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Post by areligh on Sept 13, 2006 13:32:17 GMT -5
I noticed on imdb that they are making a movie of this book for 2008, no cast is listed, and no info on auditions that i know of yet. Maybe they'll have opens?
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Post by sally on Sept 13, 2006 14:19:03 GMT -5
thanks areligh I'll see if I can do some digging
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Post by sally on Sept 13, 2006 14:22:48 GMT -5
www.amazon.com/Great-Terrible-Beauty-Libba-Bray/dp/0385730284 ok I found this like for a book and after digging lol I have found out that there the same thing I'll just go and get a summery........ brb Amazon.com A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy--jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel. Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother’s death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls’ academy with a mysterious burned-out East Wing. There Gemma is snubbed by powerful Felicity, beautiful Pippa, and even her own dumpy roommate Ann, until she blackmails herself and Ann into the treacherous clique. Gemma is distressed to find that she has been followed from India by Kartik, a beautiful young man who warns her to fight off the visions. Nevertheless, they continue, and one night she is led by a child-spirit to find a diary that reveals the secrets of a mystical Order. The clique soon finds a way to accompany Gemma to the other-world realms of her visions "for a bit of fun" and to taste the power they will never have as Victorian wives, but they discover that the delights of the realms are overwhelmed by a menace they cannot control. Gemma is left wi! th the knowledge that her role as the link between worlds leaves her with a mission to seek out the "others" and rebuild the Order. A Great and Terrible Beauty is an impressive first book in what should prove to be a fascinating trilogy
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Post by kia on Sept 13, 2006 17:04:57 GMT -5
OMYGOSHOMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!!! I freakin LOVE that book!!! I had no idea they were making it into a movie!! *nearly dies of excitement* GAH! I wonder if they're planning to do the sequel, too! If any of you have not read it, you MUST!!! Its fabulous! By Libba Bray! Oh, it's so brill, you have to read it! I wish they would hurry up, and bring auditions to LA! I would love to be Felicity, or even Gemma, or one of the other snobby girls even, like Cecile. ANYONE!
....whew... I'm gonna calm down now ;D
OMG OMG OMG! I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN!! I just started reading it and and I'm halfway through and it's sooooooooo goood!!!! what happens to gemma and kartik though?
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Post by lydia on Sept 14, 2006 18:23:15 GMT -5
Wow, sounds interesting. Has the movie gotten very far?
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Post by sally on Sept 16, 2006 5:51:49 GMT -5
nope no parts have been cast as far as I can tell.
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Post by kia on Sept 16, 2006 18:09:58 GMT -5
Oh, please, PLEASE tell me if you hear anything new!
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Post by alexia on Sept 16, 2006 19:17:36 GMT -5
Wow Kia....lol you must REALLY love that book. lol.
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Post by kia on Sept 22, 2006 18:16:41 GMT -5
It is so good, Alexia! You just MUST read it!
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Post by steph on Sept 22, 2006 18:33:36 GMT -5
I think I wanna read it now!!
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Post by sally on Sept 25, 2006 14:16:55 GMT -5
I bought it today
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Post by alexia on Sept 25, 2006 22:30:05 GMT -5
I'm going to the bookstore tomorrow..I'm buying: Prophecy of the Stones A Great and Terrible Beauty (you convinced me Kia lol) True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Loveley Bones
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Post by alexia on Sept 26, 2006 20:07:05 GMT -5
I got everything except for Prophecy of the Stones....I couldn't find it ANYWHERE! So I just got The It Girl. I've started reading it, and it's actually pretty good. Hey, has anybody here read the Gossip Girl series before? They're pretty good!
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Post by sally on Sept 27, 2006 1:34:17 GMT -5
my friend is currently looking for them so i can borrow them
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Post by alexia on Sept 27, 2006 14:05:26 GMT -5
I take that back on Gossip Girl..It Girl is SO MUCH better!
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