Supanova: did you go?

Supanova was great!

The Dome was packed, so much bigger than last time.
The Madman panel was interesting, lots of new things coming our way. 'Loveless', you will know it if your into yaoi, is being released as a complete series later this year. 'Blood the last vampire' has been out in anime but is now Live action! The clip looked good. You can check out the new Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood full episodes at Madman.
The noise was a bit much though, coudn't really hear Sly, even with the mic.

I bumped into Wolverine (pictured), I love CosPlay! This guys must have spend ages working on his claws, they look fantastic! My friend Jane was happy to see so many Sailor Scouts this year.

We got to have Q&A with Twilight superstar Rachelle "Victoria" Lefevre (pictured), she was so sweet - didn't seem evil at all. She shared many stories and told us about what it was like on set and that she is in Team Edward. Her favourite book is SHE’S COME UNDONE by Wally Lamb - am ordering a copy today!

Hey did you know there is a Dr Who Club of Australia - I saw K9 but there was no sign of the Dr!

If you didn't make it this year, it's back in 2010.

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

I haven't finished Twilight yet (some people keep reserving it), but I went and saw the movie anyway, and it was great! I am happy I didn't get past chapter 2 in the book when I went to the movie, because I spent the forst 20 minutes say 'that's not right!' and I'm pretty sure I was annoying the other people around me.

I actually think, I enjoyed the movie more than the book (I will probably burn in libray hell now!). I am almost finished the book and I am enjoying it, but I probably wont read the rest of the series. Which I suppose is just as well considering the huge reservation list that keeps forming. I now have 4 copies per branch going round the loop.

According to an interview 'on the night of June 1, 2003, Stephenie had a dream: a young woman was talking to a beautiful, sparkling man in a sunlit meadow. The man was a vampire. They were in love, and he was telling the girl how hard it was for him to keep from killing her.' This dream formed the basis of the first book. I wish my dreams were that profitable.

If you are interested in learning more about Stephenie check out: 10 Questions for Stephenie Meyer

If you liked reading the Twilight Series …

Tithe YA B HAB
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.

A Great and Terrible Beauty F BRAY ASH
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

Beauty YA M ASH
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.

Sirena YA N ASH/HAB
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

Wounded YA C HAB
Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate’s werewolf family and fight becoming werewolves themselves.


A few more to sink your fangs into:

Jinx YA W ASH/ASH
Stardust YA G ASH/HAB
Interview with the Vampire F RICE ASH
Peeps YA W ASH
Vampire blood trilogy YA S ASH
Merrick F RICE HAB
The last vampire F STRI HAB
Blood and Gold F RICE HAB
Bloody bones PB HAB
Lords of the night F LORD ASH
Lilith’s dream F STRI HAB
Dark days GN 741.5973 NIL ASH
Blood is the new black F STIV ASH/HAB
The vampire shrink F HILB ASH
99 coffins YA W ASH
13 bullets YA W ASH
The night watch YA L ASH/HAB

Philip Pullman's 'The Golden Compass'

The Golden Compass is good movie, but the book Northern Lights is better.

Well, that's my opinion anyway, feel free to disagree. If you haven't seen it yet, The Golden Compass is a fantasy movie, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards and many others. You are swept into a parallel universe, where 'Dust' is not just lint and dust bunnies. The Golden Compass is an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s book : Northern Lights. The movie is very intricate for someone who hasn’t read the book.

Considering how hard it is to adapt a 400-or-so-page novel, in a 114-minute movie. The result is entertaining, but personally a let down (i knew i shouldn't have read the book first) , parts of the book have been cut, and the end is different. The movie stops earlier than the book, which will leave Pullman’s fans a little wanting.

But there are two sequels to Northern Lights : The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Both ready for their big screen close-ups.

You can learn a little about 'daemons' with the Jan YouTube Lit Link on the right.