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I don't understand what happens on page 417 to 421...what did Felicity's father do to her? I don''t get what he also means by sprinkle with fairy dust...?|||He molested her.
Fairy dust was a way for him to get into her room.|||rape her. fairy dust is just a way of getting her to let her guard down so she will let him in her room
I need to know what order these books by libba bray are in in the series.|||The first one is A Great and Terrible Beauty. I love that book! But I've never read the other two.|||It's "A Great and Terrible Beauty" then "Rebel Angel" then "The Sweet Far Thing". I enjoyed the first book, but I couldn't really get through more than half of the second book. I got bored with all the whining, I'm afraid. I do wish you better luck, though! I hope I helped!|||An excellent series~
1. A Great and Terrible Beauty
2. Rebel Angels
3. The Sweet Far Thing|||the first book is A Great And Terrible Beauty and then Rebel Angels the sweet far thing is the last one.
is she going to write a 4th book in the Gemma Doyle series? thanks.|||No. On the Gemma Doyle Trilogy website, it says that that A Sweet Far Thing is 'The third and final installment of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy.'
:( I was really hoping Kartik would come back from the grave or something like that.|||She's said nothing of that. I think The Sweet Far Thing is the last in the series. Haven't read it though, can't wait.|||I bought TheGreat and Terrible Beauty and The Rebel Angels, but haven't read them yet. What is the third book called?|||She is not planning on it, and I really don't want her to, I like the ending of The Sweet Far Thing the way it is. However, I hope that she writes more books!|||No it's trilogy so it stops at A sweet far Thing.
For my Religion class i have to read a book that deals with themes relating to morality and/or justice.
Like, stories dealing with sexuality, prejudice, poverty, militarism, the environment, media or other
It can be biographies, historial writings or play or other.
i have 2 books that i'm considering: "who do you think you are?" by Alice Munro and "a great and terrible beauty" by Libba Bray.
So i was hoping someone can help me pick an interesting book.. any suggestions will be welcome :D|||I love a great and terrible beauty, you might also consider a time to kill, it's long but there's a movie, it's brilliant!|||"The Giver" by Lois Lowry, I cannot remember what it is about but I'm sure it has something to do with freedom and justice. Try searching for it to see what it deals with.|||THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by Henry Adams
THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by William James
UP FROM SLAVERY by Booker T. Washington
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf
SILENT SPRING by Rachel Carson
SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
SPEAK, MEMORY by Vladimir Nabokov|||A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess presents an interesting debate of morality and justice quite superbly. A good read, too.|||spite fences by trudy krisher. good luck and god bless.|||Heal and Forgive: Forgiveness in the Face of Abuse, by Nancy Richards is a gripping, fast paced and quick read.
I have a japanese ps3 ( i live in japan ). Now, when i visit my family members (in California) during summers, i would probably buy some ps3 games or blue-rays movies. So I was seeing if there are ways to play and watch ps3 games and bray dvds from the states and japan, with my ps3 now.
thank you
by the way, it does play pirated movies. hahaha|||The blueray games for Ps3 are not region locked, so yes if you went to the States, feel free to buy as much as you want. As for movies im not sure. Maybe rent one, see if it works and then buy it.
is she comeing out with a fourth book to the beauty trilogy??? i REALLY need to no!!!???|||I believe trilogy just means three books. If you have read the third one, you will see how it ended.|||nooooooooooo :( (hints why its called a Trilogy)|||i have never heard of that before sorry but not to be mean but thanks for the points!!
How do you spell the girls name that sounds like Bray-dee?
Please don't give me your opinion on the name, just how would you spell it? Thanks.|||For a girl?
I would spell it Brady,or Bradi (Possibly Bradie or Braydi.I don't know though)|||I'm unaware that there's a girl's name which sounds like Brady, because there isn't.
Braydee is a particularly hilarious spelling of that masculine name, in that it contains Bray, the hee-haw sound a donkey makes.|||Brady, braidy, braydee, braidee|||I would spell it Bradi personally, but Braydee is cute =) or Braidee
Good luck =)|||Braiydeigh, Bradeeii, Breide, B-ray(dea).|||Brady.|||Brady|||Brady|||Bradey (:|||Brady|||Brady|||brady, unless you want to look ridiculous for spelling it really weird.|||Brady? I'm sure the name isn't a legit name any way
can anybody give me a summary of "the sweet far thing"?and also, what happens to gemma and kartrik??|||There are many difficulties going on in the realms. Gemma has promised each tribe a share of the magic but, after discovering some bad things about some, isn't sure if that's such a good idea or not.
Gemma loves Kartik but gets angry with him later in the book. They don't kiss until the middle of the book. She takes him into the realms with her and they find that they are "soul mates."
Circe is actually alive in the well where Gemma imprisoned her. Circe can talk but can't move. Gemma wants information but has to give Circe magic in exchange for it. Seeing as Gemma thinks Circe can't get out of the well, she gives her a bit of magic. But later, Circe escapes.
There is also a Tree of All Souls that is a source of magic in the WIinterlands. Eugina Spence was imprisoned there when Circe's tracker took her. Gemma has to destroy the Tree to stop evil from spreading throughout the realms. In the end, Gemma stabs it with a special dagger. Unfortunately, Kartik didn't move away from the tree in time and he dies.... =(
It turns out that Pippa and Felicity are... a bit more than friendly. Yes, they are lesbians and they kiss each other at one part....
Pippa was turning into a horrible Winterland creature since she did not cross over the river. She sacrafices this bunny to the Winterlands to get magic and becomes corrupted. The run-down castle where she lives in the realms begins to collaps, but she stands firm, yelling that she is the "Chosen One." The castles is destroyed and takes Pippa along with it.
Ann auditions for a musical play and gets the part, fortunately.
Felicity decides to move to Paris, where she will give up her skirts and sport trousers.
Gemma sails to America to go to university.
That's pretty much it. Sorry it's so jumbled up, but I was just typing out all that I could think of. Please message me if you have any other questions. This is my favorite book in the world and I would LOVE to test my knowledge of it!|||Actually, Kartik didn't die, he is trapped inside the tree forever. You can tell because it whispers gemma's name in the wind.and he made a bargain to exchange him for gemma. Report Abuse
|||i dont know sorry|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweet_F鈥?/a>
oh, and Kartik dies and then Gemma moves to America
Bray Alexander
Bray Pierce
Bray Donovan
Bray Lysander
Bray Liam
Bray Thomas
:)
xx|||lee
michael
james|||have to go with Sierra.... Bray Michael!|||Bray Austin
Bray James
Bray Hunter|||Bray Thomas.
Bray Alexander.
Bray Oliver.
Bray Elliot.
Bray Tristan.
Bray Jacob.
Bray Asher.
Bray Caleb.
Bray Everett.
Bray Carter.
Bray Cameron.
Bray Emmett.
Bray Jasper.
Bray Joseph.
Bray Lucas.
Bray Nathaniel.
Bray Sebastian.
Bray William.
Bray Patrick.
Bray Dominic.
Bray Isaac.
Bray Michael.
Bray Tobias.
Bray Reuben.
Bray Victor.
Bray Vincent.
Bray Davis.
Bray Finley.
Bray Oscar.
Bray Evan.
Bray Leon.
Bray Milo.
Bray Griffin.
Bray Weston.
Bray Maddox.
:]|||I'm sorry; don't really want to be rude but this what the name conjures up.
Are you sure you want this name for a child?
The following are synonyms for jackass (the animal that brays), synonyms for someone who acts like a jackass, and synonyms for the sound itself.
burro
donkey
jennet
maud
moke
mule
heehaw
whinny
yawp
blockhead
bonehead
dolt
dunce
fool
halfwit
nitwit
dope
idiot
imbecile
jerk
nitwit
numbskull
simpleton
twit|||Bray Leon
Bray Alexander
Bray Liam
Bray Anthony
Bray Sean..
Bray Alexander
Bray Pierce
Bray Donovan
Bray Lysander
Bray Liam
Bray Thomas
:)
xx|||lee
michael
james|||have to go with Sierra.... Bray Michael!|||Bray Austin
Bray James
Bray Hunter|||Bray Thomas.
Bray Alexander.
Bray Oliver.
Bray Elliot.
Bray Tristan.
Bray Jacob.
Bray Asher.
Bray Caleb.
Bray Everett.
Bray Carter.
Bray Cameron.
Bray Emmett.
Bray Jasper.
Bray Joseph.
Bray Lucas.
Bray Nathaniel.
Bray Sebastian.
Bray William.
Bray Patrick.
Bray Dominic.
Bray Isaac.
Bray Michael.
Bray Tobias.
Bray Reuben.
Bray Victor.
Bray Vincent.
Bray Davis.
Bray Finley.
Bray Oscar.
Bray Evan.
Bray Leon.
Bray Milo.
Bray Griffin.
Bray Weston.
Bray Maddox.
:]|||I'm sorry; don't really want to be rude but this what the name conjures up.
Are you sure you want this name for a child?
The following are synonyms for jackass (the animal that brays), synonyms for someone who acts like a jackass, and synonyms for the sound itself.
burro
donkey
jennet
maud
moke
mule
heehaw
whinny
yawp
blockhead
bonehead
dolt
dunce
fool
halfwit
nitwit
dope
idiot
imbecile
jerk
nitwit
numbskull
simpleton
twit|||Bray Leon
Bray Alexander
Bray Liam
Bray Anthony
Bray Sean..
How did the protagonist get mad cow disease?
I haven't read the novel yet, but I've been skimming reviews and plot overviews. I'm thinking about buying it.
Also, if you've read it, did you think it was a good book?|||I believe he got it from eating a burger.
It's one of my all time favorite books. Buy it; you won't regret it. Libba Bray is a fabulous and witty writer. :)
I want to read the book "A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. But I don't really like romance books. I like Fiction better , but even fiction books can kinda turn into romances sometimes. Can anybody tell me if this book is a romance? I would like to know before I read it. And also Im 14 is there anybody els about my age that can tell me if they liked it or not?|||Its full of romance its actually really beautiful. I am sixteen and I loved the book. You should get the book and over look the romance aspect because so many things are happening.|||There's a lot of romance in it, but it's mostly fantasy. I loved it, and read the whole series.
How old are you now if you were born May 14, 1971? This is supposedly Deanne Bray's age.|||On May 14, the person with a birthdate of May 14, 1971 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their birth. 2011 - 1971 = 40
But, since today's date, March 20, 2011 is prior to May 14, the last birthday the person celebrated would be the one on May 14, 2010 which would be the 39th anniversary of their birth. Customarily, they would be considered 39 years old until May 14, 2011 at which time they would become 40 years old.
Short answer: 39|||39 years old, almost 40|||She's 39.
I really loved the first two Libba Bray books, (the third was weird and disappointing.) I liked the era and the magic, so is there any other books like that out there? Any suggestions, please? Thanks!|||have u tried the bible?|||Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley
I haven't been able to find anything as awesome as A Great and Terrible Beauty, but those are some I kinda liked. I liked the Stolen One the best out of those three. Happy reading!
College or pro. Note the category this question is in-- who is best looking (cutest), not who has the highest QB rating, like the last time I asked this question. So far in the bowl season, Tennesee's Bray has my vote. (Yes, I do also enjoy the games -- my couch potato legs get tired from scrambling for extra yardage or trying to bring down the ball carrier.)|||I'm not a football fan, so I don't know that many, but I do kinda like Matt Leinart from Arizona Cardinals.
I wasn't initially pleased to see this trade. Hopefully this will turn out good like the Arroyo trade.|||Kearns and Lopez are solid young players. I think the Reds may have payed to steep of a price to help out their bullpen.|||Yawn...not much quality here except for Lopez, though Bray could be a good one in time. This trade won't be a diference-maker for either side.|||I am a Nats fan and the only problem i have with this trade is they got rid of Bray who is a good young pitcher. That was a big mistake in getting rid of him|||zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz|||Means Soriano is moving...|||Reds fan here, kinda disappointed, but i'll get over it. I heard bray is a future star so i'm feeling a little bit better about it. I really hate to see kearns go because he is an all-around outfielder, he can hit, run, and field. My only problem is trading for Royce Clayton, thaqts a big WTF. should have just gotten another prospect, because my reds have a ton of infielders, including castro, freel, olmedo, encarnacion, hatteberg, aurilia, and phillips, so 7 people to play 4 positions, now make that 8.|||i think that the reds are stupid and im not sure what they were thinking sure they got some bullpen help but the help sure wasnt worth the price. Felipe Lopez is a very good ss who is a all around player he can run hit for av and power he can field i also think that kearns is a solid ball player.the biggest reason this doesnt make sence to me is b/c they are in the pennant race i jus dont get it|||Being a Reds fan for 31 years, I think this trade may work. It is not the hitting that has been the problem, it is the pitching and defense. Felipe Lopez, despite being a good hitter, was rotten on defense. Austin Kearns will be missed, but at least that is one less strikeout in the lineup. When a team has three big men in the lineup, that is three chances in a row of strikeouts, especially when all three swing for the fence.
People need to stop getting so attach to players that they lose sight at what is important to the team. Defense and pitching win ball games. Look at the teams that have won the World Series in the last few years. Big men like Kearns can be replaced and shortstops like Lopez are easy to replace. Neither was an all-star. If the Reds traded an all star or potential all-star, then I would have a problem. Neither were all-stars.|||They must REALLY like Bray. Looks like the Nats are getting drunk in celebration over this one.|||I hate the trade personally. I am probably the biggest Austin Kearns fan and I did like Lopez. Yes, they did need pitching, and it might help them out but I wish they would have gotten rid of someone other than kearns. I'm in Louisville, Ky and watch the reds play every day and now I guess I'll only see Kearns when Reds are playing Nationals. I think getting rid of Dunn would have been a better deal. Dunn isn't great defensively and his average has been hovering around .240 for the last few years.
Initial estimates suggested up to 40 people were struck down after eating at his three-star Michelin restaurant in Bray, Berkshire.
But the figure has now leapt to 400 possible cases, said investigators from the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
The TV chef last week decided to close the famous restaurant after diners suffered vomiting and diarrhoea, and was hoping to reopen just days later.
Tests by his own food consultants ruled out food poisoning, indicating it was likely to be a gastro virus.
Sabotage or plain bad cooking??
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News鈥?/a>|||I have a friend who is an Environmental health officer. 10 years ago she was on the 'restaurants' section...lets just say our choice of eateries halved overnight.
It was always the nicest looking restaurants that had the worst horror stories.
I'm not saying this is the case with the Fat Duck cos these things do just happen..it doesn't always indicate hygiene or such like -communicable diseases amongst humans is just the price we pay for being pack animals!
I read this week that Heston shaves his hair because he has really tight curls and it would look like an afro...this has freaked me far more than the other news...Can you see him with mad curly hair?|||Apparently, they all have what is commonly known as Mediaitis! This disease starts with a select few obtaining a bout of food poisioning in a popular restaurant, then, due to an increase in media activity, the bug develops and morphs to this highly contaigous form!
Symptoms include skiving off work, lying, induced vomiting and a heavy dose of laxatives.
In other words, some will have food poisoning, but most will fake it for their moment of fame.|||Neither. My son has had severe vomiting and diarrhoea all week, and has passed it on (Thanks!!) to everyone else in the family. He got it at nursery, almost every other child in his room has it, or has had it in the past week. I don't blame the nursery - these things just happen. People get ill.
Heston has done everything he needed to, it's just one of those unfortunate things.|||Hmm well it could be food poisoining however we had a family get together where every one came down with a d and v bug except myself and my sis in law,who were vegetarians at the time- one of the relations ended up in hospital and docs said it could have been a virus brought in by the caterers or airbourne in the room,but odd that the only veges didn't get ill?|||There is only so much messing around that food can take.It was bound to happen at some time. it,s possible that it wasnt the food that caused it but the water supply.That happened to me once in a hotel i owned in Cornwall.All the guests were ill and also the guests in the hotel behind mine because the mains water was contaminated by sewage--a nightmare for anyone connected with catering|||Fatuous self congratulation and a large pinch of 'head up ones own @rse' in my opinion. I don't doubt the guy is a genius, did you see the Victorian feast thing? My only problem with it is that there wasn't one thing that made me go "Mmm, that looks nice" Too much messing about with food and not much real substance!|||Heston was on TV yesterday, claiming it was a virus, as people had phoned in and told him that even though they had eaten there, that their children had caught the same thing, and were not at the restaurant.
Who knows though? Suppose it'll all come out in the wash.|||It's probably a virus but for it to have been passed on to his customers in one evening I'm presuming one of his staff was the source, in which case maybe their hygiene standards need improving. Those viruses are nasty though and easily spread.|||probably just a narvo virus
thing is though, the more you play about with food, the more you open up pathways of infection
keep it simple, do it well|||Wrong type of snail in the porridge... http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploa鈥?/a>|||He lost a fortune didnt he? I suspect sabotage or possibly an angry customer annoyed at paying 拢130 for bacon and egg ice cream and snail porridge!|||I'm pretty sure it was just a virus.
Still, theres no such thing as bad publicity. even more people will be on the waiting list to pay a fortune for his revolting creations.
Theres nowt as queer as folk........|||A fat snail.|||idn sorry|||Undoubtedly Snail Porridge.......Who on earth would want to eat that!
I need some suggestions on what to read next. I'm on a personal reading marathon. =]
Here are my top 3 favorites to get you guys started:
1. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
2. The Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray
3.A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
You may add more to your list of 3 if you want. I'm just looking to see what's popular in the YA market now. Thanks!|||I love the hunger games and the gemma doyle trilogy! I also like,
1. Harry Potter
2. The Mortal Instruments
3. Graceling|||1. Bras and Broomsticks by: sarah mylnowski
2. Dream factory by: brad barkley
3. Heaven looks a lot like the mall by: wendy mass|||1. jessica's guide to dating on the dark side by beth fantaskey
2. hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins
3. the host by stephanie meyer|||1. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
2. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
3. Night World Series by L. J. Smith|||1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
2. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson
3. In Summer Light by Zibby O'Neil
These are all so excellent... They aren't just my favorite YA books. They are some of my favorite books of all time ever. (Because the novels we read as youngsters are the novels that will us forever. They are indelible.)|||The Hunger Games Trilogy
Harry potter Series
Eragon Series
So miles austin has a bye week and i need to know whether i should start Braylon at Buf or Lloyd at Ten?
Bray at Buf seems like a better matchup but the jets might run the ball. What do you think?|||lloyd. titans run zone so its not like they'll be doubling him after his big week last week. him and orton have a coonnection|||Braylon|||Braylon|||edwards|||Braylon for sure
Deadly little secret: by Laurie Stolarz
The Forest of hands and teeth :Carrie Ryan
evermore: alyson noel
a great and terrible beauty:Libby bray|||How long is the trip? Out of all these, I suggest A Great And Terrible Beauty. It is very long so you won't finish it halfway through your trip, and by far the best out of the 4--all of which I've read.|||I've never read any of them. Sorry.
Answer my question? Thank you.
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-_-_-|||The forest of hands and teeth. How long is the trip? Why not take all four?|||I have only read Evermore, and quite recently. I love her as an author, but I must say I was very dissapointed. The best part was the preview to the sequel! I would still read it to form your own opinion, just maybe bring a backup book? :)
Goodluck!|||Why not bring all four?
But if that just isn't an option, I suggest Evermore.|||Well I haven't read any of them. But I looked up the summaries of each book and Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Stolarz seems the most interesting to me.
Hope I helped and have a fun trip =]|||A Great and Terrible Beauty. If not, then The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
I haven't read A Great and Terrible Beauty or Deadly Little Secret, but my best friend absolutely *adores* A great and terrible beauty.
I myself have read The Forest and Evermore. I didn't like Evermore at all, and The Forest was great up until the ending.
I'm in a Regency / Victorian phase now. I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice, but liked Jane Eyre more. I also really liked the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray, as well as Beauty by Robin McKinley. However, I did not like Gossip Girl, the books and the television series.
Will I enjoy the Luxe series then? Are they as good as some of the books I have mentioned above?|||Someone mentioned that the books were the Gossip Girl of that era.
I started reading it and was interested throughout, but I couldn't finish the series. Its actually quite a easy read, but it wasn't exactly my taste.
Pick it up and see if you like it; I might have to try again.|||Yeah, it's not bad. It's actually quite intersting.
I think the Gemma Doyle Trilogy was better, but the other books are quite well matched.
so i read A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray and i had a couple questions.
1)did you like it? i sorta liked it,...
2)i didnt get the part about breaking the rune thingies and Gemma's mother "dying" and already being dead and stuffs... could you explain it?
3)did you feel like it was childish at times, and good at other times?
4)Gemma is a bad name. i know, not a question, but still.
5)what was with her mom?|||1. Yeah, i did like it. But its one of those books that don't really leave that much of an impression on me
2. The runes held the power of the realms. This is the way the Order held/ controlled the amount of power being used by whoever.
3. Not childish. And it was definitely good
4. I like the name Gemma, its different.
5. Virginia Doyle was actually Mary Dowd, the friend of Sarah Reese-Toome aka Circe aka Ms. Moore. When she died she went to the realms to wait for when Gemma discovers she can go there too. When Gemma destroyed the runes and let loose the magic in the realms Virginia/Mary crossed over to where souls go. It wasn't really mentioned, but if you understand her character you would know that she would not let herself be corrupted by staying in the realms for too long. She crossed over after the Runes were destroyed because she knew what could happen once the magic was loose.|||havent read book sry.. will read as soon as i get a copy
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nope i dunno wat the cryin thing it but every day (and i mean EVERY SINGLE DAY) todd says hi ahana so did u have fun with ur brother.. n then he follows me around 4 the rest of the period singing u had sex with ur bro|||i liked it, i bit annoying at times but pretty good.
well she dident die, she moved on to heaven i guess,she was in between worlds sort of.
at times it was childish, but yeah it also had its moments.
its popular in britain i think.
dont know what you mean? mabey you need to finish the series and somethings might be clarified for you.|||1. I was kind of mixed about it....but it was the best of the trilogy.
2. I was confused about it too...idk
3. The writing style? Yes, it was, but it had its moments.
4. Hahaha. Yeah it's very different.
5. Her mom died because she messed with Sarah Rees-Toome(aka Circe) and the magic of the realms...yeah thats a terrible explanation.
Anything by Tamora Pierce except the "Circle of Magic" series is probably right up your alley. Try Trickster's Queen first.|||i love the libba bray series they r awesome and i can't wait for the next one to come out!!!!! twilight is good, maximum ride is a good series but it's mostly adventure with a little bit of romance here and there..........inkheart is good too =]|||how about...
twilight series
harry potter
inkheart
artemis fowl
charlie bone
eragon
all series...and all really good
my starting wr are reggie wayne and santonio holmes. plus i have manningham on the bench and anthony gonzales on IR|||Its a toss up.|||braylon hasnt done ****. crabtree didnt even sign yet? but id go for a free agent mohomed massaquie of cleveland or nate washington of titans?|||The last guy pretty much said it bray hasnt done anything and crabtree hasnt signed he wont even be a factor this season if ever....anyway you could try for massaqoi or washington but my guess is they are already taken and if they are go for a donnie avery who is STL's number 1 wideout now I know its the rams but he is there number one and they dont have any other options or you could try for jacoby jones who is forming himself into a big time player.|||Lol. Crabtree isn't even on a team yet. Plus receivers take time to develop in the NFL. Crabtree will do jack**** this year. and edwards is about to be suspended. You need to look elsewhere. Try these options:
Mohamed Massaquoi
Sydney Rice
Nate Washington
Kenny Britt
(In that order)|||Neither one is worth picking up or keeping.
Potential players to add(if they're still available)....
Mike Sims-Walker
Nate Burleson
Pierre Garcon
Kevin Walter
Nate Washington|||I did that this morning
Edwards is toast
Crabtree is signed and will start producing in a couple weeks
By Libba Bray...A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and A Sweet Far Thing are the titles in the series!!!|||considering those books aren't that good there are alot that match up to it.
if you're looking for period pieces, try The Luxe series by Anna Godberson. I read the first two in a day, and the last two in two days. :)
I've read the Gemma Doyle series by Libba Bray, and that was REALLY good.
In terms of fantasy, I've read things like The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire, The Darkest Powers by Kelley Armstrong, virtually everything by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Ballad by Maggie Steifvater (which is about faeries, if you didn't know), and a plethora of other fantastical novels.
Any suggestions are appreciated, and I am open to graphic novels/manga.|||Dark Visions by L.J. Smith
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
House of Night by P.C Cast|||Try the film, Picnic at Hanging Rock.
No doubt taken from a book story.|||http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/580鈥?/a>
I `d like Record of Lodoss War in japanese writer`s.|||The Maximum Ride series and the Uglies series.
Suffice to say, I'm desperate for an entertaining read right about now. My favorite book series include "The Gemma Doyle Trilogy" by Libba Bray and "The Twilight Saga" by Stephenie Meyer. I'm also a fan of authors like Maureen Johnson, Gabrielle Zevin, and Scott Westerfeld, so I guess it goes without saying that I've read most of their works as well. I'm not really picky when it comes to genre, so feel free to be creative with that. It just seems like all the suggestions I get are for books written by the above authors, which, y'know, isn't all that helpful given my position. Any new suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D
And for the record, I've read a lot of the popular YA series as well, including Harry Potter, The Inheritance Trilogy, most of Meg Cabot's stuff, His Dark Materials, Chronicles of Narnia, etc. I'm not really looking for uber-mainstream stuff right now.|||Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Naughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Greogry
The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith
Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman|||Try some books by Scott Westerfeld. Peeps and Uglies were really good.
Also the blue bloods series by melissa de la cruz is really good.|||You should read:
Pellinor Series: The Narming (or The Gift), The Riddle, The Crow, and The Singing (but it's not out yet)
Gallagher Girls Series (really funny): I'd tell you i love you but then i'd have to kill you, cross my heart and hope to spy
Frog Princess Series: Frog Princess, No place for magic, dragon's breath, Salamander Spell|||Try Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters (Charlotte & Emily), you may like George Sand, Neil Gaiman (notably Stardust).
-A reader.|||The Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Summer at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
-some of her other novels are pretty good: Truth-teller's Tale
Maybe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Holly Black's books are pretty good.
Don't Die Dragonfly series by Linda Joy Singleton
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Heir's Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde, her other books are good too.|||some of the things i like are:
Magyk by Angie Sage
The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schrieiber
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
Rogue Angel by Alex Archer
East by Edith Pattou
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
the Angels in Pink series by Lurlene McDaniel
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor
The Icemark Chronicles by Stuart Hill
some authors i would suggest are:
Tamora Pierce
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Jane Austen
i hope these help!
random question :)|||Yes kind of, because he never see's her again as the chosen take her... But Bray finds Amber again a few episodes into season 3...
So even if Danni hadn't have got taken by the chosen, he'd have still dumped her for Amber as he loves Amber and gets her Pregnant, even her son is called Bray...But Unfortunately Bray never see's baby Bray as he gets taken away once Amber starts labour in a barn because they get banished from the city at the end of season 3 because Ebony schemes to get in the running at the election for city leader and Bray and Amber speak out against her and the fact that she's conned her way into being city leader and she sprung the guardian causing Ned to be killed .. (You'll find it all out sooner than you know it) But I'm surprised you haven't seen it yet, the tribe is 11 years old... I'm 23 now and still love it despite only being 12 when I first watched it.. lol.. x|||Doesn't she die?
I thought she was taken away by the Chosen and never seen again...
WHEN is the movie coming out???!!! i just finished a sweet far thing and bawled like a baby. i want a movie to come out like now lol! i dont want the trilogy to end!
So do u know anything about the movie? when its coming out or whats happening with it?
thanks!|||The movie is in its early stages and the status is "announced," so the release date is not out yet. It will probably be a couple of months at the least.
In which page of The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray is Felicity's ghost story about the four girls? The quote goes sort of like: "Are you ready? Shall I tell you a story? Once upon a time there were four girls. One was pretty. One was clever. One was charming. And one... One was mysterious. But these girls were damaged. Something not right about the lot of them. They were dreamers these girls, you see. though they could be different, special." I know I read it but I can't find it again in the book. Help, please!!!!!|||OH MY GOSH YOU ARE READING ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVERR!!!! LIKE OH MY GOSH YOU ARE GOING TO BE SAD WHEN YOU ARE DONE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT OF THOSE WONDERFUL SERIES OF BOOKS!!! THEY ROCK!!!!!!!|||hold on i am in the middle of the book, trying to find it....lol i have time to spare.
I could not find it...sorry|||It's not in The Sweet Far Thing. Felicity tells her "story" in the first book of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy: A Great and Terrible Beauty, pages 313-314.
My dog Mac was stolen from our family home in Bray on the 26th of April 2010. He is a 2 year old Jack Russell terrier. He is tan and white, fairly small and has a slightly longer tail than most Jack Russell Terriers. He is chipped and neutered and was wearing a blue bandanna collar with a name tag (though I doubt he still has that on).
We are devastated, he is completely a part of the family, and pretty much acted as the third child in the house.
He has a fantastic nature, is a bright and alert dog and pretty much everyone just falls in love with him.
Since we put the word out that he was taken, people have been really fantastic, be they friends, neighbors or even complete strangers, everyone has done what they can to help. Lots of people have posted about it on twitter, facebook,blogs and various lost and found sites. Many people have been in touch, looking for updates, other photos, posters and more information, so to help with that, I thought it would be worth setting up this site.
Hopefully I鈥檒l have good news soon, either way, I鈥檒l update when I can.
Thanks everyone for all the help and support.|||So sorry to hear about that.
I'm in Derry and i posted it on the facebook page of our local rescue for any followers who may be around the area.
Hope you find him soon.
[ADD]
May be worthwhile posting in the Other - Ireland section aswell as the Dublin section in here.
Contacting the local papers and news stations is always a good way to go if you haven't already.
Good luck|||i hope you find him-what sort of low life would steal someones dog?All the best mate-hope it works out well.|||Just a thought here,you say your dog was chipped.. Please call the micro chip company now!!!! Let them know your dog is gone, I work for a shelter and last week a stray came in that had been chipped we called the company and they told us that they received a call from some one claiming they bought the dog and was trying to change the info on the chip. Call them let them know your dog is missing if someone calls trying to change info on your dog the company will know get the new info from the person calling then call you and you got your thief!! Long shot I know but give it a shot. Good luck!|||What a disgusting and awful thing to do! I'm so sorry that some jackass did that! I don't live anywhere near you, but I pray that he is alright! Please let us know if you find him!
I have read things like twilight, Sarah Dessen, and Maximum ride. I like Libba Bray, Mari Mancusi, etc. I need some new books for this summer. Prefferably teen novels. Thx.|||Not really tseen novels, but definitely worth reading are the Odd Thomas books by Dean Koontz. You should easily be able to get through these. They are definitely funky and different than a lot of other fiction being written nowadays.
You might also like Watchers, also by Dean Koontz. It is about a dog that is given extra intelligence and eventually learns to "speak" with its' master. There is also an evil beast following them.|||Sweet Valley high books.|||As a librarian I get things like this a lot and since I'm about two years behind on what's popular for teens, I usually recommend looking at the various Yalsa lists.
I also recommend looking at the current nominees for the 2008 Yalsa Top Ten.|||Twilight is an awesome book. Nikki sixxs book was awesome and funky too.|||'a certain slant of light' by Lara witcomb|||Just in Case - Meg Rosoff
Lucas - Kevin Brooks
Before I Die - Jenny Downham
A Note of Madness -Tabitha Suzuma (about a boy with depression)
Life as we knew it - Susan Pfeffer
Daugther of Venice - Donna Jo Napoli
Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathon Stroud (Hilarious!)
hope these help!|||Jacquelin Woodson:
If You Come Softly
Show Way
Feathers
After Tupac & D Foster
Elizabeth Scott:
Perfect You
Spin the Bottle
Bloom
Living Dead Girl
Deb Calatti:
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
The Queen of Everything
The Nature of Jade
Wild Roses
Siobhan Vivian
A Little Friendly Advice
Vunce Upon A Time
www.teenreads.com....check it out..great website for finding new books|||I love all of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella's books. I am in the process of reading Emily Giffins books now. They are really great authors.
Meg has several Young Adult books/series. www.megcabot.com
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
I read the Great and Terrible beauty series and loved it!!!! I want to talk to her soooooo bad! If anyone knows of a way I could talk to her I would be so thankful. Preferably a way where she would actually respond or at very least hear me thanks ssssoooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!|||Your best bet is to contact her publishers Simon and Schuster. Publishers usually forward mail to the agent or the author.
For contact details http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/about/鈥?/a>
My name's Braden, but people have given me the nickname Bray. For some reason, I don't know why they gave me a nickname. Is my name not good enough for them to say or something?
Why do people give nicknames to others?|||I think it's a sign of familiarity and affection. People who call you Bray probably like you and feel comfortable calling you by a more familiar sounding name.
People are also lazy by nature and nicknames are easy to remember and say.|||When I give someone a nickname I ask them if it is OK. Most of the time they like the nickname. Most of the time if they are quys I call them by their last names. It is more personable that way.|||I'm probably very guilty of that.
We called my youngest daughter---"Runt" because she was so tiny.
I nicknamed one guy "Iggy" and it stuck--
I nicknamed one guy "Whistle Britches" and it stuck
Nicknames come in all types--some are shorter versions of your name and some are completely different. They are given in fun and camaraderie.|||It is easier to remember their names and it is a way of feeling you have a friend.|||It's a pneumonic device to help them remember the person.
It can be a reference to their physical appearance, their speech, their mannerisms, heredity, whatever.
Be glad that they recognize you and aren't ignoring you instead.|||...you're part o the family ...like joey the fish|||Well I don't know why i got Liss as my nickname, it's just a shorter version of Elyssa.
But my other nickname Elsa is easy to explain, it's what the stupid teachers at my school always call me when they first meet me, i don't know why, there's quite obviously a 'Y' in my name.|||Nicknames as long as not those teasing and mean ones are actually good! not tat ur name is particularly difficult to pronounce, but having a nickname is a sign of "closeness, warm and trust" between people.Calling ur real name is just too formal and not fun at all. we need something special like a nickname to bind us together :)|||I guess people just enjoy giving nicknames to people because it makes you more personal to them. everyone calls me Cack-hand lill, because im left-handed.|||Nicknames are terms of affection. You should be happy that you have such good friends.|||nick names r pronounced by their friends it give u another identity to that people who will love u|||well.ppl rem my name easily cos of e 'bra'.
some nicks are meant to be affectionate while e others are meant to offend.
but aint it boring to always use ur name?but pls dun call me bra,it sucks.
I read the first two books, and I cant wait to read the 3rd of the Trilogy by Libba Bray. My father lost his job, so we are currently struggling with money. The library does not have the book avaliable to read (I'm on hold as the 179 person!!!!). I really want to finish the series! I'm intersted in what happens with Gemma and Kartik. Please, can anyone help me?|||Sorry but what you are asking could cause other people to lose their jobs in the publishing industry. So I suggest you wait your turn at the library.
Meg Cabot has this to say about epiracy:
"But what about the many hard-working people who edited, copy-edited, copy-set, printed, designed, publicized, and did whatever else was necessary to get that book into print? The publishing industry is in big trouble right now, just like all those other industries we hear about on TV every night during the evening news…only no one is bailing the publishing industry out.
So publishers are having to lay people off, shut down whole divisions, and cancel book contracts. Projects some of us have been working on are being “post-poned indefinitely.” One of my best friends just got laid off from her job last week. And of course, bookstores all over the country are having to shut down due to flagging sales.
This is just wrong."|||You can get it from amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739356…|||i've uploaded that file here
http://sn.im/cdiv7
"It seems clear that Senate Republicans are prepared to take the partisan war over the courts into uncharted territory鈥攄elaying up-or-down votes on the Senate floor for even the most qualified and uncontroversial of the president's judicial nominees. If this continues, it will worsen an already serious problem of vacancies on the federal courts. And it will discourage from ever entering the confirmation process precisely the type of nominees both parties should want."
http://www.slate.com/id/2233309/|||I think this village idiot has proven that his cabinet and his czars are not the most valid and impressive group of people. His choices for people have shown that he makes bad choices so why trust it.
Watch the races today..and in the coming days and months ahead. Republicans are going ahead and dems are going out. Shows that America made a huge mistake and they are going to right themselves......
HUGE STATEMENT by AMERICA that their choice was a mistake!|||they had their big claps silenced by the voters.|||Meanwhile, your kind cheer when Democrats did it... why the change of heart? A bit of a hypocrite aren't you?|||Blah, blah, blah.
Sotomayor was confirmed much faster than Roberts or Alito.
Your question has no merit.|||I believe it falls under the heading of "Turnabout is fair play" and recall Democrats doing exactly the same things during Bush's tenure.
I have noticed that Demolemmings all tend to have extremely short memories, so I thought I'd just remind you of this little point.|||Republicans say a lot of things. Most of it is not sincere.
Their fake outrage is sometimes amusing. If some people actually believed the Republicans' ranting about "up or down votes" then they must be confused.|||Just trying to find out if the Democrats like having their own tactics used against them.|||It appears that the subjective divide is being played against the people again. Unparalleled ideologue extremists are being compared to "qualified and uncontroversial" to justify what is essentially a hostage taking on behalf of a special interest.
There are still Republicans with enough objectivity to see the difference between now and then, but the constant flaming of entertainers has made them a minority in their own party.
Newt Gingrich tried to take the whole Gov hostage and got the blame for messing up a lot of summer vacations. This is less visible but its going to cost them. The descent of the Republican party continues to my dismay but the delight of socialist. It is precisely the fools who took you on, that are heralding in the next wave of socialist buffoonery.
In A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray, what's the poem in the first few pages? I believe it's "Paradise Lost", by John Milton. If I'm write, where does the excerpt start and end? While I'm at it, does anyone know any other poems with that fey and ethereal quality to it? I need to find a poem to memorize, preferably one that's 20-25 lines long.|||I haven't read the book, but from a quick Google search I believe the epigraph is from Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott." Full text here:
I can't get the links to work so I'm pasting it here:
On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And through the field the road run by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.
Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Through the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four grey walls, and four grey towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.
By the margin, willow veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?
Only reapers, reaping early,
In among the bearded barley
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly;
Down to tower'd Camelot;
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers, " 'Tis the fairy
The Lady of Shalott."
There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.
And moving through a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot;
There the river eddy whirls,
And there the surly village churls,
And the red cloaks of market girls
Pass onward from Shalott.
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd lad,
Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad
Goes by to tower'd Camelot;
And sometimes through the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two.
She hath no loyal Knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.
But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often through the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights
And music, went to Camelot;
Or when the Moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed.
"I am half sick of shadows," said
The Lady of Shalott.
A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.
The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,
Like to some branch of stars we see
Hung in the golden Galaxy.
The bridle bells rang merrily
As he rode down to Camelot:
And from his blazon'd baldric slung
A mighty silver bugle hung,
And as he rode his armor rung
Beside remote Shalott.
All in the blue unclouded weather
Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,
The helmet and the helmet-feather
Burn'd like one burning flame together,
As he rode down to Camelot.
As often thro' the purple night,
Below the starry clusters bright,
Some bearded meteor, burning bright,
Moves over still Shalott.
His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;
On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow'd
His coal-black curls as on he rode,
As he rode down to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river
He flashed into the crystal mirror,
"Tirra lirra," by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.
She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces through the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack'd from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott.
In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining.
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And around about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.
And down the river's dim expanse
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance --
With a glassy countenance
Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.
Lying, robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right --
The leaves upon her falling light --
Thro' the noises of the night,
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.
Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly,
And her eyes were darkened wholly,
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot.
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.
Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses high,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and Burgher, Lord and Dame,
And around the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.
Who is this? And what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they crossed themselves for fear,
All the Knights at Camelot;
But Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."|||Go to Yahoo's search engine, put in a couple of short phrases in quotes, and you'll get websites. Or you could go here and use the FIND function, which is probably under EDIT in your toolbar:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/pl鈥?/a>
I'm doing a book report The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray and we have to find a few quotes that describe the setting, mood, theme of then novel kind of thing and lordy, it's a mighty big book so I was wondering if anyone had any quotes that they had that they think work well for a project like mine? Anything is fine I just NEED PAGE NUMBERS. I've got a few but not very good ones...
Thanks!
-Lindsey|||Here you go :) I hope this helps!:
Blood is thicker than water. That’s what they say. But in truth, most things are. –Gemma, page 673, The Sweet Far Thing
I’ve taken away her god, and she could kill me for it. –Gemma, page 709, The Sweet Far Thing
They’ve made her uncertain, and that’s how it’s done; that’s how we come to doubt what we know to be true. –Gemma, page 715, The Sweet Far Thing
“This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can.” –Kartik, page 652, The Sweet Far Thing
Everything is familiar and yet nothing seems as it was. –Gemma, page 624, The Sweet Far Thing
I have won. And winning, however cheaply bought, is thrilling. –Gemma, page 504, The Sweet Far Thing
“Even the best illusionist cannot cheat death.” –Dr. Theodore Van Ripple, page 514, The Sweet Far Thing
"You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.” –Dr. Theodore Van Ripple, page 518, The Sweet Far Thing
“The hand you hold longest is your own.” –Lily Trimble, page 198, The Sweet Far Thing
“Everyone’s trying to be someone else, Miss Worthless. Here I have the good fortune of being paid for it.” –Lily Trimble, page 200, The Sweet Far Thing
“But we can’t go back. We can only go forward,” I say, surprised to hear Miss Moore’s words coming out of my mouth. –Gemma, page 338, The Sweet Far Thing
It is followed by the strangest sound, one that starts low and moves high. A laugh. No, not a laugh—a giggle. It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become. –Gemma, page 813, The Sweet Far Thing
I hope I helped. :)
Hi,
My husband and I saw a house we loved in Santa Clara, California, on Bray avenue but the crime reports website has several thefts (4 in the last 3 days) and several registered offenders living nearby. This is our first home, we have been living in apartments throughout so we never did check the crime reports website. Having seen it now, i am a little overwhelmed with all the information.
I am not sure how to use that information. We are also new to that area and would like an opinion about that part of Santa Clara.
Thank you so much for your help!
Thanks!
AM|||yes i some time i forget to lock the door as i leave
and come back and nothing missing|||No.
I just got a kindle for Christmas and so far have read A Child Called It and Leaving Gee's Bend. I loved both books. I am 20 years old and want to know about some books that are more for my age. I like fiction books, something I can learn from. SOME of Steven King. Also I would like to know if any1 has read the Libba Bray books. I kinda want to read them but I'm afraid I wont like them.|||Addition by Toni Jordan
Grace Lisa Vandenburg, the narrator of this pleasant neurotic-girl-meets-boy debut, is 35 years old and has been addicted to counting since she was eight. She lives alone in Melbourne, Australia, and is on sick leave from her teaching job, filling her weeks with counting鈥攕teps and syllables and bites and things鈥攁nd sticking to her rigid routines, which include trips to the cafe and phone calls from her mother and self-absorbed younger sister.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Jacob Jankowski says: "I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." At the beginning of Water for Elephants, he is living out his days in a nursing home, hating every second of it. His life wasn't always like this, however, because Jacob ran away and joined the circus when he was twenty-one.
The Millenium Trilogy, starting with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
The Gemma Doyle trilogy and Beauty Queens are all available for Kindle & well worth reading.|||I'm 19 and have just finished reading A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray and I absolutely LOVED it! Seriously. I love the whole Victorian element to the book, as I've never read anything like that before, and her writing is very poetic. The story itself is intriguing and the characters are very unique, i cannot wait to get the next two in the trilogy so i definitely say go for it!!|||I highly recommend all of John Green's books, as well as Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Lexicon trilogy. All of Libba Bray's books are definitely worth reading, they're fantastic!
yes, i know, it just came out today...but i'm DYING to know what happens, and i can't actually get the book for another week...so PLEASE answer these two questions (ppl who don't want the book spoiled, just don't read the answers!)
1. your personal opinion of how the book is (scale of 1-10, and why)
2. if kartik and gemma actually get together!!!!
thanks so much :)|||Are you sure you're up for spoilers? Ok. For anyone reading this, please STOP if you do NOT want spoilers! So, please don't complain that I've spoiled it for you! You could've stopped when you wanted.
I just did a marathon reading of The Sweet Far Thing yesterday and so...:
1. Score: 9
This book was a beautiful, and sadly bittersweet, end to the series. At times, certain scenes will make you forget to breathe and other times it will tug at your heart strings. I've noticed that this book, more than the others, is more infused with morals and values, presenting subtle lessons along the way that are invaluable for an feminist or otherwise. There are themes of free will and choice as Gemma and the other characters struggle to understand the nature of destiny and their purpose. But the book also frustrates you with the actions that characters take and the actions they did not take. Did one certain character truly have to hold all of the burden of the Tree of Souls in the end because they, by chance, happened to be nearest it? You'll get what I mean when you near the end of the book, with the final climatic scene.
2. Kartik and Gemma do get together. It was beautiful. In fact, I was really surprised at the extent they got together... but all rabid fans will not be disappointed. I couldn't help squealing! =D Yet, it's true that with the highest hopes, comes the greatest fall. At times, you'll scream with frustration and plead with an imaginary Libba Bray in your head to be kinder. You'll begin wild imaginings where you hope and hope what you read isn't true and you HAVE to flip to the end, only to be disappointed. Or maybe it's just me. So, please don't get your hopes too high. Just enjoy the moments that they're together. I'd like to think that the Order and Rakshana symbol of love (two hands clasped in a circle) you'll see in the book aptly describes Gemma and Kartik.
As Kartik once said, "The hands are protected by the circle, the symbol of eternity...because there is no telling where it begins or ends, nor does it matter."
I hope that helps!|||they dont get together forever though. Report Abuse
|||heyy! yeahh i have no idea yet. i'm going like right now to get the book. but i'll tell you once i actually read it! it takes me atleast 2 days lol not 10 minutes. but i'll try maybe if you email me or something i can tell you...but yeah i'm sooo excitedd!
plus you can read the first chapter online here's the link:
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/gemmado鈥?/a>
her child hood and was her parents and siblings deaf|||http://www.deannebray.com/main.php
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106207/bio
http://us.indiantelevision.com/interview鈥?/a> (This is an interesting interview Deanne did.)
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites鈥?/a> (In this one Deanne mentions her "hearing family," which tells me that only she is deaf.)
you know the book by Libba Bray? is this the last one in the series?|||I'm a HUGE fan of Libba Bray's first two novels. Unfortunately, I only have a general timeframe for the release of SFT, because the date hadn't been announced the last time I was on her Web site. I believe it is sometime this autumn, but you can check www.libbabray.com and see if it's been updated.|||Fall 2007. go to wikipedia.org/The_Sweet_Far_Thing
when is the third and final book coming out? wat do u think will occur or be revealed in it?|||I'm a fan!!! the third book is coming out (for canada) dec.26. it uesed to be sept.25 but they had to change it (grrrr) i really hope gemma and kartik will get somewhere in their realationship. um pippa will go evil and they will have to kill her but felicity won't want to. (i wish pippa was still alive) well that's all i'm guessing will happen.
also... It's called "the sweet far thing"(best title yet) and for the US it's coming out on sept.25..
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray is about a girl in the 19th century, England who discovers she has magic powers. It's very good and if you haven't read it, I envy you. I wish I hadn't read it, not because it wasn't good, but because now I can't read it again and have the same magical feeling I had when I first read it.|||Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence
Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman
Naughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
Uglies saga by Scott Westerfeld
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith|||Rebel Angels and the Sweet Far Thing are two other books by Libba Bray, so they'd probably be on par with A Great and Terrible Beauty
..hope this helped :)
What are some good middle names for these names?
Makazia
Sophie
Blair
Trinity
Kinley
Brealyn ( bray Lynn)
Whitney
Lillian
I like these for middle names but need more suggestions.
Isabella or isabelle
Olivia
Lillian
Alia|||Makazia Lucy, Makazia Belle
Sophie Charlotte, Sophie Katherine
Blair Amelia, Blair Helena
Trinity Claire, Trinity Alice
Kinley Willow, Kinley Georgia
Brealyn Lucy, Brealyn Flora
Whitney Grace, Whitney Matilda
Lillian Scarlett, Lillian Beatrix
Maya;
鈾?mum to Ivy, wife to Morgan, pet shop worker, English student.
#2 due May/June 2012!
http://www.formspring.me/mayaeh|||Makazia (or Makasia) is an African name.
Makazia needs a one or two syllable name starting with a consonant.
Makazia Gayle
Sophie Lillian
Blair Isabelle
Blair Alia
Trinity Hope
Kinley Dawn
Braelyn Olivia
Whitney Kate
Lillian Isabella
.....|||This is just my opinion..but i like names/middle names to relate to a family member(s) so like if my nan was called Marie, that would possibly be my child's middle name:-)|||Makazia Jane
Makazia Jade
Makazia Ann
Sophie Leigh
Sophie Rose
Sophie Isabelle
Blair Olivia
Trinity Mae
Kinley Olivia
Brealyn ( bray Lynn) Isabel
Whitney
Lillian|||Sophie Grace
Makazia Lillian
Blair Hope
Trinity Olivia
Kinley Alia
Brealyn Isabelle
Lillian Natasha
that have been sighted in North America? I am referring to creatures such as the Beast of Bray Road and the Michigan Dogman.
Has anyone read Theo Brown's work on Black Dogs?
|||I've never heard of Dogmen, but Black Shuck myths are common-common-common! Although sightings seem to be focussed in the British Isles, I'm pretty sure I've heard of them elsewhere too, so maybe they are the same sort of thing! (Sorry, I think I've just answered with a "maybe", that's a bit useless of me!)
If their parents are jackasses, they should be allowed to bray!|||because they're not donkeys...well, some are.|||pray yes they can in their heads....goodnight folks...pray for my killed back...ugh|||Or *********? I used to enrage the bantams!|||Err....you haven't been in a first grade classroom in a while I see. Sounds like a whole herd of donkeys.|||I don't know why they can't bray, it is the first time I heard of that.
I know they can't carry buns or smoke bot in school.|||They do, and so do some teachers - eeeee aaaaaww|||They do in the south. It is called praying. One may as well bray like an a@$$ though. If that fundie indoctrination in schools keeps up, donkeys will pass us up in intelligence.|||If you mean pray, they can't pray in school depending on which school they go to,
If they attend a government or a public school, it has no specific religion for a reason.
An example might be a muslim family wanting to send there children to a school. They can't afford a muslim school but they don't want to send them to a Christian school either, being muslims.
So they chose public.
Public schools don't have special religions. Or races. Praying in them would be excluding or making some students feel uncomfortable if they are a different religion.
In catholic, Jewish, Muslims or any other schools with specialized religions in them are allowed to pray there specialized religion because it is a specialized school for that reason.
hope i helped :)|||Children are aloud to pray in school anytime they please, unless persuading other children to become apart of a specific religion. It is stated in the first amendment of the Bill of Rights.
'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...'
In other words, the government can make no law favoring an establishment of a religion, or stating that one cannot preform a religious act anywhere, at anytime.|||because donkeys don't go to school|||They're not allowed to speak in donkey tongues during class.|||I have to agree with KarloZ. They cannot because they are not Donkeys. Only Donkeys can Bray!!|||they can and they do all the time and some get punished for doing it too
I recently finished A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. I think there is a third book but idk the name, so I cant find it in my school library. If you can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks.|||The Sweet Far Thing. |||oh... umm.......oh yeah.... A Sweet far Thing
There you go, im on rebel angels now!!|||sweet far thing
Hi,
My husband and I saw a house we loved in Santa Clara, California, on Bray avenue but the crime reports website has several thefts (4 in the last 3 days) and several registered offenders living nearby. This is our first home, we have been living in apartments throughout so we never did check the crime reports website. Having seen it now, i am a little overwhelmed with all the information.
I am not sure how to use that information. We are also new to that area and would like an opinion about that part of Santa Clara.
Thank you so much for your help!
Thanks!
AM|||That is gang territory. Unless you can handle yourself around a bunch of gun carrying drug dealers you should be looking elsewhere.
Try Cupertino.
Ive heared that the alan bray dvd teach your dog to win is a good dvd but i would only be interested in the puppy section and im told that that section is tiny, can some one please tell me the basics of what he says in this section on play etc? Does he play with his puppy very lightly when tugging?
When getting a dog 'onto' a toy what is peoples advice? my little dog currently plays indoors, but havnt yet tried outside, he does play with me outside, ie chases me but havnt tried using a toy yet.
Any advice is great, thank you.|||First of all. You should not be attempting any sort of full blown Agility until the dog is at least a year old.
Secondly, find something like a squeaky toy, rag pull or even a tennis ball that your dog adores, you can use this to lure him onto and through the obstacles.
You can start your dog off on elements of Agility before he's a year old, you can start to build the muscles and introduce him to some of the concepts.
You can encourage older pups to scramble up and over obstacles and banks, walk along the tops of walls. All of these activities will prepare him for later Agility lessons.
Start including the words you will use in Agility in his training
OVER - over an obstacle
HERE - come towards you
CLOSE or SIT - at the start
AWAY - send him away from you
DROP or DOWN - lie down on the table.
HOLD or STAY - wait on a mark
SLOW or STEADY - slow down to hit a mark
UP - Table, 'A' frame and walkway
BIG OVER - long jump
THROUGH - tyre, tunnel
WEAVE - poles
JUMP - tells your dog to look for a jump
TUNNEL - tells him to look for a tunnel
A FRAME - tells him to look for an A frame
WALKUP - tells him to look for the walkway
Remember to choose words specific to Agility that you never use for normal training.
Train yourself to always use the same word for the same action.
Usually the biggest problem when first training a dog for Agility is the Tunnel. So if you can find yourself a "tunnel" and start calling your dog through one of those, then your problems will be dramatically reduced when you first start proper training. You can also start them on weaves, stick bamboo poles in the ground.
Basically you can start on all the ground elements, it's just the jumping you need to leave until he's a year old.
While the dog is learning the elements, keep things slow and sure. Support your dog on the above ground elements and do your best to prevent him falling off. Use loads of treats and encouragement.
The one element that may actually frighten your dog (after he gets over that dark restrictive tunnel) to start with is the see-saw (teeter-totter in American). The footing is very unstable and it moves, so major support needed with this element.
You can start training a pup over very small "jumps", basically a pole on the ground or very low so that they get used to the idea of targeting a "jump".
Last of all, Agility is -FUN- it should never be a chore or something to be fearful of. During training you must always aim towards your dog getting truly excited about the prospect of this faboulous "game"; this means that -you- must get excited.|||I haven't seen the dvd but do know Alan Bray.I've trained dogs & competed in agility for 24 years.
The way dogs are trained & the speed of rounds has changed a great deal in that time.Dogs are now trained to have high drive as well as acuracy.Heres my advice but it depends on the breed you are training.Collies like tennis balls on a rope.Other breeds may prefer raggy toys.
The aim is to have an adult dog that grips & tugs with all its power.The tugging pressure increases with age & confidence.The focus on winning the toy must be so strong that the dog will not let go until given a command to do so.
Until puppies have finished teething at around 6 months old it is not advisable to play tugging.If they feel pain while playing it can put them off tugging for good!
Until that age I drag toys across the floor very quickly in a teasing way.This brings out the chase instinct & the want to grab it.
When they grab it I let go & let them have it for a few seconds before I repeat the excercise.I will tell them 'Get It' in a gruff voice.
This 'get it' command will be useful later on to keep them gripping when I teach tugging.
Play a few inside then go outside & play. Then come back inside & play again.
Always end the game while the dog still wants the toy.
Put the toy away & only use it for that game.
This toy is special & is only for interacting with you.
Don't let him chase you unless you have the toy in sight & let him have it at the end of the chase.
If you don't it can lead to biting of trousers & jumping up.
Hope that helps in some way.
It is easier to demonstraight it than write it. Thats why the dvd would help you more.I know you say you only need the puppy bit, but won't you need the rest for later when you start to train agility?
Have fun with your little pup & I hope he makes a successful agility dog for you.
Okay I am so lost how do the guys at the begging of the book get the necklace from gemma's moms corpse when in the first book her mom gives her the necklace?
OH and do gemma kartik end up together|||It's not Gemma's mom's corpse. It's someone completely different. You'll find out later when you read further. And Gemma and Kartik do get together....but...you'll find out when you keep reading.
and how would you spell them?
Breagan (BREE-gen not BRAY-gen)
Alayni (Uh-Lay-Knee)
Kaisley
Madelie (Mad-Uh-Lee)
Lyrica
I did not make any of these names up. I found them on a website for uncommon girl names and these were the better ones.
Opinions? Not using any of these names for my children. Only one i somewhat like is Madelie, but spelled Madalee.|||You didn't make them up, but that doesn't mean they are real names.
Breagan is the only one that might be real, and if it is, it's definitely a boy's name.|||I have no problem with any name but I wish parents would remember that the kid has to go through life with the name that they chose, often for some reason that has nothing to do with the success of the child. Our first question when we picked our children's names was: How are peers going to react to it? Then, how are teachers? And finally, how is a prospective employer going to visualize the person holding this name? My feeling is: Pick a first name that others will not have difficulty pronouncing, spelling or feeling comfortable with. Save the creativity for the middle name which becomes an initial anyway.
For instance, if your surname is Schmidt, don't you dare name your son Fuller.|||In my opinion alone I think names that you can't pronounce are an embarrassment for a child and everyone she may meet. They are all daft and over complicated except Kaisley which sound a bit harsh and made up for the hell of it. To be honest I think they are all dreadful.|||I really like those names:) but then again, i like unusal names like Xenia for a girl and Alexavier for a guy. But I also like Madelie, it original, feminine, yet it seems like it should be a classic|||Hmm...i like how the Alayni and Madelie one sound, but i feel there isnt a way to make them look good. Kaisley is kinda cute. Like a mix of Kelsey and Paisley. Lyrica is nice but i wouldnt use it.|||I don't like any of them. They sound trashy to me.|||Briegan
Alayni
Kaisley
Maddelie
Lyrica
I kind of like them. The name Lyric (not Lyrica) has always been my favorite weird name.|||Kaisley is the only one that is remotely tolerable.
Maybe: Paisley, Reagan, Oakleigh, Kaymie, Leighton, Lucy.
God bless! : )|||They're actually pretty good, good job! But they seem like alterations of more common names:
Alayni - Alaine/Elaine
Madelie - Madeline
My favorite is: Madelie|||Briegan
Alanie
Kayslie
Madalee
Lyrica
i would have to agree with you that Madalee is the only really nice one...|||I actually know someone who has a 4 year old named Madalie.
I think it's super cute.
Not a fan of any of the others though.|||i like
Breagan (BREE-gen not BRAY-gen)
Kaisley
the other ones just sound foreign|||I like Alyani
It's a work of art, I have to confess that I cried less when one of my best friends died. It sounds vile, but I felt so close to Kartik, and- oh, no, I'm bawling again.|||I TOTALLY GET YOU
OH MY GOD
I was crying so hard
and depressed for awhile
I couldn't beleive it
it was just a total shock
I can't beleive it had to end like that
I JUST CANT|||Yeah Libba Bray is great!! but i would cry more at my friends funural to be honest lol :)|||What's the question? If it's bad that you cried more with this novel than when you're friend passed? If that is it, then, no I don't think that you should feel bad. It all depends on where you're at emotionally in you life at the moment, or duration of when the event occured. I'm the same way. I look back and analyze how much I cried compared to another time when something terrible happened. But you can't blame yourself, it's your state of mind. Plus, you can cry about things long after what happend happend. Some things just affect you and some things effect you. But one way or another, all stays with you throughout your life, and you will look back and reflect, and hopefully one day not analyze, and just feel. You'll still FEEL fore the rest of your life. there's not a limited space in time that you HAVE to cry in orelse you're viewed as EVIL! Don't worry, the fact that you didn't cry also may mean that you haven't accepted it or are in denial. SEE THERE'S LOTS MORE TO ANALYZE THAN JUST WHEN THE RIGHT TIME TO CRY WAS OR WASN'T USED!! lol...just thoughts, Denial is our friend and foe. Tears represent pain, joy, fear, sorrow, contentment, .....and the list goes on and on. You be the judge........just not the judge of yourself.|||I know what you mean by feeling close to Kartik, I think Libba Bray is brilliant with drawing you into the characters, but I HATED the third book - I didn't cry at all, I was too mad! The ending totally ruined the rest of the series for me, because it ends and she's crying and all alone. What kind of ending is that?! I think if they'd BOTH somehow been part of the Tree of All Souls it would have been better! But whatever... Maybe I'll just have to rewrite the ending for myself. ;)
I'm 15 years old and I love reading. I've ran out of books and am looking for recommendations for a great teen romance novel.
I've read the Twilight series (who hasn't) and am quite sick of vampires.
I've read most Sarah Dessen novels, Libba Bray's, The Luxe series and others.
Suggestions are much appreciated, thanks! :)|||Ohhh I love The Luxe and I do like Twilight but I'm not really into vampires either. But I might recommend one because it's really good but not like twilight =)
I'll give a little review along with other books I liked to recommed =)
And also try to get a mix of everything then with romance, friendship, and meaning鈽烩樅鈽?=)
Perfect Chemistry (this book is a cute romance novel that shows that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover because you don't know what there really is ^_~)
Flipped (this book is a cute romance novel with troubles of falling in love and being in love as a teenager. Also a heartwarming story.)
The Private series by Kate Brian (if you like romance novels with a twist of secrets and scandals, this book is great without being like Gossip Girl!!)
Kira Kira (Sometimes I take a break from romance and read books like this which is sad yet meaningful.)
Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Hosseini (THE BEST BOOK EVER!!! I think it's sad yet meaningful and makes you feel grateful of all our rights us women have these days)
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini (It is also by the same author of Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and this book will make you look at the world a different way. And I'm pretty sure someone also recommended this book too)
So B. It (You probably read this but even though it's sad, you'll cherish each moment and page until the book ends)
Bloom By Elizabeth Scott (A fresh, honest, and heartfelt story of a first love)
The Luxe series (this book has love with a twist in action. You'll always be surprised at what happens in this book since it's in New York in 1899.)
Friend me by cathy hopkins (this is a great friendship and shows how you can overcome hard times with the help of friends ^^)
The Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz (has vampires and romance but isn't like Twilight)
Well I hope that Helps =)
Good Luck ^^|||well even though you say youre sick of vampires, you should try out some vampyres. lol. i LOVEEE the house of night series by p.c. cast and kristin cast. theyre
marked
betrayed
chosen
untamed
hunted
and comin soon: tempted!!!
please give em a try!!! theyre sooo worth ittt!!!!|||Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
The Immortals Series by Alyson Noel
Find more at :
http://lifeaftertwilight.com/teen_romanc鈥?/a>|||Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer.
Help me with my ending, please?
http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind鈥?/a>|||Growing up I was a huge fan of RL Stine's fear street books. Now i'm a huge fan of Richard Laymon. He's frickin' awesome!!!|||Twilight series|||Vampire academy|||try historical romances and nicholas sparks' books|||I haven't read anything with teen romace, but so far yea Twilight I guess.|||Night world. [;
detailed summary needed, please :)|||can any one teach you not to put two c's in front of your question?|||Set in 1890s India/England/Fantasy land
A young girl (fifteen or sixteen) is living in India with her parents. She is unhappy and wanting to go to England be like other kids. She's talking back to her mother in the marketplace and acting like an ungrateful brat. They fight and argue. Her mother sends her home and continues on the errand by herself. HOWEVER, minutes later the young girl supernaturally has a vision of her mother's death. A premonition which proved to be true. The family returns to England. The father is depressed and addicted to drugs (opium, maybe???) and the girl is sent to a boarding school. She arrives at the boarding school and she's weirded out because of her reception on the road. I think they run into a village or camp of gypsies or something. Anyway, at school she doesn't fit in and the kids pick on her. She's befriended by another person her age who is also an outcast. She essentially hates the school and hates her classmates. One day she finds a journal/diary...I believe in the woods or in the caves or some weird location not in the normal routine of the students...and she begins reading it. The contents shock her. The diary is of a young girl who has supernatural powers and tells how she travels between dimensions--reality and magical fantasy realms. She discovers that she can go as well. The magic is within her it seems. And she discovers that she can take others with her. She uses this power to make friends with her classmates. This whole group of girls now go back and forth between reality and fantasy worlds heedless of any possible dangers. There are dangers, it is risky. And they do break the rules. There are consequences.
he lived in london in the seventys|||Lots of links on here to look for living people http://familytimeline.webs.com/adoptionl鈥?/a> as you are not going to find him on any genealogy websites...the only way is if he is in the phone directory, has online information you can track or from the electoral roll|||try posting on the irish post newspaper facebook page might help you
My English teacher wants us to bring in a book that we think our peers might possibly enjoy. I am having a ridiculously hard time deciding which book I ought to bring in. But thankfully, I have managed to narrow it down to two books. Which do you think I should bring? Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice or A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray?|||AGATB. Love that trilogy, always will.
I'm just sad that it will probably turn into the new Twilight since it is also being made into a movie.|||i personally haven't read anne rice's novel yet, but i loved a great and terrible beauty. the series was so much fun to read and i would think many would like to read it, if they're patient! the last book took me longer than it would normally take for me to read it because i had an ap exam to study for, but i could have read it soooo much faster if i didn't have the exam. i enjoyed it that much. but, why not bring in both books? if you like both, then maybe the others will like it too.
how would you spell the girl name sounding bray-uh?
im thinking breyah, breya? but i need more spellings that look nice but also dont confuse the pronunciation.
thanks|||Br茅a. The "茅" is pronounced "ay", like in the name Aur茅lia (awe-RAY-lee-uh).|||I instantly thought Breya, like Theya and Freya.
Its very pretty.
I guess there is also:
Braeuh
Braiah
Brayah
Braya
I dont know, im just making them up, i prefer Breya.|||Breya is cute ^_^|||Sorry, can't really help with the spelling. But if I sounded it out right, all that comes to mind are the tar pits in California. You can look those up and see how that's spelled. :)
But how about Braya-it's spelled like it sounds.|||Brea. I don't know how that got to be a girl's name. In LA it means tar. Everything in the vicinity of the tar pits is called La Brea this or that --boulevard, avenue, boutique hotel. I guess as long as she never goes to Southern California or meets anyone who speaks Spanish it would be okay but in those situations a girl with that name would find herself the source of great hilarity. BTW I wouldn't mind being named Brea or La Brea myself. I was a total dinosaur freak when I was a kid and yearned to visit the tar pits the way other kids want to go to Disneyland. I would have proudly told anyone I met that I was named after the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the richest sources of fossils of extinct animals in the world. That just gave me a great idea for a story. La Brea Jones, girl palaeontologist! She always gets her bones.|||Breyah. I really like this name!!|||Breia
Brayah
Braya
Breya is my favorite though:)
鈾?/div>
|||Braeah, perhaps?
Or maybe Breya.|||Braeyah
Someone told me that whenever you go through the checking points of the customs, your camera will be Brayed and easily be malfunction/spoilt.
Is this true?
And how would protect your camera?|||X-ray will not damage the camera. The huge magnets used for checked baggage could be an issue, but since it is always best to carry all your photo gear as carry on, I have never had to test that premise. My guess is that any film camera would be fine and DSLR's may be okay.
Why don't you call Canon or Nikon and ask. 800.NIKON-UX or 800.OK-CANON
Film is a different deal. It is best to have it hand inspected as you carry it on the plane. Exposed film is more susceptible to fogging than unexposed film. NEVER check film, always carry it on board with you.|||The x-rays and other scanning equipment used in airport checkouts is not strong enough to affect film or digital cameras, as an ex RAF Photographer and frequent overseas traveller I've taken both types through numerous security scanners.
The severe troubles our nation now finds itself in has been caused by the labour party's own incompetence and negligence ; so why is gordon brown braying about his so called remedies ? Frankly we have been conned long enough. He should clean out the present cache of untrustworthy MPs before we could trust the party again.. There is nothing of the Socialist in any of them now.|||Because he believes the voting public are gullible enough to believe him. Did you hear him yesterday on the news at tthe conference saying that he now pledges to crack down on yob? That one was pretty ripe sure enough. Labour have been telling us that for 13 years and haven't done anything about it not zilch!
Mostly Labour are up in the polls as the surveys are being done in mainly labour, staunchley supported areas. I don't pay a lot of attention to the news medias polls anyway but I do listen when I hear a lot of labour supporters in my area knocking labour for all they are worth. Some are so angry with Brown and the people in the cabinet they nearly spit when they talk. You don't have to say anything to them to get them started either. People have honestly had enough. They don't like the Tories or Libdems either and I'm beginning to think more and more we are going to have a hung parliament. Its like the other day I heard one of the local constituents labour party officers saying that getting the truth out of a labour or tory politician either one was like trying to, his words, "stick a wet noodle up a wild cats ****". I just thought how true that is but for any MP we have sitting in the house now, either house for that matter.
Vote any independent! Even a hung parliament will get the people represented for a change and maybe do some good for our country. Can't be any worse than it is now or what the tory's did when they were in govt. last.|||Yes & No comes to mind. Yes - he should clear out the untrustworthy MP's. No - Socialist ideals have not gone, but taken a battering and I think it is a reinterpretation of them in the modern world.
It is a common perception that Labour have messed up big time. But hang on...The UK is probably the only main country that has relied more on financial services sector than any other main EU country and would classify UK's situation as unique. With world economic events, mainly borne out of dodgy financial products creatively engineered by the big US commercial banks, it was inevitable that the UK was going to be a big casualty in the global financial storm. But I guess Gordon is praising himself for making unpopular decisions, e.g. stabilising the UK Bank sector or remaining in Afghanistan and yet still doing relatively well in the Polls.|||This is silly. I am certainly no fan of the New Labour Government but they did not cause the crisis and in fact, in my view have dealt with it sensibly.
The crisis was caused by irresponsible banks who probably should have been more tightly regulated but both Labour and Tory Governments share some blame for this (and, in fairness, deregulation is often a very positive policy).
They clearly made mistakes, as every Government does; the Tories over did the monetarism and took us into the ERM. I think this Government over spent, got in to some silly wars and have made a mess of education. But, the recession was caused by credit that was to cheap and too loose.|||I am no friend of Mr Brown or New Labour. The problem I have is that the only real alternative is an inexperienced mob whom New Labour most resemble.
Because I am fast approaching the 'old git' stage of life, I know the Conservatives are no better. Michael Portillo had to apologise for the last Tory governments vilification and stigmatisation of single mothers... yet this mob are up to exactly the same thing and are so bound up in their class prejudices that they can't even get their statistics right.
I'm joining Alice Cooper and voting for the 'Wild' party! :-)|||Because he understands the English character (he is from north of the borrder). We love to be shafted and, like Oliver, ask for more.|||If Gordon Brown didn't pat himself on the back who else would?
I mean those guys are hyper and angry plus they gotta lotta weight I mean Beefcake. How do they manage to put in a clean urine sample. Several of their team are out and yet they are still like Victor Bray on the Dragstrip now that's some jet fuel i wanna get my hands on.|||the vet|||Yay - agree with Roguey this time. It's no one player. It's like the Aussie cricket team. 22 guys spurred on by the idea that there are 22 guys nearly as good playing in the seconds. Wouldn't a team like Freo kill to get their hands on any of those seconds that turned up today. Taylor was magic and unsung. Look at the unsung second stringers like Mackie and any team would have them.
All we need now is Dale Thomas!!!
Shite we woz good in that second half!! Loved it.
EDIT: Disagree with ya Crypt - we need someone a bit more nimble to run the drinks for the seconds! :-)|||I wouldnt use the excuse that they are on 'special medicine' just coz they came out and played like the fantastic team that they are.
Geelong is the perfect example of a team that doesnt rely on just one or two key players to win a game. The whole side is awesome!!
...but I still wish the Doggies won!|||**They're a very strong team and have worked very hard to get where they are today. The only 'special medicine' that they've taken is a lot of hard work and determination.**|||Geelong are just too good, they don't need 'special medicine'. The Dogs did well in the first half, but aren't as fit as Geelong, so they couldn't keep up the intensity.|||Geelong are simply awesome we dont need anyu of your so called 'special medicine' thanks! We have too much skill, class and intensity! GO CATS|||The way they just ran over the Dogs in the 2nd Half, I would highly doubt you could afford the kind of medicine that they are on!|||You sound like sour grapes over a loss that shows up the Bulldogs as Bull sh it ~~
Saturday, March 3, 2012
The series has three books: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing and are written by the author Libba Bray. There is a woman on the front with red hair, does anyone know who this photo is of, as I saw this series in a library today and the covers never show her full face.|||It's a model meant to be Gemma Doyle. If you are interested in the model's name, you could ask the author and see if she knows. She has a LiveJournal account that she updates regularly, and she sometimes answers questions.
In Libba Bray's book Rebel Angels her characters go to an art show and find a painting titled "a host of rebel angels" in the painting there are two angels in combat surrounded by a battle is this a real painting? if so were can i find it or see a picture of it?|||I've always wondered the same thing, and I've looked for it online too. Every time I've looked for it, I've found this painting, although I don't think this is THE painting, which makes me think that it doesn't exist.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http鈥?/a>
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What is the problem with "Bray"?|||Brady!!
Answer mine?http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?鈥?/a>|||haha I was just about to put Bray :P
mmm... B-B? idk thats kinda corny.
B-Babe?? if that is your boyfriend...
BrayBray
flat out B
idk... I'm sorry :/|||brady|||B
Bray
B-Ray
Rayden
that's all i can think of, even though they're all dumb|||Ray although I like Bray|||All I can think of is BD or The Brain.....I like your first answer......|||B-Dub Yeah|||Bra|||Brad
Is Libba Bray coming out with a 4th "A Great And Terrible Beauty"? You know, a book that comes after "The Sweet Far Thing". If she is what is she going to call it, and when is it coming out?|||the series is a TRILOGY so, no, I don't think she's coming out with a fourth book...she HAS written another book, however, bovine madness or something like that...just search her name...it should be coming out soon...completely different from the gemma doyle series though|||:O I don't know but that would be good news. She ended things pretty firmly in the sweet far thing, so I wouldn't be so sure...but they are making a movie for a great and terrible beauty :O. It's coming out sometimes in 2010 :)|||I don't think she is planning on making another book. That's why she left off with Gemma dreaming of Katrick, and looking into the morning. Normally writers finsh by telling wrapping up the characters final thoughts.
What is this book about?|||It's an interesting sci-fi teen book about a girl named Ondine and her friend Morgan who meet this odd boy named Nix who can tell when people are going to die. Ondine and Morgan are special too, and the three of them find out who they really are, where they came from and what special abilities that they all have.
He sings bass or baritone. He was in the chorus of the New Orleans Opera during the 1980s. His brother was living in Los Angeles during that time. He was/is an actor. Did a few commercials. He was born in Canada.|||Get in touch with the New Orleans opera and ask them for a forwarding address. That is the starting location. I think this endeavor is going to cost you some money though!
I'm just another aspiring actress out her, and I was wondering where the casting calls are going to be held for Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty, or if anyone knows someone I can get connected with for the movie that would be great!|||I don't know when they are--heck, Libba Freakin' BRAY doesn't know when they are. She's amazing at keeping us posted on her LiveJournal, http://libba-bray.livejournal.com She posts all info there.
I agree with the person above me, you need an agent and need to be part of an agency to even have a remote chance at it. Good luck with your acting, though.|||You don't have casting calls for just another person. What you need honey, is a really good acting agency represting you. I don't know if you already do, but if you don't, google agencies in your area. Also check if they are SAG aprooved. The aprooved list will also help you get closer to being in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
Good Luck in Your Acting!!!!|||Hot damn!
I didn't know that book is being turned into a movie!!
I've read "A Great and Terrible Beauty" and "Rebel Angels" by Libba Bray and loved them both. Can anyone recommend me some books that are kind of like those two?|||Anything by Nicholas Sparks.
Awesome author.
Best book is called "The Guardian"|||I looked up your books at bn.com, seems like you like sc-fi/fantasy with a bit of love in the mix. Try this series The banned and the banished by James Clemens. Great Great Great books!!!!!|||Nicholas Sparks
Aimee Friedman
Hailey Abbott
Simon's pulse books ( romantic comedy )
Rachel Hawthorne
SARAH DESSEN - the truth about forever & this lullaby ( highly recommend those books )
Chicken Soup|||sorry, i am not familiar with that author. I lean towards mysteries - anything by John LeCarre, Janet Evanovich (very funny) - just read Jacquot and the waterman by Martin O'Brien - Kurt Vonnegut is a favorite but not everybody's latte|||A LONG WAY DOWN (ANYTHING BY NICK HORNBY IS AWSOME)
FRIDA
LOVELY BONES
A MAP OF THE WORLD|||that was exactly what i was going to say...
Nicholas Sparks is a wonderful author.|||Sophie's World|||Harry Potter|||I think Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis is a great book! Though you may not have ever listened to his music (Red Hot Chili Peppers) the book is very moving and interesting. From his addiction to drugs, sex and so much more, the book is just all around a great read!!!|||Fabulosity by Kimora Lee Simmons. It has some very empowering tips for us ladies!|||If you like sci-fi or fantasy or even just want a change from the norm try the Dresden Files, 6 book series and very enjoyable, not my usual read but I couldn't put the firt 2 down and am waiting to get the other 4. Author is Jim Butcher|||Tuesdays with Morrie not sure who the author is|||I love anything by Anne McCaffrey.
Jim Butcher is good.
Laurel K. Hamilton is good too, she writes vampire hunter books.
Just read anything.|||The Bible|||you should read chought in da mix dat book is of da hook|||Read the Bible.|||If you love books by meg cabot/Jk Rowling and dan brown you will love the noughts and crosses seires by malorie blackman. Its a romantic story but includes important teen and social issues. Its a fantastic must read seires.
Ahhhh! i need to talk about it (as none of my friends read it grrr) How did u feel about Karitik's death? Didn't Gemma and Karitik totally do it in the cave/dream? How did u react to Felicity and Pippa?|||O M G
I was completey shocked at Karitiks death!!
It drove me insane!!
Idk if they did!! I was really hoping they did since their already so close!!
Honestly, You last question , It didnt really surprise me.=]
Percy Harvin at Green Bray
Lance Moore vs. Atlanta
Johnny Knox vs. Cleveland
Mike Sims-Walker at Tennessee (Definitely starting him)
Kevin Walter at Buffalo
I can pick three...
I was kind of leaning towards Lance Moore, Mike Sims-Walker and Johnny Knox. But if Andre Johnson doesn't play next week this could be big for Kevin Walter. I'd love to start Percy Harvin but it's kind of looking like Fave is looking to Sidney Rice a lot more now.|||Man! you need to see if miles austin is available!|||From what i have seen Johnson will play next week, so Walter prob isnt that great of a play. I say go with the 3 you picked i think it is probably the best.|||I would go for Moore, Knox or Walter, and Sims Walker
Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|||What place is Earthquakes in their Conference?
hahahahahahahahaha yea I thought so.|||DALE TU CUERPO ALEGRIA Y COSA BUENA|||chivas would beat everyone bray would beat san jose eathquakes but lose to chivas and san jose eatquakes would lose to both and mexico|||Chivas DUH!|||If the Earthquakes play against Athlone Town A.F.C. who will win?|||lol @ carlos
whos your favourite character in the book? Gemma? miss moore? or Kartik?|||I like Gemma. She relates to me a lot. Libba Bray's characters are so real and pure, they feel like people I know. Unlike Twilight where Meyer paints an unrealistic portrait of an Edward character who will never exist because it's impossible to have flawless imperfections. But Gemma is an amazing girl who doesn't have cliched actions what so ever. By the end of the third book, she has the strength to go on over a character's (no name) death. Meyer probably would have written that Gemma committed suicide because she simply couldn't live without such and such character and that her death was so beautiful that people shed beautiful tears.|||Katrik is my fav character cause he's sweet. Then gemma.|||kartik
tell why|||Let's see... Murray is 1st in the sec in passing efficiency, 2nd in passing per game, and 2nd in total offense. He has 28 TD's to Bray's 16. Now I know Bray missed a few games but at this point, I think it's safe to say Murray is clearly the better QB.|||Right now I would say Murray because he has the most experience.....
I was just wondering if I should buy it? Is it a good book?
Here are books that I enjoyed:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/156鈥?/a>|||I thought it was wonderful! Sorry, but your goodreads profile is private, and I don't feel comfortable adding you as a friend. :) I actually wasn't a huge fan of fiction before I read these, if that tells you anything. It also incorporates Victorian Era history, so it's not all fantasy. I'd suggest reading it, if you in for trying something new. :)|||Yes, it's a very interesting trilogy. It takes place during the Victorian age, initially in India and later in England. The story is about a teenager named Gemma, her best friends at an all-girl's boarding school, and a mysterious/handsome Indian boy named Kartik. It's a supernatural historical novel with some adventure, suspense, mystery, and romance. Book 2 of the trilogy is called REBEL ANGELS, followed by THE SWEET FAR THING.
There's also a movie in the works, as far as I know, but no cast yet.|||Yes it was very good.
Unfortunately, my sister and I both agreed that it was the best of the series, so be prepared for somewhat of a let down if you want to find out what happens to all the characters.
I recommend your reading it.|||Yes, it is a very good book, if you like that sort of thing. It's a trilogy, too, and the second and third books are very good as well.|||oh my god don't you luv the private series?! i luved them is the privilege book good? oh i think you should try reading the pretty little liars series they are so juicy and good|||yes
it's a really good book
i luv it
and the title says everything
its good and at the same time its bad|||YES! It is awesome!!!! lol
Can anyone help me convert olsen p of 16.5 to bray-1p|||Your Bray P is either 30ppm or 0-5ppm.
The correct answer depends on your soil's pH. Let me explain:
Olsen P is an alkaline extraction. Bray P is an acid extraction. You need to know if you have an alkaline or acid soil. If you are alkaline, there should be no need to convert as the Olsen P should be accurate. If you have an acid soil, you may want to re-run soil analysis with Bray P.
I work with alkaline soils, and I have experienced grower's panic calls because the soil test P comes back at 3ppm and they just spent $300 on phosphate!! After finding that its Bray P, I tell them to relax and tell them to re-run with a lab that does Olsen P. It then comes back around 20ppm and everybody is happy and cheerful.
Check out this presentation from Iowa State. P.11 has some graphs that can help you in a conversion. You'll see why the pH of your soil matters in your conversion. http://www.agronext.iastate.edu/soilfert鈥?/a>
does anyone know if Libba Bray is coming out with a new book since her last, The Sweet Far Thing..?|||I love Libba, and her books. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy is done, she's ***************** (spoiler) and it's over. Done. Complete. However you phrase it, it means she's not making any more.
However, she's CURRENTLY writing a book called Going Bovine. It's about a boy with mad Cow Disease, and he and his friend or something are going on a road trip... I don't know the whole plot, but I think I heard it supposed to come out Fall 2009.
They ARE making a movie of at least AGATB, and it's supposed to come out in 2010 sometime (such a long wait) and she's magificent at keeping us posted and on top of things on her Livejournal, http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/|||no! I am sooo dissapointed! The series is only made up of three books! sucks huh?|||i read her books and i love them. i don't think so but i hope she does|||ahhh..no|||Nope thats the last one from the Gemma Doyle Trilogy =[|||not really what is it?|||not sure..i don't know if the rumors are true or not..but people say there even making a movie on the books..not sure?
1. Is she planning at all what so ever even considering making a 4th book to her gemma doyle trilogy? ex: great and terrible beauty, Rebel angels and The sweet far thing
2. Does she have a fan mail address or a writing address or email address or anyway to contact other then her lj. i have tons of questions.
3. Who else loved these books and cried when "he" died!?!?! that was like the ultimate sacrifice!|||For now, no The sweet far thing was the ending to the trilogy and she left it with a loop hole so that you can imagine what happens after that. she will not give out a fan mail address or email address and no one knows why but i dont think i would give mine out either... Sorry!! and This book was amazing easily one of my favorites and one of the best ive read! Hands down amazing! I was in tears even at my dinner table after reading it, and in school the story we read had someone die and i nearly burst into tears thinking about kartiks death!!|||i just finished reading the 3rd book and i still cant stop crying! i hate the fact that Kartik dies and i sorta guess i understand why that happened but the book left me wanting more so i hope that she makes a 4Th book to the gemma Doyle series! Report Abuse
|||try going to libbabray.com
1. i really hope she does, it said it was the finale but, maybe she'll wirte a fourth. perhaps bring Kartik back and write about her life in NY. ( im sorry if im not helping much,lol)
2. im sorry but, idk. try google.com and type in your ?, or go to libbabray.com ot even the publisher website
3. i do!!! i love the books!! and i cried too, it was so heartbreaking, they were perfect for eachother, and they finally got together he "died".
Boarding school teen love should be in the plot.
Already read the following-:
Dead beautiful by Yvonne Woon
The immortals by Alyson Noel
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
A great and terrible beauty by Libba Bray
Fallen series.
Immortal series of Gillian Shields
And plz NO NO vampire stuff.Have read most of all vampire books.|||Haven by Kristi Cook
I read Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith a while ago and thought it was really good. I heard that she was making a sequel that is coming out in 2010, but was wondering if anyone knows the exact date?|||No, I don't, unfortunately...
I'm still in the middle part, but it's great to hear that there will be a sequel! The book has really grown on me. I didn't think much of it at first coz the beginning was kinda slow and vague. I'm glad I stuck with it though! Now I can hardly put it down. :)
Anyway, (back to your question) just keep checking in on her official website. I'm sure she'll post more details later on. :)
I like love stories from the colonial time period. I've already read the Luxe Series and the series by Libba Bray. Does anyone know a good book/series similar to those? Thanks!|||The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
The English Garden series by Lori Wick
Nobody's Princess
Books by Philippa Gregory|||-The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
-Vixen (Flappers #1) by Jillian Larkin
-Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen|||Its not colonial but Beautiful Creatures And Beautiful Darkness are good books :)|||the notebook
dear john
kissed by an angel
fallen
romeo and juliet
pride and prejudice
I have already read:
The Mediator series. By Meg Cabot
The Twilight Series. By Stephanie Meyer
And partially A great and Terrible Beauty Series. By Libba Bray
Wicked Series too.
Any good ones that arent on my list of already read?|||Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is good!
You might also want to try:
Silver Kiss (Klaus)
Blood and Chocolate (Klaus)
Tithe: A Modern Fairy Tale (Black)
Neverwhere (Gaiman)
Stardust (Gaiman)
Mortal Engines (Reeves)|||Fantasy, you have to read Eddings (Belgariad and Malloreans) and Raymond Feist (magician)|||VCAndrews- Series|||Any of the Mary Higgins Clark books are excellent. I used to read all of the Nancy Drew Books. They are always my favorite. You may also want to try Lois Duncan. She is a good author as well.|||Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klaus
Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley|||EDITED TO SAY: For more mature reading, you could also look at Dragonsong and the series of books which follow on from it, by Anne McCaffrey. They are very beautiful and amazing books.
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The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K Le Guin.
Nicely imagined, good fast moving story and appropriate themes and language for teen and young adult readers.
Cheers :-)|||oooo lois duncan is excellent.
but if you're looking for something a little more mature, check out jeffrey archer's books. his are beautiful and poignant but have that must-have of modern romance.... they're really good. :-)|||Blood and Chocolate - Annette Kurtis Klause
Wuthering High - Cara Lockwood
the first is tres sexy and the second was fantastique|||Have you ever read The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley?|||look for the book "Gossamer" by Lois Lowry.
Its kindof like a half and half book with two stories at once. Its fantasy and a mature strong story on the other.
its phenominal check it out.
I read Advanced Paternal Age, How old is too old? By Isabelle Bray et.al on the internet. Its a paper concerned about the health risks of late childbearing including birth defects cancer and schizophrenia in the offspring.|||This is very debatable, especially in the present day with all the talk of IVF treatment for older women. It used to be that a woman who was 30 and having her first baby, would have 'Elderly Primagravida' written on her notes. Elderly at 30!! Now many women are delaying starting a family until well into their 30s and even waiting until 40. Nature looks after a woman by ceasing egg production, but of course men can continue fathering children for what seems like forever and I think this is where the risks that you're speaking of can arise. I personally wouldn't have welcomed a pregnancy after I was 35; pregnancy makes lots of demands upon the body, then there's the actual birth, followed by nights of broken sleep and the sheer amount of energy expended in bringing up a child. This is all followed by the traumas of the teenage years, which I'm sure must be more difficult to cope with once you're past 50.|||i say 30|||i think 40 is the limit. by that time your body is getting ready to go threw menopause and that is enough of a change.|||44? I am 29 and want more kids. i have one. I guess i should of started sooner if they say 30. I know alot of people having them in late 30's and 40's|||As long as you are capable of looking after them, then any age, i don't see what the problem is, all a child needs is a loving, caring family.|||I think 40 should be the absolute limit, I was 23 and 25 when I had my children and feel that this was a nice age as I wasn't too old as they were growing up.|||Not sure. I had my children at 32 and 35 I had no problems at all. I stopped at 35 because all of the risks scared me.|||depends on how healthy and fit you are. a friend of mine is super healthy and had a healthy baby at 38. But i read somewhere that 24 to 28 are the best years for child bearing, and coincidently, i had my first child at 24 and my second at 28.|||Who's really to say. It's all about each individuals views. Some women think that women who have their babies in their early 20s are having them too young and not giving the women enough time to establish a career, while other women feel women who have them later in life put their careers ahead of a family. I think when a women is emotionally ready to take on the task is when she should have her children. LOVE and a good home are really all that's important in raising children.|||i think 40 but even then i think this is a little on the older side. you wan tot make sure that you are healthy enough to take care of these children.|||I'm 34 and I have an 18 month old and I'm 4 months pregnant. Part of me wishes I would have had them sooner so that I would be younger while they are growing up, and part of me is glad it didn't happen until now. I'm more emotionally ready than I would have been 10 years ago. It all depends on the individual person. I won't be having any more though because of possible risks.|||i would say 40s as it isn't fair on the child if the Parent is for example 50, when the child is 20 the parent will be 70. xx|||I'm nearly 35 and having my first. I would have had a baby earlier but infertility made it impossible.
I'm fine health wise - I'm a trained dancer and healthier and slimmer than most 21 year olds. I have had an uncomplicated pregnancy and tested low risk for Downs Syndrome and other health problems in my baby.
And I fully intend to have at least one more baby in the next few years - I'll probably be about 37 or 38 when I have the next one.
My mum had me at 36 (my dad was 52). I sure as hell don't have "cancer, birth defects or schizophrenia"! She had my brother at 41 (my dad was 58!) again, no problems at all, easy births and pregnancy, didn't even get morning sickness with ether of us.
My grandmother had her kids at 36, 38 and 40 in the days before advanced medical technology. Three healthy pregnancies and trouble free births, three big healthy babies with no problems.
Noone in the family has schizophrenia or any other birth defect!!!!
So I really feel a bit resentful when people say these things to be honest. Its not always possible or a good idea to have kids in your 20s.|||when your body says you cant have anymore. if you are still able to have children at sixty then why not! there are some active sixty year old like peggy and jone collin.and some of these people are much more able to look after and love children then us younger ones. just take a look at our grandparents and the amount of kids and grandkinds they are letf to look after and they still have energy to cook and clean and do other stuff in between.|||i think around 35-40 after that its time for grandchildren and being able to pass them back at the end of the day. my mother in law is 45 she has a little girl of 7mths and just found out shes pregnant again i think its stupid concidering she dont evan want this 1 and can just about look after the other.|||I think that younger is better, definetely under 40. My boyfriend is 21 years old and his dad is over 70 and he hates it. He gets alot of anxiety because he thinks he has to achieve so much when he's young so his dad can be there for it. Being an older parent makes it very hard to bond with your children and especially to know what they are going through because the world changes so quickly and what they went through as a kid will not be the same as when their son or daughter is growing up.
If possible, have the word relate to life or death. Or anything to do with the book Going Bovine by Libba Bray.|||"inters" is a 6 letter word that relates to buying a dead body.
You could always read the book.|||island (is a word that starts with an i.. lmao)
i bet if you read that book and browse good at all the words, you'll find your word you're looking for.. lmao. (i hate reading sorry)
IN Libba Bray books: KARTIK??
How do you pronunce Kartik?
is it
Kar-teek
Kar-tick
or Kar-thick???
if you have any other suggestions please include them!!!
im reading Rebel Angels right now :D
tell me how you like the books..i know that Kartik dies in the end so im sad to read that soon :(|||I pronounce it "Kar-tick".
~Eryn
IN Libba Bray books: KARTIK??
How do you pronunce Kartik?
is it
Kar-teek
Kar-tick
or Kar-thick???
if you have any other suggestions please include them!!!
im reading Rebel Angels right now :D
tell me how you like the books..i know that Kartik dies in the end so im sad to read that soon :(|||Kar-tick
I loved the books.
hey im living in ireland nd im bored nd i want to go pier diving does any1 no if u can go off bray harbour or ny were around that area|||thats probably a really unsafe idea.|||Pier diving wouldn't be recommended as there is not sufficient depth and strong tides. However there is scuba diving in the area, check out http://www.braydiversireland.com
Share your experience please, tell me all you know. When it comes out, what it eats, anything. Tell me how to find it, and if you want to come!?!?!? That's right. me and a grop of friends are going after it, to kill it. It killed our friend, now we're gonna kill it. Yeah our friend was mauled by some "animal," he was found dead on Bray Rd. He had no family so me and my friends took care of him, so the police called us. It was gruesome, I'll never forget it, for that I won't rest till that "thing" is dead. Please help me... I beg of you!!!|||I'd never heard of this creature and enjoyed researching it. Have you tried all these links for it?
http://www.cnb-scene.com/brayupdate.html
http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Br鈥?/a>
Hope this helps, Thanks!|||I saw it last week on Thursday. I was hunting with my friend and we saw it and my friend shot it. We then cut it up in little pieces, put in a box, and threw it in a deep lake. We do that to new animals we find. When we cut it up i saw some "people" parts in him!|||You die when you see it|||I've heard of it before. Someone said it resembled a werewolf. Once a girl hit it with her car and then it got back up and ran off. The sightings usually happen around twelve o'clock midnight.|||ive been reading some of these comments since they resemble a wolf i doubt it works but silver bullets a silver cross should keep it about a few meters away from u just far enough 4 u 2 kill it. there body structure should b simular 2 human and wolf then dont think thatll help much tho
You know...the really good books you remember forever?
BTW, good book that almost no one has heard of is Goblin Wood, i liked that one a lot|||Life of Pi by Yann Martel, What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen I will remember for the rest of my life and are well worth the read.
Good luck, and happy reading!|||philip pullman's series "His Dark Materials" are books I will always remember
And Gideon the cutpurse is a brilliant book. Its about 2 kids that go back in time. Its MUCH better than it sounds. The author is Linda Buckley-Archer.
Also, I read recently "The witch of blackbird pond". I wasnt expecting much, but the storyline is really good.
And............ the Farseer trilogy is really good. Robin Hobb is the author. The books are "the assassins apprentice" , "the royal assassin" and "the assassins quest."
Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxx|||My favorrite book, possibly all time but certainly of the last five years, is 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. Amazing story, I highly recommend it (by Audrey Niffenegger).
But here's a neat site you'll probably like. Feed some of the books you've really enjoyed into it, and it'll give you a list of books to consider reading next, by searching it's database for books readers who have read YOUR faves recommend:
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/searc鈥?/a>|||Lynne Ewing -- Daughters of the Moon series
Sons of the Dark series
Sisters of Isis series
Laurie Halse Anderson--Speak
Prom
Twisted
Catalyst
Margaret Peterson-- THe Shadow Children series
Gary Paulsen-- Woodsong
Hatchet
SHaron Creech--The Wanderer
Francine Pascal -- Fearless series
Carrie Asai -- Samuari Girl series
I hope these help....
Happy Reading = )
*~Amanda~*|||there is the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
includes:
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Happy Reading ^-^|||East by Edith Pattou
Fire Arrow By Edith Pattou
Hero's song by Edith pattou <-- was so sick when i read this but i would not rest until it was finished! =]
The Prophecy of the Stones By Flavia Bujor
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
The Sea of Trolls By Nancy Farmer
*hope it helps, if I was at home it would be easier lol*|||Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer,
His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman.|||Kristen Britain has got ta trilogy: Green Rider, First Riders Call, and High Kings Tomb..theyre rele great!!
Alison Croggon has got a trilogy: The Naming , the riddle , and the crow.
there is also a book that no one has heard of called Shadow Warrior its pretty good..|||I absolutely love the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I can't wait for The Host and Breaking Dawn.|||I loved the Artemis Fowl books.
The Harry Potter series is pretty good, a lot like Eragon.
The Chronicles of Narnia, fantasy and adventure
The Phantom of the Opera, like Stephanie Meyer's books|||I would definitely recommend Atonement By Ian McEwan. If you didn't watch the Academy Awards, the film version of the book was nominated several times, including for best picture. Though it is at its root a tragic love story, it should not be written off as such. I myself usually loathe romance novels, but Atonement is filled with complex and unforgettable characters whose fates serve as a reminder that humanity is inexorably intertwined. The conflict of the plot stems from a misunderstanding by one of the main characters, Briony Tallis, of the love between her sister Cecilia, and the charming and intelligent son of their maid, Robbie Turner. Throughout the course of the novel, Briony realizes that the actions which resulted from her misunderstanding damaged the lives of the two lovers forever, and through war and passion, tragedy and joy, Briony discovers what it truly means to atone for her mistakes, and in doing so immortalizes the lovers in a way that life alone could never do.|||Madeleine L'Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.
Herge (a.k.a. Georges Prosper Remi):
The Adventures of Tintin (24 volumes)
Cornelia Funke:
Dragon Rider
Ingraine the Brave
Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath
The Thief Lord
Brandon Mull:
Fablehaven, Rise of the Evening Star, and Grip of the Shadow Plague.
Katherine Paterson:
Bridge to Terabithia
Orson Scott Card:
Seventh Son
Carol Kendall:
The Firelings
The Gammage Cup (One of my favorites when I was young)
The Whisper of Glocken
Eoin Colfer:
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Artemis Fowl Files: A Companion Book, and The Graphic Novel.
Andre Norton:
The Witch World, The Web of the Witch World, Three against the Witch World, Year of the Unicorn, Warlock of the Witch World, Dragon Scale Silver, Dream Smith, The Toads of Grimmerale, Spider Silk, Sword of Unbelief, and Sarsthor's Bane.
Ursula K. LeGuin:
Earthsea, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind, and Voices.
Diana Wynne Jones:
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Witch Week, The Magicians of Caprona, and Mixed Magics.
Tamora Pierce:
The Song of the Lioness Series - Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and Lioness Rampant.
Protector of the Small Series - First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight
Michael Ende:
Night of Wishes
The Neverending Story
Mary Stewart:
A Walk in the Wolf Wood
Howard Pyle:
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur.
C. S. Lewis:
The 7 volume Chronicles of Narnia is a tale of good against evil with very definite Christian influences. Lewis was an atheist who because of his friendship with Tolkien became a Christian. This strongly affected his writing.
The seven books are as follows:
The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.
Also by C. S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce.
Philip Pullman:
The Golden Compass
James Patterson:
Maximum Ride Series - The Angel Experiment, School's Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, and The Final Warning.
Meg Cabot:
Mediator Series - Shadowland, Ninth Key, Reunion, Darkest Hour, Haunted, and Twilight.
Chris D'Lacey:
The Fire Within, Icefire, Fire Star, and The Fire Eternal.
Donita K. Paul:
Dragonspell, Dragon Quest, Dragon Knight, Dragon Fire, and Dragon Light.
Brian Jacques:
Redwall Series - Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, The Bellmaker, Outcast of Redwall, The Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, The Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, The Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, and High Rhulain.
Stephenie Meyer:
Vampire Romance - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
Joanne Harris:
Runemarks
Juliet Marillier:
Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret
Edwin A. Abbott:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (The sequel, Sphereland is by Dionys Burger. It is possible to purchase both in one volume.)
J. R. R. Tolkien:
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers, and The Return of the King; Silmarillion; also Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
George MacDonald:
Phantastes
At the Back of the North Wind
John Beachem:
Storms of Vengeance is John's first novel and I've been told that it is part of a series of 8 to 10 books. There is a murder mystery to be solved. Who did it and why? There is a mythical Lorradda Stone to locate. There are three parallel stories as we follow the actions of three different groups of people. There are also some ogres, two elves, several sorcerers, a troll, and one very impressive river monster. The book ends with a cliff hanger. One reason that young people gave for liking Harry Potter was the detail in the stories. They will find plenty of detail here as well. The title of the second book in the series will be The Hunter and the Marked.
David Eddings:
There are three stories in Volume I of The Belgariad: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit. Volume II of The Belgariad has two stories: Castle of Wizardry and Enchanters' End Gambit. If you are looking for grand adventure and plenty of detail it is here. Some may object to the slow progression and limited action of this tale. A sorcerer and his daughter, a sorceress, have gathered together a group of individuals to fight evil. It seems that the particular make-up for this group is necessary based upon an ancient prophecy. The group includes: the Nimble Thief, the Man with Two Lives, the Blind Man, the Dreadful Bear, the Knight Protector, the Horse Lord, the Bowman, the Queen of the World, and the Mother of the Race that Died. A young boy named Garion, who was raised by his Aunt Pol, is caught up in all of this, though he doesn't know why. But then, is she really his Aunt? There is so much detail that I have not as yet confirmed there are no mistakes in the mapping of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed The Belgariad and look forward to reading the sequel, The Mallorean.
The Mallorean Volume I: Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, and Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
The Mallorean Volume II: Sorceress of Darshive and The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings
Polgara, the Sorceress by David Eddings
Belgarath, the Sorcerer by David Eddings
Terry Pratchett:
The Wee Free Men - Tiffany Aching and a clan of six inch tall blue men attempt to rescue her brother and stop an invasion from Fairyland.
A Hatful of Sky - The second Tiffany Aching novel.
Wintersmith - The third Tiffany Aching novel.
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld)
Other books in the Discworld Series - The Colour of Magic, Witches Abroad, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Thief of Time, Small Gods, and Mort.
Isaac Asimov:
Though Asimov is usually thought of as a science fiction writer, Magic is a collection of his fantasy short stories.
Jim Butcher:
The Dresden Files - Storm Front, Fool Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Dead Beat, Proven Guilty, White Knight, and Small Favor.
Terry Brooks:
The Sword of Shanarra, The Elfstones of Shanarra, and The Wishsong of Shanarra.
Mercedes Lackey:
The Mage Winds Trilogy - Winds of Fate, Winds of Change, and Winds of Fury.
Velgarth Series - Exile's Honor, Exile's Valor, Take a Thief, Arrors of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall
Diana Tregarde Trilogy - Burning Water, Children of the Night, and Jinx High.
Richard Adams:
Watership Down
George Orwell:
Animal Farm
Richard Bach:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Raymond E. Fiest:
Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master
The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon)
Krondor's Sons (Prince of the Blood, The King's Bucaneer)
Serpent War Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King, Shards of a Broken Crown)
Riftwar Legacy (Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins, Krondor: Tear of the Gods)
Honored Enemy: Legends of the Riftwar
Conclave of Shadows Saga (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes, Exile's Return)
Dark War Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, Wrath of a Mad God)
Raymond E. Fiest and Janny Wurts:
Empire Trilogy - Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, and Mistress of the Empire.
Dave Farland:
Runelords - The Sum of All Men, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Wizardborn, The Lair of Bones, Sons of the Oak, and Worldbinder.
Dean Koontz:
Odd Thomas Series - Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, and Odd Hours.
Robin Hobb:
Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest.
Patricia A. McKillip:
The Riddlemaster of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, Harpist in the Wind, Riddle Master's Game, and Riddle of Stars.
Susanna Clarke:
Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
George R. R. Martin:
A Song of Fire and Ice Saga - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance of Dragons, The Winds of Winter, and A Dream of Spring.
Steven Erikson:
Malazan Book of the Fallen Saga - Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains, Midnight Tides, The Bone Hunters, Reaper's Gate, and Toll the Hounds.
R. Scott Baker:
Prince of Nothing Trilogy - The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, and The Thousandfold Thought.
Joe Haldeman:
The Forever War
Gene Wolfe:
The Wizard Knight
Robert Jordan:
The Wheel of Time Saga - The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, Crossroads of Twilight, and Knife of Dreams.
A Memory of Light - The twelfth and last novel in this series will be completed by Brandon Sanderson since Robert Jordan passed away on September 16, 2007.
Piers Anthony:
A Spell for Chameleon (First in the Xanth Series)
T. H. White:
The Sword in the Stone
The Once and Future King
John Steinbeck (for older readers):
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Stephen R. Donaldson: (most definitely for older readers):
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and The Last Chronicles of Thom
WOULD PROBABLY NEVER CONSIDER SOME OF THESE JUST WONDERING
Colessa (Co-less-uh)
Hilarity (Hill-air-it-tee)
Braelyn (Bray-lin)
Cubby (Cub-bee)
Evaletta (E-vuh-let-tuh)
Asher (Ash-ur)
Poem (Po-em)
Tria (Tree-uh)
Would u ever consider some of these names or they just too weird?
Most are made up but some are actual names.|||Braelyn is somewhat acceptable. I like Asher. Poem is sort of ok. I would consider Asher. I really like the name Ashmal too.|||Colessa [it's not my style but I wouldn't be weirded out by a person with that name. It's kind acute actually]
Hilarity [God NO! Hilary is bad enough, Hilarity sounds like someone misspelled hilarious]
Braelyn [I could definitely use tha!]
Cubby [ok this reminds me of either a taxi driver or a puppy. so no.]
Evaletta [sounds just a tad too made up and is not my style but it could work for someone]
Asher [yes I actually know that name and would use it 100%]
Poem [weirdly enough this is a g.p. name that I could use for a girl]
Tria [sounds like a short form of some name so I wouldn't use it as it is. Plus sounds a bit too girly]|||I'm assuming you;re not expecting.
Colessa (Co-less-uh): It's not horrible, I guess. But I don't really like it.
Hilarity (Hill-air-it-tee): It wouldn't be that bad, since it sounds like Hillary, but please never name a child this if you have one :). They would get teased because it's the noun of the word hilarious.
Braelyn (Bray-lin): Pretty nice name.
Cubby (Cub-bee): Again would be teased. Cubby house, a bear cub, or chubby Cubby.
Evaletta (E-vuh-let-tuh): I'd prefer just Eva. Evaletta sounds liek abn older person name.
Asher (Ash-ur): So long as it's for a boy, I quite like this name.
Poem (Po-em): I guess it could be a virtuous-type name. Pretty but could get teased too
Tria (Tree-uh):SOunds too much like trio or tree, but at least it sort of sounds like a name.
I would consider Asher and amybe Braelyn. Asher is not that unusual. Some of them are a bit too much though :). But good job in making names up :)|||Colessa- Not Bad
Hilarity- Um....no! Try Clarity or Trinity
Braelyn- Love It!
Cubby- Please Don't
Evaletta- Too old fashioned!
Asher- I've heard worst
Poem-I actually like it!
Tria-eeeh!
I would consider Braelyn but spelt Brailyn or Braylinn
My little cousin's name is Braylon, it's a boy! And I've met a little girl named Braelyn|||Colessa, no.
Hilarity - are you joking? never.
Braelyn... nah, but I'm sure there's people called that out there.
Cubby. lol. no.
Evaletta, never.
Asher... I like it.
Poem - what the hell? never.
Tria, nope.|||Braelyn and Asher are fine, Tria is okay, the rest, bleck. Especially Hilarity, which is tooooo funny *get it?*|||They're all interesting.|||The first and second name are adorible and the very last one is cute|||i would consider BRAELYN... best of the bunch
I'm desperate for another series similar to twilight! not necessarily about vampires or werewolves, but i love stephenie meyer's writing style and the chemistry and romance between edward and bella. so far, i'm looking into a great and terrible beauty by libba bray and shamer's daughter by lene kaaberbol. anyone read these? also, what other series or books would a twilight fan enjoy? thanks in advance!|||Have you read The Host yet?
I just got it today, but I'm currently working on another series called The House Of Night.
it's related to twilight and they're awesomee! The first one is Marked, then Betrayed, Chosen, Untamed and there's another one, haha i forgot.
But try those (:|||"The Host" also by Stephenie Meyer.
"The House of Night" Series by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
---> 1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen|||the host
i guess
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||Good luck finding something as original as Twilight.|||i think the city of ember is like it. u could try that. hope i help!
It's just so sick. Some of my friends at school say it's hilarious and bray with laughter when watching. It just makes me feel like throwing up most of the time though.
They say that it's just funny.
But why? How?
Does anyone agree with me?|||There are many kinds of humor:
Highbrow-upscale,dry thinking person's humor
Middlebrow-regular guy humor
Lowbrow-risque,ribald,doofus and mostly offensive fratboy humor.
Family Guy quite definitely falls into the third category and as your reaction to it demonstrates, it is indeed not for everybody. I watch it myself,and even I have to turn my head in disgust when they clearly go beyond the pale. I like Family Guy NOT for the gross factor,but for the alternately clever/doofus humor,the send-ups/parodies and the signature flashback "Like the time I..." jokes. On that level, it's a great show, And sometimes you just want to watch some good silly comedy just to get some relief from all the crap that's happening these days. And even silly comedy can make serious points about real life issues ala Scrubs. In short they have heart. On shows like Family Guy, that heart isn't readily evident, so you've gotta kind of DIG for it. So if you can acknowledge all that and,hard as it is,overlook the gross and naughty bits, perhaps you'll be able to enjoy it a little more. Like I said,lowbrow humor is not for everyone,but even it has a purpose.|||Some people just do not like it.
It is usually dry and sarcastic, and I agree that some of it is like "man they took it to far" but sometimes its just funny, it all depends on your tastes.
Approach the show knowing its a joke, and the writers wrote it to be a joke and relax and watch it, if you do not then thats fine, a lot of people don't, and a lot of people do.|||As it's an adult comedy,maybe you aren't mature enough to understand the sarcasm,nuances,and political undertones.
Do you realise,Mayor Adam West,is actually voiced by Adam West,who was 'Batman' in the 1960s series,and is taking the p*ss out of himself!?
When you have lived life a bit more,maybe you'll find it as funny,as this 48 year old Welshman does!|||Sorry, but if you have to ask why it's funny then you will never understand. It's adult absurdest humor and not meant for everyone. You might say prudes need not try to watch it because they are sure to be shocked.
Family Guy is a love it or hate it show and the one thing that is for sure is that it is not meant for children.|||I can't work it out either.... I watched one were the wee boy wanted to be sexually abused by his father and the father didn't want to do it so he paid someone to sneak into the wee boys room at night and pretend to be him.... The wee boy went off to band camp happy his dad had sexually abused..|||Sorry, but I love it. You must be too young to understand it. The satire of it all. I watch it almost every day. My Mom watches it, my nephews watch it. We all love it. When we are all together we talk about it and laugh until we can't breath.|||i love it because of its striking relatability with my family. its like, if you combine family guy and everybody loves raymond, you get my family.|||No no no no no no noooooooooooooooo. that show is awesome! everyone i know who are my friends love it! from my 10 year old friend to my 14 year old friends. that show is awesome!|||its funny cause it makes fun of other movies?shows
and they have there own plot so its very creative
look if you don't like it good for you but alot of other people do|||Family guy has what some people call a "Crued" sense of humour. You personally have to enjoy that humour, in order to like the show.|||It's as funny as Ricky Chaves|||you have to have a sick and warped sense of humour, like me. i love family guy.|||Yes its sick.
That's mostly why it's an adult show.
I like it though :]
They do adult things though.|||I hear you dude!
Its Bull man really don't find it funny!
And whats up with the one eyed person now thats just scary!!
Lolz
X|||Buttscratcher!|||Family Guy is great!!!|||maybe you should try and explain why you don't find it funny!!
I think you're in the minority....|||oops, was gonna suggest Southpark, buuuuuut... maybe not|||Satire comedy. Seems like a kids show but it isn't.|||Oh havent you heard. it was my understanding that everyone had heard.
A well a bird bird bird bird birds the word.|||i agree most of the things are very harmful and hurtful.
but sometimes its funny.
but i can understand why you dont think its funny,
it prolly offended you
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
It's just so sick. Some of my friends at school say it's hilarious and bray with laughter when watching. It just makes me feel like throwing up most of the time though.
They say that it's just funny.
But why? How?
Does anyone agree with me?|||There are many kinds of humor:
Highbrow-upscale,dry thinking person's humor
Middlebrow-regular guy humor
Lowbrow-risque,ribald,doofus and mostly offensive fratboy humor.
Family Guy quite definitely falls into the third category and as your reaction to it demonstrates, it is indeed not for everybody. I watch it myself,and even I have to turn my head in disgust when they clearly go beyond the pale. I like Family Guy NOT for the gross factor,but for the alternately clever/doofus humor,the send-ups/parodies and the signature flashback "Like the time I..." jokes. On that level, it's a great show, And sometimes you just want to watch some good silly comedy just to get some relief from all the crap that's happening these days. And even silly comedy can make serious points about real life issues ala Scrubs. In short they have heart. On shows like Family Guy, that heart isn't readily evident, so you've gotta kind of DIG for it. So if you can acknowledge all that and,hard as it is,overlook the gross and naughty bits, perhaps you'll be able to enjoy it a little more. Like I said,lowbrow humor is not for everyone,but even it has a purpose.|||Some people just do not like it.
It is usually dry and sarcastic, and I agree that some of it is like "man they took it to far" but sometimes its just funny, it all depends on your tastes.
Approach the show knowing its a joke, and the writers wrote it to be a joke and relax and watch it, if you do not then thats fine, a lot of people don't, and a lot of people do.|||As it's an adult comedy,maybe you aren't mature enough to understand the sarcasm,nuances,and political undertones.
Do you realise,Mayor Adam West,is actually voiced by Adam West,who was 'Batman' in the 1960s series,and is taking the p*ss out of himself!?
When you have lived life a bit more,maybe you'll find it as funny,as this 48 year old Welshman does!|||Sorry, but if you have to ask why it's funny then you will never understand. It's adult absurdest humor and not meant for everyone. You might say prudes need not try to watch it because they are sure to be shocked.
Family Guy is a love it or hate it show and the one thing that is for sure is that it is not meant for children.|||I can't work it out either.... I watched one were the wee boy wanted to be sexually abused by his father and the father didn't want to do it so he paid someone to sneak into the wee boys room at night and pretend to be him.... The wee boy went off to band camp happy his dad had sexually abused..|||Sorry, but I love it. You must be too young to understand it. The satire of it all. I watch it almost every day. My Mom watches it, my nephews watch it. We all love it. When we are all together we talk about it and laugh until we can't breath.|||i love it because of its striking relatability with my family. its like, if you combine family guy and everybody loves raymond, you get my family.|||No no no no no no noooooooooooooooo. that show is awesome! everyone i know who are my friends love it! from my 10 year old friend to my 14 year old friends. that show is awesome!|||its funny cause it makes fun of other movies?shows
and they have there own plot so its very creative
look if you don't like it good for you but alot of other people do|||Family guy has what some people call a "Crued" sense of humour. You personally have to enjoy that humour, in order to like the show.|||It's as funny as Ricky Chaves|||you have to have a sick and warped sense of humour, like me. i love family guy.|||Yes its sick.
That's mostly why it's an adult show.
I like it though :]
They do adult things though.|||I hear you dude!
Its Bull man really don't find it funny!
And whats up with the one eyed person now thats just scary!!
Lolz
X|||Buttscratcher!|||Family Guy is great!!!|||maybe you should try and explain why you don't find it funny!!
I think you're in the minority....|||oops, was gonna suggest Southpark, buuuuuut... maybe not|||Satire comedy. Seems like a kids show but it isn't.|||Oh havent you heard. it was my understanding that everyone had heard.
A well a bird bird bird bird birds the word.|||i agree most of the things are very harmful and hurtful.
but sometimes its funny.
but i can understand why you dont think its funny,
it prolly offended you
I have to write a three page essay on a young adult author, and I chose Libba Bray. My sources and thesis sentence are due tomorrow, and I haven't found enough information on her!
I've look all over her website, and read many interviews, but I cannot find enough information for a three page report! Also, we are not allowed to use Wikipedia.
Do you know of any information about her or websites I can go to for information? I urgently need to know!|||One of my favorite tricks for having to come up with sources is to go to Wikipedia and scroll down to the bottom where sources are listed for what's on the page. Sometimes you can find some really good stuff down there.
It's probably going to be hard to write about Ms. Bray just because she's such a recently popular author. Good luck!|||I agree with who's above me. You can go to Wikipedia and where they list the sources, take those.
It would be hard to write about Libba Bray because she's not very popular. She has a LiveJournal: http://libba-bray.livejournal.com and you can look around there. I'm sorry, but not a lot of her information is very easy to find.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
i have heard a lot of different opinions about "The Sweet Far Thing" by Libba Bray
i'd like some more opinions on the books before i read it
and i'd really appreciate YOUR opinions on the book
**please don't give the story away**|||in my opinion, it was probably the best of the series, but it wasn't the kind of book i wanted to just keep reading. it took me quite a while to finish it, & i'm a fast reader.
it wasn't ..WOW. but it was a pretty good ending to the series.
a lot of things happen throughout the book, which i liked, but it was only okay for me.|||I agree with the first person it wasnt really awesome but good enough to read it in my opinion! It leads you on a lot but thats what makes it a decent book! *Hope I helped!*
Okay, I have to do this LA project and we need to write a letter to someone. I decided to write one to one of my favorite authors, Libba Bray. But I can't find a place to contact her! Can anyone help me with this? Even an email address would be fine!|||She's on livejournal.com
Go to her website you can find it on the books. And her livejournal link should be on her website. And I believe her e-mail is too.|||Libba Bray is one of the best book writers (just a quick shoutout)
I say its said : fiber or f-eye-ber
my friend thinks it is pronounced: fee-bray
Who is correct?|||You're correct. It's spelled fiber in the US and fibre in the UK. Same pronunciation.|||Lol it's definitely pronounced "fye-bur".
These are one of these words like sabre/saber and theatre/theater. Both are spelled correctly, one is just an old english way of writing it.|||You are correct, not your friend!
"Fibre" is the British spelling of "fiber."
Also, he should think for a second; does he pronounce the word "theatre" as they-AH-tray? I think not!|||f-eye-ber|||Fy-ber
Only heard fy-bray once but the woman was ghetto so I wouldn't take her word for it!
In context, a particular Christian organisation I know of is "due to have a Bray-Day service on 14 Feb".
What is Bray-Day?|||I would check with the originating organisation, if I were you Steven. I know you seem to be quoting, but it may be a typo / misunderstanding. I've done searches, with three different search engines using bray-day and bray day, and I do not get anything related to Christianity. I just wonder whether it is a Prayer Day, and the typist thought it was spelt Pray Day, but then used a B instead of a P. It's bossiple.........|||a donkey holiday|||i'm christian but have no clue 'bout that
For my class, i need to write an essay on a novel i have recently read, and i chose the book "A Great and Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray. I really need a really fantastic thesis statement! In the essay, I need to write the theme of "A Great and Terrible Beauty", write a thesis statement for it , and then in the following paragraphs take quotes out from the story that demonstrate this theme. Could anyone give me ideas for a good theme and thesis statement for this type of essay? Thanks!|||The theme that struck me the most was the feminine power. I can't remember what all is expressly explained in this book (as opposed to in the other two), but the power of women, especially over men, seemed really good to me in that book. What I think made it even more powerful was the time period it's set in, in which men have extreme power over women, as shown through her brother.
Good luck!
does anyone know when libba bray's third book to the great and terrible beauty/rebel angels series is coming out? all i know is that in the end of rebel angels it said autumn 2007.
thanks so much to anyone who answers!|||THIS CHRISTMAS!! OMG!
http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Far-Thing-Li鈥?/a>|||Eeeep!!! It's coming out on December 26, 2007!!! I can't wait for it!!! You can pre-order it on Amazon, by the way!!!|||December 26, 2007
i need help answering these questions about Rebel Angels so here they are:
#1 who is the most interesting character in the novel? Explain!
#2 What is the main conflict of the novel? what events have further complicated this conflict?
#3 Overall did the protagonist succeed or fail?|||Try these links, they should be able to assist in any question you could conceivably ask :
http://www.shmoop.com
http://sparknotes.com
http://www.cliffsnotes.com
http://www.novelguide.com
http://www.campusnut.com
http://www.gradesaver.com
http://www.pinkmonkey.com
http://www.bookwolf.com
do you think tyler bray will go to the nfl|||one of the more underrated qbs in the sec... no big deal. but hes only a sophomore. but teams probably wont pick him up until later if he keeps gun slinging like he did last year. it hasnt hurt him yet, but it might bite him|||It depends on Tyler Bray's work ethic, especially with his eating and exercise habits, during every offseason. If Tyler Bray eats healthy, and exercises by doing a lot of running every day, he will greatly improve his chances of becoming a successful quarterback in college football, as well as getting drafted to play for an NFL team in the future.
My donkeys won't bray at all. We got them as pasture buddies for my lonely ponies and my family loves to hear them bray. They brayed when we went to look at them. Since they have come ot our farm they do nothing but snort, grunt, and poop.|||They may be just acclimating themselves to the new place. Do you feed them or are they just pastured? If you walk out everyday with some feed for them to come to, they may start braying at the sight of you, the sound of your truck, or just because it is feeding time. Our donks bray for all of the above reasons and also to warn us of other people or dogs around.
If you just want to hear the bray, lead one out of the pasture and out of sight and I bet they will get very vocal missing their buddy. That grunting thing that they do fills their lungs with air getting ready for the bray.|||Maybe they don't have a reason to bray?
My guys bray when I show up to feed, when ppl drive by, when someone just looks at them.
Sounds like your guys are happy and content. I guarentee if you moved one out away from the other you would have lots of braying going on.|||they only bray if they have a reason. my donkey never really does it either. most only do it at night or if needing attention. but they may bray some times and you just don't hear it a lot of them bray low enough to where it is barely audible.|||I think you will be glad about that later-- its going to annoy the hell out of you in a month if they start braying. If that's all that's wrong with them and they seem to be eating and acting normal don't worry|||They probably do it as soon as you pull out of the driveway! Maybe they are content & have nothing to complain about...
Okay so those of you who read, do you people know who Libba Bray and Stephenie Meyer are? Well both of their thrid books come out this fall. Who do you think is the better author?|||It's not particularly fair to label one better than the other. Both have considerable talents for entertaining readers. But if you're asking whose book I'll buy first...and whose book I'll be counting down the days until its released...the answer is Stephenie Meyer. She has me hooked with her vampire series. I can't wait to see what happens to Bella and Edward. Bray, on the other hand, I'll be waiting for the library.|||Stephenie Meyer by far. How can you even question that?|||Sorry, as much as i do like Twilight, Bray wins easily|||I haven't read any of Libby Bray's books yet but I can't imagine that I could possibly like them better than Twilight.
she has a livejournal blog, it's
http://www.libba-bray.livejournal.com
She's not writing any more Gemma Doyle books, but she's currently working on a book called "Going Bovine" it's a dark comedy about a boy with mad cow disease and a dwarf or something, and they're going on a road trip, I think... I heard about this in a video on youtube from Maureen Johnson's youtube, "maureenbooks" It's in something about Maureen and Libba Striking back, either part one or two. According to them it's the plot of Pride and Prejudice. ;)|||I hope so. I have no idea though.|||She has a blog on Live Journal. You could ask her there.
my parents are coming to visit me in dublin next week and want to take a day trip somewhere fun. they've never been to ireland and want to see some of its beautiful scenery but I also have 9 year old brothers so there should be stuff for them to do too (hiking or beach or something). Where's a good family place to go within an hour or so of Dublin?|||I'd say wicklow cause there's a lot more scenery and its a lot nicer. I've never been to howth but I live near bray and go to school there and other than the vbeach its not that nice.|||Personally I would recommend taking a DART and going to Malahide. Then take a 102 bus via Portmarnock to Sutton. Great journey. Beautiful sea coast. Then if you want to, take a DART again to Howth (2 stops). When it comes to Bray, there is not much to do in winter weather. Everything is closed, aquarium sucks! Wicklows sounds good as well. Try Powerscourt estate and Enniskerry Village, very charming, great for walks, good restaurants and food around and great mountain view. Your parents and brother might like it.|||I would reccomand Howth :) lovely scenery :)
also i would reccomand Glendalough in Wicklow absouloutly fab!|||Bray seafront is good plenty of fun for 9yr olds and the whole family too :)|||I think Bray would be your best bet.
I think what is killing South Carolina is their play at the QB. Teams are double teaming Alshon Jeffery and putting 8 guys in the box to stop Lattimore. I think that South Carolina should have put more effort into recruiting a good QB after Garcia's sophomore year since he was never that great. If they had a good QB like Taj Boyd or Tyler Bray they would easily be a top 5 team right now.|||I think so. Garcia is extremely overrated and inconsistent. Look at last weeks game against auburn, he didn't play too good. their defense is good but honestly all you have to do is give them pressure and they close up. Clowney is a beast and he'll run all over the field, and same with lattimore. I agree, Spurrier didn't focus on his QB as much as he probably should have.
it irks me that garcia's still there and STARTING.
war eagle (;|||I really think that Spurrier all along has screwed up in his handling of Garcia. They have continued to keep this problem child at the school and on the team just for the sake that they possibly could win with him. They have pretty much let him get away with everything and they keep bringing him back. I think that might of had an effect on recruiting and swayed some good QB's away from S.C over the last couple of years.I think that has had an affect on the rest of the team too as they see Spurrier as a coach that does not follow through with his disciplinary actions.|||I doubt it.
I enjoy psychological thrillers, fantasy and comedy. Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Suzanne Collins, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams are some of my favourite authors. I despise Twilight and most things by Sarah Dessen. Any suggestions?|||Crossings - Danielle Steele
Secret smile - Nicci French
Sacred sins - Nora Roberts
The last honest woman - Nora Roberts
Not without my daughter - Betty Mahmoody
Dragons of autumn twilight - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman|||Creatura by Nely Cab (it's a new novel but I really like it. I has really good ratings and reviews on both amazon and bn.com)
Amazon summary:
When seventeen year-old Isis Martin is having trouble sleeping due to perturbing dreams of a horrific growling beast, she decides to confront her fear. But what Isis discovers is something other than a menacing entity. The human-like creature offers Isis assurance that he is not a figment of her imagination. Unwilling to accept his avowal, Isis sets his words to contest by asking the entity to prove himself - a dare, he readily welcomes. It is in her dreams that Isis innocently stumbles upon the silent existence of the divine lineage of those that man has long forgotten. In a quaint town, deep in south Texas, this story leads Isis onto the path of impermissible love and captivating life-changing truths. Isis Martin's journey is sure to leave any reader ravenous for more.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463406鈥?/a>|||The Shining - Stephen King
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Silent Scream - Harlan Ellison
Dragon Weather - Lawrence Watt-Evans|||Finding Daddy
I have an assignment to take the Book "A Great and Terrible Beauty" By Libba Bray And do anything i want with it. I dont want to make a poster what should i do?|||I wish I could remember the name of it, but basically, you take items that are significant to the book, and place them in a shoebox that has been decorated based on the book too. Then, as you present it, you take the items out and explain their significance to the book.
I want to call it a Memory Box, but thats not right...it'll come to me later.|||Build a cave or a little group of caves out of modeling clay. Top it off by inserting 16 candles to represent Emma’s encounter in Bombay with her mother.
If you go to a craft store, thrift store or dollar store, you should be able to pick up quite cheaply some little plastic girl dolls, a man doll (for Kartik, on which you can draw a heart for love), and two taller girl or woman dolls to represent the sorceress Circe as well as Gemma’s mom, which can be covered by a piece of white cloth (a shroud or ghost sheet) and tied around the neck -- with a skull drawn over where the mother’s face is in order to represent the haunting images Gemma sees of her mom's apparent suicide. Gemma’s doll could be glittered to represent her power. Also, find a little creature toy that reminds you of the conjured monster. [If you cannot find the right dolls, draw the characters on paper and glue to cardboard so they can also stand up in the clay floor entrance to the cave(s).] This next thing is optional: find a toy school or other little building (even made from cardboard and tape) that you could write the name of the girls’ school on it, and place it next to the clay cave(s).
Buy a miniature book or just paint one from a little piece of thick cardboard and write “Mary Dowd’s Diary” on it. Find a little black & white picture of a woman’s face in a magazine and paste it onto a dark piece of paper a little larger and write "Mary Dowd" beneath it (who is actually Gemma’s mother).
Now you can write a little synopsis of this first story in the trilogy and pick up and show the different characters and objects as you explain the tale. [Or just write out what all the dolls and objects represent on a smallish piece of paper and glue that to thin cardboard and set it by the cave(s).]
I’ll bet you’ll get an A+.
Frederic Kahler|||make a microsoft powerpoint presentation|||Well, I would either write a hellagood paper or do a PowerPoint.|||make a powerpoint.... i love making powerpoints... :]|||Why not do something that the character would do in the book? For example, if it was a romance novel, try making a love letter by one character to another. for adventure, make a scrapbook containing experiences and personal anecdotes. either way, i greatly recommend you do a project that relates to at least one of the characters, which greatly conveys your appreciation for the book.
it's best if you mention the theme of the book indirectly through your work, as well as the different characters in book, events and places.
traditional stuff are good too. like if it was set in a monarchy area, make it look all britain-y with gold and stuff. :D
Hey ppl. I know Deanne is deaf in real life but is it true that she can't talk clearly in real life too? Some people tell me that she can and some tell me that she can't. Help please :)|||That is her real voice on the show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanne_Bray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENzyYRobLyY
you think of when u read it.. like a lyric of a song to any quote in the book and why that lyric goes with it.. or the whole song itself... anyways... plzz just help... thankya!|||i have never thought of a song when i read a book. when i read your question a song came to mind. "somewhere only we know" by keane. i dont know why i thought of this song but i hope it works|||I've read it and really liked it but it was a few years ago and I don't really think of songs when reading a book. sorry.|||Ah! I love that book!
Because the book is a historical fiction work, I don't really imagine any music going with it as well as classical music. However, if you go on the author's website, the author makes it very clear that she is a feminist. And this shows in her work-she has very strong female leads who don't need a man. Because of this, I think the song "Anthem" by Superchick goes well with the book and author's beliefs.|||I've read it, it was pretty good.
Now that you ask, the cover and the content of the book make me think that To The Spaceport from the Treasure Planet soundtrack fit well. The beginning of the song makes me think of the cover, a curvy young woman that seems the semblence of docility and classical femininty. Then the song bursts into defiance and a flurry of excitement, it soars and makes me think of Gemma being decidely undocile. Then it trickles back to a pleasing noise and then quiets, much like Gemma settles back into the role people want her to play though she is always watchful for a chance to burst out again.
i started to read it a little but then i realized i had to return it to the library. egh. so does anyone knows wut happens?do kartik and gemma finally get together? did the girls find pippa?wut were some of the major events?|||gamewinners.com|||if you train your mind to cheat!
there will come a time that you will cheat to obtain a man, then he too wil turn his back on you, for you were not true to him.
cheats are like smoking, drinking and drugs.
they are in fasion but never give your the happines you deserve.
dont cheat! read the book, you might get to like it!
p.s. men like the company of educated woman not cheap cheats|||Why don't you go back to the library, check out the book again and find out the answers to your questions while enjoying a bit of a read?|||check pink monkey . com|||Go get it from the library. Its worth reading
My roo Stripey is making weird donkey bray like noises and his mouth is gaped open!? What could it be? How much is a vet visit for a chicken, we dont have much money at all!|||It may be just a simple cold, make sure coop is dry and damp conditions are a major factor, what other symptoms does he have? ie runny nose, what about his eyes? it makes a diff to know! it may pass, but may get worse, is he drinking? eating since you noticed? plz reply, may I add alot of vets dont deal with chickens and most of those that do have no idea what their talking about, 拢20 roughly to look at him, + treatment, alot of vets will try and convert their usual bird knowledge to Chickens but really you need a proper chicken keeper/farmer to ask, if you do go to a vet, ask if they have qualifications in chickens rather than do you see chicken!!!! it makes a diff, ill check later to c if u replied on further symptom|||Im really sorry to hear that babe, so upsetting, sometimes we just dont know, recently I took my R. I. R Rooster to the vet, she charged me 拢20 for a miss diagnosis, I knew what was wrong and knew that I couldnt save him, he was 7 years old and my total pride of joy, So sad xx Report Abuse
|||I have chickens & none of the vets in my rural area treat chickens, even though they treat large livestock--horses, cows, goats, etc.
It doesn't pay to take a chicken to the vet anyway.
I have over-the-counter anitbiotic & dewormer that was very inexpensive. I bought this stuff at the local Feed Mill. But if that doesn't work, I just let them die or slaughter them.|||I have had chickens it would be cheaper to buy a new chicken. Call a large animal vet they usually pretty helpful just over the phone.|||that question is too general, i advise calling the vet, it might be free, and could cost anything depending on what it has|||sounds like he's choking... give him water and look down his throat to make sure he didn't eat something too big
I lovelovelove Libba Bray's series and at the end of the third book, there was a wide open ending and in an interview she said another sequel could happen. I was wondering if anything was concrete?|||nothing is set in stone just yet.
but maybe.
i would love that.
i pretty much hated the end.
i adored kartik...
but let's hope for another book, shall we?
I saw in the back that Twilight fans would love it and was wondering if you guys thought it was a good book? I'm 16...|||If you love Twilight, you should try reading Graceling by Kristin Cashore or The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Both are great, The Hunger Games is amazing, I read it after Stephenie Meyer recommended it on her website. It's a fast paced thriller with romance, and suitable for teenagers.
I have two questions for you guys! (I will choose a best answer)
1. Is Libba Bray Romanian? Libba Bray is the author of "Going Bovine" "A Great and Terrible Beauty" "Rebel Angels" and "A Sweet Far Thing".
2. Does anyone know where I can get a biography of her? Website please!
Please answer both questions, thanks!|||1. No.
2. http://www.libbabray.com/bio.html
It can only be a paragraph long and is about gemma doyle from the Libba Bray trilogy
|||How to Write a Character Sketch
When you write a character sketch, you are trying to introduce the reader to someone. You want the reader to have a strong mental image of the person, to know how the person talks, to know the person's characteristic ways of doing things, to know something about the person's value system. Character sketches only give snap shots of people; therefore, you should not try to write a history of the person.
A good way to write a character sketch is to tell a little story about one encounter you had with him or her. If you do that, you could describe a place briefly, hopefully a place that belongs to the person you are describing, focusing on things in the scene that are somehow representative of the person you are describing. Describe how the person is dressed. Then simply tell what happened as you spent time together. From time to time, describe the person's gestures or facial expressions. It is important to put words into the person's mouth in direct quotations.
As you work on this paper, you should decide what kind of emotional reaction you want the reader to have in relationship to this person. What kind of details can you select to create that emotional reaction? Avoid making broad characterizing statements; instead, let the details you give suggest general characteristics. Let the reader draw her own conclusions.
We are thinking of buying a 36ft motor cruiser in Bray, but were just wondering how much it would cost to move it to east England.|||About half the value of the boat.
Low loaders and drivers do not come cheap.
Plus the insurance costs!|||here in new jersey its usually 10 dollars a ft to remove from the water and the same to launch. i would assume if they are towing it on the road you would have to pay a mileage rate.
I just did a paper on A Great and Terrible Beauty for my youth literature course and ended up re-reading the whole series. I never noticed in high school how much Bray put into this book...
What do you think makes it so captivating, who is your favorite character and why, and what is your favorite scene or quote from either A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, or The Sweet Far Thing?|||Gema takes you in all her journeys, It's a classic, I loved it|||I absolutely loved The Gemma Doyle Trilogy. They were the best books I've read in a while.
I really liked how Libba Bray described things in her story, not too much, but just enough to keep me satisfied. I didn't mind the present tense, though apparently some people did; I heard it confused them when they went to write.
The characters Bray created were wonderful. Pippa and Felicity weren't your stereotypical cliquish girls. Gemma is a great heroine, very strong, but with flaws. Ann really annoyed me at times; I couldn't stand how she wouldn't stand up for herself.
Karik was a great character (my favorite). I was so sad when he died. *sob*
Well, I don't remember any quotes from the Trilogy. I'll come back and edit when I find a few, okay?
~Eryn
I loved this book......but after reading it I found out it was a Young Adult novel....has anyone else read this and loved it....that isn't a young adult? :) I'm 25...|||Yes! I'm 24, and I loved it! I knew it was a YA novel, but I am also a huge Harry Potter and Eragon fan, so I figured I'd go for it.
I actually think it is really dark novel for the age range, though. It is actually quite sexual, too (well, not in dirty way). It is an interesting concept, and I can't wait to read Rebel Angels!
PS And there is to be 3 in the series!|||I read it...and loved it! Rebel Angels is good too...I wish she'd write a 3rd book. :(|||Yes, I'm 27. I love reading YA books...well most YA books anyway. If you liked A Great and Terrible Beauty...and if you haven't read it already...one of my favorite YA books is TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer.|||Yep. I'm 38. I have (but haven't read) the second one. I read all sorts of books, regardless of their target age. Partly that's because I give books as gifts to every child I know, and I like to read them before giving them. Mostly, though, I just appreciate good books. Other books you might want to give a try are The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, anything by Madeline L'Engle, and the Tillerman books by Cynthia Voigt. I also liked Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke. Go back a few years and look into Gene Stratton Porter (A Girl of the Limberlost, Laddie, Freckles) or L. M. Montgomery for the Anne of Green Gables series. Finally, they're more difficult to find, but try Julian F. Thompson books, especially The Grounding of Group 6, A Band of Angels, or A Question of Survival.|||Yeah. I'm twelve and I've read it, and I've read Rebel Angels (2nd of the trilogy) and I've given it to a friend who also read it. My grandmother (62) also read it, and likes it alot. It's good for every age group, well written and wonderfully produced. It'll be a classic in time. Or, at least, it should be. I'm rooting for Gemma and Kartik to finally 'fess up to their mutual feelings, but yeah. Also, if you haven't read the 2nd one, I won't spoil it, but Ms. Moore isn't who she appears to be.
i love The Great and Terrible beauty and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray and I was wondering if anyone knew when the third book will be released. i have heard maybe this summer but I don't know if that's true or not.
Thanks for any answers!|||Amazon says December 26, 2007
It's called The Sweet Far Thing
According to her LiveJournal It was originally planned for September, but she wanted a little more time to make it the best book possible.|||wow.
i love points.
:]|||I don't know when it's being realized, but you can pre-order it on amazon and even combine it with Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse, which comes out in August.
The place is meant to have good coverage however we can only get SBS and ABC. We have a digital tv connected to the antenna via the basic coax cable. The house is only a few years old. Can someone help to receive all the digital channels.|||You will likely need a better antenna . Have a look at houses in the area to see what kind of antenna people are using.
Hi, I'm getting ready to take a trip to Ireland. We are flying into the Dublin airport, and staying on Main Street in Bray. I'm looking for a cheap way to get between the two places. What bus/train line can I take to get to Bray?|||Find your way to the Nearest Railway Station , Taxi/Bus Short journey , The Train Service ( the Dart ) Will take you to Bray no Problem, Good Service
Every 15/20 Minutes, Good Luck|||There is a bus link (the 747) from the into Busarus (the central bus depot). From there you can cross the road to Connolly station and get the train to bray from there. Total cost, about 8 euro.
Alterately you can try to get to Malahide, and get a train from there into Bray (getting to malahide from the airport will be tricky though).
Or you can catch the standard bus from the airport, to O'Connell st, then walk to connolly or Tara st. station.|||Ofaoilain is right. there is a bus that will bring you from the airport to the DART, which will bring you to the heart of Bray. 4-5 euros tops
Friday, February 24, 2012
Supposedly sighted in southern Wisconsin since the 1930's|||http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/
http://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html|||The Beast of Bray Road (or the Bray Road Beast) is an unknown creature first reported in the 1980s on a rural road outside of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
The Beast of Bray Road is described by witnesses in several ways:
- A hairy biped resembling Bigfoot
- An unusually large and intelligent wolf apt to walk on its hind legs
- Different hybrid forms between the two aforementioned.
- Although the Beast of Bray Road has not been seen to transform from a human into a wolf in most of the sightings, it has been labeled a werewolf in newspaper articles.
Theories
- The creature is an undiscovered variety of wild dog
- It is a cryptid named the Shunka Warakin (a hyena or wolf-like beast)
- It is the waheela (a giant prehistoric wolf similar to Amarok)
- It is a wolfdog or a coydog, possibly one that had been trained to stand upright before becoming feral
- It is a living example of an actual werewolf.
- Another paranormal theory is the Native American legends of the skin-walkers.
I have tried to take advice from some of my favorite authors, including Stephenie Meyer, Libba Bray, Tamora Pierce, and Jane Austen, but I would like more ideas on how to continue writing after you have a brain freeze on the beginning pages.|||I know that everybody has that secret book that they save so they dont mess it up in their youth. Go ahead and take a shot at an opening paragraph and put it away. Start sevearl opening paragraphs for many differnt books. Dont be afraid to not finish just ONE. Than move them all together, or draw straws and see where it takes you. Or, somthing i love to do. Meditate, find your happy place, that one you dream of. And try to describe it, but don't ever show anybody, just keep that as your little peice of insperation.|||Take a piece of paper and just write for ten minutes. It can be about anything--you could describe your cereal bowl if you can't think of anything else to write. Hopefully you'll get some ideas that way|||You might want to try asking the same thing on these writer forums: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/index.ph鈥?/a>
You can some good help there from people who have thought through the issue.
I need a decent curling iron. I have only had old hand me downs my entire life. None of which heat up very well. My hair is very in cooperative and in order to get it to do anything I need something that gets really hot. But is quick and easy to use. Any suggestions.
And also I don't have a lot of money. But I want to get myself a good bray gift and I thought this would be a good idea.|||Instead of using a curling iron to curl your hair, try this tutorial to learn how to curl you hair with a flat iron:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0GWmbVnE鈥?/a>|||i recommend the Karmin G3 Salon Pro Clipless Ceramic Tourmaline Curling Iron, its pretty good, i have one and i can make very defined curls. u can check it out at http://www.hairtools.ca/karmin-g3-salon-pro-clipless-ceramic-tourmaline-curling-iron.html.|||I personally prefer using a hair straightener to curl my hair(: you grab a piece and curve the straightener and just go down and you get really gorgeous curls!|||U can get good curling irons at walmart for a good price. Remington is a graet brand! and cheap too. it works well for me|||the flat one
HELP!!! I only have 76 days left. Ive never planned a surprise birthday party before and I need some ideas.
Do u think that if I invite the Yamster he would come?
To make it religious: if the snake that tempted Eve had a surprise bray party for himself, do you think that the sexy chick snakes from the movie Snakes on a Plane would make a strip show for him?|||Happy Birthday!
The yamster is a jerk, he didn't come to my party... but it doesn't hurt to ask (just don't get your hopes up!).
I always pictured the snake as being a girl... or at least gay :) LOL|||Hell yeah. That snake was sexxyyy.
Anyway, back to the bday q:
Uhh... pop your cherry?|||Ill bring the ganja and then we can make it "shammanly" speaking|||STARVINBVG CHILDRENN IN THE WORLD WOULD LIK A SURPRIUSE BOWL OF SOUP, LET ALON SUPRISE BDAY PARTY 76345 DAYS IN ADVANCE. YOR SELF CNETREWRD|||Shut up!|||If i were the one to give a birthday party, i would make the theme simple specially now that we are in a global crisis.|||Invite yourself out to a movie so that you can set up the party before you get back.
Ingo and the Tide Knot by Helen Dunmore
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins|||Another good book is 'Shiver' by Maggie Stiefvater which the summary is:
'For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.'
Another Good book is 'Need' by Carrie Jones which the Summary is:
Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since life’s been pretty rough so far. Her father left, her stepfather just died, and her mother’s pretty much checked out. Now Zara’s living with her grandmother in sleepy, cold Maine so that she stays “safe.” Zara doesn’t think she’s in danger; she thinks her mother can’t deal. Wrong. Turns out that guy she sees everywhere, the one leaving trails of gold glitter, isn’t a figment of her imagination. He’s a pixie—and not the cute, lovable kind with wings. He’s the kind who has dreadful, uncontrollable needs. And he’s trailing Zara.
Another Good book is Gone by Michael Grant the summary is:
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE. Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...|||The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley.
Tithe and Valiant by Holly Black.
Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore.
The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler.
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare Dunkle.
Murkmere by Patricia Elliott.
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale.
The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones.
Epic and Saga by Conor Kostick.
Spindle's End, Beauty, The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, all by Robin McKinley.
Alanna and Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce. Terrier and First Test, too. All start series.
Monstrous Regiment and Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett.
Poison Study by Maria Snyder.
Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede.
Hope you find something you like.
Hey ! I live in Bray Park! Its about 25mins from the city and is a great family suburb.
I don't know what the mixed thoughts you have heard are - but I have been a local for the last 15 years and never had a problem.
Not remotely in the sticks - dont listen to Steve.
Email me if you need any more firsthand knowledge on the area|||I wouldn't like to live there - it's right out in the sticks and it's population is mainly from the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum. Have a look at these suburb snapshots:
http://reareports.realestate.com.au/cgi-鈥?/a>
and
http://www8.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/pre鈥?/a>
damn - that last link just won't copy! Go to abs.gov.au and search for Bray Park and it will give you a snapshot from the census
Now I lost the first link too - what's going on here? Go to reareports.realestate.com.au/
cgi-bin/vgmsg/RP_Reports/
rea/rpreahome.p?type=1
(put all these together for the address) and get a free suburb report for Bray Park.
Sadly, yes.
She ended the ***TRILOGY*** with The Sweet Far Thing... The third book. :) I wish it'd keep going, I'd love to know what happens to everyone... That's what dreams and Fanfiction are for, I guess.
Libba is writing a book called Going Bovine. Check it out on her livejournal, http://www.libba-bray.livejournal.com
Why doesn't a horse bray? They are similar creatures after all. Thanks in advance.|||The Legend of the Donkey鈥檚 Bray;
After the Christ child was born long ago in a stable that first Christmas night,
An angel warned Joseph to leave Bethlehem and so the whole family took flight.
Then, as the three of them journeyed to Egypt,
They rested when stars filled the sky.
And while they are sleeping, their donkey鈥檚 keen ears
Heard King Herod鈥檚 soldiers nearby.
He tried very hard to get Joseph awake, but donkeys were mute in those days.
Then all of a sudden a miracle happened鈥e let out some great, piercing brays!
The family awakened in time to escape and hurriedly slipped out of sight,
The donkey was grateful and quite humbled, too,
That God chose to use him that night.
And still, to this day, the loud piercing bray from a donkey so gentle and mild
Reminds us again of that creature鈥檚 devotion and love for the dear Holy Child.|||They are similar but they don't sound alike. Why cant a chimp talk like a human? Its DNA is 98% like humans. Its because their different species and that small difference makes all the differences in its physical characteristics.|||They may be similar but they are not the same. Braying is what the sound of a donkey makes. A horse's sound is called "whinnying".
THEN BRAY WITH TWO SORTS OF CHEESE When this is in cooking what does it mean? AND BRAY ALL TOGETHER AND ALSO PUT THEREIN SOME FINE POWDER.|||In cooking, bray means to pound it into a fine consistency, usually with a mortar and pestle. I think it's a very old-fashioned word, not commonly used in modern recipes.
"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --Prov. xxvii. 22."|||Are you sure you don't mean BRAISING?|||Bray - pound or grind|||You probably mean braising, which is a combination of searing and then simmering a food. Coq au vin is made this way.|||The dictionary says to pound.
WHY DID KARTIK HAVE TO DO THAT!!!!!!!!! FRICK ITS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY ENGING rawr what would your ideal ending be for that book??|||I thought it was an AMAZING ending. It was totally unperdictable and sweet. Not everyone can have a happy ending and this one was really well done.|||Never heard of it. God Bless you.|||No, I actually liked the ending. >_<
(I enjoy both happy and sad endings, though. They can be touching either way.)
Haha. It would have been nice if that tree didn't suddently become a man-eater, though. xD
Libba Bray never fails to satisfy me.|||I was also upset when I read it. I loved Kartik. But every good back needs some tragedy. Gemma saved the realms, so technically, it is a happy ending. Not happy-happy-joy-joy, but quite frankly, I don't trust books with endings like that. Personally, I like it the way it was--half happy, half sad.
What does this quote mean?
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am. "|||Sylvia Plath was a very depressed individual and she ended her life at the age of 31. A lot of her works are preoccupied with death, suicide and alienation. I can just imagine her lying awake on a very quiet night and listening to her heart beating. Wondering about her own demise. She also wrote. "I talk to God but the sky is empty".
I know someone who had an encounter with a similar beast, but it was in New Mexico in the 1970's. He and his guy buddies were sitting on a small rise one evening when they saw what they thought was a large dog, walking on all fours, wandering around an abandoned adobe about a mile away. The dog casually started toward them, and when it got within a hundred yards or so, one of the guys decided to yell at it. The 'dog' responded by standing on its hind legs and running toward the group. They all jumped in their cars and took off as fast as they could. He described it as looking just like a large, grey wolf running on its hind legs.
I also know someone else who has a related a couple of second hand encounters, and a couple of people who encountered something that might have been similar but the details are too vague to say.
Have you read Linda Godfrey's books about it or visited the website? Both books are great.|||Why yes, I have. In fact, he is sitting behind the computer typing this message. That's right, I AM him, mortal fool.
Hi I just wondered if somebody could help me think of an idea of what I can do as a montage for the book a great and terrible beauty, this is for school, please help!!|||do you mean a montage of pictures??? you should have a pic or drawing of india, the boarding school, the meadow, and maybe a pic of 4 girls holding hands to symbloize their friendship
SPOILER ALERT!
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What page does Kartik die on?|||Hold on... I'll go get it an edit in a minute. :)
EDIT:
Kartik *dies* on page 778-779.
This is the exact quote: "The magic takes hold of Kartik, and I see what he's done. He's let the tree claim him in exchange. Ann and Felicity reach out to me. Fowlson tries to hold me back, but I break away.
It's too late to reverse the magic. The Winterlands have accepted Kartik's bargain.
'If I could go back... undo it...,' I say, sobbing.
'There is never any turning back, Gemma. You have to go forward. Make the future yours,' Kartik says.
He kisses me sweetly on the lips, and I return his kiss until the vines twine themselves round his throat and his lips go cold. The last sound I hear from him is my name spoken softly. 'Gemma...'
The tree accepts him. He is gone. Only his voice remains, echoing my name in the wind."
Hi Amy,
Libby is working on her 3rd novel at the momenet at present no title as this quote says
"And then there's the novel. It's still called....book #3, although I think I might have a title now. I'm finally in under the skin of this thing, which is a relief. I'm having a blast, actually. Hooray! I sat down to outline it so I could keep my thoughts organized, and the minute I started to write, the outline was totally out the window. I was off-road in the jeep. Hopefully the off-road approach will yield some cool bits and not land me in the front yard of creepy, Leatherface types."
quoted from her Journal ..http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/
there are some great Libby Bray sites
also
http://www.libbabray.com/
x x x|||First two books in the trilogy -- "A Great and Terrible Beauty" and "Rebel Angels yep it seems there is another book coming!
The third book is due out next year
I just finished the sweet far things and i was wondering if libba bray did any interviews or anything to answer questions about the books?
Thank you!|||I loved the Gemma Doyle Triology!!
As far as I know, There have been chats between her fans and herself about the book but they haven't made a transcript or made them public or somthing. but you can check when she comes to your town or anywhere near you and you could meet her and ask her yourself!|||i don't think so.... but if you google her then you'll probably come up with some answers.
i love the gemma doyle triology!|||I love Libba Bray and her Gemma Doyle trilogy. That was an amazing book!
I was recently informed about a newer beast in Wisconsin near Bary road.In the report from a witness statement. Witness said saw a group of black helicopters one evening fly above a corn feild.That spotted this creature it was not discribed as a werewolf or chupacabra.Can you describe it for 10 points best answer.|||no|||I heard of a warewolf been seen by locals.
Has anyone seen it? Share your experience please, tell me all you know. When it comes out, what it eats, anything. Tell me how to find it, and if you want to come!?!?!? That's right. me and a grop of friends are going after it, to kill it. It killed our friend, now we're gonna kill it. Yeah our friend was mauled by some "animal," he was found dead on Bray Rd. He had no family so me and my friends took care of him, so the police called us. It was gruesome, I'll never forget it, for that I won't rest till that "thing" is dead. Please help me... I beg of you!!!|||went to Wisconsin just for this and never really saw him,...but I did feel his breath on my neck.|||It's freak in big foot and he gets mad when girl's go asking questions about him because he is kinda shy,He likes pepperoni pizza with anchovies and snails with Tabasco sauce.So stay away from that Bray road on moon lite nights unless you want to be scared till your dreams never end.|||I haven't seen it.. But good luck with your hunt, I'd get in touch with the DNR and see if you need license to kill that thing..|||Yes!!!!! He's at my house right now!!!! OMG now he's right outside my door!!!!!!!! He's big and hairy, with long dripping fangs!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!! Oh wait, that's your mom.
"People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept."
"And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time."
"Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villians."
"I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment."
"It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible."
"But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect? ...Aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?"
"...reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all. "
""Do you ever feel that way?"
"Lonely?"
I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt--'Ah! There I Am! I've been missing that piece!' But it happens too fast, and then that part of you disappears into the fog again. And you spend the rest of your days looking for it"
He nods, and I think he's appeasing me. I feel stupid of having said it. It's sentimental and true, and I've revealed a part of myself I shouldn't have.
"Do you know what I think?" Kartik says at last.
"What?"
"Sometimes, I think you can glimpse it in another."
"The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon."
How are the beaches there? How fast is acess to Dublin? ect...|||Bray - my hometown (40 years in London). The sea-defenses that were built over the last ten years or so have caused all the sand to disappear leaving shingle and stone. Nothing like it was years ago. You can climb Bray Head, walk the Cliff Walk to Greystones and get the Dart (train) or bus back - about five mile walk. You can climb the two Sugarloaf mountains. You can visit Glendalough - well worth a visit. Play golf in at least six good courses within a five mile radius. You can catch the Dart or bus to Dublin and do the bus tour there. Lots to do in Dublin. Bray: visit the Sea Aquarium on the Prom - I thoroughly enjoyed it. Irish singing most nights in the Seafront bars. Pub food is excellent for lunch and dinner. Apart from that, it is now very businesslike and not the place that I once knew - then again, what place is after so many years. Have a great time and spit in the Dargle as you cross the Bridge................|||Get out of the place as soon as possible and check out Wicklow... you could go to the aquarium in Bray. Lots to see in the county of Wicklow, not much to see in the town...
The Dart (public rail transport) goes into Dublin from the train station, the 145 bus is probably the best bus to get.
You can't legally download it for free. It is under copyright. You can buy it online or read it at the public library.
But no downloading it because that would be dealing with the pirates that stole the book. Never deal with pirates.
I prefer to report pirates to the author's lawyers. No one should steal from authors.
' In a civil suit, an infringer may be liable for a copyright owner's actual damages plus any profits made from the infringement. Alternatively, the copyright owner may avoid proving actual damage by electing a statutory damage recovery of up to $30,000 or, where the court determines that the infringement occurred willfully, up to $150,000. The actual amount will be based upon what the court in its discretion considers just. (17 U.S.C. 504)
Violation of copyright law is also considered a federal crime when done willfully with an intent to profit. Criminal penalties include up to ten years imprisonment depending on the nature of the violation. (No Electronic Theft Act, 18 U.S.C. 2319)"
im reading it for one of my book reports and so far im really liking it, right now it is assembly day and im confused, please explain what the"order" is exactly. i dont get it. explain, thank u|||the "order" is this group that wants to take over the realms/temple for power i think. the realms is an alternate world if you havent got that far yet. the book is good...keep reading, i liked it. anyway, if tahts not making sense the "order" is the group thats trying to stop the bad guys from taking the realms/the temple.
I saw it on the news today!
Scary, isnt it?|||How can I say this so that you will understand? This is a conspiracy....a plot. Get it through your head....Elections are coming up. These stories are just a smokescreen to hide the real issues...things like the growing number of elderly folks that are attacked by kittens every day. Please....stop buying into the lies, and come to the light. Come to the light.....
ok, i saw on youtube there were some teenagers who entered in a contest for making a movie for it and they won. i want to know if you can watch the whole thing and if so, on which website?|||I loved the book! They were the best books I've ever read in my life! I'm definitely going to get the third book the day it comes out after Christmas. You can find it on youtube. Just type in a great and terrible beauty.
Is use of the 16 tennis courts free? Meaning can I just drive to GT Bray Park, park the car, and walk into a tennis court and play for as long as I want? Also, do i have to pay to get into GT Bray Park, like if its gated? And if the tennis courts are not public, then how much does a membership for unlimited use of the courts cost?|||Gt Bray park in Bradenton, Florida........Have you tried searching the web or even giving them a call.....I'm sure they could answer your question alot better then we can.|||You can always get the current pricing at http://www.mymanatee.org/, and then select the Racket center tab. It's actually called the C.W. Walton Racket center. The courts aren't free, but seem to be reasonably priced vs private soft courts. Report Abuse
What did you guys think? I picked it up randomly and loved it. Personally, I thought it was much better written and more entertaining than Twilight...|||They were the most amazing books I have ever read. The setting of the book inspired me to do more research into the setting of my own novel.
I loved the underlying message. I loved how deep it was. The real message of the book is the struggle of power between man and woman. The Rakshana obviously represented the power of men, and the Order obviously represented the power of women. Gemma had an epiphany in book three. She realized that her true enemy wasn't with the realms, but with real life, because her real life related to her life in the realms--the struggle with choice, power, and dignity.
I agree. It's so much better written than Twilight. It's more intelligent as well. It's easy to read--to me, anyway--but you often have to read between the lines to understand what every little thing means--Bray's genius and yeas of research!
I loved her use of allegorical references.
"When given a choice, the sheep seem to be confused."
I loved that metaphorical reference.
But my most favorite from the book is this:
"There are no safe choices, only others."
It made me realize how true that is, that safety's only an illusion.
EDIT: Actually, only Gemma had power. Everyone else could only obtain it through the realms. In fact, the girls were really powerless. You have to understand that those books took place in the 19th century, so things were far different. And I think the trilogy is more realistic because there is not love at first sight. There is a balance of tragedy and joy--like there is in real life. Whereas Bella's life seems to be too full of tragedy--to her, anyway.|||I finished the whole series in about a month, and I also loved it. The plot was great and I couldn't put the book down since I was on the edge of my seat the whole entire time.
I definitely agree that it was better than Twilight. Stephanie Myers isn't able to transfer her stories well through her writing like Libba Bray did with the Gemma Doyle trilogy.|||I read it. I thought it had a little too much of the fairy tale factor. How many books can we read about charming girls in boarding schools with magical powers?
That said, they were very good books. I think I personally prefer Twilight because it's a little more modern and a little more believable, but to each her own.|||I liked them. Not as much as Twilight, but definitely the top ten. Here is what I thought....
A Great and Terrible Beauty- my favorite of the three. LIked the little bit of horror suspense and romance. LIked the whole idea really. Kept me wanting to read
Rebel Angels- eh. Not so sure. It was good, I still completed it. Still with in the top ten.
The Sweet Far Thing- porr Kartik... that is all I have to say. And Pippa..... awww.|||I loved the Gemma Doyle trilogy. It has mystery, romance, magic, and so much more. I found it hard to put down.|||I liked it too! It is far better written than Twilight. The series has this really captivating, eerie feel going on. It's like...a cross between A Little Princess and Harry Potter.
Good stuff!
I am currently reading Rebel Angels, and I have just passed the part in the stables when Kartik kisses Gemma. However, she stops him, and he asks if it's because he's Indian and she replies that she doesn't even think of him as an Indian. It's very clear that he's been insulted, but I don't understand how. If someone could explain to me why what she said was insulting, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!|||She's still basically saying she doesn't think indians are equal with the english. She's saying she thinks of Indians as lesser beings. She loves Kartik, so she doesn't think of him that way, but she still feels like his people are inferior to English.|||It's said many times in the books how the English consider Indians "as low as dogs". So, when she says she doesn't think of him as Indian, he's insulted because she seemed to say something along the lines of, "I don't think of you as a person."
It took me a while to get, and her comment was well meant. He seems smart enough to get what she was going for... Plus, that isn't why she stopped the kiss anyway. She didn't mean to insult him at all.
Has any one read this book? Can someone just give me a short summary of the book?|||Set in 1890s India/England/Fantasy land
A young girl (fifteen or sixteen) is living in India with her parents. She is unhappy and wanting to go to England be like other kids. She's talking back to her mother in the marketplace and acting like an ungrateful brat. They fight and argue. Her mother sends her home and continues on the errand by herself. HOWEVER, minutes later the young girl supernaturally has a vision of her mother's death. A premonition which proved to be true. The family returns to England. The father is depressed and addicted to drugs (opium, maybe???) and the girl is sent to a boarding school. She arrives at the boarding school and she's weirded out because of her reception on the road. I think they run into a village or camp of gypsies or something. Anyway, at school she doesn't fit in and the kids pick on her. She's befriended by another person her age who is also an outcast. She essentially hates the school and hates her classmates. One day she finds a journal/diary...I believe in the woods or in the caves or some weird location not in the normal routine of the students...and she begins reading it. The contents shock her. The diary is of a young girl who has supernatural powers and tells how she travels between dimensions--reality and magical fantasy realms. She discovers that she can go as well. The magic is within her it seems. And she discovers that she can take others with her. She uses this power to make friends with her classmates. This whole group of girls now go back and forth between reality and fantasy worlds heedless of any possible dangers. There are dangers, it is risky. And they do break the rules. There are consequences.|||Well, the summary seems to have been covered. But condensed: Girl's mother dies, girl goes to English boarding school, girl discovers great powers and with her friends ventures into other realms despite the danger there...Great books. Read it, then its sequel 'Rebel Angels'! Way great, and they are NOT as innapropriate romance mush as the cover and back summary suggest.
I just finished it!!!!!!
What did you think about Simon? Did he really like Gemma?
Did you like the ending? what would you have changed?
Do you think Kartik looks like Alexander from Katy Perry's Hot and Cold Video
here's a link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75mry1Lc鈥?/a>
Can't wait for the movie!!!!
|||I loved the Sweet Far Thing and the whole series.
It's been a while since I've read it though...so. I mean, I was quite upset to what happened to Kartik and everything, but, you know, I felt later maybe that it was necessary you know? |||i kinda like it, but some happenings surprised me, even the ending in the 3rd book =/ i didnt expect i would cry (for just few minutes haha unlike Where Red Fern Grows book)
I HEARD YOU CAN USE FOILPAPER TO STOP THE ALARM.|||Lie-bray? I'm guessing you mean library....
You really shouldn't be trying to do that! That's like stealing! Why don't you just get a library card and borrow the book? It's probably not worth the embarrassment if it doesn't work!|||you can get a library card. then you can check out the book. problem solved!|||Why would you want to steal a book from the library? All you have to do is get a library card and then the alarm will not go off!|||Why don't you just borrow it?...
It's a LIBRARY it doesn't cost you anything... that's why they have them...|||just check it out or photocopy the parts you want .
it that is a public libray state funded that is a fedral offense. dont get a felony for a stupid book that is probably on the internet
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
my friend is running for sophomore secretary, and she needs catchy slogans. Please help!
for example..."on ballot day, vote bray!"|||Want a happy day? Vote for Bray!
Someone who's not gay? Bray!
Remove unhappy times of gray, vote for Bray!
We need good times, Yay! Vote for Bray!
Make a school okay? Bray!
Trustful but not pay? Bray!
Harder worker who doesn't play?? Bray!!!|||Save the day and vote for Bray
Have your say and vote for Bray.
Bray's the way on ballot day.|||Hooray!|||on ballot day, vote bray!", sounds fine to me, just for that I am voting for her.
i am desperate to know!!! she NEEDS to write a fourth book.. one where Kartik gets freed from the tree! lol. and if she's not writing a fourth book.. is she going to write anything else? because it seems like she's taken a hiatus lately..|||Gemma Doyle was written as a trilogy. Bray hasn't announced any intentions on breaking that. She is currently working on an unrelated project.|||Well, I'm pretty sure that "The Sweet Far Thing" is the last "Gemma Doyle" book. However, in an interview a year or so ago, Libba Bray said that she had plans for lots of different books. She's probably just taking a break and getting some peace and quiet.
please do not say eBay i have try and it does not work. also when i say book souvenirs i mean for the books A Great And Terrible Beauty, and Reabel Angels, like somthimes they will have shirts or pillows with the name of the book on it, i'm looking for that kind of stuff.|||Amazon runs a great book auction site as does Half.com (an eBay company). Yahoo! also runs an auction site - one of those three may have it
Did gemma or kartik ever say i love you to one another? I have read them all. just cant remember|||they didn't really say it, but we know that they felt it by how they act around eachother and their ability to enter eachother's dreams. remember that asha says that you know when the other loves you when you can enter eachother's dreams? yeah, they don't really says it, but...you know it's there :)|||No, they never actually said the words, but I think they did love each other :)
We get a strong sense of their relationship and it seems that they did love each other.|||Actually, i think mabey they did when they stuck their hands in that tree/stone thingie...at the end i think they did...idk, sorry
Did gemma or kartik ever say i love you to one another? I have read them all. just cant remember|||they didn't really say it, but we know that they felt it by how they act around eachother and their ability to enter eachother's dreams. remember that asha says that you know when the other loves you when you can enter eachother's dreams? yeah, they don't really says it, but...you know it's there :)|||No, they never actually said the words, but I think they did love each other :)
We get a strong sense of their relationship and it seems that they did love each other.|||Actually, i think mabey they did when they stuck their hands in that tree/stone thingie...at the end i think they did...idk, sorry
and if so, what was your take on it??
i just read it so i was wondering how others liked it.|||I absolutely loved it
she has two books after that are amazing and it really changed my view on a lot of things.
gemma is such a good character and i was able to relate i felt that it was well written and i really couldn't put the next two books down|||Yep, I've read all three of them. I really loved the series. They'll keep you interested until the very last page. The plot has a lot to offer; adventure, romance, suspense, mystery, etc. I would definitely recommend them!|||I love it!!! you have to read the other two, Rebel angels and the sweet far thing.
I <3 Kartik|||thanks cuz im about to read that one also. did u get this book from a twilight thing? just wondering
Please?!?! It was released in the US in December, and i haven't heard a thing. and its killing me...|||It's available at Angus & Robertson already, just call your local branch and ask them to find or order a copy and let you know when it arrives. Or order it online.
http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/b2c/ini鈥?/a>
It might also be available at Dymocks, but their website is down so I don't know for sure. Borders should have it in stock if there's a branch near you.
If your local store doesn't have it already, they might be able to have a copy shipped in for you.
I don't even know where to begin looking, and i dont really have the time to scour the internet for men who fit the criteria. he should be tall, dark and handsome. He is Indian and described as having a straight nose, full lips, large eyes, thick lashes, black, curly hair...o yeah, and hes like 17/18. any ideas?|||How about that guy who plays Mohinder on "Heroes"?|||Hmm there aren't really that many well-known Indian actors out there. Eric Bana is yummy though and he has dark curly hair and a darker complexion. He could pull off the Indian look
theres no other way around the name "alameeze" every female in my family has this name. its generational. I HAVE NO CHOICE!! but it does sound pretty all together|||it is nice but i think that bree-aunee is pretty also. congrats!!! nothing wrong with some generational names.|||Bray reminds me of a donkey "braying"
Aunee reminds me of Auntie...
So I don't care for the name.
My favorite urban name is Amari for a boy or a girl.|||Are you serious?|||That's a mouthful if I ever heard it. Why do you have to follow the tradition? Make your own tradition.
My daughter and her friend are travelling to Bray next week.(from Cork) What would be the best way to get there?|||When they exit Hueston station, they could take a leisurely stroll along the Liffey bank as far as Butt Bridge and pick up the dart to Bray ( going south ) from Tara Street station. Or better still if time permits, midway down the Liffey bank, turn right into Temple Bar, have a nice coffee or drink and eventually get the dart at Pearse Station, Westland Row.|||Train from Cork to Heuston Station, Dublin. Luas tram from Heuston Station to Connolly Station and Dart train from there to Bray.|||Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heuston, then take the LUAS from Heuston station to Connolly Station, and then take the DART from Connolly station to Bray.|||The first to answers are spot on
I have to read it for lit. and I can't find a quote that describes Gemma Doyle out of the book. Any help?|||You want a quote that describes her or just a description?
Gemma Doyle is a rose in a bouquet of daisies pretty much. She's different from everyone else in her time period.|||you want a way to describe her?
i'd say she's confused and lost between being/accepting herself and exploring the truth about her mother
etc
idk go into detail what you need help with.
as long as it is appropriate for 13-14 year olds|||You might like these:
Any books by Scott Westernfeld or Neal Shusterman are really good.
Abarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War.
The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James Patterson
The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Inkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia Funke
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
Old Magic by Marianne Curley
libba bray wrote - a great and terrible beauty and rebel angels
scott wrote- the uglies, pretties and the specials
comments on the books are also welcome!|||If you like dystopic novels, like Uglies, then The Giver by Louis Lowry (also Gathering Blue and/or The Messenger) might be of interest.
So Yesterday is a realistic fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld about popularity and trends, etc. It is a good read too.
Or you might want to try to track down the story that started it all--"Liking What You See: A Documentary" by Ted Chiang. It was after reading it in STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS, that Westerfeld became inspired to write his trilogy.
Adult science fiction books that might be of interest to you are George Orwell's 1984 or Orson Scott Card's Worthing Saga.|||Yes. Try Shannon Hale...she wrote The Goose Girl and Enna Burning, plus she has a new book, River Secrets, out this fall.
Love Libba Bray, but I've never read anything by Scott Westerfield.
Is it a good book?
worth reading?|||Well, first off, it is the first book to a trilogy, and all three are really popular among lovers of Gothic historical novels.
If you like books that are set in Victorian England, this book is great. The characters are described thoroughly, and the back drop is fitting. The story can get quite fanciful, but the impact it makes by the end of the book is thoughtful. It's definitely a captivating read in that it's exciting and interesting. However, over all I would give it probably a B+ because at points the plot often wavers and some of the magical components aren't fully described.|||yes, I quite enjoyed it. You have to read the first few chapters to really get into to it but after you get pass about chapter 5 it starts to get good. Hope you read and enjoy it.|||i loved it deffinately should but yeah the beggining is a little slow then it gets better|||I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I only borrowed it because I liked the cover too.
there's been a lot of buzz about a film for the GEMMA DOYLE TRILOGY does anyone know anything? when is it coming out? cast? anything?|||Here's the Imdb link:
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0833962/
There is very little actual information on there regarding cast or release dates but the message board is buzzing!
my question basically explains all. if you know if she is do you know when???? please and thankyou|||Yes she is, She's still in the process of writting it...you can get updates on it from her blog at the link i gave you. It's called "The Sweet Far Thing"|||You have already received a great answer that it will be coming out. But I wanted to add the release date...September 25, 2007...you can even pre-order it on Amazon if you want.
http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Far-Thing-Li鈥?/a>
It sounds familiar to me, too. I wonder if we aren't thinking of Yeats' poem, Easter 1916 (about the Easter Uprising in Ireland): "All changed, changed utterly / A terrible beauty is born." The same poem is the source of a Maeve Binchy title, Too Long a Sacrifice.|||I did a little digging and I got nothing. It's frustrating because I'm pretty sure the titles of the other books in the series (Rebel Angels and A Sweet, Far Thing) come from poems, so I reeeeeally thought A Great and Terrible Beauty would, too. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything to suggest it does.
I think it's just one of those well-worn, mildly old-fashioned phrases people use from time to time.|||The line "A terrible beauty is born" is repeated several times in "Easter,1916," a poem by William Butler Yeats about the Easter Rising, a bloody episode in Irish history.|||you probably have then.
Has anyone read the books A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and A Sweet Far Thing? Did you like them? What was your favorite part?|||I absolutely loved them. They are fabulously written, and the only rule Libba Bray breaks is the fact that she has too many said-bookisms and Tom Swifites, but I don't even care about those.
Hmm...my favorite part? I love the part when Gemma first enters Spence and she's translating Nightwing's polite greetings. Her sarcasm is absolutely hilarious throughout the chapter, and it's apparent that she completely miserable.
And I'm eighteen.|||OMG, I'm reading The Sweet Far Thing right now, and I've absoutly LOVED the last two. They are amazing books. I like the romantic stuff :), and the fight in the realms, at the end of Rebel Angles. I own all three and can't put them down. I'm 13.|||I loved those books, I've read all of them. My favorite part was the very end when she is in America. It was when she was in a room and she was blinded by the light from the sun. I can't remember whether she closed the blinds or not, but I just remember crying because everything was over.|||These books were wonderful. The story is intriguing, even eerie at times, and the books were powerfully written. I can't understand why this series hasn't blown Twilight out of the water in terms of popularity, since Bray is ten times the writer that Meyer is.
My favorite part is in Rebel Angels, when Gemma gradually begins to realize that Pippa is not the same girl she used to be. There are some truly blood-chilling scenes...|||Those books are seriously amazing. Every part was my favorite. xD It's one of the few series that made it to my top favorites list. Libba Bray is brilliant. Eh, I'm 15 by the way.|||The Gemma Doyle Trilogy is absolutely AMAZING. The best book by far was The Sweet Far Thing. Though it is the longest I found it the most intriguing of all. My least and most favorite part of the entire series is the final battle in the realms at the end of The Sweet Far Thing. I loved it and hated it all at once, but I believed it was the most beautifully written part of all the books.
What I found most interesting about the books was that they weren't actually meant to be dark. I met Libba Bray and she said that she had planned on them being less dark, but her first day of writing was September 11. As she lives in Brooklyn, the sky was filled with smoke, blocking out the sun and the day had a very dark feel to it and that reflected into her writing.|||I love them all. They are so wonderfully written. My favorite character is Felicity, and the part I like best is the end of The Sweet Far Thing...very good writing. (I'm thirteen)
well if u have can u help me by matching a quote to a lyric of a song.. or just to the entire song itself and tell me how it relates to?? PLLZZ AND THANKAA|||I read that book. It was weeeeird. Not random enough for my taste. Nothing against the book.|||i havent read that 1 but i read the second one;
rebel angels and i thought that was good.
what lyrics are u trying to match a quote with?
I put my daughter in daycare at the Jewish Community Center off of S. Braeswood and can't figure out why it is closed til further notice. Is it flooded or just a power outage or what? If anyone knows please let me know, I desperately need to find out if I have to get a new daycare. |||I live literally 2 blocks from the J on Valkeith. No flooding, no damage, but no power for a loooong while (next week). In fact, there are typically 3-4 police cars sitting outside, and it is locked tight.|||Braeswood did not flood. There is limited power within the 77035 zipcode and that is the reason that it is closed. I can say that 77035 is listed in the area that will not have power until sometimes after the 22nd. I.E. the area that they do not know when it will be back on
Please answer yes I am still going to read the book I have to..
1> what happens between kartik and gemma
2> who was the lady they found in the water (begging)
3> what happens with ann and fee?
4> what is going on with pipa
add any other major details to please thank you|||Read it and find out. Don't spoil the book for yourself, that's just stupid.
Hi, I need to get from Lucan (Co. Dublin) to Bray beach (or a beach near Bray) (Co. Dublin/ Co. Wicklow). We were thinking of getting the bus into town, but what Luas stop and where could take us to Bray beach or a beach near Bray and back into town/ back to Lucan?|||I saw your other question on how to get to Connolly Station and you got a great answer from peediddy.
To get to Bray, simply take the DART from Connolly Station, heading southbound. When you get off at Bray, the sea and (stoney!) beach is on the left hand side.
There's a frequent DART service, at least three/four every hour.
http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/tim鈥?/a>
For the return journey, the DART back into town, but it would be easier to get off at Tara Street station (the one just before Connolly), turn left as you exit, cross O'Connell Street bridge and catch the bus back to Lucan.
If you are unsure, just ask and I'm sure most people would be happy to help you!|||You don't take the Luas from the city centre to Bray, you take the Dart.
See coasttocoastam.com website for details. The only monster I've ever seen was the Monoped Monster in the State of Georgia.|||I used to be stationed at an Air Force Base In the desert near Las Vegas NV and spent many a night out there in it. Routinely when I turned my head, out the corner of my eye I would see what looked like shadows of men running. Always running. I only saw them in the desert at night, never in civilization.|||I live in Wisconsin, and have heard the tale many times, but haven't seen it. I've never seen a monster, unless you count my ex-husband.
There is a Sci-Fi movie titled The Beast of Bray Road. Scared the crap out of me.|||i saw mothra when i was in japan.
Hi! I'm just looking for a hall to hire for my 11-year-old sis's Halloween party. She doesn't have any specifications, really. Just enough room for 30 or so people, a food table... And all that. It could be North Wicklow, South Dublin.... Anywhere around Bray. Thanks in advance and PLEASE help =) xx!|||Most places have community halls, so look in the phone book. These are very cheap to hire for an afternoon, and usually have kitchen of some kind.|||I'm sure most primary schools and community centres would have somewhere. In Bray town centre for example you could talk to the council and see if they could help. You could also try and contact Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown county council- and ask about "Meadowlands" community centre in Monkstown.
Or ask the local GAA or Rugby club if you could hire the clubhouse.
I play soccer/football with him in Australia now.
He said he wasn't able to play in Ireland because they kicked him out of the team for being gay.
He's also known as Bray Shizzle.
(Happy St Paddy's Day for earlier this week)|||nope sorry but im from roscommon anyway why do you want to find someone who knows him anyways|||well if you wanted to find out more about the irish views on gay people you should have asked that in stead of what you asked.
in my opinion, I dont think most people act like that, the people who kicked himof the team foe being gay, were obviously wrong, and should have been confronted about it Report Abuse
|||No, Sorry, I don't know him.
= )|||No I dont....but why would you post this on the Internet? That might be private!
Gemma
Felicity
Ann
Pippa
Gemma's mother
Gemma's Father
Mrs Nightwing
Kartik
Tom
Miss Moore
any others i have forgotten!|||in my opinion...i think that they should use people who aren't well know(or who are new actors) for the movie..because i think it always ruins the way you see characters when they are played by really well-known actors|||i dunno but i heard that they were thinking of that guy from lost for Kartik.
THIS BRAY IS AN ILLUSION|||The Electric Brae (note spelling) is on the A719 South of Dunure heading East towards Maybole.|||Hi the Electric Brae is an optical illusion or 'gravity hill' in Ayrshire. It is situated on the A719 coast road from Ayr, south of the coastal village of Dunure. The folllowing is copied form Wikipedia:
The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in Ayrshire, Scotland where cars appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction. The Lowland Scots word brae means a hill-slope or brow (with which it is cognate), and the "electric" name was given when electricity was a new technology associated with strange forces.
There is more than one stretch of road known as Electric Brae, but the most famous is on the A719, south of Dunure, not far from Ayr, and heading east towards Maybole. Though the road appears to be running uphill, a suitably free-running vehicle will slowly move off from a standstill. Metal road signs which used to mark the place have tended to be taken by visitors, and have been replaced by a stone cairn which is inscribed with an explanation (conversions to metric not in the original):
"The ELECTRIC BRAE", known locally as CROY BRAE.
This runs the quarter mile [400 m] from the bend overlooking Croy railway viaduct in the west (286 feet [87 m] Above Ordnance Datum) to the wooded Craigencroy Glen (303 feet [92 m] A.O.D.) to the east.
Whilst there is this slope of 1 in 86 upwards from the bend at the Glen, the configuration of the land on either side of the road provides an optical illusion making it look as if the slope is going the other way.
Therefore, a stationary car on the road with the brakes off will appear to move slowly uphill.
The term 'Electric Brae' dates from a time when it was incorrectly thought to be a phenomenon caused by electric or magnetic attraction within the Brae.
During the Second World War, the brae was visited by many American personnel from the air-base at Prestwick, and General Dwight D Eisenhower who had a flat nearby at Culzean Castle brought visitors to see the phenomenon. In 1992, the name was brought wider fame by the novel Electric Brae by Andrew Greig. The name has also been applied to other slopes in Scotland: for example, on the Struie Road in Easter Ross, about ten miles (15 km) from Ardgay|||On the A719 from Ayr just about a mile south of the village of Dunure, heading for Culzean Castle. The brae is an optical illusion as you can see from this photo in the link, looks like the brae is going downhill but you're actually going uphill.
Its hellish in the summer, you turn the bend and theres always, but always, a line of stationary cars trying it out.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1101667|||There is a map here:
http://www.nothingtoseehere.net/2006/05/鈥?/a>
It's south of Ayr on the A719. If you drive along it, you'll come to a sign that says 'Electric Brae, Slow moving vehicles ahead'.|||Yes it's on the road to Culzean Castle. I've driven along it and you do have the impression of going down hill, when, if you stop and let the hand brake off you will roll backwards. Weird.|||Here you go: http://www.mcintyre.demon.co.uk/local/lo鈥?/a>
id like 2 go 2 the national aquatic centre in Blanchardstown but im from bray and need 2 go by public transport if anybody knows the best way 2 get there ???
thanks =]
oxoxox|||Hey there,
Firstly you'll need to get into town by bus or dart, I find the Dart quicker, Get off at Tara Street, walk down the quays in the direction of O'Connell Bridge and take the third right onto Hawkins Street, Walk down to the end of the street (at the side of the screen cinema) and get a 38a bus which will leave you right at the aquatic centre, just tell the driver that you want to get off there and he/she'll give you a shout when its your stop, it takes about 30/35mins to get there from town.
Hope this helps.|||Dart in to town, and get the 70 from Dame St, Just opposite the central bank. About half an hour on the bus if there's no traffic
Friday, February 17, 2012
just wondering.. and when will it come out if it is? thanks :D|||Yes, and I can't wait!! It comes out in 2010, though. :( Such a long time...
Here's the imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833962/
Libba Bray is also AMAZING at keeping us posted, in fact, I think that it'll actually be on her livejournal BEFORE, imdb. So here's the link to that: http://www.libba-bray.livejournal.com|||Yes, more info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833962/
It says the year 2010, but no cast as of yet.
Is great and terrible beauty by libba bray becoming a movie? and if so who is in it? on imdb it says that it is but then it doesn't say who is in the movies or anything. best and answer with proof gets 10 points!! thanks|||i am really sorry, but the cast of the movie hasnt been decided yet. all they know is that they WILL make the film. thats all. if you want proof of what i just said, here it is:
http://www.realmovienews.com/movies/7250
once again, im very sorry, im really curious , too about the movie and i just LOVED those books.
(im reading the third, how about you?)|||they are talking to avan jogia about getting the part of kartik! Report Abuse
|||um, i honestly dont know, but im readin the book now and it is nice, oh, but i think they will.
This is but you should read the Stravaganza series by Mary Hoffman. It starts off modern day but then this gorgeous young guy (how the book describes him) is whisked away back to the good ole days in Italy where he falls in love with a local and becomes intertwined with villains who want to kill the Dutchess. Meanwhile, he has a hard time transporting back home. Each time he leaves it takes him longer to get back and since he has cancer his parents are growing more and more concerned about. He can't help himself though because he fell in love and has to help the governement and is healthy in the other world.
*The Italian scene also bumps the romance notch up quite a bit.|||i just read "a great and terrible beauty" and am currently reading "rebel angels" i love them!! idk of any other romance books for teens that take place in the victorian era, but i will be following the answers to this question, because i would like to know too!! lol. happy reading!! lol. i'm really not as nerdy as i sound.|||No idea.
the first book is called "a great and terrible beauty,"the second book to the trilogy is "rebel angels." if anyone has any info. could you please tell me. i want to know if this is the end of the road and i have to imagine the rest. she's left me in suspence.|||I am in the book business & as of yet there is no due date for the third book in this series. By clicking on the publisher's website below & entering your email address, the publisher will notify you when the author's next book is expected out:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/result鈥?/a>|||I genreally get advance notice at work when a popular author, such as Bray, has a book in the offing. Meanwhile, here is her website, which, while interesting, also does not give any news of future books. There has to be a third book, as it is billed as a TRILOGY; we just do not know when.
I want to know is there is some scrapbooking shop where I can buy supplies in Bray (or near bray)
thanks!
Sorry for my bad English... I speak spanish...|||Sorry please explain "scrapbooking shop" what does this shop sell? I haven't a clue what you mean I'm afraid.
Edit: I tried using Golden Pages and typed in "art supplies" and "Bray" but nothing useful came up. You can try different words yourself, you may need to widen your search outside of Bray. I can't think that scrapbooking is big in Ireland really? http://www.goldenpages.ie/search/Bray/ar鈥?/a>|||You can always purchase your scrapbooking supplies online! I traveled outside the US last summer, and I wanted to scrapbook while I was away. I went to MemoryScrapbooks.com, and they shipped internationally for me.
I hope this helps!
Why doesn't a horse bray? They are similar animals after all. Thanks in advance.|||Because a horse neighs.
bray is the noise they make, or what we use to describe the noise they make. Im sure in different cultures they use different words. THey are similar, but a donkey brays while a horse neighs.
I guess it sound similar too. i think a donkey has a more honk noise to it.
if asking why dont they make similar sounds, it is because they are not the same, similar but not same. Like dogs and wolves<< bark, Howl<< different birds <<tweets, Caws<<
hope this helped.|||Everything makes different noises. Sheep go baaaaa, cats go meooww, cows go mooooooo and millers fart.
I think the donkey is praying but the p fell upside down.|||Cuz horses whinny. Pigs oink. Cows moo. Who knows why. They should all just learn English so we could communicate better with them.
Were you dissapointed with the ending? i know i was . I cant believe it ended that way...broke my heart...sniffle,sniffle|||I absolutely HATED the ending. If it hadn't been for the fact that I was borrowing it from a friend, I would've BURNED IT. (Well, k, that's a bit overdramatic...) But seriously: if you loved the first and second books, then just keep those ones in your mind and leave it at that. This one ruined the others for me.|||Yes I know I hated the ending sooooooo much, after all she'd been though why couldn't she just be able to keep him?! Well I hope Mrs.Bray getts the point and writes another book with a diff ending Report Abuse
|||I finished it yesterday, i was disappointed/sad at first but i don't see how else it could have ended. He did the most selfless thing anyone could do and you cant really be angry at that. And anyway the ending makes the title, A Sweet Far Thing more meaningful.|||I have read Libba Bray's other books and loved them. Is this book worth reading in your opinion?|||I was VERY dissapointed
and depressed for awhile as if I felt Gemma's pain. Like something died inside me or something. I was so very heartbroken about Kartik, you know!? I mean geez they were like soul mates and his destiny is like to die!?!
NOOOO!|||I finished it about 6 hours ago and OMG!!! Gemma and Kartik should b 2gether 4eva and makes lots of babies, but he had to dieeeee!
I'm half way through the book and I seriously can't work out two of the characters. At the beginning of the book, two girls are described ; a blonde and a beautiful brunette. Are these Felicity and Pippa, and if yes, which one us which? I can't understand some of the story because once I think I know, something proves me wrong, as they are both described as being beautiful..help!!!!
Thanks :)|||Pippa is the brunette, Felicity is blonde.
I need help finding two more literary devices in Rebel Angels, and I already have symbolism, simile, and personification. I also have to have quotes as examples of these. ANY help would be greatly appreciated!|||I remember this one scene where Mrs. Nightwing was talking about her dead husband and how you can't spend your whole life crying. (It was towards the beginning) and then there was another bit where Kartik and Gemma are arguing about fate/destiny where there might be some symbolism. When She shuts Circe away in the water and binds the magic to herself, there might be a simile or two.|||I just finished the Sweet far thing like five minutes ago... AGH! you are NOT going to like the ending! Report Abuse
i just got finished reading the sweet far thing as a reading assignment and now i have to do a collage about it. i don't know what pictures to put to represent Gemma Doyle from the book.If you have any suggestions then please list some.|||You could use a TON of things!
-A group of girls to represent Gemma, Pipa, Fe, and Ann.
-A beautiful garden
-A dead tree to represent the winterlands
-Crescent moons to represent the amulet
-A boarding school or castle
-Some kind of drug to represent her dads addiction
-Maybe a gravestone or graveyard for her mom or Pipa.
-A ship or someone is kind of a dark cloak to represent Kartik
-Some couple to represent what she daydreams about her and Kartik
-Gypsies
-Faeries
Tons!|||They could all be metaphorical or literal for the book.
Green eyes
Red Hair
A victorian era dress
a group of girls
ANYTHING magical (faeries, nymphs, etc.)
A Crescent moon/eye
Metaphorical:
A Key (Gemma is the key to the realms)
Anything representing power (A Closed fist)
You can really use ANYTHING! Give me anything, and I could probably relate it to the series, so you can e-mail me for help if you'd like.
In Bones, the intern Wendell had a big crisis because his scholorship failed, and everyone paid for him to stay, but I havent seen him in a few episodes...where is he?|||They are still rotating the interns around. In the last few episodes they had Clark and the arab guy. Last week they had Daisy, Sweets girlfriend. Wendell will probably be back sometime this season.
It seems that libba Bray took most of L.A Meyer's second book's ideas, plot, and characters including one's name. Thoughts?|||I don't think they are similar at all! Unless you are talking about a book other than Libba Brays, Gemma Doyle series. Her books are about a group of young girls in the late 1800's going to school, magic, adventure, and a little bit of romance. Bloody Jack is about pirates, living in the streets of london as an orphan, and a girl pretending to be a boy, etc etc. True, may be a FEW similarities but it is a great exaggeration to say the she 'took most of'' his ideas. Also, which name are you talking about? 'Mary'? That is an extremely common name.
Bray?.... Did you mean pray?|||Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
bray1 /bre瑟/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[brey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
鈥搉oun
1. the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
2. any similar loud, harsh sound.
鈥搗erb (used without object)
3. to utter a loud and harsh cry, as a donkey.
4. to make a loud, harsh, disagreeable sound.
I've read 2 of Linda Godfrey's book of the American werewolves sightings. I must say, it sounds rather intriguing. Not sure if I believe in all the things I read, but it does make you think about the possibilities. I mean we live in the world of the supernatural were strange things exist whether we are aware of it or not. Do you believe werewolves exist? Have you seen one?|||Werewolves cannot exist, except as a different type of delusion. The legendary
shapeshifting would require a miraculous growth and loss of bone and bone
structure as the skeleton would reshape itself, a rearrangement of internal
organs and associated connective tissue, nervous pathways, and blood vessels -
requiring "movement" of these structure through deep tissue and muscle, a
complete repatterning of the entire DNA code - systemwide - a thickening of the
dermis and a spontaneous growth of fur from hair follicles generated on the
spot, a reallocation of body mass and spontaneous generation of body tissue, and
last but not least, a loss of brain tissue as the brain cavity "shrunk" to the
dimensions of the wolf cranium.
When you lose brain tissue, it is like a VHS tape being erased - any data or
associative functions stored there are gone for good - like in a stroke or TIA
(transient ischemic attack). A werewolf able to transform would (if he could)
return to human form suffering from severe retardation, and would be a drooling
idiot at best and a homicidal, animalistic killer at worst.
The caloric expenditure necessary to fuel such a transformation is so high it is
impossible - the human body (at its full size) cannot ingest that much food
during one digestive cycle to power such a change. Also, the pain involved would
be so excruciating that the system itself would begin to shut down, and blood
pressure and heart rate would go so sky high that the cardiac muscle would
rupture and the "werewolf" would die from a cardiac hemmorhage.
The idea that the state of being a werewolf is somehow transmitted by a bite
suggests a retrovirus, similiar to AIDS, that could rewrite the DNA code of its
host. This "retrovirus" would have to be incredibly strong, and would be
detectable by any form of bloodwork performed on the individual. If, like AIDS,
it would be resistant to all but a lethal cocktail of drugs designed to kill the
virus, then we would also see congenital transmission among children from their
parents. As no hospital is reporting a strange new retrovirus that causes its
victims to change shape, we can therefore assume with a good deal of confidence
that such a retrovirus does not exist.
I'm a Nurse, real education, real experience|||Not everything that is real or really there has to be proved by modern science. Because it's a constant learning process. So I wouldn't depend to much on it. I'm sure that in those books of yours the stories were definitely exaggerated as the human mind seems to make it go. Also, from the doctor point of view. They are going by human standards. By all technical sense...the werewolf or any other "supernatural" or other kin isn't human now is it? Which makes your information dull and a rather waste of time to write. Don't you agree? As for all of that...yes they do exist. And you can't say they don't if you yourself don't know. That makes you a conceited liar, no? have any of you religious folk seen god? I don't think so. So why do you believe in him so much? You haven't seen him, and no scientific facts can back him now can they? You don't always have to see to believe. Just getting my point across...thats all..|||I was told by an covert operative in the government that indeed that this creatures exist and so do others. He says that his job is to hunt then down and to make sure that there existence is not known by the public.
To protect your self follow this instructions daily:
You must take care and never wander away from the group
Chant wero akorrirko bayrum asrar 3 when ever you feel a bad spirt
Carry some salt and holy water with you at all times
Carry a small bottle of urine from a cat this is the most inportant because it can hide your scent|||yes i agree with ringmaster.. ( he basically said what i would say)
i mean they do exist... just because science hasn't discovered us doesn't mean we aren't there... its because we don't want to become science expiriments..
and really how do you know if god is real? we havent seen him yet have we? so what makes you think he is there..there is no scientific proof that he is there...
so yes i agree with what ringmaster has said.. :)|||If warewolves did exist, i sure there would be a lot more of them. They are (by legand) very viscous creatures and there would be loads of people mauled over night, just doesn happen, unless some1 catches one and it is genuine then i dont beleive it at all|||It is physiologically impossible for a large mammal to change shape so radically in.. well, any amount of time, really.
No, werewolves do not exist. Although there are people who believe they are, and might indeed be animalistic psychologically speaking.|||I don't believe so until I see one besides, it doesn't say so in my religion.. but they may be the 'fallen angels' said in my religion.. but I don't know if they exist in werewolf forms...|||yes werewolves exist! i see one every-time i look in the mirror.
as for what is on Wisconsin's Bray Road i have no idea.
I thought it was when May played for the sabres, but I'm not sure if it even was May. Does anyone remember a Sabre just throwing about 10 punches in about 3 seconds on a goalie...please let me know it is driving me nuts. Thanks|||I think you mean matt barnaby. fakes an injury and just loses it on the flyers goalie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RalYe_4W鈥?/a>|||I'm with Benny, I think you're thinking of Matt Barnaby, it was a game during the 95-96 season.
It is because donkey is the most hardworking animal domesticated by man. Various cultures put them various uses such as load carrying, farming etc. Some cultures have even used them for milk etc.
for more information please visit http://thedonkeydepot.webs.com/welcome.htm|||Human have kept many animals as Domestic animals.
Every domestic animal serves different purpose for human - From safety to decoration, from food to cultivation, from detective to space Research.
Donkeys eat minimum food (less than 1.5% of their body weight) and can work for maximum hour.
Donkeys are not moody. They can work non-stop (average 12 to 16 hours a day) and without showing any for of disobedience to its owner.
For the most intelligent human all these qualities are treated as "Most dumb quality"
Minimum input and hassle free continuous output !|||Who said they are unsung heroes? They are celebrated in folklore---Think of the Donkey in Shrek, the king who had donkey's ears, the farmer and the son who ended up carrying the donkey, the donkey loaded with salt and later cotton-------
We use the term donkey to describe many of our fellow beings! We talk of Kazhuthai vayasu.
And all those proverbs---
Kuttiyile kazhuthayum nalla kutti.
koornthu paarthal kuthiraiyum kazhuthayakum.
Kazhuthaikku theriyuma karpoora vaasanai.
Let me share a nice story celebrating a donkey's perseverence which human beings will do well to learn
http://www.superlaugh.com/1/fdonkey.htm|||Donkey qualifies truly to be called as a beast of burden as they work and toil for their master, though are not even fed by their masters. Normally they eat anywhere outside and go and work for their masters.
Any person who do not think and toil is sometimes equated with a donkey for this reason. They do so not because they are idiots, but their masters are canny.|||I guess because people do not find them interesting enough.just look at the horse,they are lovedby everyone they even have movies that are all about horse(the black stallion for example)i guess donkeys are just too ordinary and mundane.|||Because they generally don't complain, but there's no real reason. Ask the originators of fairy tales. Oh wait, they're all dead.|||They are simple, humble ugly animals.
The impact on society (lasting legacy or effect)|||Two circumstances are noteworthy: That the United States felt compelled to support extremist anti-abortion groups in the first place, and that the U.S amicus brief failed to state that the United States did not endorse the invasive tactics of groups like OR.
The fourth book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness hasn't come out yet, but if anyone has read them share your info! I'm starting the Libba Bray triology that starts with A great and terrible beauty and then goes to Rebel Angels, and finally a Sweet far thing. Got opinions?|||I read a great and terrible beauty and Rebel Angels I haven't gotten a sweet far thing yet but I LOVE those books. I did feel a little bad for pippia at the end of Rebla angels though.|||I read the Great and Terrible beauty trilogy, it was wonderful. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness sounds familiar, but I can't remember if I read those or not.
I would love to answer your question or even look it up for you. However, you haven't told us where you live or what Centra Vevay Road Bray is; is it a restaurant? shopping plaza? Spa?
Bar?
I don't know the name but I will be pleased to go on the internet on your behalf if you give me a few clues.
By the way, if it is in your area, have you thought about phoning them? This place may be in your local directory.
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Me! I LOVE that book. I love how its set around Christmas time, since that's one of my favorite times of the year. I plan on reading the whole Gemma Doyle Trilogy around Christmas :) I also really like how the story's plot became more intricate (Circe, Nell Hawkins). I think that Kartik became a much more interesting character, and I loved how he came to work as the driver for the Doyle's. I think that Simon made a good addition to the story, but I don't like his character that much--I prefer Kartik :). Felicity is one of my favorite characters--she's so interesting, you never know what shes thinking, and shes unpredictable. Overall, I think its a great book with a well crafted plot, in fact it may be my favorite out of the trilogy.
EDIT: I won't say anything about The Sweet Far Thing except for that it also is an AMAZING book. Enjoy!|||I loved that book and that series!
I love Kartik. He and Gemma are made to be. End of story :)
I like Simon but not for Gemma. He is just that everyday rich guy.
I love Felicity. I didnt at first but her character grows so much through the books. Plus you got to understand why she always wants to be with Pippa. They are best friends!|||i liked A great terrible beauty better but rebel angels was still good
i think the song 'Rabbit Heart' by Florence and the Machine just GOES with Libba Brays book: The Sweet Far Thing.
its all about sacrifice and responsibility and being brave. its like it was MADE for that book
what do you think?|||I havent head The Sweet Far Thing, yet.
Rabbit Heart isn't a song I would go out and by, but I think it's quite interesting. The singer (florence? :P) has a very interesting voice, and although I am not very fond of Florence And The Machine, I do like listening to that song.
What happend at the end of the book?? I have read the book but need some refreshing.|||Ann has gone to stay with Felicity for the holidays, and with Felicity's assistance, parades around pretending to be Russian nobility. Ann hopes this will impress Tom, among others, whom she has fallen in love with. Felicity's mother returns from Paris, and gossip is all about. After Felicity's parents take in her orphaned cousin, Polly, as a ward, Felicity tells Polly to lock her doors and "not let Uncle in"; Gemma surmises that her friend was molested by her father as a little girl. Gemma must also tend to her father, who is taken ill several times and is eventually placed in a rehab sanatorium.
<_X|||Gemma found out that Miss Moore was Circe, but that was AFTER she took her into the realms to help them save Ann. She also finds out that the temple is the Caves of Sighs - the last place ANYONE would think to look. Circe found her way into Gemma's dreams, so she knows it too. She takes Nell Hawkins as a sacrifice to get the temple's magic, but can't bind it to herself. Gemma, Ann, and Felicity go to bind the magic themselves, and in the process they tell Pippa that it's time for her to cross the river because her soul is becoming corrupted. Pippa runs to the Winterlands in her anguish. Gemma, Ann, and Felicity must let her go, so they go to bind the magic.
As Circe has Nell, Gemma must choose to shoot the last arrow, needing to kill Circe but not wanting to kill Nell on accident. Then she remembers what Nell said at the Bethlem Royal Christmas Ball as part of her performance, "Save one arrow for me, I shall have need of it. Do not hesitate, Lady Hope. Set me Free!" Gemma shoots Nell, killing her and compromising Circe's sacrifice. Gemma and Circe struggle for the temple magic in the Well of Eternity, where Gemma is triumphant and binds the magic to herself, imprisoning Circe in the Well.
Back in London, Gemma refuses Simon's court.
I will be flying from America (Chicago, Illinois) to Dublin in April. Upon arrival, I would like to go to Bray. I found "Aircoach" online that runs 24 hours from the airport at 11 Euros, but I was wondering if there is a cheaper alternative. Does DART run directly from the airport? If not, would it make sense to take a cab to the nearest DART line and then take the DART there to Bray?|||There is no cheaper direct service, but you can do it for about half the price if you get a bus into the city centre and getting another bus or a dart from there.
As you go out the airport exit to your left are a bunch of bus stops take either the 16a or the 746 to O'Connell street, 鈧?.20 you'll need the exact change.
746 is every hour, 16a is every 25 minutes.
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1鈥?/a>
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once you're at o'connell you can either walk down Talbot street to connelly station to get the dart, 鈧?.70, 5-8 minute walk.
or take the 145 from O'Connell which will bring you to bray, 鈧?.20. the 145 goes every 20 minutes.
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1鈥?/a>
there are maps of all the stops in those links, i'd pencil them in to your dublin map before you get here so you don't get lost|||To be honest for the sake of saving 鈧?2 it's hardly worth the hassle and much less so after a long flight. A taxi to the nearest Dart Station would cost at least 鈧? + the cost of the dart...
Even leaving aside the money, it would be a hell of a lot more comfortable getting on the coach at Dublin Airport and getting off in Bray, no hassle with bags etc.|||as said above it would be a lot less hassle to use the aircoach and it will work out cheaper.
Who do you think would make an ideal Kartik? how about for oher characters??
I could never picture what the characters actually look like.|||I always thought Kartik was dark-skinned with black curly hair. He's lean and still has a little bit of his boyish looks. Supposedly he's supposed to have very long lashes, haha. And I think he is a bit taller than Gemma, but not by much. Some reason when he talks, I picture him with a British accent instead of an Indian accent.
Gemma is a tall and sorta lanky? I picture her hair color as the same color as the girl in the first book, not Rebel Angels. Her skin is fair and she has greenish eyes. Felicity has almost whitish hair with icy blue eyes while Pippa has silky dark brown hair. She's described as having violet eyes but I think realistically it would be a deep blue. Ann is stalky with lighter brown hair and is average looks wise.
That's how I pictured them, at least:)|||I picture Kartik with dark curly hair and deep brown eyes. Also I picture him with dark skin and somewhat muscley. As for Gemma, I picture her with curly read hair and freckles. I picture Ann being short and skinny, but I guess she's fat. And I can't really picture Felicity very well.|||I always pictured Pippa to be played by Alexis Bledel (from gilmore girls) as she was in "Tuck Everlasting" with the curly hair and beauty
Gemma= red headed headstrong, sorta stubborn girl with haunting bright green eyes and a good jawline and straight nose..pale skin
Felicity (fee)= very lighthaired, pale skinnned girl with a luminescent face and small eyes. she's beautiful and has a "terrible beauty" and power to influence.
Ann= plain, round faced, slightly chubby girl with mousy, untidy brown hair
Pippa= has black hair, violet eyes, has tight curls, and a beautiful, godess-like face, and pretty clear skin
Kartik=hottie mchot hot hot, dark curly hair, large eyes, and impossibly long dark lashes, olive-y skin, and a strong jawline, not to mention hot abs, and killer arms!
i think that pippa=alexis bledel, a younger bryce dallas howard for gemma, emily browning for ann, evanna lynch for felicity (maybe) http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/鈥?/a> , and for Kartik, i 'd say im not sure but i guess , Saraj Chaudhry http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMT鈥?/a>
Kartik would b the hardest to cast! definitely|||Gemma: Red- gold/ auburn hair. Startling green eyes. Freckles. Pale eyebrows. Tall. Broad shoulders. Not overly beautiful but just pretty if you ask me.
Ann: Mousy brown hair. Watery blue eyes. Short and slightly plump. Watery nose too.
Pippa: Black hair. Violet eyes. Ivory skin. Petite. Beautiful.
Felicity: White blonder hair. Grey silver eyes. I think she'd be rather sexy?
Kartik: Uhh hot? Gorgeous? That's what Gemma thinks at least. Dark chocolate eyes? Thick dark brown curls. Brown Indian skin.
Ithal: Black brown hair? Red brown eyes? Bronze skin?
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i read on wikipedia that some websites have excerpts and maybe even the first four chapters of "the sweet far thing"
could you list the websites that you know of? i dont have time to go and get the book today and i really wanted to read atleast some of the book.
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for anyone who read the book, i have a question about what happened to the mother at the end of the book. was she always that evil creature that she transformed into at the end of the book? or was the creature simply pretending to be her throughout the book? im doing a book report on it, and just don't get it. thanks!|||The creature was never actually Gemma's mother. At least that was what I inferred from it. In my mind, there was something just disguising itself to get on Gemma's side.
(I'm sorry if that's wrong; it's been a little while since I've read the book.)
~Note~ The Beast of Bray Road is in Walwarth County, Wisconsin. I believe in the Beast, not sure about werewolves, but if you read into it, it's like satanic. Read it! Oh ya, I believe in bigfoot. Probably just some ape living in Wisconsin. And yes, I'm weird. ; )|||I never heard of the beast like creature you're talking about. I believe in werewolves/lycans. They are real and some of them can be so cruel!! I do believe in vampires, only to mention I'm one myself. But big foot,nope don't believe in it. But yes I do believe that there was a Bigfoot earlier in years. Maybe like the 1800's or early 1900's. But I believe in lots of things. I'm strange and there are many people like you and I.|||Yes I am a vampire. I was turned into one my best friends boyfriend.I don't understand or realize how he did it but he did. It was march 17,2009. That I was turned so I'm only about 1/4 vampire. While on the other hand my clan leader is about 200 years old. I'm not undead.fights.blood.hatred. Report Abuse
|||i believe in the beast of bray road and bigfoot A.K.A. sasquatch|||nope|||i am weird.
i want to believe in vampires, i want them to be real.
but i do not believe they are.|||http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Vampire鈥?/a>
That website tells you a lot about vampires. It even explains a medical way that it is possible they could exist, and werewolves and vampires are both in the bible, but I'm not sure whether I believe, Big foot is probably an overgrown gorilla as you said, and I haven't heard of the bray road beast but I shall look it up.|||Yes I do. I'm not scared to say it. I might be weird, but oh well. I believe these so called myths are here for a reason. Sheepeople are scared of the truth when it can hurt them.|||Yes! Remember we are going hunting for Bigfoot in the summer. We are going to sit in a tree and keep on the lookout. :) but I don't believe in vampires. Sorry.|||Vampires are real. I believe that Big Foot once existed, but no longer does.
*pulls out older Answer*
Well, I will tell you how real vampires look.
Here come the downvotes, =). I'll leave links at the bottom for the open-minded, though.
-No fangs.
-Any color eyes, only with a dark-colored ring around the outside of the eye, as well as a golden ring around the pupil. - Many will describe this as a "lion's mane."
-Rather pale.
-Photosensitive.
-Nails --fingernails/toenails-- grow more quickly.
-Hair grows more quickly.
-Typically vampires have moderate to dark brown hair. I have never met one with black or blonde.
-May be preppy, emo, jock, goth, country, rocker, etc. Any stereotype.
-Glassy fingernails, but very hard to break or chip.
-Some have sharper canines, some do not.
-Sleeping in coffins is only if they are...eccentric.
-Elegant walk about them.
-Heightened reaction speeds.
-Heightened Psi abilities.
-Quiet footsteps.
-Often appear deep in thought, and/or solemn.
-May be anti-social or extremely social. Depends on the personality.
-Enjoy the night.
-Tend to be very nocturnal.
-Some enjoy human company whilst other see humans merely as food.
-Only about a third belong to Covens.
-All of the ones I know are very knowledgable about history in general. They are not necessarily "history buffs" by any means, but still.
-Seem to know everything about other peoples' emotions, yet nobody ever knows much about them even though the people "think" that they do.
-May be happy one day, but drained the next day.
-They are not undead.
-They often keep Donors rather than attacking random people. Vampires do not like STD's either, you know.
-Vampires eat human food, although tend to revolve more around fruits & vegetables.
-They drink blood, although a cup every 2-3 days is enough.
-Vampires must pay the bills, work --oftentimes day-shifts--, live in a house --unless they like caves....which is rather strange...--, and everything else.
-Vampires do not instantly become sexy or beautiful after their Awakening.
-Eyes are hypnotizing when the vampire wants them to be.
-Increased hearing.
-Increased sight.
-Better night-vision.
-Increased smell.
-They can smell blood.
-They can smell blood from a person even when it's not been spilled.
This Answer is beccoming entirely too long now, so I shall stop. Obviously they were in no particular order, but were put down merely as they came to my mind.
By the way, if you want your vampire to have fangs I've a suggestion for you: Make it to where the vampire can "will" their fangs to grow, or when they wish for them to appear normal. Just a thought.
Those sites I mentioned earlier:
http://www.awakeanddrink.webs.com <---Our site
http://www.sanguinarius.org <---Sangi's site of everything vampire.
http://www.vampirewebsite.net <---Steve Leighton's site. It has information on the "Vampire Virus."
http://www.drinkdeeplyanddrink.com <---MemoryandDreams's good general-info site.
Some reading:
"The Book of Vampires" by Dudley Wright.
It is an un-biased study of vampirism's roots. It was originally published under the name "Vampires and Vampirism" in 1914.
Our sincerest wishes,
Zane and Azaria
P.S. Should you desire more information about vampires, please feel free to e-mail me. We would be delighted to hear from you, and will answer any questions you may have regarding vampirism.
its part of the gemma doyle trilogy....the 1st is the great and terrible beauty....the second is rebel angels....please i really want to read it..without buyin it1st..lol...|||Well I would not suggest doing that, because it is illegal and robs the authors rights. One thing you could do it borrow it from your local library, it's free, that is, unless you are hard on your books. Then if you damage it, you have to pay. Seems fair enough to me though, that is how I get most of my reading done, well, all of me reading actually. :)
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Because this is driving me insane , i'm at the part where she kissed him and he almost frenched her , but then he ruined the moment by bringing up Pippa. A friend already told me that Pippa's gonna die and showed me part of that page , but do Gemma and Katik ever get together because he's hott! and i want them to.|||No, gemma nad Katik do not get together, I am hoping htey will though!|||are u kidding me!? Yes they get together!!!!! maybe not in the first book but they do. trust me, its not the way u think tho Report Abuse
|||eVEN THOUGH THEY KISS, AND U WOULD THIKN THEY get together, they don't. Although I think many plp would wish that someday they would...
Because this is driving me insane , i'm at the part where she kissed him and he almost frenched her , but then he ruined the moment by bringing up Pippa. A friend already told me that Pippa's gonna die and showed me part of that page , but do Gemma and Katik ever get together because he's hott! and i want them to.|||No, gemma nad Katik do not get together, I am hoping htey will though!|||are u kidding me!? Yes they get together!!!!! maybe not in the first book but they do. trust me, its not the way u think tho Report Abuse
|||eVEN THOUGH THEY KISS, AND U WOULD THIKN THEY get together, they don't. Although I think many plp would wish that someday they would...
Why I ask is because his name is on my birth certificate as my biological father and I don't know him.
Other info I have on this man is that he would be about 49-50 years old now and the last place that I knew he was at was in Eureka California in 1992.|||Jack Bray, a billionaire in Rocklin, CA.? Built the Galleria there.|||Do you know if your mom was in Idaho or Utah at the time of conception? Report Abuse
|||A lot of us use zabasearch.com for finding living persons.
However, it IS against yahoo rules to post personal info about someone living.|||I've just googled "Scott Bray - California" and quite a lot of guys with that name have come up.
You could try contacting some to see if they recognise your Mum's name!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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HD-DVDs for now, have Picture-In-Picture and some other interactive features while Blu-ray is implementing with new discs (the first being Resident Evil: Extinction and War). But no worries since the PS3 can be upgraded to support it with the firmware 2.10 update.
Blu-ray also has the backing of most major electronic companies such as Samsung, Sony, Pioneer, Sharp, Apple, etc. while HD-DVD has Microsoft and Toshiba.
Blu-ray has exclusive studio support from: Warner Bros. (come May 2008. right now, they are releasing on both HD-DVD and Blu-ray), Disney, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, and MGM.
HD-DVD has studio support from: Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. (but Warner Bros. is only releasing on this format until May 2008).
That's pretty much it.|||I have both PS3 and a HD-DVD player. The both have the same resolution but the only difference is that Blu-Ray can hold more information 50GB versus 30GB for HD-DVD. Also HD-DVD has picture in picture capability (watching the movie while another screen shows up like behind the screen interactivity). Blu-Ray will have picture in picture sometime in 2008.|||Blu-ray is slightly bigger capacity wise, but is like 20x more expensive to make.
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but its an AMAZING BOOK!
You have to read it!!!|||Library.
Does anyone else here love the Beauty trilogy by Libba Bray? What do you think will happen in the next book, A Sweet Far Thing?|||OMG i cant wait!!!!!!
only a few more days.
but I'm going to be so sad when it ends :(
i hope that Gemma and Kartik will finally be together
i thought something more was going to both of them in rebel angels but something definitely has to happen in this one
i cant wait|||is it the final book in the series?? I love those books and sooo don't wnat the story to end!|||i cant wait!!! i love this series--i'm in teh middle of a debate with my mom over pre-ordering--she likes the series, too, so i'm winning. lol.|||meeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
i think that Pippa is gonna lyke betray them, and then help them...
but then again, i thought Voldemort was gonna animate Sirius Black's dead body in Harry Potter, so i guess im not that good at predicting things lol
I desperately want to contact Libba Bray! She is my favorite author and I really want to send her a letter or email or somthing! Does she have an agent that I should send somthing to first? How do I go about doing this?|||Visit her website: http://www.libbabray.com/. Go to her live journal and you can read her regular posts and comment on them. Sorry but that's the only way I know to contact her =(|||Go to libbabray.com and go to her blog.
You can leave comments or somehow get an email there.
:)
Her books are great
The sweet far thing by Libba Bray was so good! i loved it..... until the end. I hated the ending. I upset me so much. If you read it and hated the ending why? I guess i just want to talk about it because i was literally crying.|||I was crying too! The ending was so sad but i thought it was good because the ending always leaves an opening for more books to come out because now Gemma can go and save Kartik! I love these books maybe they can be continued!|||awwwwwwwwwwwww. poor baby :[|||*****SPOILERS******
I cried the second time (a little) I read it, because I didn't like Kartik the first time around. I was sad... but he's not DEAD, he just lives in a tree. It's all good. You know Eugenia? She didn't die in the tree. If it helps, you can write fanfiction where Gemma goes back into the realms and goes to live in the tree with him. :) My friend and I joke endlessly about that.
What is it about?|||i just read it and i thought it was amazing. though it does focus around four young ladies and there's only one main guy in the story and he's not seen to often i thought it was really well written. they type where you aren't quite sure who the bad guy is, what's going to happen next and so forth. i think you could really enjoy it as long as you do realize it does focus around women.|||you might. its about three girls who can go to these realms, that are like, amazing gardens or whatever. There's not a lot of fighting in it, but there's this secret society with all these knnife-bearing guys.|||I would guess if they appreciated females who can kick butt.
In Rebel Angels by Libba Bray do the girls cross into the realms in body and spirit or just spirit? I was really confused...especially when they take Mrs. Moore into the realms and she somehow comes out of the realms on her own and packs up her things at the house she was renting in London. Wouldn't Gemma have to personally take her back into the realms after she left?
Can someone shine some light on this question?|||Without giving away too much? Read the third book. To try to help a little bit, I believe they crossed over in body as well as spirit, merely because Libba Bray never mentions their bodies being left behind. Also, I was always under the impression that they stepped through the door, which would imply bodily actions. As for Mrs. Moore? Read on, my dear, read on.|||JUST READ IT! i love that book!!!
and i always thought it was in body as well as spirit
turn them into restaurants for the rich, thus denying locals their normal tipple. They may partake a glass of Sainsbury's champagne at 13.50 a glass, and drool over a plate of sauteed snail livers, garnished with toad spawn and St. Kilda bird droppings. I thought these cooks had died a death but apparently rich idiots are still paying through the nose to keep these con men in business. Pint of bitter please luv.|||Before long he will end up like Gordon Ramsey - bankrupt and getting up every ones noses with his holier than though attitude towards what people want to eat. Perhaps the answer is yes if that's what's going to happen.|||Anthony W T has a couple near where I live. My local used to be at a great striking distance and great for just a good laugh and a drink. Now it's just expensive food. We do still sometimes hang around at the bar, but it's not the same.
Edit: really Dave...I thought you were cultured (if not very pleasant). You know nuffink if you have to ask "why Bray..?"|||i don;t see him as whacko, inventive more like, beats the harvester, and those s*it chains anyday of the week. And more pubs are dying on their feet, in London, you see boards up, and that has been happening for a long time.|||I never understood, why Bray? Have you seen what Bray is surrounded by? Slough, Maidenhead, Burnham ....... you're better off opening an Indian.|||To my mind these "celebrity chefs" are nothing more than glorified duff punchers ! They tend to get above themselves. Who the hell does this egoistical moron think he is ?|||oh! that's barbaric :D
is he the bald guy who cooks disgusting food?
I got it from this show years ago called The Tribe...|||I remember The Tribe - great show - however, Bray reminds me of a donkey.|||EW. donkeys bray. that is in no way a good name for a little boy. who would want to be named after a sound that donkeys make?|||when i think of bray i think of donkeys cause the sound they make (heehaw) is called braying. i dont like it sorry!|||He will be teased forever. That is the sound a donkey makes. The donkey brayed. loudly.|||Brayden Stryker|||This is my opinion
IT SUCKS DO SOMETHING BETTER|||It SUCKs big time. GAY BRAY!!! GAY BRAY!!!|||I love it! It is really original :D Turn your boy gay before he is even one!!|||For some reason it reminds me ever so slightly of a horse....|||Bray is a good nickname for Brayden. :-)|||I think it sounds too nicknamey. How about Braydon instead?|||yes i like the name bray|||hmmm sounds brave,,,
That when Bush tries, unsuccessfully I may add, to deny that the Turks committed Genocide on the Armenians, the only thing that is deafening, is the silence of the average american idiot?
Story here in case you missed it;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1010/armenia鈥?/a>
Of course Turkey is counted as an "ally" by the Bush admin isn't it? And they don't seem to be very happy about being in the same historical boat as the Nazi's or Stalin's communists either. Know what? Too friggen bad.
When you commit genocide (or try to defend it, like Bush just did) then prepare to be treated as such.
And just one more question for people who DO support this mindless chimp, what the hell are you people thinking?|||Perhaps you'd have more answers if your question wasn't asked in such a harsh manner.|||There was no Armenian genocide. The only reason why the USA can be compared to those is the genocides the USA has been committing such as the ones against Japaneses, Vietnamese people, Native Americans, African Americans and so on.
i haven't read this book yet but i heard that it's really good.
i just want to know if anyone DISLIKED this book and the rest of the series.
PLEASE NO SPOILERS!!!|||It is really good--> if you liked twilight you will probebly like it.|||It's a very good teen book, but I do suggest you don't read it over a long span of time, or else it might prove to be boring. It's not like Harry Potter, where you're completely obsessed and simply HAVE to read it. It's more like a book you read and say, "Hey! This is pretty good!" And then you have to put it down and won't go up to it months later.
It's a great book, but I suggest reading it only in a week and not over a month.
It has great characters, doesn't drag much, and a unique plot, and very VERY good writing.
Please, do try it.|||i thought it was ok, at least the first book. i read it a couple of years ago, maybe when i was 12 or 13? itz about magic and prophecy and other realms, if i remeber correctly. itz a bit dark and i dont think i read the rest of the series as i dont really like teenage romance books and that's part of the story. other than that, itz a pretty good book.
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My Name Doesn't Fit Here is right. Altho the writing is good, i remeber that i thought the book kinda "dragged" and it got a bit boring after a while. I remeber reading the ending and then going back to where i was and skipping a few pages here and there. lol...
I've also read the Twilight series, and i don't like Harry Potter or any books by Meg Cabot or Sarah Dessen.|||Dracula by Bram Stoker and others listed at
http://www.squidoo.com/vampiretales
anything by Ann Brashares, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, Ellen Hopkins, or Laurie Halse Anderson - Titles at the 1st link below.
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
13 Reason Why by Jay Asher
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Other Boleyn Girl and others by Philippa Gregory
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
The Belgariad and The Mallorean by David Eddings
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz
Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Storms of Vengeance by John Beachem
Wake and Fade by Lisa McMann
The Giver and sequels by Lois Lowry
Howl's Moving Castle
Maxiumum Ride series by James Patterson
Pendragon series by DJ MacHale
anything by Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Ursula K. LeGuin, Tamora Pierce, Donita K. Paul, Mercedes Lackey, Chris D'Lacey, Garth Nix, Terry Brooks, Raymond Fiest, Gene Wolfe, George RR Martin, etc. - Titles at the 2nd link below|||a child called it|||cirque due freak|||Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
its based on a child living in the streets of Ghetto Warsaw while being occupied by Nazi Troops.|||I loved those books! Sucks what happened to Kartik, though. :'( I really liked Inkheart by Cornelia Funke and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Give them a try!|||i love A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb.
And Replay by Ken Grimwood is one of the best books I've ever read.|||You should also read Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray as well =D
And the Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath trilogy by Cornelia Funke|||how i live now - meg rosoff
the hunger games - suzanne collins
sabriel - garth nix
wildwood dancing - juliet marillier|||any book by dean koontz or stephen king
also
Mister monday- garth nix
frim tuesday- garth nix
drowned wednesday- garth nix
sir thursday- garth nix
lady friday- garth nix
superior saturday- garth nix
They are all great reads and the 7th book in tht series comes out soon and its called
lord sunday- garth nix
I have to have six things that represent the main character in the book a great and terrible beauty.
I chose the necklace she wears,
the word perplexity,
the diary,
and the silver arch that leads to the garden in the realms where her mother is waiting for her.
Can anybody help me choose two more things.?|||The Door of Light, and her friends, because the door is the way that she can get into the realms, and that is something that really defines her, and her friends support her and are helping her to figure things out.|||The door that leads to the realms,
the gorgon? - I cant remember which book she comes in :)'
The flowers in the realms|||The Door of Light and her friends - I agree with nightheron12
I've been waiting FOREVER! Nobody I ask seems to know either.|||According to Amazon, Dec. 26, 2007; the title is "The Sweet Far Thing:"
(from amazon) Book Description
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a
laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.
The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.
About the Author
Libba Bray is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son, and a cat of questionable intelligence.
Product Details
* Reading level: Young Adult
* Hardcover: 448 pages
* Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (December 26, 2007)
I just started reading it. It's really good so far. I'm in the beginning of the 2nd chapter. I think it's going to be a movie too. Do you like this book?|||Yes, I love this book! It's one of my favorites. The sequel, Rebel Angels, is even better than AGATB, too. I can't wait 'til the 3rd one comes out... though, unfortunately, the release date moved to December, instead of the original date in September.
Happy reading! =)|||I loved it.
Rebel Angels was really good too.
Can't wait for the third one in September!|||It's good but i just don't like the idea of looking in another person's diary|||YES!! they are so good. I read the second one, too, and I can't wait for the third!!|||I loved it. I want to go and buy Rebel Angels... but this summer I've started reading so many different series...|||i liked it....it WOULD make a pretty cool "fantasy"-ish movie.
In RA, Gemma goes back to the realms with Fee and Ann. Pippa is there, but I think this is where she begins to go corrupt. Kartik keeps warning her, but she doesn't listen. I believe it is also when she finally binds the magic. Sorry, I'm not much help. I have a terrible memory DX
Oh! This is also when Nell Hawkins comes in. She is 'insane' but she helps Gemma with visions of bad things coming. I think it's also when we find out Circe is Ms. Moore. Simon tries to drug Gemma, but she leaves before anything happens between them....Um, this is also when the creatures in the realms turn on everyone and no one can be trusted. Gemma also gets increbily strong visions of these three girls that are always on a cliff in the realms. Gemma can actually feel them touch her, even though it's just a vision. I think this is also when Pippa lives in the castle in the realms with the burn victims. In the end Pippa kills the pet rabbit of the blind girl for a sacrifice. She truly believes she is basically the queen and people need to live for her. It's really sad. I like Pip, and then she just went to the dark side...literally, since she visited the Winterlands :/|||Its the sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty.
"Rebel Angels is the second book in a fantasy trilogy by Libba Bray. It is the sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty and continues the story of Gemma Doyle, a girl in the late 1800s with the power of sight. The novel follows Gemma and her friends, Felicity and Ann, during their winter break from school. Rebel Angels comments on the life of women in the nineteenth century, fantasy, and mythology."|||It's the sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty.
The girls leave Spence for Christmas. Gemma, Felicity, and Ann all know that Ann has nowhere to go for the holidays, so they pretend she's descended from Russian (I think) royalty, so she's able to go stay with Felicity. The girls go to the realms again, and Pippa is there. Kartik tells Gemma that the temple magic needs to be bound because she smashed the runes and the magic is running free. While in London, Kartik gets a job as Gemma's family's coach driver. Gemma meets the rich, handsome and charming Simon Middleton.
The book is about finding out where the temple is and who Circe (Sarah Rees-Toome) is.|||the summary is there but i just wanted to say i loved the books and you should read them!
the second book is Rebel Angels thanks!|||The second one is about Christmas time in London. Not much of it is spent at Spence, which I thought was a nice change of scenery.
Gemma gets involved with a wealthy and titled man named Simon Middleton, Felicity takes Ann home with her for the holidays so they can go into the Realms together. Gemma visits a crazy girl name Nell Hawkins because she thinks that Nell knows who Circe is.
In the end, Gemma finds out that Miss Moore is really Circe, and she kills Nell so she can't be sacrificed to the Winterlands. Gemma binds the magic to herself in the temple and locks Circe in the Well of Eternity. Gemma tells Pippa that it's time for her to cross the river, and Pippa runs to the Winterlands in a fit of rage.|||The second book ends up with Gemma finding the Temple in the realms, and trapping Circe inside a well that's in there, and binding all of the magic to herself.
She also discovers that Mrs Moore is really Circe, and Mrs McCarthy (i think that's her name) is not Circe.
And Pippa starts turning into a creature of the Winterlands.
I need a detailed summary. I also need a page number or chapter title of a really good pasage that I can usea as an exerpt?|||Try these study guides:
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http://www.coolatta.org/barrons/|||It's an amazingly good book. I recommend you actually just read it & summarize it yourself. It won't be hard to find a good excerpt -- the writing is beautiful and gothic, you'll find something good easily. Heck, you can probably just flip to a random page and find a nice passage.
i just finished reading A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY and REBEL ANGELS by libba bray and i could've sworn i read somewhere that she was writing a trilogy out of the series. does anyone know? it would help me a lot! thanks!|||Yep. The third one is called the sweet far thing...i'm not sure when its coming out|||It is coming out this summer,with the movie following soon after. Report Abuse
|||There may be a third book in the works but it's not out yet. Check out Libba Bray's website and livejournal for updates -- link below.|||yep - there's a 3rd book coming out... next fall, I think.
I have heard positive comments and reviews regarding this book , and I want to know what do you personally think about it. If you , of course , have read this book.
I don't want to read some shallow romance , and too hyped for my taste like Twilight.
If this book is anything like that , I don't want to read it.
I'd love to have your sincere answer and opinion.
xx Thanks|||I enjoyed the trilogy, and ny is right about some parts. I think Bray got carried away with the knowledge of the Victorian era and she decided to let everyone know how much she knew. But they are still my most favorite books, mostly because the trilogy leaves you with something to think about.
I don't know. I enjoyed every part of the book, but I guess it's because I'm so fascinated with the Victorian era, although I realize Bray did break a rule when she went overboard with the Victorian era. It's like with Philippa Gregory's books. I know Gregory is so enthralled by the Tudors, as I am, but she'll sometimes go into too much with some of her characters.
The trilogy is worth a read. It's well-written, even though Bray does break a few rules, the story is amazing. The theme of the trilogy is the power struggle between men and women, and you will see this clearly in the third book. There's no fourth. I think ny made an error.
Gemma is a likable protagonist. The romance isn't cheesy or nonsensical.
The novels do not revolve around romance. At first, you think it revolves around Circe, the protagonist in the second book. I mean, Rebel Angels seems like it ties off everything because the girls defeat Circe, but the third book unveils just about everything, and you realize what the book truly revolved around from the beginning.
And the romance that happens in this book isn't shallow. Gemma is attracted to Kartik--mere attraction, not "love" like in Twilight--at first because of his looks--human nature--but she doesn't want anything to do with him at first because of how he acts towards her. Then she starts to see the human side of him, and you can see she's growing feelings for him. Then, in Rebel Angels, you know Gemma really likes Kartik, and in the third book, she loves him. But you will see that Gemma does not get everything she wants in the third book. In fact, the ending of the third book could be considered an arguable tragedy. |||the first is quite interesting, a good light read, even more than
light sometimes - good touch of realism and research on the age and
customs, little habits and mannerisms - surprisingly so. Of course, a
lot of fantasy - so, if you do not like fantasy, do not venture. Then
we read the second to find out how it all ended, the third - to find
out how it is supposed to end, and the fourth - praying to God that it
would end, at last, ploughing through endless, repetitive pages when
nothing happens, when the author repeats herself or describes useless
for the plot "playing with magic" (at least the repetitive
descriptions of social life give you a glimpse at the era). It
deteriorates with every new books, and ends completely out of
character with the epoch. The first one is not a bad light read, and the
second is tolerable; venture forth at your peril ( you may die from
sheer from boredom).|||Yes! I read them this summer and they are now my favorite modern series right behind Harry Potter.
Well, I could write an extensively long answer, but Aki pretty much sums it all up, and I don't want to sound like a broken record. Bottom line is, these are exceptional books--very much so worth the read.|||Yes the series is really great! I enjoy it thoroughly!
It is nothing like Twilight in the least...but I would recommend Twilight,you would be glad you did~please don't disregard the greatness for the Libba Bray trilogy because of my love for Twilight :)|||It's a pretty good book. An easy and interesting read. You should pick it up.
I read the book, but is Gemma Doyle now immortal or...? She had died but asked to be replaced by another woman, and went back to life. Is Gemma immortal or...?????|||No, Gemma is NOT immortal.
*****SPOILERS******
Gemma died at the battle, met the three women in the boat, and they offered to take her to rest and give her eternal glory on that wall that you see earlier in the series. She feels that she has more to do alive, but when a sorceress does that they're granted a wish or favor of sorts. She requests that they take Circe (Miss Moore) across the river, as she lives in the Well of Eternity for, well, Eternity (Haha... That's funny). Gemma passes eternal rest and glory, and goes back to the battle. She's just like every other human except that she's got magic...|||yeah it looked like she was about to die. she's not immortal. then she told the three ladies she wants to give up her place to Circe or Miss moore. then after that gemma returned to the battle and got the magic back. now she guides the soul of people who die. it was a little confusing.
What dialing code/s do i need to add before the number?|||00353 the drop the 0 of the prefix code|||hey if brays not in Dublin surley you wouldnt need the 01 in the prefix considering 01 is Dublin! no?|||Bray, even though it is in Wicklow (just), is within the Dublin telephone district so you dial 00 353 1 and then the 7 digit phone number.|||Yes it's 00 353 1 xxx xxxx but I just wanted to point out that Bray is NOT in Dublin-It is in WICKLOW. Thanks (sorry just a bit touchy about my lovely native county being co-opted by Dublin)|||All the answers are correct (003531...) but if you want to do it on the cheap (or to any country FROM the UK), suggest you check out www.telediscount.co.uk for additional prefix codes that get you discounts (eg 0844 861 78 78 before your Irish call gets you it at 1p a min). There is no sign up or separate companies, just shows on your normal bill. Great site if you have relatives abroad - I use it for my brother in Canada (1p a minute also). Simply the country you want to call, it gives you the prefix and cost per minute to both landlines and mobiles in that country.|||you have to dial 00353 and then the number you wish to dial
There are no vampires in this series. It's a fantasy series about magic.|||Personally I think its more of a magic romance but thats just me. Other people will say different things.
~~MP|||First off, The Sweet Far Thing is the third book in Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle Trilogy, the first book is A Great and Terrible Beauty. Second, the series contains no vampires. However it is a great magical romance with lots of suspense and adventure. It is a lot like Harry Potter but geared towards teens rather than children and it is more for girls. But don't worry just because it is a "girly" book does not mean it isn't just as dark and gripping as Harry Potter or other magical romance books, because it is.
i really need to kno. lool. im so excited and i cant wait until it comes out. i read the summary for the book and it said nothing about it being the final book in her series. i really want to know if it is tho|||im not sure i hope not but it hasnt even come out yet so we dont know|||I still havn't read the second one=(
i hate how great&terrible beauty ended..
i need to know what happens lol !
Now that Bovine is over, does anyone know anything about Libba Bray's new project?|||She's working on her next novel I think called BEAUTY QUEENS. Here is what Libba described it as.
BRAY: I’m writing a book about a bunch of teen beauty queens whose plane crashes on a deserted island. It’s Lord of the Flies meets Lost but with a bitchin’ talent portion and lots of sequins. Stay tuned.
I believe she is still writing it as of May 31, 2010, according to her journal and it won't be released until 2011.
Then she wants to work on a historical Supernatural series called THE DIVINERS. Here is a review of the upcoming book from her journal.
“In The Diviners, a supernatural fantasy series set in Manhattan during the 1920s, Bray follows a teen heroine she says is reminiscent of two of the era's most famous literary women—Zelda Fitzgerald and Dorothy Parker. Bray, who admitted to having always been fascinated by the Jazz Age, said she's looking forward ‘to offering readers a wild new ride full of dames and dapper dons, jazz babies and Prohibition-defying parties, conspiracy and prophecy—and all manner of things that go bump in the neon-drenched night.’”
But that series may not be released until 2012.
Hope this helps! :)
anywhere except Wicklow please?|||All driving tests should be to the same standard wherever you take it but if Wicklow now makes you nervous try Bray, it might be quieter. Good luck.|||I did my driving test in Tallaght and passed first time,did some pre tests and instructor took me round all the test routes in Tallaght they were easy enough but maybe i thought that because i'm originally from Tallaght. Good look next time|||Do you mean Bray by the River Thames near Maidenhead ...if so I would have thought that was the best place for you. Other than that what place are you most familiar and at home with as that is where you ought to be taking your test.|||HALIFAX|||Timing, not place, is everything.
I did mine in a busy city and started at 09:08 on a thursday morning. It was dead and I passed first time.
I love the 1st two books to death!! Is this one good??|||OMG its is amazing! you need to read it!!!!!!!!!!! sooo good, luv the serious! get reading girl!|||yes! it is so good!
if you loved the first two then of course!|||OMG!
I'm getting the series for my b-day and I can't wait!
I hear it's good though!!|||I personally didn't like it as much as the first two, but it was still really good.
The ending just wasnt as good for me as I thought it could be.
You should definitely read it though!|||I loved it so much. To warn you, YOU WILL CRY near the end. OMG! I loved it to death. I have no idea how many times I'll have to repeat myself to get it across. I LOVED IT TO DEATH! Anyways....lol....|||Sorry, haven't read any of them.|||so far its pretty amazing. im not done yet though, so thats not a good sign.
its better than the second one anyway.
I love the 1st two books to death!! Is this one good??|||OMG its is amazing! you need to read it!!!!!!!!!!! sooo good, luv the serious! get reading girl!|||yes! it is so good!
if you loved the first two then of course!|||OMG!
I'm getting the series for my b-day and I can't wait!
I hear it's good though!!|||I personally didn't like it as much as the first two, but it was still really good.
The ending just wasnt as good for me as I thought it could be.
You should definitely read it though!|||I loved it so much. To warn you, YOU WILL CRY near the end. OMG! I loved it to death. I have no idea how many times I'll have to repeat myself to get it across. I LOVED IT TO DEATH! Anyways....lol....|||Sorry, haven't read any of them.|||so far its pretty amazing. im not done yet though, so thats not a good sign.
its better than the second one anyway.
i know she's done with the gemma doyle series. Is she going to write anything else?|||Libba Bray contributed to a book of 6 short stories entitled "Up All Night." Her story is called "Not Just for Breakfast Anymore." It is due some time in 2008 from Harper-Collins Publishers.
As far as novels, nothing is listed on her website: www.libbabray.com.|||she also writing a book called bovine its supposed to be pretty
humerous
can't wait to read it Report Abuse
|||I certainly hope so. Her books are great!!!
i'm especially keen on the GemmaKartik details... :)
p.s. to the inevitable bashers who are going to be all like, "well why do you want to spoil the book for yourself?" hey, this is all about personal preference. a spoiler does not have the same pleasure as reading the book itself, so therefore, i will still read the book and enjoy it. but knowing the plot details won't spoil the pleasure for me.|||No.
It's said to be a werewolf that is reported to be seen in southern wisconsin and northern illinois|||Hahahahaha! There's a movie about that called "Beast of Bray Road". I saw it on Sci-Fi once. I actually grew up in the town right near Bray Road, I in fact knew the Bray family who lived on the road when I was there years ago (they could still be there, I have no idea).
I have heard of the legend but I have never seen the werewolf nor heard any stories that would have led me to think that it was anything other than a myth. Its a small town around there and if there was anything, everyone would've known.|||i live in WI and i have never seen a werewolf...|||No, I haven't seen it, but nobody has for the last few years. Typically, with werewolf sightings, they usually span over just a few years. Not sure if they actually exist or not, but people do occasionally spot some sort of unknown, wolf-like animal. Very rarely are they able to take some footage or pictures of it. Here's a link to a website with some recorded encounters and pictures: http://www.michigan-dogman.com/01_encoun鈥?/a>
Here's some links for the Beast of Bray Road:
http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/
http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/sightings鈥?/a>
http://www.unknown-creatures.com/bray-ro鈥?/a>
http://www.newanimal.org/brayroad.htm
http://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Br鈥?/a>
http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/bloga.htm鈥?/a>
http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/pa鈥?/a>
http://www.theweekextra.com/news/1206/12鈥?/a>|||Nopee
or if Matt Cassell has a better NFL career than Matt Lienart?|||It would be the ultimate IRONY wouldn't it!
LOL|||That would never happen. The reason why is because Tom Brady has cemented his name as the starter. In order for Cassell to take his job, that would mean he would have to play 10 times better than Brady did while playing for New England. That just won't happen. Here is what I do think. I think that Cassell is doing well, and this is his opportunity to show what he has. Think about this, many teams that are in need of a QB are watching to see what Cassell will do. So far he is playing very well. So the teams with QB situations are looking at him, and they are deciding upon whether he would be a good addition to their team. So I think that when Brady comes back and Cassell goes back to the bench, it is likely he will get offers from other teams. Nothing is worse than having a 20 something year old sit on the bench, wasting his career when he is capable of playing. Expect teams like the Chiefs, Raiders, Bears, and even the Vikings to be looking in the direction of Matt Cassell. |||Uh...Cassel isn't gonna take Brady's job...unless he goes 19-0, meaning Super Bowl and undefeated season...
In a word, NOT gonna happen...|||those would both be wierd but matt lienarts nfl career SUCKED so im going to say if he takes over the starting job from brady.|||I would go with him passing up brady considering the fact that your not exactly shooting high trying to surpass Leinert|||No man brady got a job from a semi okay player too good and shined butt brady is Hall of Famer|||wow i wish
Thursday, February 9, 2012
the weather forecast is for heavy rain could anyone tell me if there is enough inside to make it wortwhile going|||yes in the cafe there is a kids play zone so when there are waiting for the food they can play i know because i have been
there|||Don't let the weather spoil your
FUN !
We have 125,000 square ft of indoor play zones, shows and activities
http://www.twinlakespark.co.uk/
not sure if this is the park your going to but sound to me you well have fun even if it rains :)|||yes there is indoor cafe there and if it rain kids have more fun
Well he worked for Motown and stayed with Motown for a while after the Jackson 5 left. Than when MJ went on his own and left his brothers Bill came to work with MJ. He was MJ's loyal Pr from 1979-2003.Yes he wrote a book Behind the mask about MJ. It was called the man behind the mask.
Here is the book
http://books.google.com/books?id=8j4ILUl鈥?/a>|||All the answers are stupid! If you checked the link provided, the book that was written was by bob Jones, not Bill Bray! Bray didn't write a single thing about MJ! Report Abuse
|||like 25 years|||Bill Bray worked for Michael Jackson the longest.
Bill Bray was his most loyal until MJ fired him and he came out with that book that basically said MJ was molesting children. when Bill had to go to court and say he seen MJ molesting boys he had a hard time and finally said no he had never seen anything. I thought MJ would have that book blocked and sue him, but he didn't. I also felt bad, because Bill had been working for the Jackson's since they came to Motown.
Spread the L.o.v.e
Heal the world
HemmyMJ|||Many years, around 20-25 years .. I didn't know that he wrote a book that said MJ molested children! WTF, ARE U SERIOUS!? o__o I thought he was so loyal to him! I've seen videos and pictures of them hanging out and laughing together and having a good time!
Wonder why Michael fired him .. :/|||Well he worked for Motown and when the jackson's left Bill stayed. Than when MJ went on his own and left his brothers Bill came back to work with MJ. Yes he wrote a book Behind the mask about MJ.
Short, if possible. Around 5-10 sentences?|||Libba Bray (born Martha E. Bray on March 11, 1964 in Alabama) is an author of young adult novels, including the books A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing and Going Bovine.
She lived in Texas until she was 26 years old. After that she moved to New York City, New York, where she now lives with her husband and nine-year-old son. Her father was a preacher and her mother, a teacher.
At the age of eighteen, Bray was involved in a serious car accident and had to undergo thirteen surgeries in six years to reconstruct her face. She has an artificial left eye because of this accident.[1]
Bray graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988 as a Theatre major. As a budding playwright, she felt it important to be in New York. When her childhood best friend, already living in Manhattan, called saying she was looking for a roommate, Bray was soon on her way to New York. Her first job was in the publicity department of Penguin Putnam, followed by three years at Spier, an advertising agency specializing in book advertising.
Bray was encouraged to write a young adult novel by her husband, Barry Goldblatt, a children's book agent and Ginee Seo, an editor at Simon & Schuster. Before this, using a pseudonym, she had written three books for 17th Street Press (a publisher of romances).
Her first novel, A Great and Terrible Beauty became a New York Times bestseller. In November 2006, a video promoting the book was a part of The Book Standard's Teen Book Video Awards.[2] She wrote two more books to finish the trilogy she had started with A Great and Terrible Beauty: Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing.
Libba is friends with many young adult authors including Maureen Johnson. Bray is also good friends with fellow YA fantasy authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare; all of them are represented by Bray's husband, a literary agent. Her blog can be read on http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/.
Bray has recently published a new novel titled Going Bovine which is a dark comedy about a 16 year old boy named Cameron who has mad cow disease and a 16-year-old dwarf named Gonzo whom he met in the hospital. Gonzo is a video gamer who thinks that everything is trying to kill him. Cameron has visitation from a punkish angel named Dulcie who has a propensity for spray-painting her wings. They are all on a mission to cure Cameron's mad cow disease. Going Bovine was released in 2009 and received the 2010 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature.
Hypothetically speaking, of course...
*looks left and right nervously*|||Go inside?|||try sitting in the middle of your front yard on a full moon. put a aluminum beanie on your head and wave men's boxers in each hand. sing any song from your favorite band at the top of your lungs, any will do. you will lose the urge, it works.|||Paint the moon black. Then Hayley Westenra will have an answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lgtod-et鈥?/a>|||Try taking some Lycanthropic B.
I think you can purchase it over the counter.
In the meantime, do something about those fleas and your excessive facial hair.|||Only go outside when there is a new moon. Also, you can wear your sunglasses at night like Cory Hart did.|||Gum chewing could help; a giant wad of unregenerate tire might make it far too difficult to do Anything else...and the wet splutters wouldn't be as offensive to the neighbors..or the Cops....|||You could throw a rock at it.|||silver bullets can help|||I find that silver bullets always help.|||Kill sqirrels|||If you're eating a cupcake, I'm pretty sure you'd rather indulge than howl.|||I like you|||Drugs|||Only drink on moonless nights?|||ditto to Z
I'm trying to watch this movie without having to register, sign in, insert personal information, and most imporantly, without having to bust out a credit card. So basically, do you know where I can watch this free without a bunch of bullshit attached? Thanks for your help. Cheers! ^^|||Esperansa - Check out the websites below:
http://www.muft.tv/watch/Video,Item,3814258899.html
http://www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/beast_of_bray_road.htm
I can't find one in the PDF format. I tried googling it for a LONG time! Can you please help me? :)|||I am afraid you are out of luck. Authors want to be paid for their work, and Libba Bray is no exception. (Only in very rare cases does an author offer an entire copyrighted work on the net for free). There is no legal way to read her books for free. If you find something on the web, it will either be someone's fabrication, or it will be pirated, which could land you in trouble if you use it.
I'd either buy (try used book stores if buying new is too rich for you) or borrow at a library. Lots of books can be gotten through Inter-library loan. Lots of libraries have e book readers of one type or another and may have your book on it. That is another thing to check out (it would not be on your computer, though).
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Is this a young adult novel?|||Yes it is.
If you ever come across this question again here are some tips to help you out
-Look at the age of the main character. YA books often have characters whose ages are 13-18 or in grades 7-12th. This isn't always true and not all books with characters these ages are ya, but it's a general rule of thumb.
-What division of the publisher is it in. Many ya books are published by children's division and helps eliminate the possibility it is adult when it is.
-check what collection a library shelves it in http://www.nypl.org/
-check the interest level given by ar http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
-check the age range where a book store shelves it http://www.barnesandnoble.com/|||Yes it is. And i just Finished reading it and It was a really good read.
I'm going to get the Second book and find out what happen next.
You should read it! I recommend it|||Yes, it is Young Adult. It and its two sequels, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing are fantastic books! I highly recommend reading them.|||Yes it is considered young adult. I think it is too.
Hi :) so i just finished the book, and not too sure i understood the ending.
in the last lines where norman dials rol henningers office on his phone for karina, he's sure that it will make things so much better
i really dont get the link on how this would help her or make her feel good in anyway
can anyone explain please?
PS funniest book!|||Hi Lipstick,
I'm the author of Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life. I modeled the character after my father, who was all the things Norman is 鈥?alcoholic, talented, narcissistic, well-meaning, irresponsible.
You're right, the ending is somewhat ambiguous. But what's happening, when Norman presses the button to call Henninger, is that Norman is deciding to take the job after all. All his life, and all through the book, he's tried to avoid the normal responsibilities we all take for granted 鈥?the need for an income in order to pay the mortgage, etc. All this in order to pursue his "art" which frankly he has let go fallow. He's an artist, these days, only in his mind.
But he sees that Karina is something different, she is an artist trying, against real pain in her knee and in her marriage, to pursue his art. Norman decides he wants to help her, and the only thing he can do is give her a safe place, away from her husband, to allow her to pursue her art. So that means keeping the house. And he realizes that means taking the job Henninger found him. So in that moment he gives in and calls Henninger. He tells himself that he will have to "make the best of a bad situation" but pats himself on the back, like a good narcissist, saying he's really good at that.
Hope that helps!
Glad you enjoyed the book.
Trevor Cole
It was just after midnight. they looked like balls of fire. they were flying in all different directions and there was no sound whatsoever coming from them. It deffinately wasn't fireworks and i was completely sober as i don't drink. I happened to capture it on camera too. I'd be very interested to hear if anyone else has seen it too.|||Dude, definitely Chinese lanterns. Don't stress over it. I saw a cra*load of them last night and a few days ago too, don't remember the exact date.|||I saw similar years ago. Orange lights in the sky moving slowly and silently. I followed them for half an hour in my car and they eventually came down in a park. A car drove up quickly in the dark and people got out, ran to the object, and took it back to their car - running all the way. It looked like a plastic garbage bag held up with a thin wire frame capturing hot air from flame. It looks as strange as anything but was a prank.|||Oh my god, about a month ago in Arklow Co Wicklow, i saw 2 orange things fly past the sky, it looked like it was in space. It looked like fire balls.|||The were Chinese lanterns dont worry the world isnt ending, thats tomorrow.|||Chinese lanterns
youtube them|||I'm not in Eire but if you wouldn't mind, post the pics on the web with the link here. I'd love to see them.
i got it for a present and i want to know if ya'll think it's good before i read it. so, what do you think?|||Yeah i enjoyed it i have read two books out of the three. It is a good Fantasy book, with lots of mystery, scandal it really keeps you guessing and turning the page.
I would really recommend reading as it just keeps getting better!!!
Also i heard a rumour it might be mde into a film.
Hope you enjoy it!!
x|||Yes, it is a very good book, mysterious in a slightly gothic sort of way with a plot that moves along quickly and keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens.|||It's a great book. I've read it at least 3 times and I find new things every time I read it. It definitely keeps my attention and keeps me hungering for more. The second and third book in the series are great too.|||Yes, it's very good! Especially if you're into young adult fantasy. And it's got a whole lot more substance than...ahem...other series. It's got a good mix of adventure, romance, and friendship, without it all being overbearing.
And that other poster is right, it will be made into a movie.
I can't find one in the PDF format. I tried googling it for a LONG time and still can't find one! Can you please help me? :)|||Libba Bray is not offering her books for free. She writes books for a living.
Anyone that posts the book online is stealing. The thief responsible can earn jail time and fines of $150,000.
I just reread the series and I'm craving more. I really liked the Victorian setting. Do you know of any books that are similar to it? Please don't recommend Twilight (I've already read it.)|||I've read it and I loved it. I don't know any other books set in that particular setting, but I do know some great historical fiction novels. Like, you should try A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Aftershocks by William Lavender, which takes place during the 1901 San Francisco earthquake.
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, take place in Philadelphia.
|||I loved those books! Oh my goodness. Loved them. I haven't come across any that have the same vibe, though :(
If you do, let me know!|||I don't think that many authors can capture the uniqueness that Libba Bray uses in her writing. The only books that are slightly similar that have quenched my thirst for more Gemma Doyle are:
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
A Northern Light by Jenniffer Donnelly
I have heard that it was but I did not know officially. If it is, could you give me a date it will out or anything else? Please?|||YES! I'm so excited, although it'll probably be pretty scary if you think about it... but at least I know what's coming, so I'll be OK.
It's been announced, its IMDB page says so: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0833962/
It'll be sometime in 2010. No cast has been signed as of yet, but Bonnie Wright (Ginny from Harry Potter) has been rumored to play Gemma.|||YES! It is in production and looks like the release date moved into 2010.
There are some GREAT movie trailers at the youtube link below.
Crimes against nature such as sodomy are now legal in most parts of the world, and they're allowed to flaunt their homosexuality, and yet the STILL complain.
Proof that they're fighting for attention and SPECIAL rights.
Here's an interesting yet chilling article: http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marri鈥?/a>
For those who don't know what "bray" means, here's some synonyms:
bark, bawl, bay, beller, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp|||It's true that homosexuals have more freedom than before, but we still are not free.
We are being held under much the same net as black people were less than 50 years ago... we are separate but equal.
Everyone claims that we are the same, that nothing is different between the rights of a straight person or a gay person.
But there is still discrimination, and a LOT of it. There are still laws preventing gay people from marrying. There are still hate crimes held against gay people. Homosexuality is preached as being a sin in many churches.
Until the majority recognizes gay people as having exactly the same rights as straight people, we won't have the "greatest freedom."
Until people stop thinking that we are sick or demented just because we are different, we won't have the "greatest freedom."
Until people stop shouting that we are going to hell because of the people we love... we won't be free at all.|||you must be very self entitled.
our fight will never end as a gay community. if we are not moving forward, we are sliding backwards.
you must not understand how it feels for people to stare at you just because you love a same sex person.
have you ever been called a ***** **** dyke? i have
just last year a gay teenager had his head beat in with a brick, A BRICK SIR, and died just because he was gay.
so let me ask you a question.
why are heterosexual men who have always had the greatest freedom not embarrassed to be rapists, abusers, molesters, and over all general morons?
please dont ask such rude questions. it is people like you who attempt to hold the rest of the progressive world back|||you ask at a very appropiate time on Oct 12 1998 Mathew shepard was brutely beaten.
He is not the only one.
do a google on
gays beaten to death.
I put one link from the search
You note it is dated this year.|||"Bray"? You are ignorant aren't you?
Even the Catholic Church let gays get married in Medieval Times... We are no where NEAR acceptance and freedom compared to times past.
鈥犫€犫€?Gay Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe
http://www.livescience.com/history/07082鈥?/a>
OK... So let me get this straight...
Gays can't get married.
Gays can't partake in any of the benefits of marriage.
In many areas, gays can't co adopt children so if they break up, one has 100% custody and the other has no legal recourse.
Gays are still discriminated against in hiring practices.
Gays are still being beaten by homophobes just for being gay.
How, exactly, are we "Free"?|||Because we are still BEING victims of hate, that's why. Just because there's greater freedoms doesn't stop people from being hateful...
The answerer above me... I agree with you...
The answerer below me... I agree with you...|||the "greatest freedom"??? are you ******* kidding me???|||Um, do you have any examples of how homosexuals now have the greatest freedom?|||Um we dont have the "greatest freedom" there are still gays who cant married so i think we are FAR from freedom..|||I got fired from my job because of it...
"There鈥檚 no one around to stifle us. No one to tell us that what we think and feel is wrong. It isn鈥檛 that we do what we want. It鈥檚 that we鈥檙e allowed to want at all."|||Gemma Doyle.
It's when They go to the relams all together.|||wta dos it say in the book. i need to reaqd meg cabot boksssssss plezzz
I don't want to know anything but is Felicty and Pippa lesbians? All i want is a yes or a no. I don't want the book revealed but just that part.|||From what I understand, they are not.
The reason I think this way is because this issue comes up once, and they react to it like any normal person.|||Errrrrrrm why would you want to know?|||I don't know i didn't get that either i was confused
It's a legend about a wolf/man creature in southeastern Wisconsin. Just curious as to thoughts as to what people are actually seeing, if anything.|||Yup I've heard of it. I remembering hearing a story from the 1920's about these 3 adult males maybe mid 30's walking out of a forest which they've just got done hunting. They found themselves at this clearing and it was full of green grass as they were walking through it the beast attacked them leaving none of them alive. Pretty spooky stuff.|||There was some serious situations happen on bray road and the only reason that it got out about what was happening there was because some out of townees got caught up in to that situation and reported it to their local police... Other-wise we would not have a clue at why all of those mysterious death were occurring...Not only that but Wisconsin have been reporting werewolf's attacks for the last 250 years and people that are not involved in the paranormal are just now hearing about them.... So you tell me what is going thru your mind right about now..... As to why they are just now releasing these old and new reports to the general public........|||Yes. There is actual references to what is called the Dogmen of Wisconson & Michigan where there have been many eyewitness of tall hairy like creatures ranging from 6 to 10 feet but with the head the shape of a dog. These creatures have been sighted all over Wisconson and Upper Michigan. The area with the most prevelant sightings are in Elkhorn where Bray Road runs through.|||I know this story well, I grew up aout 30 miles away from the road. My great aunt had a farm on the road so every year we had a Halloween family reunion and would have "hunts" for the beast, great memories.
He looks like a good one. He definitely needs to bulk up which will probably help improve his arm strength, but he has great accuracy, touch and a great feel for the game in general. I have also heard that he is a little laid back, and if he wants to become a really great QB he'll have to step up and become more of a leader.|||I think he has an outstanding chance at being a good and possibly outstanding quarterback for UT as he is smart and has a good arm. If his line holds up and his recievers run good routes and catch the football, I see no reason why not.
Yes it is nice to be in first, but don't act like you are giants of baseball when you are only in front by a slim margin. Not to mention the easy schedule you have had too. Anyone else have comments?
The question is: Do the Cubs fans have legit bragging rights about having the best record in baseball when it is due to an easy schedule and consistantly by a slim marin of one game?|||I assume you're not really serious with this question... why would the best team in baseball not have bragging rights for being the best team in baseball? Okay, it's a 1-game lead... so? It's a lead, isn't it? Who cares what the other teams are doing, they are behind us, and at this point, that DOES make us "giants of baseball."
As for the "easy schedule," that's a bunch of s颅hi颅t, quite honestly. The goal of every team in MLB is to beat the teams on their schedule, right? Right. And that's what we're doing. What, are we supposed to request extra games or something?
In the end, it doesn't really matter at this point. We're in first, so we get the bragging rights for now. What does that matter to you, or to fans of any other team? I understand jealousy is eating away at you right now, and that hurts. But you'll just have to work on acceptance of that. Work on cheering FOR your team, instead of AGAINST ours.|||Honey, I'm from the south, my husbands from the Chicago and a big Cubbies fan....anything that makes him happy instead of b#@%&ing, it's ALL good.|||Yes, braying is so annoying!|||Thats every team in every city................Do you mean to tell me that if the Red Sox were a game up on the Yankees there wouldn't be braying going on in Beantown?|||They haven't had much to brag about for many years now, I say, let them have their day in the sun. Don't be a killjoy.|||They'll be saying, "wait till next year" before you know it.|||that's why they are called 'fans'... they are gonna be happy for their team, whether it's by one game or not... this is the 100th anniversary since they won the world series... they have every right to be excited. GO CUBBIES!|||They don't have anything else to be proud of so I'm willing to concede it to them.
Goodness knows that the embarrassment of playing in the same division with Milwaukee and Pittsburgh should be enough to keep them from acting too proud, but it's whatever they want to do.|||It doesn't matter how you try to write it off, be it an easy schedule or only having the best record by a game or two... it's still the best record in baseball and at the end of the regular season that's all that's going to matter...|||Once again, there is no such thing as an easy schedule. Any team at any minute could get hot and become unbeatable. Look at the Rays, everyone thought they would suck again this year. All the teams that play them were probably looking foward to an easy win, but now the Rays are good.
As for bragging rights, we do deserve to have them. We are the best in baseball no matter how close the other teams are. We're 1.5 games up on the best record in the MLB and 2.5 games up in the NL.
Probably another Cardinal or Brewers fan complaining on how good the Cubs have been this year.|||Don't worry, the All Star Game is coming up. Almost time for their annual collapse.|||Yes, they have every right to be pumped thier team is on top. Whether you're ahead by one game or are way out in front of the pack, you'll be excited if your team is on top.
Also, isn't this the first time they've been the best in baseball this late into the season since 1908 when they won it all? I mean, there is still alot of season left. But even I am excited for the Cubs' chances this year and am not even a Cubs fan.|||well, fans will brag about there team no matter what, and if the team is doing it then they are trying to keep morale up or to rally teammates and fans.
Im from the Tampa area, and i think Rays will catch them, just wait and see.|||Let them cheer - God knows they have had little to cheer for in the last few decades.
And the horrible karma they have acquired has just rose again with Soriano's injury.|||haha..THANK YOU.
and now that Fonzy's out for 6 weeks, my White Sox should have a better chance at beating them when it comes time for the Crosstown Classic.
I don't think they have bragging rights.I mean us White Sox fans can brag about how were in first place even though we don't have the best record in baseball, but we are up by 5.5 games and not 2.5.|||I hate it. Maybe that's because I'm a Cardinal fan and have die-hard passion about my team, but I can't stand braggers. ESPECIALLY the Cubs. It's always nice when I can tell them that their team hasn't won a Series in 99 years.
Besides, for those Cub fans who think this is their year: IT'S A LONG TIME TIL OCTOBER!!!!|||you know what Iam so tired how everybody keeps saying thay have a easy schedule when in baseball their really isnt a easy schedule for any team why can't you just admit they are playing very good baseball right now it don't matter how the schedule's are they were beating teams that made the playoff last year and they had 1 of the best months of baseball last year in august or did yall forget that. and this year they are starting off where they left off last year . and they are in a very tuff division and they are in first place. so just get over yourself you bunch of jealous pea ons.|||Where oh where is GCG on this one? I'll star it so I can come back and see his answer.
My comment is let them bray...they have had so little pleasure lately.
Way to tell it, GCG. I had faith you'd ring in on this one!|||Of course we Cubs fans have legitimate rights to say we have the best record in baseball because we do. It's called a fact. Do the Cardinals fans have a right to call their 2006 team the World series Champs, or do they lose that right because they didn't have the best record in baseball ? (83-78 normally doesn't even get you in the playoffs)
Whether they are best by one game or ten, you can't argue that the record is the best, Does the schedule maybe have something to do with it? Of course it does, but the Cubs can only play the teams that they are told to play. This is not college football, where a coach of a major team can schedule a patsy.
So, do we have the right to say the Cubs have the best record in baseball. Definitely. Does it mean anything only about a third of the way through the season.? Absolutely not.And, as the 06 Cardinals proved, it won't mean anything in the postseason other then determining home field. But, it still is the truth at this moment. Talking about it is no different then saying that Barry Bonds hit 73 homers in a season. You may not like it, you may think it wasn't legitimate, but it's still a fact.|||BEING A CUB FAN SINCE 1950 IT HAS BEEN A LONG RIDE...IT IS NICE FOR POSITIVE THINGS ONCE IN A WHILE. LOSING ONE PLAYER FOR 6 WEEKS WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING,,,,DEPTH IS WONDERFUL.|||I find it amusing whenever I see ANY people dramatically tying their emotional life to any sports.
They get exhilarated when "their" team wins, and they get dejected when "their" team loses. I just don't understand how they can consider it "their" team, unless they either own it or work for it -- just living in the same city as the team does NOT qualify as some sort of brag-worthy achievement.
I enjoy watching baseball and a few other sports, but simply for the pleasure of watching the game itself. My emotions and/or blood pressure are never affected.
i finished the third book, its sad that her and kartik cant be together in reality. it the series over?
because if it is, im not that happy with the ending|||yes, i do believe that this is the ending. i'm sorry it's disappointed you! :) i was sad too, but i think it's a much better ending than that of HP7, which had way too much closure. this ending was a little more open to interpretation! :) don't worry, i've heard she's writing a new book! not in the same series, but a new one all the same!
There is a tiny bit in A Great And Terrible Beauty. It's more of a crush between two people that in theory can never be together (because of their society).
But the book itself is really good and once you get to the next two novels in the series the relationship really picks up. I LOVE the romance in this series. My favorite YA romance.|||Yes, between Gemma and Kartik. The romance doesn't really develop any ground until the second book, and then it gets all pieced together in the third and last.
They're really good books, and I LUV them!|||There's a bit in A Great and Terrible Beauty, but it's not much. It doesn't really pick up until The Sweet Far Thing
Does anyone own a hardcover copy of Rebel Angels (the second book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy)?
The ends of the pages in my copy are uneven and rough so I just wanted to know if this was done on purpose to all the books, or if mine was just some sort of reject.
And also if you have the hardcovers to the other books in the trilogy, are they also like that?|||Nope, mine is like that too. I don't have the others in the trilogy in hardcover but I'm fairly certain they have the same type of pages. Sometimes publishers do that to books to simulate some type of "old" feeling.
Hope this helps!|||They're all supposed to be like that, don't worry! I have the paperback of Rebel Angels, but the hardcover of The Sweet Far thing. They're supposed to be like that, many books are like that. Don't worry, your book is fine!
I read it and it's my favorite book ever. I'd love to know other people opinions and what they thought of it and why they liked it or why they didn't like it. Best and most detailed answer will be chosen.|||I own it, and I read the first hundred pages or so, but I was put off by the profanity. As far as I got, it seemed pretty good, but Cameron drove me crazy with his woe-is-me act. I was disappointed, because I loved the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. Oh well....|||Never read it.... :l oh well|||If you have absolutely no idea who to do then just put the words "good" and "bad" into a hat and randomly pick one. Hope I helped, and good luck on your life!
Donkeys bray merrily without any reason.
They bray with perfect modulation,slowly increasing the pitch,reaching peak and then gradually reducing to inaudible bray.
I have a strong feeling there may be singers in them.
I am a bathroom singer.Fortunately no donkey nearby to respond to me.
Courtesy : A 6000 Old Immortal & Young Tamil|||May be.. you are right.. when they sing, and sing badly, they might be sarcastically compared to humans. :)|||lol wow. i dont really know what you were thinking when you wrote this, but ill answer it seriously anyway. i would assume that donkeys can sing(in thier own messed up way) just like any other human. why couldnt they? maybe donkey's braying is important, like how birds sing to call mates, maybe donkeys do to:P lol|||No sir. The donkeys will bray on seeing she-donkeys. why some one's sing is compared to donkey because, the donkey's bray will be long like alabana, ragam, etc.,Our elders comparison never fail.|||Thanks for reviving my question.
Malar says Araitha maavu!!
But it is Pulicha Maavu!!
So tasty dosa or idli is possible.|||only Humans can TALK...but all LIVING BEINGS can "communicate". What animals do is "communicate" and humans do it(sing) for 'pleasure' .... Singing isnt a necessity for us.|||not only donkeys but also all vertebrates are able to speak/sing|||Araitha maavu!!|||Siva Siva! Why are you singing in the bathroom? Isn't there a lock? I never did any research on their voice modulation.|||Nah, every donkey I've ever known is a real jack-@$$!|||????????????????????????????????????????鈥? HUH?
A) Why is it called "Rebel Angels"?
B) How did Gemma insult Kartik when she told him that she didn't think of him as Indian? I don't understand why that was so insulting.|||i got excited when i saw your question because i love that book. and then i read your question. crap. i don't know those answers but i'll try my best!
1) i think because the girls were considered angels by society. how they were young ladies and all but really they were rebels. i think.
2) i guess Kartik just thought Gemma was saying that she didn't care about a major part of him. like maybe his culture meant a lot to him and she was saying she didnt' think of him as that. obviously she didn't mean it like that but that's how he took it.
sorry these answers stink!!!!
if so between who?|||yes, btwn Kartik and Gemma.
Gemma is the main character and Kartik is the boy she likes.
but it gets more into romance in the final book, The Sweet Far Thing.
also, i dont wanna give this away, but there is another secret romance that is a lil obvious.|||HAHA! Yes. There's a whole dream scene with this guy Kartik... My favorite part. Hmm... good book. There's a lot in Rebel Angels, and then a bunch in the third book too, so if you read that and like it you could read the 2nd and 3rd ones since you seem to be into that stuff. o_O Sorry if that made no sense... buh bye now. ^_#|||Uhm...YES!
Between Katrik and Gemma.
I think a 14 year old could handle it.|||Yes, between Gemma and Kartik. there's is a lot in the other 2 books also. Kartik is my favourite character and i'd do anything to be Gemma!|||Yes there's some sparks between them in the 1st book (Kartik and Gemma), but it doesn't get heated until the third book; The Sweet Far Thing. It honestly does not dwell on romance, but their relationship adds a touch to teh series.|||I haven't read it, but I have heard there is some between the main character and some boy.
looking for a vegetarian resturaunt or a resturaunt that serves more than one vegetarian option in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
thanx|||These three are in Wicklow, one's in Bray. I don't know how close the others are, I barley knew where Bray was...
Casapepe Ristorante
Wicklow House, Market Square
Wicklow Town
t: +353 (0) 404 62050
Escape Bistro
1 Albert Avenue
Bray
Wicklow, Ireland
t: +353 (0) 1 286 6755
Madelines Restaurant
The Square
Tinahely
Wicklow, Ireland
t: +353 (0) 402 38166|||bray where? more info!!|||Use http://www.happycow.net/
So, once again, I've hit a rock wall. I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a book that is along the lines of A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY (Libba Bray), TWILIGHT (Stephenie Meyer), LUCAS (Kevin Brooks), and well...even HARRY POTTER...?|||The Twilight series ( twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by stephenie meyer) are the best most amazing extraordinary books ever!! I love them so much!! I couldn't live without them, they really changed my life. I seriously cannot wait til' Breaking Dawn comes out!!
I also Love A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels by libba bray, awseome books.
You would probably like:
Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines by john green aren't a series but their really awesome books, they are a a close favorite, but nothing can compare to Twilight.
Abarat and the sequel Abarat Days of magic nights of war by Clive barker is an awesome series too, and i don't really like the sci-fi, but this is more fantasy/adventure.
Anything by Sarah Dessen, i love her books because it deals with real teenage situations today. ( i love The turth about forever, and this lullaby)
The uglies trilogy by Scott westerfield are also really good, and again i don't like sci-fi, but i really loved these books and the 4th is coming out soon.
The Clique series by Lissi Harrison, The it Girl, and Gossip girl are great of you like girl drama.
And The Goose Girl and Enna Burning by Shannon hale are Fantastic too!! part fairy tale/fantasy, and part love story.
Crushed and Crooked by Laura Mcneal and Tom Mcneal
Hope you find a book!!|||I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:
http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Reader's Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books.
I hope this helps.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/|||i have absolutely LOVED "Twilight," "New Moon," ( the second book, if you haven't read it, and "Eclipse," ( the third book that just recently came out.
if you need more books, you would probably also like any of the books by Sarah Dessen
i have loved those too, the top four books by her are "Dreamland," "Someone like you," "The Truth about Forever," and "This Lullaby," (the most popular one.)
hope you like!|||have you read the sequals to twilight yet?? new moon and eclipse..the latest one to come out is Breaking Dawn, suppose to be out in fall of 2008 if not later.
how about eragon and eldest...the third book is also coming out in summer of 2008
i liked these books so i hope you enjoy!!
what is the meaning to this picture? what the heck do the bugs stand for..
i know this is a religious painting from the baroque era, flowers stand for paradise.. could it be that the bugs are part of a life cycle..? im lost. please help.
NO FALSE ANSWERS PLEASE.|||This is a painting during what is known as the Golden Age in the Netherlands.
An explanations of this type of still life begins on Page 86 of Painting in the Dutch Golden Age, A Profile of the Seventeenth Century.
That the flowers wither and insects may nibble at the leaves are meant to be reminders of death, or at least, reminders that life is transient. However these kinds of paintings are tributes to the achievement of material wealth by the merchant class.
Although they painted in the Baroque period, the Dutch painters produced little religious art. What they did (instead of great themes of history and religion) is choose secular genres such as still life and genre paintings of everyday scenes, and landscape painting.
Yes, especially by the last one. The first book, A Great and Terrible Beauty, he's basically just introduced as a character. In Rebel Angels, you may hear about him a bit more. But the last one . . . Well, I don't want to ruin it for you, silly! There's tons of foreshadowing of the end, though, so you can probably guess. ;)|||oh yeah..much bigger than in AGATB..i love that trilogy!!! so sad in the end..LOVE KARTIK! <3
This is about a Great and Terrible beauty. One say what you think about any of the books or all. What is your favorite scenes from all the books if u have read them all or any of the books u have read. PLZ comment/ answer any other questions i wrote today!|||These books are AMAZING. they show adventure and trust, as well as love, without becoming sappy or boring.......i LOVE them......|||I haven't read them yet but I plan on it. I was actually wondering if they were any good. Are they?|||well I've only read the first two so far (i plan on buying the third one soon) but i absolutely loved them...although I'm usually a fan of romance novels..this is definitely one of my favourite books now..i like how Kartik and Gemma sort of have feelings for each other but they don't know what to do about it..i hope all that changes lol
its really a story about finding yourself and finding those good true friends that will stick with you through anything
it also has that theme of "good conquering evil" but in a more suspenseful way
my favourite scenes are any with Kartik and Gemma (being the sap i am) because you never know what is going to happen..they are both such unpredictable people!
I LOVE these books!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Please help! Will give extra points if really helpful :]|||Hey, I read that trilogy and it was sooooooo awesome! Okay, I'm sorry but it's probably illegally posted even if you do find it. I suggest you actually buying it. I love that trilogy and I was stuck in the Victorian Era (in my head) for weeks,lol. |||I checked the Barnes & Noble sight and they have it in stock in most stores! Also Borders, or stand (if ur from nyc) Also you can try Amazon but then you have to order it, though they do let you see the first few pages so you can read those while you wait.
Good luck!
Please help me out?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||I doubt you can because it's a new book and will have copyright issues if made available online. Maybe you can get it as an e-book, though you still have to pay. It's easier if you just go to your local library.
I read this book a long time ago and have forgotten some of it. I want to read the sequel, but I can't find my copy. If someone could give me a summary or point me towards wone, I would really appreaciate it. Thanks|||Well, you probably know that the 4 girls got into the realms and played with magic. Gemma has learned that her mom was Mary Dowd, and she was a member of the Order, and her best friend Sarah-Rees-Toome is the girl who wiped out the Order 25 years ago. Pippa has epilepsy, and she was to be married off to old Mr Bumble, before anyone found out of her disease. She didnt want to marry him. While they were all in the realms and were attacked by Circe's tracker spirit, so they destroyed the runes holding the realms magic. Gemma, Felicity and Ann escaped while Pip fell in the river. After, Gemma came back for her, but Pippa ate the berries so she could stay there forever. Her body in the human world died. Felicity, Ann and Gemma became best friends. Rebel Angels starts at Christmas break. It is the best book out of the 3. You dont really need to know any more than I told you, because it is a different story line, they just have to seal the magic in the realms.|||try cliffnotes
Like near the end of the book, at Felcity's Christmas Ball her Father promises to come and sprinkle fairy dust on Polly at night. Then Felicity puts Polly to bed and says " Make sure to lock your door before you go to bed." I didnt really understand what her Father was doing. Can someone please tell me???|||Spoiler
Her dad molested her when she was younger, and Fel is worried that he will do the same to polly
They're all wrong...I get the DART from Killiney to Booterstown every morning. The journey is exactly 22 minutes.
So, Killiney to Bray is about 7 minutes....so Bray to Booterstown would take about 29 minutes.
You can check on the Iarnr贸d 脡ireann site, but they tend to underestimate journey times.
Lastly, dart journeys are slightly longer in Autumn due to the leaves sticking to the tracks, reducing adhesiveness and thus reducing train speed for safety reasons. Same in Winter with ice.|||about 20 minutes.|||I would guess around 15 mins max..but it's been a while since I've taken the DART!|||If you go onto irishrail.ie it will give you a very accurate answer...you just enter your departing / arriving station...
I read it and it's my favorite book ever. I'd love to know other people opinions and what they thought of it and why they liked it or why they didn't like it. Best and most detailed answer will be chosen.|||If you have absolutely no idea who to do then just put the names of a bunch of authors you like in a hat and randomly pick one. Hope I helped, and good luck!
I read the book and forget why did they live in india|||It's never really said:
John Doyle- Gemma's father and Virginia Doyle's husband. After Virginia's death, he is so bereaved he develops an addiction to laudanum. Gemma tries to make the pain go away, but then he becomes addicted to opium. At the end of The Sweet Far Thing he is diagnosed with tuberculosis and moves back to India, where he lived in the beginning of A Great and Terrible Beauty.|||He's a druggie.
Please answer yes I am still going to read the book I have to..
1> what happens between kartik and gemma
2> who was the lady they found in the water (begging)
3> what happens with ann and fee?
4> what is going on with pipa
add any other major details to please thank you|||are you sure you want me to spoil it? well, ok...
1. they make love and proclaim their love for each other, and then kartik dies (won't go into detail...)
2. circe (mrs. moore)
3. ann becomes an actress and doesn't go back to her cousins. fee moves to paris to become an artist.
4. she is becoming hungry for power and it is the power that ends up killing her.|||1. They have sex in a dream (He dies)
2. Mrs. Moore
3.Anne goes and becomes a famous actress and Felicty is a lesbian and mves to pairs
4. EVIL
the one where the girl is talking about her "scary story" where 4 girls came together and "sinned." But their sin was hoping.|||"Their sin was that they believed. Believed they could be different. Special. They believed they could change what they were--damaged, unloved. Cast-off things. They would be loved, adored, needed. Necessary."
I found this on pg. 314 in my copy.
i just finished libba bray's series and ive read the twilight series and loved both, any other recommendations?|||Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Naughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Greogry
The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith
Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman
Please don't say Twilight. Been there, done that. Thanks :)|||Okay, those authors have a supernatural/ fantasy flair to their books. So, I'm going to list my favorites in that genre with a few others.. ***loved **liked it *it was ok
Ghosts....***The Mediator Series by Meg Cabot- The first is Shadowland. (This book is fantastic! I read it many years ago, and it still remains one of my favorites)
Suze, a mediator (someone who can see, touch, and talk to ghosts) is forced to move to California when her mother remarries, and has 3 new stepbrothers. When she arrives, she finds a hot ghost in her room by the name of Jesse.
Werewolves...***Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must choose between her loyalty and duty to her pack, or her love for a human, a "meatboy",
Vampires.....***Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. (I know you wanted a book different than what you like, but this is too good to leave out)
Rose, a dhampir, is her friend Lisa's protector. Lisa is a moroi princess, a vampire powerful with magic, but weak physically, Rose falls into a forbidden romance, that challenges her commitment to learning how to better protect her best friend from the Strigoi who want her on their side.
Historical drama and romance....***The Luxe by Anna Godberson
Enter the world of drama in the Victorian age, featuring Elizabeth, the golden, perfect girl, Diana, Elizabeth's wild, fun, younger sister, or Penelope a girl who gets what she wants no matter the cost. Through a series of events, Penelope settles her eyes on Henry, Diana and Henry fall for each other, and Elizabeth and Henry are arranged to marry.
Teen life issues...***Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, sixteen-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out.
Anorexia...Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend's restless spirit.
Suicide....Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.
***Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Highschool Freshman Melinda's life takes a turn for the worst after calling the cops at an end of summer party. She goes from the top of the highschool popularity chain, to the bottom as an outcast. Can Melinda find the words to speak out about what happened at the party? (This book is great, but it could make you uncomfortable.)
Magic....***The Sweep series by Cate Tiernan. The first is called Book of Shadows.
Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven. Morgan falls for Cal immediately-and discovers that she has strong, inexplicable powers.
Ghosts/magic....**The Summoning By Kelley Armstrong
When Chloe Sanders has a public run-in with a ghost, she finds herself thrown into the Lyle House, (a home for troubled teens). There's more going on at the House than meets the eye and it's up to Chloe to figure it out, before it's too late.
Faeries....Need by Carrie Jones (I haven't read this but it looks really good)
Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since life’s been pretty rough so far. Her father left, her stepfather just died, and her mother’s pretty much checked out. Now Zara’s living with her grandmother in sleepy, cold Maine so that she stays “safe.” Zara doesn’t think she’s in danger; she thinks her mother can’t deal.
Wrong. Turns out that guy she sees everywhere, the one leaving trails of gold glitter, isn’t a figment of her imagination. He’s a pixie—and not the cute, lovable kind with wings. He’s the kind who has dreadful, uncontrollable needs. And he’s trailing Zara.
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If you feel in a mood to read about vampires, these are good.
***House of Night by Kristin and PC Cast. The First is Marked.
**The Morganville Vampires by Rachelle Caine. The First is Glass Houses.
*Jessica's Guide to Dating the Dark side by Beth Fantaskey
*Vamps by Nancy A. Collins|||If you go to amazon.com and search the author and choose one of their books, you can scroll down the page and it will usually give you suggestions that you might also like.
For example: http://tinyurl.com/ogdfbh|||I think you should try the Luxe series...I hear people who liked the Libba Bray books were also fans of then:
http://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Anna-Godberse…
Because it says that he ends up with Miss Fairchild at the end.
But did he ever really like Gemma or was it encouraged because his father, who was in the Rakshana, wanted to use her?
What really happened, do you know?|||I honestly think he did like her, but the attractive could have been prompted by his father too.
I am doing my coursework on the character Miss Moore AKA Circe/Sarah Rees-Toome, and have read the book before but I can't remember exactly what happens with her and the sequence of events that occurs with her. Anyone help? I have the book but I don't have enough time to read it! I really need to know like a step by step thing =) x|||In the 2nd book, Gemma runs into ms.Moore on a holiday trip to London. they agree to a lunch and felicity and Ann join them. they later meet at an art museum. Gemma, Felicity and Ann learn that the order used anagrams to hide their names. On a trip to the realms, Ann gets captured by water nymphs and gemma gets ms Moore's help to save Ann, leaving herself behind. Gemma visits Ms. Moore's house and learns that Hester Asa Moore is an anagram for Sarah Rees-Toome. Shocked, she returns to the realms and a final battle takes place.|||That is why you should write a summary of a book as you are reading it.
I'm thinking that because he was a noble not many others would have had that surname. Am i descended from him?
Of course, excluding the original organisms that all humans evolved from, am I related, even slightly?|||There's a pretty good chance you are descended from nobility. But not necessarily from the Bray guy you're referring to. Don't forget that your surname came from only one of your parents; your other parent (probably) had a different surname. And as you go backwards, you have:
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 great-great grandparents
32 great-great-great grandparents
It keeps doubling every generation, giving you more and more surnames in your family tree. By the time you get back to medieval times (let's say 1400 or so), you're back to your 15-greats grandparents... and you theoretically have 131,072 of those!! Maybe the Sir Bray you've heard of is one of them; or maybe not. But with that many ancestors, there's a darn good chance that at least some of them were nobles, or perhaps even royalty.
Here's an interesting article about a theory that everyone living today descends from Charlemagne: http://itotd.com/articles/226/most-recen鈥?/a>|||Maybe but not necessarily When surnames were taken or assigned in Europe during the last millennium it wasn't impossible for legitimate sons of the same man to wind up with a different surname and still each could have shared his surname with others with no known relationship.
This is what Ancestry.Com has about the name Bray:
bray Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray 鈥榤arsh鈥? the latter from the Cornish element bre 鈥榟ill鈥?
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4|||Trying to trace you ancestry by your surname alone is never a good idea, it interesting to know the origins of surnames but most times when people do the research they are quite disappointed by what they find compared to the history of their surname. You have to keep in mind that there are a lot of variables when it comes to people; you can't assign them a surname and expect that history to be true for time eternal. That being said, I鈥檒l show you what the sources say for your surname and what I found out about the possibility of your being descended from nobility.
Bray Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray 鈥榤arsh鈥? the latter from the Cornish element bre 鈥榟ill鈥?
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Bray-famil鈥?/a>
Surname: Bray
This ancient and distinguished surname, recorded in the spellings of Bray, Braye, Brea, and Bree, and having no less than twenty-one Coats of Arms, and several notable entries in the "National Biography", has four distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may be of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a locational name from the villages thus called in East Berkshire or Devonshire. Recorded as "Brai" in the Domesday Book of 1086, the villages were named from the Olde English pre 7th Century "breg", or the Welsh, Cornish "bre", meaning hill. Ralph de Bray was noted in the 1225 Curia Regis Rolls of Devonshire, Parnella Brea in the register of St Martins in the Field, Westminster, on February 10th 1565, and Underhill Bree in the register of St Botolphs without Aldgate, London, on March 13th 1669. Secondly the name may have originated as a nickname for one of great and noble bearing, from the Cornish "bregh", meaning fine or brave. Examples from this source include: Roger le Bray (Northamptonshire, 1202), and William le Brey (Somerset, circa 1314). The third possibility is of Scottish origin, and locational from one or other of the places called Brae. Godfredus de Bra was juror on an inquisition in Aberdeen in the year 1400. Finally, it may be of Irish origin, and an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "O'Breaghdha" indicating a native of Bregia, an ancient territory in Co. Meath. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alnod de Braio, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of Devonshire, during the reign of King William 1, known as "William the Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. 漏 Copyright: Name Orgin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2010 Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?na鈥?/a>
THE NORMAN BRAYS
The Roll of Battle Abbey, (which is an ancient list, said to be compiled at the time, of those who invaded England from Normandy in 1066), states that men from the region of Bray marched with William the Conqueror, there was no Sir de Bray in the army at that time. However, there would have been some minor gentry and all those who took part in the campaign would have been well rewarded by William.
Bray is a small village surrounded by farms near Evreux about half way between Paris and Le Havre in Normandy. However, there are some other places in France with Bray in their names near the channel coast so it is not certain which one is meant by the Roll. For example Bray-Sur-Somme has a First World War cemetery and is mentioned in military histories. A search in Google Maps will indicate the location of Bray and the other places.
A dictionary of British names gives the first references to Bray as an Alnod de Braio in 1084 in Devon, a Richard de Brai in 1135 in Eynsham in Oxfordshire, then a Ralph de Bray 1225 in Devon followed by a Daniel de Bray in 1297.
A web site, www.tudorplace.com.ar gives the earliest Bray in the noble line of decent as a William de Bray born in 1178, his son Ralph de Bray born 1204, (possibly the one in the Dictionary?), followed by his son, another William born 1230. This web site does not indicate a source for the information or a location for this family so it may be doubtful.
The most famous of the early Brays in this noble line of decent was Sir Reginald Bray, Knight of the Garter who died 5 August 1503 and is buried in the Bray Chapel in Windsor Castle. He was the second son of Sir Richard Bray, one of the Privy Council to Henry VI. Reginald was serving with Lord Stanley in Henry Tudor鈥檚 army during the War of the Roses against King Richard III. During the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, in the midst of the fighting, Richard was killed and Reginald Bray retrieved Richard鈥檚 Crown from under a hawthorn bush. He gave it to Lord Stanley who then placed it on Henry鈥檚 head declaring him King Henry VII thus becoming the first of the Tudor Kings. During the coronation of Henry, Reginald Bray was made a Knight of the Bath and later became very well rewarded for his service to the King over the years, receiving many high honors. He was regarded as a man of very high abilities; he served in a number of positions and is credited with the design of the St Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle where he is buried.
A knight on the losing side at the Battle of Bosworth Field was a John de la Zouche, Lord of the Manor of Eitone (Eaton). His lands were confiscated and in 1490, the Manor of Eaton was granted to Sir Reginald Bray, the district then becoming known as Eaton Bray. As Reginald died without children, his estate passed to his nephew Sir Edmund Bray who in 1530 became the first Baron Bray(e). The male line has died out and three times the title has passed on to a daughter, because of this, the family name first changed to Verney and then to Verney-Cave through marriages. The family home also became Stanford Hall in Lutterworth, Leicestershire in the late 1700s, again through marriage, (see their website http://www.stanfordhall.co.uk/ for details about the house). The manor house of Eaton Bray, (Eitone as it was then), was commenced in 1221 and was demolished around 1794 and only traces of it remain today. The current holder of the title is Lady Penelope, the 8th Baroness Braye who passed the Hall over to her nephew in 2003.
Read more at the following website, space constraints keeps me from posting the entire piece. http://users.cyberone.com.au/nevmoya/bra鈥?/a>
Since the male line died out and three times the title has passed on to a daughter, your chance of being descended from that particular nobility is not very good.
I read her Gemma Doyle Trilogy and I love 'em, but I have a long queue of books and I was wondering how good Going Bovine was. Is it worth the 15 dollars?|||I'll admit it, I was a little nervous to read this book. I wasn't quite sure how Libba's jump from the Gemma Doyle books (Victorian, girls, supernatural...) would be to a book like Going Bovine. In the end, I had nothing to worry about, because Libba wrote something just as magical and captivating but entirely different.
When the book starts, we see how Cameron is living his life (or not living). Then, he is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's (Mad Cow disease). His body slowly starts to breakdown, having twitches, seizures, hallucinations. His life will soon be over before it ever really began.
Then angel Dulcie pops in, and the story gets going. Told he needs to follow the random clues, he and his hypochondriac dwarf friend Gonzo are on a mission to find Dr. X, Gonzo's purpose, and the cure for Cam's illness.
Going Bovine is wild, crazy, fun, comedic, scary, sad, and everything in between. The story is amazing, the characters are beautifully written, and at the end, you'll have a whole new appreciation for life.
Highlights: Way to go, Libba Bray, for stepping out into something new. This novel really hits home that you need to get out there and live while you can, because you might not have much time.
Lowlights: Honestly, nothing. Going Bovine is a must-read.|||Its gotten fairly good-great reviews. Interesting premise for sure!!
I am going to read the next book in the trilogy, but it's been a long time since I read Rebel Angels.|||It's been a while since I read it too.
If I remember correctly, the girls are trying to figure out what is trying to take over the other world. One of their teachers ends up being the one who is doing it. She's part of some society? And the girl the main character sees by the cliff, with the thing in the sea, is the girl from the asylum. But she ends up figuring it out. And there's the boat that helps them..
And the girl who is stuck in the other world, the one they thougt was dead? They finally get her and the other "lost souls" to the other side of the river.
I know that is really crappy, but I hope it helps.
Rebel angels was the only book of the series I read, so it shouldn't be confused with the other one.
I personally love it, what do you think about it?|||I absolutely loved it! I haven't read anything that good for so long.
Gemma is a great heroine, very strong, but with flaws. Ann really annoyed me at times; I couldn't stand how she wouldn't stand up for herself. Pippa and Felicity were not my favorite characters, but I did like how Libba Bray made them almost like real girls.
Kartik was a great character. I do wish Bray mentioned him more often.
AGATB was a wonderful book, full of twists. I think the sequels are just as good, if not, better.
~Eryn|||I liked the series, though I didn't finish the last book. The second one was my favorite. I thought the first one was really, didn't really like that it was in present tense as it confused me and made me write in present tense when I came to work on my story, I also didn't like how gullible Gemma was. She let Felicity and Pip push her around a lot. I didn't like Felicity in the first book, because she was a drama queen who couldn't handle anyone doing anything better than her; she wanted the attention all to herself and she coerced--or guilted--Gemma into taking them to the realms a lot. Gemma was a poor leader, I felt. Kartik was such a great character, the very few times he was in the book. Overall, despite how I'm complaining, I don't get why this series isn't as popular as Twilight, Harry Potter or the Eldest series (I admit I don't know what they're really called).
|||I loved it. My favorite was the third book, although some parts did drag.
These were extremely real girls. I'm glad Bray did not make Felicity and Pippa the stereotypical cliquish girls. I'm glad I was able to like them by the end of booki one. I'm also glad we really got to know why these girls were they way they are in books two and three.
Ann was annoying sometimes. She let people push her around way too much. I was also a little disappointed with the direction Bray had Ann going in. I know during her time it may not have been possible for her to marry, but I was hoping she was going to spark some sort of romance with someone. But Bray is a realistic. She isn't going to sugarcoat even her characters.
I also think the way Bray described things was wonderful. She didn't do too much yet she did just enough.
This trilogy will probably be my favorite trilogy for a while. It might be years before someone tops her books in my book!
Gemma is a great role model because she's a strong woman, and you'll especially see this in the third book. Let's just say that a lot of people asked, "How can she go on?"|||eh, it was okay
ya, i didn't like the present tense thing
and i found all of the characters to be really annoying all the time
and also when they go to the realms, it's a bit overly fanatical, i know it's supposed to be, but it takes away from any possible reality there couldn't been in the story i think
but somehow, it's sill decent|||I love it too. :) She's a great author.
He's a beast.|||What about Nick Lamaison, a junior college transfer, whom the coaches are really fond of? I'm biased because I attended the same JC as Lamaison, Mt.Sac.
I haven't heard much about Bray, but we'll find out come September.|||He's definitely real talented and one of the premier freshman QBs to get playing time last year. I didn't get to see a ton of him but he looked very poised, calm and collected, though in an article I read he apparently is almost too laid back. But he's still a freshman, so its more than possible that he develops that kind of confidence and leadership over time.
He also is realllllly thin and his arm strength isn't where it needs to be if he wants to be able to make the leap to the next level, but like the mental part of the game that he's missing that also is more than improvable.|||He could but he won't.
I heard people calling it TSFT but i don't know what it stands for. also, does anyone have any info on the movie?|||the sweet far thing: The plot of The Sweet Far Thing is currently unknown. It is known that The Sweet Far Thing will follow Gemma Doyle and her friends Felicity Worthington and Ann Bradshaw. It will take place sometime after January of 1896, when Rebel Angels ends.
A preview scene from the new book is featured in the recently released paperback copy of Rebel Angels, but Libba Bray later announced in her blog that the preview scene has been cut from the final book, which is due to be finished sometime in September, 2007.
I can't beleive the ending! I know it was one of those open-ended now she can start a new endings, but it sucked i wanted a happy ending with her and Kartik, didn't you?|||though a happy ending would have been nice, I'm glad she didn't have one. A happy ending would have been too fake and it just wouldn't have sat well. The sadish ending was a perfect fit, I think, for the trilogy.
Both of these books are amazing. If you haven't read them you should, they rule!!!!!!!!! If you have read either one, what's ur opinion on the book?|||The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
I heard about it a couple days ago and i fell in love with it lol i actually finished it last night.
i tried to read the gemma doyle trilogy but i couldn't get into it. i read the first couple chapters, but never finished..|||I love the flower, I think teeth by carrie ryan! :)
I heard that there was going to be a book written by Libba Bray and Cassandra Clare and some other authors
Does anyone know what its about?|||Bray is currently working on a new novel titled Going Bovine which is a dark comedy about a 16 year old boy named Cameron who has mad cow disease, a 16 year dwarf named Gonzo who he met in the hospital. Gonzo is a video gamer who thinks that everything is trying to kill him. Cameron has visitation from a punkish angel named Dulcie who has a propensity for spray-painting her wings. They are all on a mission to get to Disneyworld. Going Bovine is schedule for release on Fall 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libba_Bray
clare has 4 more books planned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_C鈥?/a>
can't find anything about a joint book
There are making this into a movie. Who do you think should play each character?|||omg that book is gonna be a movie....i hope hollywood dosen't screw it up too bad. that book wasn't very large but it was filled with a lot of detail. which sometimes gets left out when books are converted to film. well for gemma i think the girl who played nancy drew (emma roberts) or better yet the girl who played reba's daughter will do. it'll give her a chance to reach a wider audience. as for the other girls i realy don't know. amanda bynes may make a good felicity, and alexa vega may do well with ann.|||i have no idea. i hope up and coming actresses- not really famous actresses that we know because that might ruin it for me in an odd kind of way. Do you know when it's expected to come out?
i love this book and i keep hearing it is going to be a movie but idk for sure. does anyone know if it this book will be a movie?|||apparently it was 4 years ago and NOTHING????
In 2006, Mel Gibson鈥檚 production company, Icon Productions, announced their plans to produce a movie version of A Great and Terrible Beauty. Though no casting decisions or release dates have been made public yet, many Libba Bray fans await the news anxiously
Read more at Suite101: A Great and Terrible Beauty: Libba Bray's Hugely Successful First Novel http://teen-historical-fiction.suite101.鈥?/a>
and also, the other sequels, Rebel Angels and the sweet far thing???
would u recommend her books? what is it really about?|||I really like them.
I'm not big on fantasy, so those weren't my very favorite parts. I really loved the historical part of it. Libba Bray's writing style really intrigued me, and I actually enjoyed quite a few of the fantasy aspects because of the action.
Overall, the entire series is a good read. **Anyone who's read the books and understands my username will know this is the only thing I could ever say about them.|||The Gemma Doyle Trilogy is absolutely a fantastic read if you like fantasy and/or historical fiction. All three books are extremely well written and contain well developed characters, beautiful imagery, historical accuracy, great imagination, and intriguing plots. And even some good romance, if you stick with it :)
The books follows 16 year old Gemma Doyle, living between the Victorian and Edwardian Eras. She discovers through a series of visions that she has the power to enter another realm and access the power there. But with her power comes great responsibility and ultimately, many trials, including having to deal with the Rakshana, an organization of men trying to seize hold of the magic, and keeping her secret safe, all the while trying to solve the mystery of a boarding school tragedy that took place several decades ago at Spence, the very school that Gemma is attending.
Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing are equally great, if not better. They're much longer than A Great and Terrible Beauty, and are absolutely worth it.
It's a truly excellent series. If you like the Harry Potter series and The Chronicles of Narnia, I highly reccommend them. (and they're a cheap buy, too! $17 for the hardcover!!)|||I wouldn't recommend it to a non-fantasy reader. I really enjoyed the realistic parts of the book, however I'm not a huge fantasy fan when it came to the unrealistic parts.
So I guess if you like fantasy, read it - you'll enjoy it.
But if you like realistic stories that happened before our time I suggest something like "The Other Boleyn Girl"|||I would definitely recommend these books to anyone, but mainly to teenage fantasy readers. I have read them and thought they were amazing, i bawled my eyes out in the the third book.|||Very good!|||Gehhh... a bit girly and shallowtastic for me, though I tried.
The trilogy, A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing. I also LOVED Twilight!
I like series books more then I do individual ones|||Hmmm..looks like you read in a type of cookiecutter way..if I may be rudely blunt about it. :)
Well...I have not read a teen book for at least three years, a little while after I turned fifteen. And one series I really liked was the Inkheart series by Corneila Funke. Ah ha! Now they are all coming to me!
The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot
Fearless Series
Vampire Academy series
Hope this helped.
Love,
Sunny Adele
im almost done reading the first book and i just found out that there 3 in total.|||1.Great and Terrible Beauty
2.Rebel Angels
3.The Sweet Far Thing|||The second one is called Rebel angels and the last ones called The sweet far thing!|||A Great and Terrible Beauty
Rebel Angels
The Sweet Far Thing
Rebel Angels is my favorite, so I hope you enjoy that one. :)
My boyfriend and I are visiting his sister and her family, who are based in Bray, in Ireland. I was hoping to see some nice castles while we're there. We have three weeks to just tour around. What are some day trips we can do while we're there in Bray? Thanks a lot!|||Google Glendalough - it's beautiful, you could spend the day there, it's not far from Bray at all. You could also visit Trim Castle in Co Meath, it's a bit of a drive, but you could stop in Maynooth and visit Maynooth Castle (very small, but hugely historical). Also Trim castle was the setting for some of the movie Braveheart, so if that sparks your interest it would be worth the drive.
If you are going to Trim Castle in Co. Meath, go early and you might get to see Newgrange as well. It's older than the Pyramids.
Google them all, there's loads to see! Enjoy!|||http://www.roughguides.com/website/shop/鈥?/a>|||You could get the Dart from Bray station to Malahide and go see Malahide Castle.
I am a huge fan of the book since 2 years ago. I love it so much though a sweet far thing broke my heart :( but i've been wondering. I've hear that there is going to be a movie for it but I've also heard that it was cancelled. I'm not too sure anymore now. So someone please inform me with the truth will there be a movie or not?|||There was going to be a movie but not anymore, it was canceled.
I love these books, too. I wish there was going to be a movie, but then again maybe not. The movies always seem to ruin the books, even if it sounds like a good idea.|||Unfortunately Libba Bray announced on her livejournal account that it was cancelled.
Click here for more info (she gives a detailed reason why):
http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/49884.鈥?/a>|||There was, but it's been cancelled officially. I was very depressed, although now I'm thinking it's a good thing. They can't ruin it.
http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/49884.鈥?/a>|||ohhh i hope not!! movies always ruin the book.... :(
i have read the book before so don't be afraid to give me too many details, but I just got the new book and I can't remember what happened in the 2nd one (Rebel Angels)... it is from the series starting with A great and terrible beauty... the third book is the Sweet far thing and that is the new one so pleeze don't give away anything from that one!...|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Angel鈥?/a>
It sums it up better than even I can remember. Great books, but a lot of plot to remember, and I personally can't wait to read the 3rd. Good luck.
He was breaking down and crying like a little girl while his team was still winning. I loved that ESPN showed that.|||Because hes an idiot freshman. He should ask Erik Ainge about making stupid hand gestures before the game is over(refering to Ainge doing the Gator Chomp a few yrs ago then Florida beating UT 21-20). And Mad Eagles Fan-Matt Vick?? Really?? Wow, hard core fan there when you cant get you teams best players name right. Bandwagon maybe??|||the whole tennessee team is lost and needs to get there **** together for next year, thats no way to represent the sec, tyler bray is a joke.|||That whole team is an undisciplined mess. Vince Dooley Jr. better get that thing under control, daddy's reputation only goes so far.|||because he was QB and thought he was running the show but when he was on the sideline after throwing that INT he was crying lol just like Tebow.|||because he tried to act tough so he could go on a good team like the eagles but he cant because they have matt vick already|||Hahahaha
im picky about books and dont neccessarily like the teen genre. i love fiction and romance and fell in love with the twilight series but cant find anything that can compare, am i ruined forever or are there other authors out there that will sufice?|||Meg Cabot:
Airhead.
Avalon High 1, 2 and 3.
The Mediator series
The 1-800 series
How To Be Popular
Jinx
All American Girl and it's sequel Ready Or Not?
Teen Idol
Nicola and The Viscount
Victoria and the Rogue
The Queen of Babble series
The Boy series
Sarah Dessen:
Lock and Key
Keeping the Moon
Someone Like You
The Truth About Forever
This Lullaby
That Summer
Dreamland
Carolyn Mackler:
Vegan Virgin Valentine
The Earth My Butt and Other Big Round Things
Love and Other 4 Letter Words
Guyaholic
e Lockhart
The Boyfriend List
The Boy Book
Fly on The Wall
The disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
John Green:
Looking For Alaska
An Abundance of Katherine's
Sharon Dogar: Wave
Melissa Marr:
Wicked Lovely
Ink Exchange
Melissa De La Cruz:
Fresh Off the Boat
Blue Bloods
Melissa Kantor:
If I have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's my Prince?
Not IT girl
The Break-up Bible
Maureen Johnson:
Suite Scarlett
Devilish
The Key To the Golden Firebird
13 Little Blue Envelopes
The Bermudez Triangle
Davida Wills Hurwin:
Circle the Soul Softly
A Time For Dancing
The Farther You Run
Dandi Daley Mackall:
Eva Underground
Crazy In Love
Lauren Myracle:
ttyl
ttfn
l8r g8r
Rhymes With Witches
Sarah Mlynowski:
The Bra's and Broomsticks series
As Seen On T.V
Monkey Business
Me VS Me
Milk Run
Fishbowl
Sophie Kinsella:
Can You Keep A Secret?
Remember Me?
The Shopaholic series
Ann Brashares:
The Sisterhood Of the Traveling Pants series
The Last Summer (of you and me)
Zoey Dean:
The A-list Novels
How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls
Kate Brian:
Lucky T
The V Club
Princess and the Pauper
The Private series
Sweet 16
Natasha Friend:
Perfect
Lush
Bounce
Cecil Castellucci:
Beige
Queen of Cool
Boy Proof
You can Find out more info on these books at:
http://www.megcabot.com/
http://www.sarahdessen.com/
http://www.laurenmyracle.com/
http://www.sarahmlynowski.com/
http://www.melissakantor.com/
http://www.carolynmackler.com/
http://www.natashafriend.com
http://www.sophiekinsella.com/
http://www.melissa-delacruz.com/
That's exactly how i felt after reading the Twilight saga. I don't think that there's any book in that genre as great as Twilight was but the books i listed come really close. Soon as you read them, they will ease you out of your Twilight faze and you will begin to think other books are just as good. I hope this helps :)|||Water for Elaphants by Sara Gruen is Excellent!|||I read another vampire book by Cristina de la Cruz called Blue Bloods. it was an easy read and i find that if you liked twilight the you would probably like this book. it also has a sequel called Masquerade|||Anne RIces books(the real vampires)
Nancy Holder
Stephen King(has a few vampire books)|||Omg i read all stephenie meyer books too
and now i can't find something as satisfying.|||Try Bram Stoker's Dracula - love, vampires, death, life, adventure, etc.
Try Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange -- Fairy kingdoms, good, evil, teens.
Try The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield -- modern day Gothic novel about the life of a novelist, as told to her biographer. Descriptions galore.
Try Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey -- Austen makes fun of the Gothic genre with her novel about the innocent Catherine Moreland
Try Jane Austen's Persuasion -- Austen's best novel about love and trusting one's own judgment.
Try Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman -- blends wicca magic with everyday household magic of living. Good, realistic characters and dialogue.
To find these books and more at your local library visit http://www.worldcat.org.
Happy Reading!
I love the Gemma Doyle books and just want to know if she is coming out with a fourth book soon? if anyone knows anything about it please tell me|||Unfortunatly, I don't think she is. I think The Sweet Far Thing was meant to be the end to the series. I love the series too and I wish there was another one, but then again would you want another book without Kartik in it?|||I know this was resolved months ago, but to add something -
There is a special version of the last book that has an interview with the author. She said that she left 'open' like so incase she ever wanted to return to the series. She does not have plans at the moment for it, but it is a possibility Report Abuse
Libba Bray just released this book a couple of months ago. It looks like it could be good but it seems a bit more for girls. I read Going Bovine and (in my opinion) it was the greatest book I've ever read but I've looked at the other books Bray made and most seem to be more for girls. If any guys have read Beauty Queens please put your opinion.|||I actually started reading it a couple days ago and it has been really good, if you like to read about girls struggling to survive on an island. I think both boys and girl can enjoy this book, its almost a comedy. Go ahead and read it, its nothing to be ashamed of. Especially if it's by your favourite author.|||Books are not gender specific :) If you want to read it then go ahead and if you end up not liking it then you did not lose anything.
I started reading it once, but didn't get very far. I had to stop because exams started. I was wondering if I should pick it up again. How good is it?|||I love the trilogy. It starts out kinda boring, but it gets better. I can't really explain it, but it has romance and action (my kind of books). It's second on my favorite book/series list after Twilight. I definitely think you should pick it up again. Also, read the other books in the series. The third one is my favorite, but they are all great books.|||it's about a girl who has visions and the trouble it gets her into.
you should read it and its sequels: rebel angels and the sweet far thing.
good good stuff.|||It is a very good series. I highly recommend it.|||Oh its a good book.
You see there is this thing called the order which is made up of only certain people. They are able to enter a world called "the realms" which is like a world where you can use magic and its filled with magical creatures. Only thing is something happened yearss ago (dont wanna give it away) and the portal to the realms was sealed, at least thats what they thought. Then the main character Gemma starts finding out about the realms and all these other secrets and one day she finds out shes able to enter the realms which sets off all these other events to happen.
They're three books to the series :A great and terrible beauty, Rebel angels, And the sweet far thing.
They are all pretty good and its written well too. You should stick to the series even after you're done reading the first book cause it gets more interesting as it goes on. The way she ends the series is really sad though, It deff had me crying. Thats all im saying. Hope you decided to read it :)
Friday, February 3, 2012
I have nothing to read, and really love books that are set in the Victorian age, and the 1800's.|||I've heard the Luxe series is good.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1鈥?/a>
Also, the teen girl's books by Eva Ibbotson are good.
If you like a good heroine story that's semi- supernatural, Sherwood Smith is a good author!|||The season by sarah maclean is very good.
In Wisconsin, there have been dozens of sightings, some of which were very close encounters!|||I'm gonna go with no. Here, in Michigan, we have "Dogman." I heard stories of this werewolf type thing when I was little and it scared the Hell outta me. I did some research awhile ago:
“The Legend” began on a chilly March morning in 1987. WTCM radio morning personality Jack O'Malley was seeking an idea for an April Fool's prank to play on his listeners...
...She had never heard of "The Legend," [the fictional song made up in MI] and when Cook played the song over the phone, she gasped. "That could have been written about us," she said. "That's the Bray Road beast!"
So, it all started as a prank in northern MI but people thought it was real and the stories travelled into WI. That's what I think.
For all this to make sense, you should check out the link I've included. To be honest, I always thought it was real and was crushed when I found out how it all really started.|||i think there are some things that we are not to know for sure about.
if it does exist i would stay away from wisconsin
i believe in nessie and big foot
but i don't want to meet them
I always thought it was "Serk", but apparently my sister pronounces it as "Sers".|||"Sur-see"
Actually, I think it's more like
"Seer-see"|||I always thought of it in my head as "Serk-e" (Ha-ha I was off) but I looked it up and it's suppose to be pronounced "sur-see". I'll probably never get out of the habit of saying it wrong though.|||SUHR-see is how it's usually pronounced today.
Ancient Greeks would have pronounced it "KUHR-kee"|||I pronounce it "Ser-ss", like your sister. But according to Dictionary.com, it's pronounced "sur-see".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/C…
~Eryn
Hi,
I have a job interview there next week but i have no idea how to get to bray, even google isn't coming up with anything. does anyone know how to get there from any of London's stations?|||The nearest railway station is Maidenhead a few miles away. Trains run from Paddington every half hour at XX.00 and XX.30 and the journey time is 38 minutes. Then taxi|||Go to www.nationalrail.co.uk and plan your journey from there.
Hi,
I have a job interview there next week but i have no idea how to get to bray, even google isn't coming up with anything. does anyone know how to get there from any of London's stations?|||The nearest railway station is Maidenhead a few miles away. Trains run from Paddington every half hour at XX.00 and XX.30 and the journey time is 38 minutes. Then taxi|||Go to www.nationalrail.co.uk and plan your journey from there.
Has either cryptid attempted to attack or kill a witness? Are there any records in either area of bodies being found mauled by an unknown large animal? Have they attacked cars or houses to get at the occupants inside?
and no comments about how there is no such thing. Serious replies only please.|||No, they do not exist.
Thanks everyone!|||Bray isn't too bad as a nickname although strictly as a nickname, not a full first name. Brayden and Braylon are both cute although I personally prefer Brayden. Others that you may like:
Braydon
Brayley
Braysen
Hope I help :)|||Be aware it is the noise described that a Jack-*** makes.|||i likee braydon..
but i like it spelled "braedyn"
and for short.. "brae"
i had a friend named brandon.. and we called him 'bray'|||Brayson
Brayndon
Bray is a nice name in its own, actually.|||I think Bray sounds too informal, it sounds like the noise an animal would make, so no sorry, I don't like it. It could be short for Brady as well.|||Bray? As in a donkey noise? No, I certainly don't like it since it's a really awful sound. Just listen to the 6-second clip linked below. It's seriously like nails on a chalkboard combined with a horrible wheeze and a foghorn.
(How about just Ray, as in Raymond?)
Would you recommend them, and why?
On a scale from 1-10 what would you give it?
Are they romantic books?
Some good answers would be helpful. Thanks! :)|||On a scale of one to ten, they're definently an 8 or nine. In truth, they're a little bit of everything: romance, suspense, thriller, fantasy, comedy (in places).
They're really good, but they're really long. They move fast though, and they're defiently page turners, so you won't even notice that you read 200-300 pages.
so i already read the book, but it was awhile ago and i dont own iit so i was wondering if ya'll could tell me what happens to Gemma's friend Anne? i feel like she killed herself but i dont think she did. And what happened to Felicty? or w.e her name is.|||Anne's an actress for a small company. Felicity lives in France with her mother off the inheritance. Pippa's the one who dies. Kartik is dead as well. Gemma goes off to America to start her own life, while still trying to recover from Kartik's death.
It was an amazing trilogy. I wept when I read that Kartik died. I figured that Libba Bray was going to make him die from the beginning just by the obsure hints on her website.
In the book it mentions two people in the journal. Mary and Sarah. Well I was just wondering who they are, I know I shoiuld read the books but it's bothering me. 10 points to first correct answer! Thanks!|||Well since you want to know- Mary is Gemma's mother. She changed her name to virgina before she married Gemma's father. She was apart of the order.
Sarah was her best friend who is now the antagonist, Circe.
I cant seem to find any others with the exception of Youghal which is physically rail connected by a time expired delapitated link.|||No.
Dun Laoghaire, Bray, Greystones, Malahide and Howth are all on the DART line from Dublin.(they are in Dublin's Urban area).
Rosslare, Rush, Skerries, Balbriggan, Gormanstown and Laystown are all coastal towns in North Co. Dublin on the Rail line.
Cobh and Middleton in Co. Cork are both connected to Cork by rail.
Tralee (Co. Kerry), Westport (Co. Mayo), Sligo, Ballina (Co. Mayo) and Ennis (Co. Clare) are all large towns connected on the rail line.
Portrush, Larne, and Derry and in Northern Ireland are all connected on the rail line as well.
http://www.irishrail.ie/home/maps/interc鈥?/a>|||Drogheda is where the Boyne river meets the sea, so there are beaches in easy reach. On the way to Drogheda, the train stops at Balbriggan.
Malahide, Skerries and Laytown are all seaside villages.
http://www.irishrail.ie/home/ Click on either little green map of Ireland on the journey planner, and you will see other places on the coast. There is definitely a strand at Arklow, Rosslare, Cobh, and Banna Strand isn't far from Tralee. I didn't see Youghal listed on the map as having a railway station.|||Castlerock, Whitehead, Larne are another three that are beside the sea and have rail connections.|||Well no in ni castlerock portrush portstewart Bangor And larne are all connected by rail not sure about ireland
At the end of the 3 book (The Sweet Far Thing) she kept saying she wished she hadnt signed on for a trilogy, and that she might write a 4 book. I've looked online and i cant find anything else about it, so I'm just wondering if anyone else knows anything.|||sadly the third book is the last book right now. maybe in the future but for right now we just have to make due with what we have|||Sadly there is no news of the fourth book but her site should keep you informed on any news of it should she write it ~ http://www.libbabray.com/
We have recently purchased a 15 month old gelded mule. He cannot bray! The only sound which comes out is like a grunt. He hold his head and mouth like he is trying to bray...but nothing comes out. Any ideas?|||Lucky You!!!!|||Mine doesnt bray either... he is 11|||not sure but I had a horse that left out the middle of his whinneys LOL I would consider having the vet check him sometime but I doubt it is anything to worry about.
I'm planning on reading the book and if i start a series i wont stop until its over even if i don't like. i don't know why i do its just a habit i've always had. so i wanna know if its worth it or just a waste of my time.|||I LOVE THEM!!!! At the beginning it's slightly confusing, but if you get past the first 30 pages, you find a real treasure. One of the best books ever. Gemma is a fabulous character, the plot is orginal,and I gotta say I love it. I love the fire between Kartik and Gemma. I like how the girls are enemies from the beginning yet they become closer then any friends I have ever read about.
I am reading the part when everyone is at the Worthingtons' Christmas ball and Simon offers Gemma absinthe.
Gemma notes that Simon looks unhappy when Felicity whisks her away after the drink.
And then he takes her behind a screen and then into a bedroom or something and kisses her and stuff.
Was he trying to get physically involved with her or something?|||Yep.
Keep reading, it's a good book. =)
I have a normal 5.1 channel D.V.D player and home theater speaker system ,I wanted to buy Blue ray Player now Can I connect Blue Ray player with traditional 5.1 Home theater speaker system ,I am posting this question because I heard that there will be a HDMA out put pin for connecting to the Home theater speaker system , If there is no possibility of Above set up is there any adapter set up for connecting a BlueRay player with old model home theater system.|||Connect optical cable from Blu-ray player to Home Theater System for surround sound.|||In short, the answer to your question is: "Yes, provided you buy a player with analog audio outs."
To go from HDMI to analog, the adapters are ludicrously expensive. Don't even bother looking at this time. Since you might as well just buy a new receiver rather than buy such a device.
In selecting a BD player, make sure it has surround analog outputs. Most of them have this, but some don't. You can, for example, run analog RCA cables from the BD player to your receiver and the HDMI to your TV or monitor if it is so equipped. If your monitor or TV has no HDMI but does have DVI, you can also simply use an HDMI to DVI adapter cable. The DVI will not pass any audio, but that's okay since the audio is going through the analog outs.
Since your surround system is older, I assume it is only 5.1 while the new standard is 7.1. Don't worry about this. 7.1 surround is 5.1 surround with extra information for decoding the surround channels into four instead of just two. When you buy a player with analog outs, just don't bother to connect anything to the rear speaker outputs since if your receiver is 5.1, you won't have anywhere to connect them anyway.
If your receiver does not have enough surround analog inputs to add another device, then you can get cheap switch boxes. Unfortunately, nobody makes analog switch boxes with enough connectors to accommodate surround sound. However, since you will need six analog cables, you can get two 3-cable video switch boxes and use them in tandem for your 5.1 surround. If you are in north America, such switch boxes can be ordered cheaply from Amazon. I'm using a set of two switch boxes that allow five cables each, but I got them where I live in Korea and have not been able to find an American supplier for such an item.|||Lots and lots of people with all-in-one DVD surround systems have found that they cannot integrate blu ray sound into their system. The issue here is really sound, not picture. Because you can connect a blu ray player straight to your TV, now the sound is the problem.
Most of these all-in-one systems didn't include a digital audio INPUT. But some of them do. If your system has a optical digital input (the most common) or a coaxial digital input, then you are in business. You would simply connect the blu ray player to the TV with an HDMI cable. Then from the blu ray player digital audio output, let's say the optical one would run from that to the surround sound system.
Then on the surround sound, simply choose that input and you've got surround. If your system only has standard left/right analog RCA jacks, you are out of luck, that does not support discrete surround sound in any form.
So no, there are no adapters to buy. If your system has no digital audio inputs, there is nothing you can do. This is why I never went for these types of system and instead opted for a standard surround sound system with receiver and separate components. When something new comes along, I slide the new gear in and the old one out. A real surround sound receiver is also more flexible and you can usually find a way to connect gear, even though it didn't exist when the receiver was made.
This is from the Great and Terrible Beauty series that ended with the Sweet Far Thing please if anyone knows please help me out. I would really appreciate it.|||i have not been able to find the Sweet Far Thing anywhere. My school library doesn't have it and neither did Barnes and Noble. So i would help you... but i can't
I just bought the first two books, and I'm about to start reading. How are they?|||I love them so much!!
They are freaking awesome!!!
You won't want to put them down!
I hope you enjoy them cause I did a lot, their really cool because its something new and fascinating.
Their my favorite books.
Libba Bray is awesome!|||i love the trilogy, they're ahhfdjskafjdak my favorite, she's amazing:)
I just can't find the right subject/theme to write my independent study unit essay on. Any help would be appreciated!|||um maybe gut instincts v. the path your told to follow becuase there are many situations where Gemma is faced with this. (i.e. kartik warning Gemma, Gemma befriending Pippa and Felicity, sharing the magic with them, and a bunch more)
second<33 and third books are really good too =]|||Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Gemma follows her instincts? Report Abuse
There's another one that lives around my place, but I thought I'd give these examples. I've been hearing of more and more of sightings of these things lately.|||I'm assuming your talking about the seven foot tall wolf-man-thing that creeps around the woods at night? Yeah, there's one in my neighborhood, too. I have no idea what they are, but they sure scare the **** outta me. Best regards, man.|||I've read a lot about these, I live in MI
Another one you might like (MI themed) is supposedly there's this group of humanoid mutated kid things that live behind cook nuclear plant. They are called the Melon heads, look them up and read about them there are several different versions of the story|||on coast to coast am they were interviewing red elk
a caller said he saw it that night
Yeah yeah, they have a good record but it is not even the half way point of the year.|||Pardon me, sir... have you seen my broom?|||hahahaha wind blowing only when we hit! That's the best excuse I've ever heard! Report Abuse
|||I am in a split fan household(dad's a cubs fan and i'm a sox fan, mom just goes with who shes watching) and i want the cubs to win a world series so i can stop hearing all this crying about the curse and my dad saying "what you ain't doin nothing this year, cubs all the way". The cubs will have a one year wonder with there aging team then they will have some other curse. I predict the "Alfanso Soriano Injury curse" where all there stars will get injured when they are doing good in a season.|||Let them have their moment, it'll be gone soon. (Most likely in tragic fashion)|||I'm a Brewers fan, and I'm tired of it.
Their schedule is INCREDIBLY easy, and we haven't even reached the All-Star break.
No, no, the Brewers will be the ones taking the division.|||no its funny to me
let them say what they want
this is what they have fun with
Comes
Undone
By
September|||I'm a Red Sox fan, and even I think that the Cubs fans are getting a little out of hand. I don't think anyone has bragging rights unless they've won or been to a World Series within the last 10 years....|||No Cubs fans think they are going to win every year.It's early in the season. Soon they will say we'll get them next year|||It's just another build up to another broken heart for the Cub fans. It must be bad if Red Sox fans are getting annoyed with Cub fans.
There bullpen will be the downfall. They are using it too much. You need a strong pen in the playoffs. Marmol is showing signs of a breakdown, and Kerry Wood is a pitch away from the DL.
Cub fans enjoy the ride.|||Looking at what has played out thus far in the season, just about everybody outside of the windy city -and half of the people in it- feel at least slightly overwhelmed by the gloating and premature celebration of Cub Nation. Although one should congratulate this organization on their above average begining of the season, it is very important to watch how the rest of the year plays out. Watch for Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Milwaukee to make a run for the pennant.
In short, stay tuned for autumn baseball.|||No, actually I love it. The White Sox are in first, too, and they DID win the series in naught-five. When the Cubs start to slump it tickles me to hear them whine instead of bray. I get to stick in a few 'hey, Sox are still all right's and then they become enraged like bulls. It's so much fun!|||I say let them have their fun now cause most baseball fans & Cubs fans knows what happens when season ends, they lose in play offs or don't make it there & then we hear, well, there's always next year.|||They're doing good right now, so what, let the fans be happy.
Looking for people who have seen it personally|||I haven't seen it personally, but I know someone who has seen something just like it. This was a few decades ago in New Mexico. He and some friends were just sitting on a hill, hanging out, when they saw what they thought was a dog off in the distance. It started toward them, and when it got close enough one of the guys yelled at it. It responded by standing on its hind legs and running toward them - on two legs. They all took off in fear. He told me that it resembled a wolf.|||No, but go to michigan-dogman.com. It has a lot of sighting stories.
Ihave found sources that say they are and some that say they aren't. Which is it?|||No, it's been cancelled. It was being planned on for quite a while, but the company that "rented" the rights lost them. Libba Bray says this HERSELF on her LiveJournal, a very trustworthy source. Here's the link:
http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/49884.鈥?/a>
Donkeys bray merrily without any reason.
They bray with perfect modulation,slowly increasing the pitch,reaching peak and then gradually reducing to inaudible bray.
I have a strong feeling there may be singers in them.
I am a bathroom singer.Fortunately no donkey nearby to respond to me.|||Donkey's bray also is music.Just as we decide only human singing is good, the donkeys also can decide their braying to the best music.They may even comment that "the humans with their nasal and base voices are capable of making some noises only; they cannot sing like us".|||I think I love you.|||Of course, there must be great singers among donkeys too. but the difficulty is-- only a real donkey will be able to recognise the worth of another real donkey!!|||Start a music competition for donkeys.
Blair was most notable for attempting to secure better qualified ministries in Virginia by helping to found William and Mary College in 1693 and by serving as it's first president.
Bray was even more important to Anglican history, although, he spent only about six months in America, After his brief stay in Maryland, Thomas Bray returned to England to promote missionary efforts for the colonies. Two outstanding organization resulted from his efforts. The Society for the Promotion of Christan Knowledge, which provided Christan literature for missionary work and helped establish some forty libraries in the colonies. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts focused more directly on securing ministries for the colonies. Later Bray helped found an organization aimed at evangelizing blacks in America.|||idhjkl
Please, no spoilers.|||It is the closure to the Gemma Doyle trilogy - first one is A Great and Terrible Beauty, the second one is Rebel Angels. I don't know how to explain it without really giving much away, but the series is great. It's mainly about a girl named Gemma Doyle who finds she can open these magical realms, and there are two key magical/mythical societies involved. There is also a romance sub-plot, and underneath it all, Libba Bray is subtly hinting at woman empowerment. Love the series. You should read them! :)|||well it is in a series...the first to are a great and terrible beauty, and rebel angels. they are about this girl who can go into these magical realms. there is a little bit of romance too. they are amazing books you should deff. read them!|||well the third one is just a continuation from the other books. but Gemme hasn't gone back to the realms in a long time. a lot of stuff happens and it's a really good read!!! it's REALLY long though. i hope you read it!
Does the Tennessee coachiing staff coach their guys to cry like little bitches when they fail?|||Well think of it this way. 5 minutes earlier he made a double throat slash gesture towards the North Carolina bench. 5 minutes he's on the bench crying cuz he cost his team the game.
KARMA with a capital K|||Dear shut up who said that loosing is fun, I bet you are a tun of fun a granite block and nothing affects you, It is competitive spirit and sometimes all the preparation you do comes up short, Sorry for you if you never cried for failed ambition, Does calling someone a little BItc@ make you feel better if so than this is a pointless answer. You will fail at something one day and you also will cry like a little girl!|||dont be jealous when 4 years from now, he, hunter and their defense wins the national title. all 16 of their freshmen starters now will be 4 year starters.
t brown- have you even heard of peyton manning?|||are you sure he choked or that Tennessee got f'd by the refs when the clock ran out and NC got another play?|||Yeah, that was hilarious.|||What made it so funny is when he was showboating on the previous possession. I'm going to save that image for my wallpaper.|||Vols have not been good for 20 years
She's in the 8th grade. Would you reccomend them? Can you please give me a short summary on her two novels?|||they r great reads i'm 25 and i luv these two
A great and Terrible Beauty
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother鈥檚 death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls鈥?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.
Rebels Angels
In this sequel to the Victorian fantasy A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma continues to pursue her role as the one destined to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order--a mysterious group who have been overthrown by a rebellion. Gemma, Felicity and Ann, (her girlfriends at Spence Academy for Young Ladies), use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. The complicated plot thickens when Gemma discovers a woman in Bedlam madhouse who knows where to find the Temple; Ann shows signs of being enamored of Gemma's loutish brother Tom, and their father's addiction to laudanum lands him in an opium den. A large part of the enjoyment of this unusual fantasy comes from the Victorian milieu and its restrictive rules about the behavior of proper young ladies, as contrasted with the unimaginable possibilities of the Realms, where Gemma has power to confront gorgons and ghosts and the responsibility to save a world|||lol ur welcome glad i could help. Report Abuse
|||Ohmygod!! i love those book.there fantastic! i totally would recommend those books..i would give you a summary but its kinda hard to explain! but you should totally buy that book for your sister she would love it. it kind of a fantasy book though|||I don't know.
i'm wondering if i should buy 'a great and terrible beauty' by libba bray. is it a good book to read/buy?
btw the books i like are like twilight and a million little pieces and gossip girl.|||i think its an ok book. ive read the whole series and i'll say it was one of the more interesting books i have read, but the last book really disappointed me. ALOT.
i dont want to spoil anything for anyone, so i wont reveal why exactly i didnt like it.
its got a really good plot and everything and the idea is good...but its not the most interesting adventurous book i've ever read.
sometimes it seems to be slow and boring. and very stupidly repetitive
the book is good-- but i think you shouldn't buy it. take it out from the library to see if you like it first. because if you bought it and hated it then you are stuck with it. which would suck.
so go rent it and then see if you wanna buy.|||If you like twilight you will love this book!|||It is a really good series. I would recommend it. I'm actually reading the third one right now. I didn't tink that the book would be all that good, but surprisingly I loved it. If you love twilight you would definitely love this book.|||yeah.i really enjoyed them- one of the many books i read to distract me from twilight. lol.... but to warn you, the first book is really boring for about the first third of it. *and, the main character is 16, but (to me at least) she seems a bit immature. i think it might just be because of the society and environment she grew up in though. it is an excellent historical fiction too. it was reallly interesting and cool to find out how life was in the victorian ages.
they are really good. the author completely surprises you with how things turn out. you dont expect what is coming next. it keeps you up all night because you have to find out what happens. oh gosh, they are also kinda creepy- especially when reading them when its past midnight!!!
but, another thing to warn you of (this is about the ending of the last book. im not going to say what happens though.):
the end of the last book was really sad! it was written very well, but so depressing- at least for me. if you only like books with happy endings, this will make you really sad. there was also another part of the last book that dissatisfied me, but overall the book was great. * it also scared the crap out of me|||Yes it's an awesome book you should definately read it!!!|||its an awesome book, really. i love it and so do my friends. in fact, i just got the third book today. so far its great.|||Yes, it was wonderful. I just picked it up at the bookstore by impulse and I ended up loving it. So much better than the Twilight series crap.
im so confused
find the solution set of the below inequality using these replacement sets {0,1,2,3,4}
13-2x grater or equal to 6
and the other one is
A driver drove 10 fares between Lax park to the flea center each trip coast $12.75. the driver received an average tip of $2.25 for each trip which one of these expression represents the total amount earned
a. 12.75(10)+2.25
b.2.25(10+12.75)
c.12.75(10+2.25)
d.10(12.75+2.25|||first problem: all it is asking you to do is replace x by each of the numbers in the set {0,1,2,3,4} and find out if the answer is greater than or equal to 6. If it is then put that number and all others that work in set notation and you have the solution set.
First of all figure it out yourself using YOU as the driver. then see which of the answers give you that same answer. One of them does. and you will find out which if you understand the order of operations used in mathematics.
We left for the LAX airport and on the way while still on 405 S there was ton of smoke coming from under the hood. The engine stopped. After 5 mins when i tried again (some smoke still coming). the engine started. It ran for a mile and the same. I did that 4-5 times and managed to make it to the LAX parking and made my flight. I am still out and am going back in 3-4 days. Wanted to know what is wrong with the car.??
Yes, there was NO water in the car. We did fill it us after this problem happened.. But any suggestions on this would be really welcome. I just want to make it back to Burbank so that once I am back, I can call a service guy and fix the car as per my comfort.|||aj sounds real bad for you. omce the engine stopped the 1st time the odds were strong damage was done to the heads or block but pushing it to go the distance probably cost you a motor. loss of coolant isnt thing to mess around with. an engine will run longer without oil than it will without water. id guess you probably had lost a fan belt and didnt realise it|||probably steam not smoke, could be anything from a blown hose to a rotten rad who knows
put coolant in it, start it up and look to see where its coming from|||You gotta be kidding .... By now the motor is probably toast...
Get ready for one heck of a bill now that you've sacrificed the
car for a flight.
But Good Luck to You....|||DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR!!!
Have it towed to your mechanic (or your home),
and take a cab home.
Hope there is something left for him to fix. :(|||i definatley wouldnt drive it or you will take a really good chance of blowing your engine. its sounds like either your water pump is shot or a hose is loose.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story鈥?/a>
I'd love to live in a motor home in the LAX parking lot! How about you?|||I don't see any attraction to living in an RV in a parking lot in itself, but I can certainly see the advantage and practicality of it for pilots and other itinerant aviation workers. It would be more like the price to pay for the pleasure of flying for a living, rather than anything enjoyable in itself. Although I guess with sufficient money you could get a pretty nice RV (the article I read mentioned a very nice RV called the "castle," but it didn't include pictures).|||Been there done that, only it was a beat up cargo van with carpet on the floor, a sleeping bag, a camp stove and an ice chest, not a luxurious motor home. And I parked at a number of smaller airports, not LAX. About 3 years worth. When I wanted to be a professional pilot but didn't have the savings, income, or credit to pay for it, this was the cheapest way to go so I didn't have to pay rent and could put the money toward college and flying. It wasn't exactly awesome, but it did allow me to achieve something otherwise out of my reach.|||You'd be surprised if you knew just how many pilots do something like this. It's not uncommon to see a few pickups, with a camper on the bed, in the employee parking lot at an airport. Some pilots use them as crash pads.|||NO
actual LAX parking lot? I hate to wait for the shuttle to come and waste a lot of time. Are we allowed to keep our cars for 3 days and pay for it?|||Daily Parking Rates at LAX
Central Terminal Area Parking Structures $30.00|||there are many parking lots just outside the airport with free shuttle to and from their facility. Most average around $12-14 per day. Just put in parking lots at lax on your search line. Parking lot C is one option, its on Sepulveda Bl just north of the airport.
Hello -
My friend is flying out of LAX next week. She's been looking for a park-n- fly kind of place and have found maybe about 20 close to the airport. It's a bit hard going through all the rate information, trying to separate the real deals from the hype.
We just want a place that's economical and convenient. Any experienced flyer out there who can recommend something? How about if she just park at the airport, would she get a cheaper deal?
Thanks!|||I wouldn't recommend parking at the airport itself, if you're looking for something "economical." Central Terminal Area Parking is the most expensive at LAX, as @Obviousman noted, and the economy parking at Lot C isn't cheap either. I've also been seeing a lot of tweets lately by people complaining about the chaos at LAX on-site parking and how it would take 30 min to an hour for people just to get out of the parking facilities.
To make it easier for you to see ALL your LAX parking options in one page, check out BestParking.com. Use the rates calculator as the names of the different facilities will be ordered from the cheapest to the most expensive options.
As @A Hunch said, you get what you pay for, so in this case cheapest might not really be the best option. Once you've picked a facility at BestParking.com based on rates, try to see reviews about that garage or lot just to make sure.|||Parking at LAX is one of those things you get what you paid for.
My favorite is The Parking Spot (you can find coupons all over) - there are two locations that one is convinent for the north 405 travelers and another for the south 405 travelers. This is FAR from the cheapest place. It is one of the most convinence. They circle the shuttle, so you rarely have to wait 5 minutes or more to be picked up.
Prior to going to the Parking Spot. I would go to the more disount lots - I would wait and wait and wait at the airport for the shuttle back to the lot. The shuttle from the lot to the airport would only go every 15 or 30 minutes depending on the time of day.
- Once I waited 30 minutes at the airport and then called to see when they were coming. I was told "any minute". I waited another 15mins and called again & got the same story. After waiting for over 1 hour for the shuttle from the airport to the lot, I ended up taking a taxi. Taxi drivers wait up for 2 hours to get a call at the airport - can you imagine how sucky it would be to wait 2 hours to get your call and then the ride is 5 blocks outside of the airport. It was horrible!!|||The airport itself is going to be MOST expensive. There are a number of places to park around the airport, and sorting through them all is a bit time consuming, but boils down to this: The closer to the airport, the more expensive it is. I've done fine parking in Lot C, which is not too expensive. Wally Park has also served me.
Ok, So im seeing my friend off tomorrow, from LAX int. airport. Im not leaving I just want to say goodbye but walk her to her terminal, where could I park and still comeback to get my car?|||Just park in the horseshoe near the terminal....|||well would you like to park for free, you can do that at Lot C
you can park for free for up to two hours,,,
so you could take your friend park your car grab the shuttle bus to you friends terminal
and then see them off at the security area
then go back and get your car
Economy Parking Lot C (96th Street and Sepulveda Boulevard)
LAX Shuttle 鈥?Lot C provides frequent, free transport to and from Lot C and the Central Terminal Area, stopping conveniently at each Terminal.
FREE for first 2 hours
$1 for each additional 2 hours or fraction thereof
$12 for each 24 hours|||The smart play is to park at one of the airport hotels and take their complimentary shuttles|||the inner parking structure.. it ain't cheap but it's somewhat convenient.
That sounds about right, even the 'off campus' lots will charge about that-it would not be so bad, but their security absolutely sucks-I have had vandalizm on virtually every car I have ever parked in airport parking-if you are going to be gone a long time, say over 10 days, here is a news flash, get a hotel room at one of the several hotels near the airport, stay overnight, sleep in, have a nice breakfast on them, use the electronic check-in at the hotel, also check your baggage at the hotel, take the shuttle over to the terminal, let them keep your car, no extra charge for up to 20 days, call the shuttle when you return, usually underground parking so the car is covered-great security. best deal in LA, IF you are going for longer than 4 or 5 days. Good luck and have a good time.
At LAX if someone is dropping you off can they go through all the security and stuff and wait with you until your flight leaves ? It was able to be done at the airport I flew from, which was a much smaller one .
If so, where can they park and how much does it cost ?|||No. You are allowed to be with your party UP TILL security, not past. Your only chance of getting a security pass is if you are escorting an unaccompanied minor.
Note: Security rules have changed after 9/11 where anybody could go past security. Now you need a boarding pass.
At every big airport there is a short-term garage.
Link: Look for Central Terminal Area
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