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Another Great Review

Just saw this great review from Mitali from Alley of Books and I have to say its one of my favorite so far!  So sweet and I agree with all of it!  Here is a little snippet of what she says:

"In all my 19 years, of all the vocabulary I have acquired, I don't think I possess the words that could describe how much I loved Beautiful Creatures. Of the meager words that I have under my belt, the ones that I would use to convey the feelings I felt while reading BC and well after I was done would be limited to OMG, that was fan-freaking-tastic and I need more stat!. I am about to die of excitement. This is one of the most amazing books of the 21st century that I have read."

She also did an interview with Kam and Margie.  Here is a little snippet of that as well:

1) Ethan & Lena - who do you identify with more? Why?

Margie: I identify more with Ethan. He’s a pleaser, he wants to keep his friends and do the right thing by everyone. But inside, he knows he’s different, he knows he needs to step out of himself and not be afraid to be the person he really is, even if that means rocking the boat. I always felt like that growing up.

For the rest of the review and interview head on over to Alley of Books and check it out! Thank you Mitali for such a great review! 

xx

-Caster Girl 25 

BC Trailer

This is for all of you who have yet to see the amazing book trailer for Beautiful Creatures.  Vania from Vania Life Captures created this wonderful trailer to BC and I thought I would share it with all of you!  Check it out HERE!  

Leave comments and share with the rest of the world!  I hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think about it.  

xx

-Caster Girl 25

BC Reviews

Since Beautiful Creatures is set to be released this Tuesday there have been reviews already written on certain blogs.  I thought I would share them with whoever reads this blog, just in case you are still on the fence.  

You can check out Sara's really great review of BC at Urban Fantasy Blog

Here is another sweet review from Chandra Rooney at Dreaming in Red

And finally another wonderful review from Jen at Books at Midnight

Check them out and let us know what you think.  And if you have any reviews that you find let us know and we can also link them to this blog.  

I will post more reviews and anything BC related in the next couple of days.  I have been computer less for this whole weekend and luckily my cousin let me borrow her computer to update.  Hope everyone had a wonderful 4 day weekend!  See ya soon!!!!

xx

Caster Girl 25

Reading and Music

I know some people cannot read a book while listening to music but in my case I usually have to be listening to music as I am reading.  There is something about music that calms me and really blocks the rest of the world out so I can fully concentrate on what I am reading.  I know it sounds impossible but it really works for me. 

Certain books have their own atmosphere and sometimes the characters have their own music selection which helps me envision that atmosphere better.  If I have the band that the character likes I will usually make a playlist for that book.  Recently I have a playlist with Gogol Bordello and the Pixies and Wolf Parade etc because of a book I am reading at the moment.  It really helps to open up the world of a book if I have some sort of playlist to go along with it.  

Books for me not only open up a new world for me but sometimes they also introduce me to new music or sometimes I end up re discovering a band such as the Pixies and Gogol Bordello.  So my question to you is do you listen to music while you read?  If so what do you listen to?  Do you have a playlist already set up for reading?

-Caster Girl 25

BC Sightings

Beautiful Creatures is being shipped out and hitting bookshelves as we speak.  This is a very exciting time for Kami and Margie as well as for us Caster Girls.  Its it will be amazing to see BC personally in a bookstore and I cannot wait to encounter my first BC sighting.  Some people have already seen it at some bookstores around the country.  If you by any chance see it anywhere send us a picture and let us know where your location is.  We have had a NY sighting, a Atlanta sighting as well as some LA sightings.  We are interested in seeing all of your BC sightings pictures.  Share with us!  You can post them on Gatlin Community, and also sign up while you are there.  Its a great community where we can all discuss the book and other topics about the book.

Now go hunting!  

-Caster Girl 25 

Music Pick

So I'm on a lunch break from my training and I figured I would post a new music pick for today.  I was listening to a bunch of stuff on the plane but the one band that stood out the most was Carolina Liar.

 
If you haven't heard of Carolina Liar you should really start downloading some of their songs.  They are a great mellow band to listen to on those days where you are a bit anxious or nervous because they will soothe your soul.  Their lyrics are poetic and the music is hypnotizing.  It's also one of Ethan's favorite songs and so anything Ethan loves I love.

So check out their video HERE for their song Show Me What I'm Looking For.  It is a beautifully crafted song that will really capture your attention.  And if you haven't checked out Ethan's playlist you need to go over to the Beautiful Creatures blog and check it out!

-Caster Girl 25

P.S. How excited is everyone for the release of BC!!!!???  I'm getting mine the 9th, when are you getting yours???

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES LBC Site & Ning Went Live

Little, Brown's AMAZING BC site is now LIVE! There is even a 3-D map of Gatlin! LBC has really outdone themselves!

The BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ning is also LIVE.

Join now!

Beautiful Creatures: A Review

So I know I am a bit bias on Beautiful Creatures for the obvious reasons, but you should still take a moment and take into consideration this review if you are still on the fence about BC.  Its November 1st so you have a month to decide whether BC is worth your time, which I'm sure it will be if you read it.  

Like all the Caster Girls I read the book in the beginning stages and through all the revisions and got to see the making of BC and its world.  There haven't been many books that I have read that has captured my interest and time as BC did.  Even in the beginning stages when the story was only half done and not at all what the end product is today I was so intrigued with the story that of course I begged Kami to give me more even if it was just a chapter here and there.  

I can honestly say after reading BC I was completely in love with the whole world of the Casters and the books setting in South Carolina.  The interesting thing is that I loved the romance that BC has but it was not the only aspect of the book that makes it so great.  There is so much history interwoven into Ethan and Lena's relationship that you can't help but feel like you are a part of them because you know so much about them.  The story isn't a simple boy falls in love with girl situation its deeper than that and Margie and Kami have done such a great job making the story so complex and understandable and relatable at the same time.  

There is also a whole world that is created in this book, a new world that you are introduced by way of Lena.  I love books that can do this, create a unique place that if you just look close enough you can see, but because we are so wrapped up with our own lives we never really stop and look around.  You are taken into this world with Ethan and are left to experience it just as he is.  A new place that fills you with so much awe and just makes you feel so little compared to the bigger picture that is happening all around you.  

So to conclude this is a MUST read for anyone interested in love, romance, history, action and every other reason why you pick up a book to read.  This book has it all and its a long journey but one worth taking if you just give it a chance.  I know I am bias but trust me when I say you will absolutely love this story, the characters and the setting.  Take a chance and jump.....

-Caster Girl 25

Who Are the Caster Girls?

We call ourselves the Caster Girls, but who are we? We are the girls who dared authors Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl to write the YA novel BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. 

That's right... we dared them. And they accepted. They gave us the first 50 pages and we were hooked. We passed it around to our friends, and they loved BC too.  Every week, we texted Kami & Margie and sent Facebook messages demanding more pages. They averaged about fifty pages a week, until the book was finished. Then came the REALLy fun part - reading the drafts and watching BEAUTIFUL CREATURES evolve.

When you read BC, you'll understand why we call ourselves Caster Girls. And you'll realize there are more of us than you think.

Our identities are anonymous. Our ages range from 12-25, and we identify ourselves by our numbers. We can't show you our faces, but we can show you who we are...

   

   

   

       

All Photos by Vania Stoyanova of VLC Photo. 2009. All rights reserved.

Movies

I am a big time movie buff, I love movies and will watch almost anything.  My favorite kinds of movies are horror movies, anything that scares the crap out of me I will watch.  I just saw Paranormal Activity last night and now I can no longer sleep, which is the price I pay for watching these kinds of movies. 

I guess my obsession came when I was younger and my brother let me watch Nightmare on Elm Street with him, I was terrified but intrigued!  I wanted to watch more and more but I was such a scaredy cat my parents forbade it for awhile. 

 
So there are some upcoming movies that I thought I would share with all of you.  First up is The Fourth Kind. Trailer is HERE.  This is about alien abduction but I guess its based on actual events. It is set in a town in Alaska where there are tons of dissapearance and so this psychologist comes and interviews some town members who have said they have been abducted and they all have one thing in common which is seeing a white owl before being taken.  Really creepy!  It doesn't seem to have much gore but anything suspensful is worth watching.

 
Second up is 2012.  I love end of the world movies, The Day after Tomorrow, End of Days, I am Legend etc etc.  Disaster movies that seem completely impossible but in the back of your mind you are thinking "what if."  So 2012 is about how the Mayans or maybe Aztecs not sure, predicted the end of days to be in the year 2012 and this movie shows how it will happen.  Starring John Cusack (who by the way I love after Say Anything and Identity another scary movie you should watch.) Trailer for 2012 is HERE.   

 
Last is Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo.  Enough said, right?!  In case you need more it is set in a insane asylum for the dangeroulsy crazy people.  The trailer is HERE.  Anything set in an insane asylum has my vote for scary movie.  

What are your favorite kind of movies? If horror is your favorite you should definitely give me suggestions, I'm always up to seeing a really good scary movie.  

Enjoy getting the crap scared out of you!

-Caster Girl 25