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Sunday, September 30, 2012

TMI Movie News: Filming Re-Cap / Cassie Clare's Recent pics, news & more

This week was insane, and while I tried my best to keep up with all that was going on in the TMI world, I did a few pretty awesome posts. So, I'm going to attempt to do a quick catch up and post those here, starting with the MOST EXCITING one.... a picture of MAGNUS/ALEC's hands (really Godfrey and Kevin's). I am seriously jumping up and down with excitement that Magnus scenes are being shot!


Yes, that looks like glittery nail polish. I swear Magnus's nails look much better than my own. lol You can read Cassie's post here


Cassie also reposted this on Tumblr the other day and added she was "sad he didn't mention I did my MTV interview while wearing cat ears. ;)" Sounds like someone was getting to the role of Chairman Meow. Speaking of Chairman Meow, I wonder if we're going to see him. I'm hoping a picture or two will surface of him soon. 


There wasn't much posted this week from the set other than Cassie's pictures or from the filming locations from the fans who have faithfully been visiting the locations since filming began in Toronto.  But, TMI Source's Michelle did do a great write up from her set visit on day 27 which was from this past Thursday. You can read it here


ComingSoon.net uncovered an early look at the TMI: CoB logo. I've not officially heard if this part of the actual movie logo or not, but it looks legit to me. I LOVE the runes on here. Here's what they said: 

"The Mortal Instruments" is a series of six young adult fantasy books written by Cassandra Clare and published by Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. In the series’ first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "City of Bones," set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones stars Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West, Kevin Segers, Kevin Durand, Robert Maillet, Lena Headey, Jared Harris, Godfrey Gao, Aidan Turner, CCH Pounder and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and is targeting an August 23, 2013 release.

(The blue line on the left side of the image belongs to another property's ad and is not part of The Mortal Instruments logo.)



What do you guys think? I can't wait to see an actual movie poster, which I know is still months out. Those runes are fabulous!

Banned Books Week Kicks Off Today!


Today kicks off Banned Books Week! What is banned books week? This is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Per ALA: this week "highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community- librarians, publishers, booksellers, journalist, teacher, and readers of all types- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even though some consider unorthodox or unpopular." (-quoted from here). It's also the American Library Association's 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read! Congratulations to them.

Mundie Moms is a HUGE supporter of Banned Books Week. Sophie and I are both HUGE supporters of books, and reading, and neither of us feels anyone has the right to tell someone he or she can not read a certain book. As Moms, we're doing all we can now to educate our kiddos about the importance of reading, and celebrating the differences that make the book world. There are hundreds of thousands of books out there, and I personally will never understand why anyone feels the right to tell someone they can't read a book, because they don't like or don't agree with it. Yes, there are plenty of amazing reads out there, as well as other not so stellar books. There are books I don't personally don't like, or agree with, but as I've said before, just because I don't like a certain doesn't mean someone else won't enjoy it, or maybe even be moved or inspired by that book. 

It never ceases to amaze the books I'll find on the banned list. The Bible, Harry Potter, Winnie The Poor, classics etc. What I'll never understand is why? I know it's dangerous to let your kids read Winne the Pooh or Harry Potter. They might inspire them to gain an imagination and that would really bad...... (insert sarcasm). The bible is another book I will never understand why it's been banned before and I'm sure will be added many more times to this list. I personally don't understand how a country that was founded on Christian belief is also a country that banned the one book the unites the vast Christian sects found through out country. Now I'm not opening this up for any religious or political arguments. I'm stating my shock over how a book like that could be banned. I'm equally as shocked to have seen Winnie the Pooh, as well as a slew of other classics on the list.

Today's focus is on the classics. These are the classics that topped the list of Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Banned/Challenged books in the 20th Century (see the complete list here), were all books I read in high school. In fact, a few of them were books I read my senior year and inspired my love for the classics. For the sake of today's post I'm going to refrain from allowing my snarky side to come out and comment on why each of these books is on the list......
  1. The Great Gatbsy by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
  3. The Grapes of Wrath by Joh Steinbeck
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  5. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  6. 1984 by George Orwell
  7. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  8. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  9. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  10. The Call of The Wild by Jack London
  11. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  12. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh and I forgot to list Shakespeare! I'm sure if I looked through ever banned book list I'd also find C.S. Lewis, but I don't have the hours it would take to through every banned book list to see if he's on there. 

Now I'll admit I despised having to read one or two of these books on the list, like Animal Farm. I mean I was a teenager and this book did not appeal to me what so ever at all, okay it still doesn't. Then there were books like The Grapes of Wrath who's richly layered, and detailed historical references painted a bleak, hopefully, heartbreaking story of what it was like during the Depression in the south. I swear that was the first time I felt myself emotionally connect with a book, because at the time I read it I understood the hopes and fears, the desires, and the need the characters felt/had/wanted. Then there was  something about The Great Gatsby I just loved. Okay maybe that had to do with the fact after we read the book, did a report on the book, and discussed it in class, we also watched the movie staring Robert Redford. I might have fallen in love with the storyline a little more after watching the movie. This is one book had I not read in high school, I never would have read it, and I'm glad I did. To Kill a Mockingbird stayed with me long after I read it and The Lord of the Flies showed me how savage people become when faced with the ultimate will of survival. And YES, many of these are books you'll find on my bookcase. 

I'm not going to let my kids grow up in world were they can't freely find and read some classics that challenge their way of thinking. That after is one of the benefits of reading. Reading challenges your views, makes you think outside the book, inspires you, and allows you to escapes into a world outside of the one we're all trying to find our place in. I'm sorry (okay I'm really not sorry),  but I'm not letting someone take that right away from me, or them, or someone else. 

Through out week here on Mundie Moms, and as well as Mundie Kids you'll find a daily Banned Book Week feature. Don't forget to go enter to win one of this year's most banned books HERE. Check out these other links for more Banned Books Week resources:


Frequently challenged books (information on how/why a book is challenged)
Resources: fro readers, teachers, librarians, kids, booksellers & more

My Weekly Round Up in the Stacks (IMM #141 Stacking the Shelves #5)

Happy Sunday! Welcome to another week of my weekly round up. You can see why I changed the name of this weekly meme here. Wow, this week flew by fast. Yesterday I had a blast working at the Austin Teen Book Festival. I swear it gets better and better each year. I can't wait to share my author interviews with you guys! I hope y'all had a great weekend. This week brought a few surprises, as well as some much anticipated books.  Here's what arrived this week:

For Review:


Random House:
Bloomsbury Teen:
Harper Teen:
Hyperion
Penguin

  • REACHED by Ally Condie, to be released on 11/13/12, I'm so excited to be on the team of bloggers who will taking part in challenges over the next few weeks to help promote the upcoming release of REACHED! I'll be hosting some REACHED swag giveaways shortly! Ally graciously signed a few of my posters yesterday when I saw her, and I'll be including those in my giveaways. Yes, they will be international.
Tor Teen:
SOHO Teen:
Spencer Hill Press:


Mundie Kids:
Purchased:
Gifted:


I'm really excited to show you guys this picture, as some of these items are goodies you can win via Shannon Messenger's upcoming book tour signing for her DEBUT book that releases this week, KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES! You can also find out how you can win the swag and enter to win KEEPER via my blog tour for KEEPER here. THANK YOU SM!!!

Thank you to:

Shannon, Random House, Penguin, Harper Teen, SOHO Teen, Tor Teen, Spencer Hill Press, Hyperion and Bloomsbury for this week's awesome reads/treats. 

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