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FROSTBITE: A VAMPIRE ACADEMY FILM – Indigogo

Aug 12, 2014

You all know how much I love the Vampire Academy books. You also know that I liked the movie as well. It may have not been the best but I still really enjoyed.

That is why we really, really need Frostbite. We will be meeting so many new characters in this movie that I can’t even hold anything in. We will hopefully be meeting Adrian, Eddie, Tasha and so many more.

A couple of months ago the Official Vampire Academy Movie page announced that they need help to fund the movie. They left that with us until a couple of days ago when they announced that there are going to be doing an Indigogo project. Here is the announcement from the cast and producers annoying the crowd-funding campaign.

So what that means is that you are able to buy perks which includes some pretty awesome items and what you buy for it goes towards the funding. We need to raise $1.5 Million for us to be able to get the Frostbite movie.

If we don’t raise the money by the 5^th of September 12.59pm PT time everyone gets their money back and sadly the movie won’t go ahead.

I really want to be able to see Frostbite and there are some amazing perks up for grabs at all different prices. Prices range from $10 to $10,000.

So I encourge all of you please do help us. Don’t let what you think about the Vampire Academy movie cloud your mind from donating to help us from getting Frostbite. In saying that we also have a new scirpt writer for Frostbite none other than Piers Ashworth who not long ago left a message to us fans.

Writing the screenplay for Frostbite made me realize just how perfect the story is for a movie. It is filled with action and emotion and incredible characters all of whom evolve through the story. I can’t wait to see Adrian’s onscreen introduction… not to mention Natasha and Eddie and Janine. But I think my favorite new character is Isaiah. In this film the Strigoi are really, really scary… and the worst of them, the most powerful, is Isaiah. Immeasurably strong and almost impossible to kill he’s the ultimate bad guy and the perfect opponent for Rose. Because of his existence (and his plan to eradicate the Moroi royal families) there is tension from the very first page. That gives the film an energy and a pace that will keep audiences (even those who have never read the books) on the edge of their seats until the very end.

We have to get this movie made. We have to meet Adrian and understand the new dimension he brings to the story. We have to experience the changes Rose undergoes as she battles the ultimate foe at the same time as coming to terms with her relationships (including the one with her mother). We have to see the battle of wills in the basement – and the surprise of Mia’s use of water magic to incapacitate Isaiah. We have to see the Strigoi for what they really are. Please help make that happen.

Just reading that makes me so excited to see the film. Just by what he is saying I know that the script will be so much better than Vampire Academy.

You can donate at Indigogo and guys don’t forget to spread the world. As we reach certain goals we are getting little perks. Even parts of the script. So come on guys join the amazing VAFamily and donate to help us get Frostbite.

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Discussion: ‘Don’t Judge a book by its cover’

Aug 7, 2014

You know that saying ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover?’ Everyone should know it, everyone says it and everyone does it.

Beautiful covers always capture our attention, or maybe it’s something particular on the cover that pulls you. Each and everyone one of us has something that without a second thought will make our eyes travel towards that book. Then you will pick the book up read the synopsis and then decided how you feel about the book, if you think you will like it or not.

You may not fully judge a book by its cover, but you still do in a way. A cover is meant to attract readers, if you have a gorgeous or interesting book cover someone is going to pick it up. If you have a, let’s just say it because we all know it’s true; an ugly and dull cover in front of you, most people will not pick it up. Even if it is one of the most amazing books written. But then you can get gorgeous covered books with dull content. You can never know unless you pick up the book, read the synopsis and (if you like that) read the book.

Yes, don’t judge a book as a whole by its cover, but covers are, for the most part, what a reader will see first. No one should judge a book by its cover, but people do without even realising it. You are looking at shelves upon shelves of books and what is the book that catches your eye? The one with bright colours will be picked up first.

The phrase ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ is true. You shouldn’t judge a book by what it looks like. But it is difficult not to. You don’t know what the inside is going to be until you start reading it.

I know that it is hard not to judge books by the cover because is what our brain just does, so I say don’t be ashamed about doing it. It just happens. All I say is if you see a cover that catches you attention, pick it up, read the synopsis and think about if you will like it. That is all that you can do really.

The saying is something that every reader, or any person, will always have on the back of their mind and yes, it does have some truth.

In the end it does happen and I think that the saying is just a saying, that is it. Don’t be ashamed about going straight to a book with a nice cover. It happens and no one should be judge you for it. Because in the end they will do it too, maybe without even realising.

What do you think about the saying? What is it about covers that grabs you attention?

Discussion: Book Stores

Feb 13, 2014

If you live in Australia I think you can understand me when I say, that we have very limited book stores.

I live in Melbourne Australia and pretty much the only book stores, either Indie or chain are pretty much only in the city area or the cites surroundings. I live about 30 minutes by car, and about 40 minutes by train from the city, so going to book stores not only takes time but money as well. The only time that I can go to book stores is on the weekends and even then if I am going by car, as I am not 18 yet I need someone to take me there.

The other thing is that books at bookstores are quite expensive, a book that I would normally get for $11-$13 online would cost me $18-$20 at a book store and as a student I don’t get much money I wouldn’t really get many books when I go, which is inconvenienced as if I went I would only go every couple of months.

I love book stores, I love seeing all the books, searching through the shelves, reading the backs of books, holding them but I just cannot do it. Even going to shops like Big W, Target and Kmart isn’t the best. They don’t have a big selection and most of the time don’t have books that I am looking for, which makes me quite upset. But when I do find a book, especially at Big W, it’s for a pretty good price.

The one thing I hate about online shopping is that it takes at least 3 weeks to get to me. But I can cheap books with free shipping which is a plus.

You might ask why not just go borrow from the library. Well I do, but then if I like the book I want to go and buy the book anyway. I really like re-reading books so I mostly borrow books from the library if I don’t know if I will like the book.

I would love to go to bookstores, to buy books but it’s just really hard to do.