ed here).

I think I might not necessarily want to watch it in theaters. Even though I LOVE Peter Jackson I'm not sure I'm going to love this movie. Maybe just rent it. We'll see. I'll have a better opinion once the trailer is released. :D

So have you read the book? If so what do you think? Do you think you'll be watching this movie?

WWYCOA: Deadgirl Movie

WWYCOA: Why Won't You Come Out Already

Warning! It's Rated-R



Release Date: Check here because it's only playing in select places. Here in Houston, TX it's playing at River Oaks on July 24 and 25. I LOVE that theater it's so pretty and I especially love their caramel pop corn. :D

Looks awesome and creepy huh? I can't wait to see it!! :)
It's already been released in the UK so if you can't wait buy it here. Or wherever you can find UK movies. :D

What do ya'll think?

RIP Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

That is so sad :( and they died on the same day too.

For Michael Jackson..I smell a conspiracy tum tum tum (suspenseful music) except not. Really he did have health issues... or did he tum tum tum!!!

Jackson died at 50. Fawcett at 62. :(

Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

Rating: 3/5
Age R: PG-13 (some jokes are NOT appropriate for the kiddies)
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Series?- Next book is called Ghostgirl: Homecoming (as if you didn't already know hehe) comes out July 1, 2009
Thoughts:
Charlotte is not popular. The guy she has a HUGE crush on doesn't know she exists. What's worse? He's dating the head cheerleader who's super popular, unlike Charlotte. What's even worse? She is now dead because she choked on a gummy bear.
All Charlotte's ever wanted was to be popular, to be seen. Now that she's dead it seems like there is no way that's ever going to happen. But then..maybe there is.
Charlotte finds out that even though she's dead she is seen by one person. That person is Scarlet. Don't know who she is? Let me tell you. She's the goth chick that doesn't give a crud about being popular and oh yeah, she's Petula's younger sister. Charlotte decides that maybe the only way to be able to go to the other side is to get to kiss the hot guy, Damen, she's been liking for so long. And so begins her adventure.
I liked this book. It was pretty interesting and quite funny. I loved how it is pretty unique in its own way especially since it's not very predictable and lame like girl wants unavailable boy who doesn't know she exists but then suddenly he loves her and they end up together, which is honestly what I thought would happen even if Charlotte was dead. I'm beyond glad that didn't happen. Even if it didn't..I still could not really get into the story. I read the whole thing but had to take tons of breaks here and there because the story was just not that interesting to me. It was interesting but not that much. It was just okay. A quick, easy, semi-entertaining read. I think that maybe it just wasn't my type of book. I couldn't really relate to Charlotte because well I've never wanted to be a Petula, I've never stalkerishly cared for a guy the way Charlotte does for Damen. Seriously the girl had some issues. She took tons of pictures of him and all these silly things. Okay I get she has a crush on him but that doesn't mean she should go around practically stalking the guy. Then again, it's semi-understandable. She rally liked him and couldn't help herself. So I guess I'm not too irked by her actions.
After Charlotte dies she does not go to Heaven or to the afterlife. She basically goes to the in-between-place which in her world is still at her school. She and a group of other teenagers have to continue to go to school except it's a bit different. For one, they have to take a class to learn Deadiquette. All these lessons are so that they can all learn how to find a way to get to the other side.
Another reason why I wasn't a huge fan of this book was because the anticlimactic fight between Charlotte and the "big bad" antagonist (I won't say who, don't want to spoil it) was pretty lame. The issue was resolved too quickly and smoothly for my taste.
So that's what I thought but don't let that make you think you might not like this book.
Here's someone's (akalei228) review:

I was at the library looking for a book. i found ghostgirl, and i wasnt sure i would like it. it looked kindve boring, but once i started to read, i couldnt take my eyes off the book! i thought it was perfect. Tonya used very nice vocabulary within the book. the characters were so realistic, i felt myself becoming like charlotte and scarlet. i have so many petulas and wendys at my school, its hard to fit in. but thankfully, i also have a damen. as she described damen, i pictured him so well, i probably would have fallen for him if he was real. every move that the characters made, every word, i could picture myself, and other people BEING the wendys, petula, prue, damen, mr. brain, sam, metal mike, etc.

the whole point behind the book, is to teach us a very valuable lesson. be yourself, even if you're not popular, you should be proud of who you are. you may feel invisible, but know that some people notice you. i started a facebook a few days ago, i started with just my basic friends. but as i got closer to the end of the week, popular people asked me to be their friend, ME!!! so they must have noticed me.

charlotte may have never thought that she could never be popular, but she tried, and thats good enough for me. as long as you believe in yourself, and dont be conceited and care for others, you can do anything.

You see? It is enjoyable to a lot of others which is why I'm letting you see the different POVs. It's not for everyone. If you've been to a school like that girl up there, you'll be able to relate to Charlotte more. I am honestly not that way. I don't care about the whole popularity thing. I'm okay with just being me and having the friends that I have and who like me for me, just like I like them for being themselves. I'm not saying it's bad or a character flaw to want to be popular. It's only human after all right? I'm just saying, you should be happy with the way you are and not try and change yourself just so you can be "friends" with people who are most likely going to be cruel to you or with people who are probably going to be out of your life in a year or so. Be yourself and be a friend to those that matter, those people with great, nice, sweet personalities that are just waiting for you to find them. :D
As you can see, popularity is a major issue addressed in this book. I love that because well, people deal with this all the time, everyday, many times throughout our lives. Even though I like that, I still didn't find myself loving this book, sorry :(. You should consider those things I pointed out, if you think this book is for you then check it out :D
Note:
I LOVED how at the beginning of each chapter Tonya Hurley quotes some poems and music especially since she quoted my second favorite Smiths song :) She also quoted Radiohead and Belle and Sebastian who I LOVE :D There were some other's I liked but I can't remember.

YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-goth
-afterlife and/or the in-between-place
-humor
-hot unattainable guys
-wanting to be popular
-awesome music!---well for the most part, I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance and some others mentioned in the book
-haunted houses
-Tonya Hurley-read more about her here. Then check out the Ghostgirl site then if you want buy some Ghostgirl T-shirts at Hot Topic.

New video for Airborne Toxic Event-Sometime Around Midnight

I don't know if you guys have seen it but there's a new video for Sometime Around Midnight. I LOVE this song. The old video is this here. I posted it before here so you might remember it ;D

Which one do you like more? I prefer the new one. :) Gosh the lead singer's cute huh? hehe there's just something about a guy in a suit.

Callum Blue (Mason!!) has been cast as General Zod on Smallville

Isn't that AWESOME?! I am having a hard time imagining adorable British Mason (from the amazing dead like me!) acting as a mean alien but I'm still really excited! :D

Check out more info here.


If you still haven't seen the tv show Dead Like Me, then what are you waiting for? Go watch it! It's awesome and quite hilarious. :)

Waiting on Wednesday: Libyrinth by Pearl North

Synopsis

In her debut novel, Pearl North takes readers centuries into the future, to a forgotten colony of Earth where technology masquerades as magic and wars are fought over books.

Haly is a Libyrarian, one of a group of people dedicated to preserving and protecting the knowledge passed down from the Ancients and stored in the endless maze of books known as the Libyrinth. But Haly has a secret: The books speak to her.

When the threat of the rival Eradicants drives her from her home, Haly learns that things are not all she thinks they are. Taken prisoner by the Eradicants, who believe the written word to be evil, she sees the world through their eyes and comes to understand that they are not the book-burning monsters that she has known her entire life.

The words of a young girl hiding in an attic—written hundreds of years before Haly’s birth—will spark the interest of her captors and begin the change necessary to end the conflict between the Eradicants and Libyrarians. With the help of her loyal companion Nod, a creature of the Libyrinth, Haly must mend the rift between the two groups before their war for knowledge destroys them all. Haly’s life—and the lives of everyone she knows—will never be the same.

A powerful adventure that unites the present and future, Libyrinth is a fresh, magical novel that will draw in young readers of all genres.

Release Date: July 7, 2009

Why I'm Waiting on it?
It sounds quite a bit like a book I REALLY like Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury. I'm quite curious about how this one will be like. I also absolutely LOVE post apocalyptic kinds of stories(it's not completely post apocalyptic but a little bit, I mean something must have happened to the world to end up like that right?). I seriously can't get enough of them.

WoW hosted by Breaking the Spine. :) Go check out the other WoW posts.

(500) Days of Summer (Review)

Rating: 5/5
Age R: pg-13
Release Date: July 17, 2009 (limited)
Cast: Zooey Deschanel (Yes, Man, Winter Passing, Elf, The Happening)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (10 Things I Hate About You, Angels in the Outfield, Along for the Ride, Brick, Killshot, That 70's Show)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds, Alvin and the Chipmunks)
Synopsis:
This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true to life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair.
Thoughts:
Like it says on the synopsis, you should know straight off that this movie is NOT a love story. It's basically a story about heartbreak and about the ugly truth of love. It's about how not everyone gets a happy ending.
Tom (Levitt) begins to fall in love with his boss's new assistant Summer (Deschanel) but the thing is, she doesn't believe in love. Then one day, out of the blue, she kisses him. Unfortunately she doesn't want a serious relationship(she basically wants a boy toy is what I think). He agrees. Things happen in those 500 days of knowing Summer.
It's an amazing adventure you'll love to go through along side poor Tom. It's not only sad and truthful but it's also EXTREMELY funny. The awesomeness doesn't stop there. The director, Marc Weeb, is beyond talented. Should I say more? Okay I will. He's super amazing when it comes to directing! There were many moments thoughout the movie that just left me in awe. You will completely agree with me once you watch it, if you do. But you will. :D If you don't want to see it I will dress up like a ninja, hunt you down, and MAKE you watch it. So you better watch it. :D
Summer is not likable, not to me anyway and I'm sure tons of people will not like her either. She is just one of those heartbreakers. You will find yourself liking her ..then hating her just like poor Tom. It's just sad but you know this happens ALL the time in real life, it's happened to you, it's happened to your friend, your neighbor yatayata yet you still can't help but love the story.
I thought this movie was very nicely done. It's definitely one of those movies you want to watch in theatres then own so you can watch over and over again. Especially after a hearbreak. I don't mean to say it's gonna make you all happy again but it'll let you know you're not alone. It happens *shrug*.
You'll love everything about this movie, the cute protagonists, the wise young sister, funny dork best friends, the awesome soundtrack that you're going to have to own, and being able to relate to the story as a whole.
Enjoy!

Favorite Moments:
-The beginning of the movie, the authors note (shown below).
-The dance sequence that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a bunch of people dressed in blue perform. It was amazing! A great touch.
-Whenever Tom spoke to his very wise younger sister about relationship advice. Hilarious.
-When Matthew Gray Gubler talked about his "dream" girl. Sooo funny.
-When the screen was split in two and on the left was what Tom expected to happen and on the right was what really happened. Ingenious.
-When it seems like Tom's world has ended because he found out something extremely depressing--the whole city turns into an architectuaral like sketch (he likes architecture).
-When they say penis (it probably doesn't seem funny but...you'll see).
-The ending. Sooo funny!

Quotes(that I can remember):
A movie about a vampire that is a giant, it's called Vangiant. Too funny.

Author's note:
"The characters in this movie are purely fictional. Any similarities between them and real individuals are purely coincidental. Except of you Jane Doe....bitch"
*there's an actual name there instead of Jane Doe but I can't remember it.

Trailer:



Soundtrack:

1.		A Story of Boy Meets Girl - Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen
2.		Us - Regina Spektor
3.		There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
4.		Bad Kids - Black Lips
5.		Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
6.		There Goes The Fear - Doves
7.		You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
8.		Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
9.		Quelqu'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni
10.		Mushaboom - Feist
11.		Hero - Regina Spektor
12.		Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
13.		Vagabond - Wolfmother
14.		She's Got You High - Mumm-Ra
15.		Here Comes Your Man - Meaghan Smith
16.		Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him

I ADORE the soundtrack especially some of my favorites:
The Smiths
Regina Spektor
Simon & Garfunkel
Feist


Release Date: July 17, 2009 (limited)

Hayao Miyasaki's new movie trailer!!! Ponyo

Can't wait!! I've been waiting for a trailer FOREVER!! ..okay since like last year and a while back after seeing the pics. :)


Release Date: August 14, 2009

I really want to see the subbed version though... :(



I could buy it but..yeah expensive!

The animation looks quite different from Miyasaki's regular style. I still like it though. It looks ..childish and not in a bad way.

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland --Alice, Tweedledee and Tweedledum

I love this one! It's sooo pretty!


Remember this movie is not really a remake it's more like a sequel since Alice is 17 and the plot is VERY different from the original.

WWYCOA: Zombieland

hilarious! I can't wait :D

"My momma always told me, someday you'll be getting some" hahaha

"You guys want some Purell?" hahahahaha oh man

I love Jesse what's his name (Adventureland, The Squid and the Whale, The Education of Charlie Banks) and Abigail whats her name (Little Miss Sunshine) can't wait!!!

Release Date: October 9, 2009

The Last Airbender Official Trailer

Looks pretty neat but ..I think it's gonna suck. I sure hope I'm proven wrong.
I thought the show was pretty neat and cute. I never finished watching it because it was getting boring but maybe someday I'll get back to it. Maybe not.
Either way I'm still pretty curious about this movie especially since Dev Patel from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (!!) will be starring as Zuko the evil fire guy.

Release Date: July 2, 2010 (subject to change of course)

Picture: Old Shoes

These are some old shoes that used to be my uncle's. I found them last year at one of my grandma's houses. She doesn't use it anymore but I think she's getting it fixed up or something. Well, my uncle had to use those when he was little to help him walk since he had trouble with his legs. He used them 40+ years ago when he was around four years old. Poor fella. :(

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

Guess what? USA Today has released come pics from Tim Burton's upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie. I've been waiting for MONTHS for some pics!!! :D

Check them out here.

Here are some of the main folks in the movie. If you want to see a larger pic click on them.

Mia Wasikowska--she will be starring as Alice. *This pic is not from the movie.


Helena Bonham Carter-will be the Red Queen.

Johnny Depp-he will be the Mad Hatter.

Anne Hathaway--another newcomer to Burton's films. She will be the White Queen.

I LOVE these pics!!!


The movie comes out March 5, 2010.

Oh I can't wait to see the trailer! ..then the actual movie of course.

Comments? Thoughts? Excited?

Winner!!!

Congrats! I've already emailed you so get back to me with your address. :D

List Randomizer

There were 88 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Mariah
2. Cindy
3. Mandy K
4. Llehn
5. Wrighty
6. Brittany
7. Mandy K
8. Brittany
9. Germaine
10. bridget3420

There were quite a number of entries huh? 88 is a LOT thanks for entering folks. :D

Thank you all for the awesome suggestions for funny books. I already looked up some that I hadn't even heard of and they really do sound funny, especially the Stephanie Plum series.

Be sure to enter my next giveaway.

Book Giveaway!! In Too Deep by Jennifer Banash or Golden Girl by Micol Ostow

Hey folks! As part of Shooting Stars Mag's YA Book Carnival I'm holding a giveaway! Woot! :D
Enter for a chance to win:

Golden Girl: A Bradford Novel In Too Deep: An Elite Novel (Book 2)
by Micol Ostow by Jennifer Banash

OR

There will be ONE winner for their choice of either book. I would have two winners but I only have enough stamps to mail out one book, sorry. I am not going to get a chance to buy more stamps or go to the post office so sorry, maybe next time.

In Too Deep is the second book in the Elite series so keep in mind it's not the first book! You might want to get it so you can be ready for the third book in the series which comes out July 7!! :D Golden Girl is the first in its series.
If you want to know more about The Elite series you can read my review of The Elite here and of In Too Deep here.

Rules:
-In order for your entry to count you MUST comment on the ShoutMix box below(+1).




If you can't comment on the first one anymore (there's only a certain amount of comments allowed) then comment on the box below. :) If you have any questions, feel free to email me. :)

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-US Only I'm sorry :(

Begin date of Giveaway: June 21
End date: July 3 midnight central

I will post the winners July 4 or 5.

Be sure to enter the rest of the contests going on here. Good luck!

Get yourself nine FREE live Coldplay songs

Go here to get them.

I was checking out their site and found that there. They gave us a cute colorful CD with those tracks after the concert I went to in San Antonio, TX recently. :) It's really neat. That Chris Martin sure is hilarious. :D

In My Mailbox

Thanks to The Story Siren and Alea for IMM :D

This past week I received:




The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Mommy Grace by Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman (yeah..not my kind of book or my mom's, she does not need it, she's already awesome)
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter (hmm..not really my kind of book or my mom's)
Beginner's Greek by James Collins (the cover alone looks cute! and on the back a critic said that fans of Jane Austin would love it and I'm a fan of JA!)
Scream by Mike Deloso
Magickeepers by Erica Kirov (a present for a family member)--ever notice how the guy's face is NOT proportional to his body?
You Are So Undead To Me by Stacey Jay (for a friend who loves zombies!) I won this from Marissa at Don't Judge Me By My Cover (go check it out!)and it came with an adorable card!! :D Thanks!
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (it was on sale, I couldn't help it, I still haven't even finished Wicked Lovely...)
Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot--on sale! ..and I haven't read it yet so it was not all for nothing.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow-I HAD to buy it. A few months ago I borrowed it from the library but didn't get to finish it. I loved what I had read though. :D

and finally...



The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gosh you have no idea how excited I was to find this in my mailbox the day it arrived. I seriously jumped up and down with joy :) I LOVE del Toro's work. Him being a fellow Mexican (my parents are Mexican) makes him more relateable. :D ..sure I wasn't born in Mexico, but still :D hehe I love Pan's Labyrinth! ..just sayin'..and Hellboy, well, only the first one the second one was um, I'm sorry Mr. del Toro but I did not like the second one. I still can't wait for The Hobbit though :) He and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy director!!!) are currently working on it FYI. Another thing Guillermo del Toro is going to do is direct the movie Drood based on the book by Dan Simmons.

Uglies Movie Info

Check out Scott Westerfield's site here and comment with what key things YOU think the creators of The Uglies movie should keep in mind.

Deadline for comments is next Friday 3PM New York time. :D

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

Non-YA
Rating: 4/5
Age R: 15+ (It's not appropriate for younger audiences and it's aimed more towards older audiences)
Release Date: January 8, 2009
Synopsis:
When Truly's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated--Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers.

Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book--containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers--has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly's biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on.

When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly's brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling--the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques--hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan's family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly's reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

Thoughts:
In her first novel, Tiffany Baker, takes us into quite the interesting adventure full of captivating writing, complex characters, a "giant"and so much sadness.
At first the story started off kind of slowly for me but after the first chapter it really picks up. I immediately wanted to know more about Truly and how her life would be. It was indeed very interesting but at times I found myself really frustrated with her. She could have made it better by not letting Robert Morgan boss her around. I understand the reason why she had to stick by him, being threatened and because she wanted to be there for Bobbie but at the same time she could have just run away with him or something! Not just stand there all those years and take all that harshness from the guy. Other than that I often felt sad for Truly. She's not your average protagonist which I absolutely loved. I get tired of all those perfect great looking protagonist who whine about this or that. Truly's life is pretty difficult because as she's growing up people always compare her with her beautiful and perfect sister Serena Jane. After Serena Jane leaves town, Truly is still not respected because of her size. Later it turns out she's going to continue to grow and grow (like the boy from Big Fish, love that movie BTW). She basically only has three friends in her life that she loves and who love her but then she doesn't really see them/talk to them at all. I did not like this. I understand that basically she was forbidden to communicate with them much but ..not really. She could have done something about that, which is another thing that irked me about Truly.
For all her character flaws I still grew (honestly, no pun intended) to like her and her life, even if it did make me sad. I just couldn't help but love the writing and the story in this book. It seriously got me hooked and for a debut novel, that's incredible.
I have to say, my favorite character was Marcus. The guy was just SO lovable I wanted to somehow get in those pages and hug him for his adorableness and sweetness. I also loved how he knew all these facts about Russian dogs, plants, and such. As I was reading the book, I practically lived for those moments until unfortunately they stopped. :(
About the sad parts in the book-
There were times where I thought certain situations that would normally be extremely sad just were not executed properly. The reader did not feel too much because we don't get many details as expected. It's just "look at her, oh, she dies" that's it. The emotion in some parts of the novel was just not that great and at times information was just thrown at you. In a way it shocked you in a surprisingly good way but other times it just left me thinking "what the fruit?"
Another thing I most definitely loved was that even though people judge Truly for her looks and she never has a boyfriend, her story is told realisticly. There's not romance that suddenly comes out of nowhere and hits you in the face. Oh but there's a romance indeed. :) That's not the main point of the story so don't get this book just for that okay? It's also not all about how Truly feels being an outcast. It's just about her life if that makes sense. There are moments where she talks about how people treat her but those are pretty rare.

Overall a very enjoyable read. It may have some flaws but you can't help but enjoy the ride. I really, really liked it. :D
Note: The story takes place not in this century I completely forgot when exactly. Definitely around a war..I forgot which I'm sorry :( It's not really a main thing so don't blame me too much for forgetting okay? :D I feel it's important to note that this doesn't take place in the 21st century because then you won't be thinking "why doesn't she just do this? or that?" Back then certain things were just not a possibility. :(

Quote/s:

Truly's father telling her she doesn't resemble her mother
'Not a lick of your mother in you,' he said, then chuckled. 'More like three licks...' I thought about the X-ray glasses advertised on the back of the cereal box we'd bought last week. Right then, I wished my father could have put them on. Then maybe he would have seen that I was more like my mother than it appeared....'Just fine,' he repeated into the empty air, ignoring the tiny razor teeth that were nibbling at my soul and quietly eliminating it, making me small in spite of my heft. Making me less than half the girl I wanted to be.

YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-witches
-big people
-outcasts
-small towns
-homosexuality
-frienship
-medicine/doctors
-sisterly troubles
-parent/s that has/have passed on
-evil teachers!
-tough childhood
-Big Fish

Song: You Can Fly from the Peter Pan movie

now, think of the happiest things, it's the same as having wings

Free Book Online-I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle

Just click on browse inside this book and it'll take you right there.

It's pretty darn awesome I recommend it. Especially if you plan on watching the upcoming movie. :D

Enjoy!

If you have ANY questions about ANYTHING email me or leave your email in the comment section in this format: [yourlovelyemail (at) youremailhost (dot) com] Wouldn't want you to get spam.

:)

Community-Joel McHale's new show :D

I found out about this quite a while back from Joel's website but forgot to post about it :)
I'm so excited! I love Joel McHale (The Soup!) and all his awesomeness and cuteness hehe :D

Seems hilarious. I hope it's a hit and lasts for a long while otherwise I'll be super sad :(

Starts on NBC this fall!!!!!

Watching it? I sure am :D

Read Anna Godbersen's The Luxe online for FREE

That's right for a limited time only you can read Anna Godbersen's The Luxe for free and legally.

Check it out here.

I still haven't finished reading it. Yes, yes I know tsk tsk

GO!! Hurry because who knows how long it'll be there for.

:)
Happy reading! :)

Dream Thursday: Attack of the Bunnies

I haven't had any dreams I can remember :(

BUT, I did have one about two years ago I remember hehe it's ridiculous

Dream:

This whole dream looked JUST like the video game Grand Theft Auto (Yes, I played it around the time I had this dream one GTA game had recently come out and I was playing against a friend of mine during school that week, don't worry it was a class that allowed it). I was running away from hundreds of little white bunnies. Why was I running you ask? Well, they were trying to friggin' KILL ME!! Those little bastards. They were all wielding machine guns and coming at me like there was no tomorrow. They just ran so friggin' fast, you have no idea. The last thing I remember was hopping into a car with someone driving me to safety.

Any interesting/odd/crazy dreams you've had lately?

Song: Coffee Shop by Landon Pigg

Yes I first heard this song on the AT&T commercial. :) It's sooo pretty!! And the lyrics are beautiful! :D

Enjoy!

President Obama--ever wonder if he's a robot?

After seeing that video with the fly yet again, I wonder, what if he's a robot? That would be VERY interesting. hehe :)

Just sayin'

Waiting on Wednesday

Paperback Release Date: June 23, 2009

Yeah I know the hardcover version's already been released but I, unlike those with tons of money, tend to wait for paperbacks to come out. They are WAY cheaper this way. I also tend to buy books on sale most of the time to save even more money. So yeah. Paperback, man, paperback. :D

WoW hosted by Breaking the Spine. :)

Oh. My. Shirtless Taylor Lautner

I'm speechless (in a good way)

I'm not a huge fan of those movies but..um he's hot, okay?

BTW this pic is FANMADE apparently. Sigh. I wonder what he really looks like... lala land hehe :D Nah actually he's still really hot as some of ya'll I'm sure have seen out there on the internet I can't find any official pictures mostly because I'm not gonna look... haha

Love It: It's Always Sunny

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming back in SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait (!!) As you can see I love exclamation marks. exclaim exclaim exclaim exclaim exclaim exclaim

:D

If you have no idea what It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is (GASP) then you can catch up (for the most part) before the show begins and all for FREE. Go watch some episodes online (legally) at FX or Hulu.

Have fun! :)

Reads for the Summer

Ok here are a few reads you guys might like to read this summer :) The ones with my review will link you to it. :D



























If you have any recommendations let me know in the comments. :)
I always love hearing/reading about new reads.

Soon I'll post up some movie recommendations for the summer.