mj talks to Libba Bray

[KatyHallow]

"Hi, I'm William Faulkner." I love these gals.

[OhheyRosie]

Even before she put it on her forehead, I knew she was going to put it on her forehead. Wouldn't YOU put it on your forehead?

[Ninjarabbitwithlaser]

Love you guys and your books!

[stargleekwhofighter]

So I thought Rebel Angels sounded familiar, but with all the books I hear of/read, I wasn't sure. But when I was cleaning out my bookshelves just now, I came across it, and remembered my sister giving it to me as 'that book she really liked and would reread a lot'.

. . . I meant to read it, but forgot. I guess I will now.

[lotusflower281]

I wish there was a love button for this.

[lotusflower281]

Haha, I always thought it was pronounced like KAR-TEEK but KAR-TICK is nice too. Nice to know how to actually pronounce it now :D

[tejanosx5]

Sherri from Eisley with her new hair is EXACTLY how I imagined Dulcie from Going Bovine.

[8nightlight8]

your amazing.........but i have one question...why did kartik have to die? that totally crushed me...i creid.......are you going to write a fourth book.....WRITE A FOURTH BOOK........any ways i love your books :D

[KikyoChanXD]

@ineedausername9 Lol. THIS.

[KikyoChanXD]

Now I know why her books are so amazing..

SHE'S amazing herself! It all makes sense now! Lol. :D

Love her. <3

[lamberta749]

"they're enchanted unicorn bandages"

FREE TOY INSIDE FREE TOY INSIDE!!!!!!

lmfao. :D :D love libba ♥ :) :)

[musiclovinggurl123]

I always said Car thick."

It still looks hot, either which way you pronouce it. But OMFG I LOVE LIBBA BRAY! My college essay is about these three books; I was THAT inspired, that was a few years ago I started to read these books, and I was forever changed.

[supernaturalbooks]

LIBBA BRAY IS THE SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[masterohumans]

Maureen is on team Unicorn in this video? TRAITOR!!!!!!

[yanran93]

WHAT IS THIS TALK OF ENCHANTING UNICORNS.

TEAM ZOMBIE, MAUREEN! I THOUGHT YOU WERE TEAM ZOMBIE.

[zanirra]

i keep watching this video when i can't write.

love it x) love them!

[musiclovinggurl123]

I saw Kartik as "Car tick." Niceeee, i know. It's a hawt name :P

I LOVE YOU LIBBRA BRAY!

[notalibrarianyet]

You guys are like Hoops and YoYo.

[GracelessDementor]

Interesting ...

[mt51784]

are all authors so goofy but cool?

[SnickersInTheBarn]

All the awesome ones!

Prime examples?

John Green and Maureen Johnson :)

[Beautywithin00]

I also pronounce Kartik as Libba does

[Beautywithin00]

I NEED a fourth book! Please :D and by all means...make it HUGE! I'm crushed that Kartik and Gemma arent together :((.... This trilogy was great! A movie would be cool! Fourth book, fourth book, fourth book...please :D!!!!!

[zanirra]

@Beautywithin00

[zanirra]

@Beautywithin00 gee, thanks for that wonderful spoiler! Dx

[PetiteViolist]

I excel at creepy!! Oh goodness I love it.

[mimiperson613]

i love both of you with my entire heart!!!

[highlyillogical]

lol! Maureen is so not having babies now. Look at that face.

[superskh]

i say kartik like "car - tick" seriously... XD

i FINALLY finished the sweet far thing... just last night. I WAS BUSY OKAY?

libba, you are such an inspiration.

I LUV U SO MUCH.

[steelstrings87]

I really miss MJ's videos. And love Libba!

[GoodCharlotteCRAZY]

could libba bray be any more ahhwesome ? :]

[boggs35]

I love her! This trilogy is one of my FAVORITE!! (next to His Dark Materials:))

Her writing is funny, and touching, and makes you cry...all aspects off a great story.

[Angieanything]

I'm not a teen, but you two are AWESOME!!!!!

[ScarlettTwilight]

I absolutely ADORE Libba Bray. She's one of the funniest people ever. ;D

[DanniThumbsUp]

i love kartik<3 be nice to trees!

[SpringXrain]

lol that was so funny and i'm so glad i wasn't the only one to pronounce his name "carterak" haha i'm so wrong!!!

[missnutmeg95]

i wish kartik didn't have to die... maybe in a fourth book he could be with Gemma again?

[IceRaveSlave]

I hope, I hope she writes a fourth one, it never said conclusion or the third is coming to an end, so I hope. And I hope that Kartik and Gemma somehow get back together because I was crying for at least three minutes. The book was so good and the ending was like in the fog like unfinished...so I'm freakin' out here

[BuildingblocksofWORD]

libba bray is quite literally insane. this is why she is my favorite author, perhaps person, of all time.

[supernaturalbooks]

@BuildingblocksofWORD mine too! favorite author ever, because of her personality and books!

[Frenchhorn211]

@BuildingblocksofWORD she is. And I love her. And I love her books

[kikyo4815]

I always pronounced Kartik as "kar-TEEK", though I knew it was probably wrong. XD I think it's because my most of my encounters with south Asian names have resulted with "i"s being pronounced like "e"s.

[ScarlettTwilight]

@kikyo4815

I pronounced it CAR-tick like Libba Bray did, but I'm from the south, so it sounds more like CAAAAAAR-tiiiiiiick. x]

[kikyo4815]

Haha, Libba's sense of humour is unmatchable. XD

[sunny246801]

ooh i loved all of those books! i read them. . .last year?

[xChocolateSodax]

Car-thick? lol?

yeah. ima stay with CAR-TICK.

[CourtyMcLovin]

I lovee Libba Bray!!!! :]

[shecantdance]

I love your choice of music for your videos!

When I was first reading aGaTB, I was telling my friends about it and how awesome it was and how they just HAD to read it and I was telling them about Kartik but I couldn't remember his name so I started babbling and eventually decided to call him Curtain and then that went on to him becoming Drapery Boy. I found it so hilarious how in TSFT he was hiding behind the curtains in Gemma's room. I pretty much peed myself.

Just thought you should know.

[jcraig55]

OMG! I bought some of those bandages last week!

[theatrefreak721]

omg i luv this interview!!

i think u should do more vids with libba bray!! i luv u both. awesome writers. so inspiring.

[KittyCore99]

MJ

it would be great

if you talk about YOUR Book

it's named Devilish, isnt it?

[marbs94]

cataract?

hahaha thats soo weird

cuz the first time i read the books, i kept saying his name as ataturk, which doesn't sound anything like kartik. but for some reason that was how i read it...haha

[Lucdes]

I went to a Barnes and Noble yesterday and met her. She had a discussion/signing session and she talked about Sweet Far Thing. She's so funny and down-to-earth. She's coming out with a new book in September.

[chirpofjoy]

I don't get it, it's car-tick

BAHH

I should vlog about it

I think I will

Libba is my hero, I love that woman.

[FangRocker221]

I HAVE A GOOD IDEA!

How about you actually DO write a book eight? Like, Gemma when she's twenty and how everyone reunites!

(*sniffle* and Kartik comes outta the tweeeeeeee *SOBS* I cried so hard at the very last words of that book... )

[xoxmajxox9]

i hated the end of it! it made me so depressed, i mean why make kartik a tree? so if there was a 4th book, he wouldn't be in it :'( but other than that it was fantastic :D. i love libba bray

[whooohooo1212]

Libba is hilarious

[FantasmaLuna]

So funny. She's an amazing role-model and the Gemma Doyle Trilogy is simply AMAZING! I love the characters.

WE LOVE YOU, LIBBA!!!

[PBOreoCookieGirl]

lol libba is kickass lol and i used to say it like 'car-trick' but now i say it 'car-tick'

[wyevelinwy]

ive da 3 books but i dont like the end of the sweet far thing cuz katik dies not fair!

[CourtneyLoux13]

Haha, I love this.

[minnie481]

Awesome Meter: 0%[---------|]100%

[MarleeSunshine]

Awesome Meter: 0%[--------|-]100%

Also, I pronounce it Car-Tick as well. I don't think I can change that in my mind. Ah well.

[iluvpunk]

you has good music.

I wants it.

[jessipoo333]

I pronounce it like 'car-tick.' That's how it has always been in my head and that's how it shall stay :]

[BeautyVintageRoses]

agreeeedddd

[StormsOfHail]

I love Libba Bray. She is so funny. Her books were freaking amazing. =D

[ArantzaThorn]

lol This whole video made my day!

[MaryW42]

i pronounce it cat-trilic

[coolschoolygirl260]

at the beggining i used to say; kartRik..

wow that was way off..

[LillieTellsDaTruth]

god i love you guys

[kaorimaiko]

ahh i love Libba Bray, I go on her LJ all the time, she's awesome. I always said Kare-tek lol I still do. its prolly just my accent. im from the south lolz. great video though, im so subscribing

[CrookedMelody]

Two of my favorite authors. I cried at the ending of The Sweet Far Thing. Like I couldn't finish it for two days.

[bluepandababii]

I say Kartik now, and that's the way it is in my head, but when I first read it, it was like Kar-teek, for some reason... and Pippa was Peepa... I think I like the ee sound just a little too much...

[ani91fab]

i like libba bray, she is a funny person (i like people with humour^^) and wirtes great books

[sgtpeppers10]

ahhh two of my favorite writers in one video being funny and amazing... bliss. and yeah i've always said "kar-tick" and for the record seeing his name just brought back memories of finishing TSFT and crying my life away... thanks.

[4realsurreal14]

lol i luv libba bray! shes funny. i don't pronounce kartik as kar-tick, i pronounce it kar-teek. it sounds better :)

[BeautyInBerlin]

She's right, it's car-thik.

[sillypuppy2]

I always said car-tick

[musiclovinggurl123]

Lol me too.

[scouty445]

I LOVE U LIBBA!!!! U R THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always said KAT-TREEK! I DNT KNOW WHY! U are the best writer. I cry A LOT when i read ur books!!!! U ROCK! I get Really INTO the books i read. I am a total book worm. UNICORNS!!!!! LUV U!!!! MORE THE J,K ROWLING . ( She was my fave writer till i read ur books) U are soooooooooo much better. Keep on writing!!

[FantasmaLuna]

Haha! I love her! She reminds me of my mum or some of my fav teachers 'cause of her wisdom and sharp sense of humor. Libba, you rock!

[cinderellaangeltears]

LIBBA BRAY TAKE BACK KARTIKS DEATH!!!!

ok rant over....loving her randomness, she reminds me of me lmao....but i want KARTIK BACK >:(

[k10edd]

lol. Apparently they're finally starting work on the movie, and LIbba's website is up-to-date with production, but why is her site down? :(

[meltres]

libba bray is amazing.

she is my idol!

[Madlen1304]

OK. Love Libba Bray, but she better write another book before all her readers create a 4 one with a happy end (for Gemma and Kartik).Welll.....:) She had that crush on hers Kartik that summer and it did not work out..but hey.. give that chance to Gemma and hers Kartik- he is for her and that romantic story is for us- your truly readers!!! OOOO Please!!!:)))

[hXbradshaw]

Haha, we teens are like that. And I'm glad you don't resent us for it. When we get mad at you for doing something to the characters it's only because we love those characters and your books so much that we hate to see bad things befall them. I both hated and loved the ending to A Sweet Far Thing because it was so romantically tragic and also realistic in a way, because not everything in life ends up happily. But thank you both for creating such wonderful books and giving us so much to love!

[RockRoyalty81]

ROFL I love this video...if my day sucks, I jsut watch this and then my day doesn't suck so badly

This video is cause for my mother thinking that my friend and I are insane (moreso then she already thinks it) I saw "Enchanted Unicorn Bandaids" in a store the other day and I shrieked with laughter all the way to the checkout counter. About a month later I brought them to camp with me and showed my friend, who immidiatly proceeded to stick one on her forehead I already had one on my forehead

[EmuCherryTaker]

My names Gemma Doyle, I'm from the Uk, i've never heard of these books and i'm nineteen so I guess i'm beyond the target audience (although I do love the world of fantasy and still occassionally add to my fairy collection... for comfort reasons) - This reflects bad for my mental age.

This Libba Bray woman is quite random like me so i'ts a privledge to have my name brought to fame in your books. May even give it a read if I can find it.

Just showing some love,

Gemma Faye Claire Doyle X

[DazzledByEdward21]

Oh my god! You were so right about the teens reactions to the books! I was just like that! Personally, I hated the ending to The Sweet Far Thing but it was the perfect ending. It was bitter sweet. I'm going to be writing a review on the trilogy for my school newspaper and I am going to give it a great review! It is so better than Twilight! I'd so rather have Kartik than Edward. And I always pronounced it KAR-tik.

[missmustang1223]

hahaha

loveee =]

[charlottepoet]

i am learning about so many new authors this year! as if I didn't already have tooooo much to read :)

[kk82197]

if this is mj , could u ask her why she had make katrik a tree and put it on youtube i mean i know that not all stories have happy endings but come on its so sad!

[AshleyPeach19]

You guys, are seriously the best.

[katievhoneychurch]

american accents are so zany and theatrical.

[iINHALElarks]

OML, she is so hilarious. But can also be serious, judging by her books. And I pronounce is "KAR-TEEK", which I think sounds better.

[elphieismyhero]

You two are HILARIOUS together. You should do more videos. :)

"Free toy inside? FREE TOY INSIDE!?"

[MostHauntedCharmedG]

OMG thats awesome! She seems really nice

[TheTeenageTacoCory]

WOW. Libba Bray is truly amazing. this chick is the reason I want to be a writer. her writing is completely different from her personality, its refreshing.

[arthurweasley]

These videos are even better now that I've actually read Libba's books.

[paperweighted]

This is quite possibly my favorite video on YouTube.

[kevzgurl]

UNICORN BANDAGES!? I want one!

[UsagiOhkami]

Can I please sit on the couch with you two???

[UsagiOhkami]

I love this video and I finally bought A Great and Terrible Beauty!!!! So, while my best friend is reading my copy of "Envelopes" I'll be reading that!

[beca60]

haha, i liked the royal tenenbaums musical interlude!

[daniellesxxvideoblog]

I love it when she's doing Kartik as an old guy. That was hilarious.

I'm laughing my head off.

Literally.

Libba has inspired me to become an Author.

I <3 you Libba Bray!!!!!!!

[daniellesxxvideoblog]

Libba is so funny.

Her books are AMAZING!!!!

[SoulLily]

You two are the awesomest people in the history of all awesomeness. (As a writer, my grammar is of course impeccable, no question.)

[PetalsOpenToTheMoon]

Libba is awesome!

[artsyfashion]

I've always pronounced it, CAR-TIK

pretty much the way you pronounced it.

MAKE A FOURTH BOOK!

[musiclovinggurl123]

I say it like that too.

wha <3 LOVE U LIBBA!!

[xEdwardCullenLuvx]

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!! there's going to be anotherr book!!!!!!!!!! and J.K. Rowling is writing an 8th one!!!!!!! EEK!!! i think i just about fainted :D if i could write the 4th book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, i would have Kartik come backk :DDD that would make my day!

[novelgirl91]

ha! i always pronounced kartik as kar-TEEK. weird to hear it differently.

[XxIcyxBluesxX]

omg i luve libba! she soo funny and fun! and her books are just awesome.but i want to know when the movie is gonna cast people and get moving! i reely would luve to see how it might turn out.

[hollishillis]

awesome. i'm view 14000! you both rule. I laughed so hard watching this.

[PirateSammy]

oh good god all my favourite authors are not only FUGGIN AWESOME and HILARIOUS and LOVELY they're all FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER!!! if i could just meet one of you guys it would set off this huge chain reaction of "hey, you know ______ right? OMIGOGAWD i LOVE THEM! could you, like, introduce us? pleeeease???"s!

[GerogeJohnPaulRingo]

I always thought of Kartik the way libba originally prounounces it :P hahaha she is so funny =] and her writings amaizing I wish there could be a 4th book hopefully with less panic than it took to write this book, even though the out come is amaizing. Its left so open and its beautiful <3

[nickdog8891]

THE Sweet Far Thing...not A.

[DallasW05]

Lol. What a gorgeous pair

"Free toy inside! Free toy inside!"

XD

[Clarishka]

beautiful!!! libba bray is amazing!!

[rattatatter]

OMFG...

I thought I loved Libba Bray before this...

I LOVE YOU!!!!

and your books rock my world too!!!

[squooshibananaa]

hair flip synchronization at 1:35

you guys are the best

[edwardismiine]

was there no one else who read through all the three books only to find out that they had been pronouncing Kartick like this:

Car - Trick

?!

wow i must be an idiot.

where did i even get the R from??? tRick?! i made the poor boy sound like some sort of alien car that does cool tricks like run people over or something!

and then i read it as kar-tick not kart-ick!

oh, jebus!

loved this though. seriously, i needed to laugh and libba is just frickin' fabulous!

[UsagiOhkami]

OMG! I've always wanted to be an author and now I want to be one EVEN MORE! I WANT TO HANG OUT ON A COUCH WITH MAUREEN JOHNSON AND LIBBA BRAY!!! It's like Oprah for crazy people!

[OneWickedGryffindor]

"I was just gonna go from 3 to 8, its not gonna make any sense but thats how I roll" "How long is it gonna be?" "Well, it's all gonna be in haiku.

LMAO.

I say Kart-ik.

[Marshish123]

libba bray is my HERO.

[AmazinGrace103]

libba bray is so funny! i saw her at the teen book festival in rochester and she was so great! she sign my book!!!

[SaskatoonyJack]

All interviews should be this much fun! I would love to see another one :D

[MysticalHeavens]

I pronounce Kartik in a different way. I say Kar-teek. It sounds more natural to me.

[ishbit92]

I pronounce it Kar-teek too-- I thought I was the only one!

[worldtraveler91]

Talking about Kartik growing old and turning 90 makes me cry all over again

[courtneylynne92]

now every time I read her books I 'say' Kartik wrong.

[musiclovinggurl123]

omfg i was laughing my ass off when i 1st saw this.

i watch it all the time! =D

libba is my role model..she made me keep writing my book

[NEHOMAS]

"Free toy inside? FREE TOY INSIDE!" Gotta love these ladies. Classic. Libba - i want you to be my court jester for a week! *and i mean that in the best possible way*

[CrabbyGabby313]

yes! i cant wait for book 8!

[titansfangrl]

i love her so much!!!

[TwilightObsession19]

lmfao, I love Libba Bray. She's amazing.

"I think I just want to wear one on my forehead. I'm going to put mine here so it enchants my brain."

[leftyliz140]

"Gemma...Don't go in the Realms!"

"Why won't you leave me alone?"

"I'm your guardian. *cough cough* Rakshana...says so."

"But that was 50 years ago! Besides, I need to use the magic to cure my arthritis."

"Who are you, again?"

OMG, that would make SUCH a hilarious fanfic. Someone write that!

[SuperLuigibros1998]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[JulietCapulet96]

H, ha, ha!!!!! Oh my gosh, someone should write it!!!!!

[edwardismiine]

lol. whether you meant anyone to or not, i definitely have to write that now! i doubt i'll post it, though, or even show it to anyone. i'll just write it for myself. lmao!

[robert2100]

YOU JUST RUINED THE BOOK! I DIDNT KNOW HE DIED WHY THE FUCK AHHH!!!

HATE YOU AthazagoraphobeX

[AthazagoraphobeX]

Uhhh than why were you watching Youtube videos about the book you were bound to find a spoiler

sorry i ruined it for you

[HAMSTERk]

You two are SO hilarious!

I just bought A Great and Terrible Beauty and am super excited to read it!

[AthazagoraphobeX]

Libba Bray Yourrr Soooooooooo Fucking Cool

I Love You For Writing The Best Trilogy Ever Known To Man!! But Theres Only One Problem

IT CAN'T BE A TRILOGY!!!

YOU HAVE TO WRITE A 4TH BOOK AND BRING KARTIK BACK!!! MY WHOLE LIFE IS FALLING APART SINCE HIS DEATH!!! TODAY I SPENT MY WHOLE FIRST HOUR OF SCHOOL HIDING IN THE BACK OF MY SCHOOL LIBRARY HUGGING THIS BOOK AND SOBBING.. And i finished the book about a month ago!!!

[TwilightObsession19]

Haha, I agree.

[AthazagoraphobeX]

Ahh i know i think we shud start a petition (no seriusley)

[chocosox]

Tee-hee . . . oh, how you guys make me giggle!

[RacheyPachey]

libba bray >>>>>> world

[Marshish123]

i LOVE libba bray!

[xsqueefluffx]

can't wait for book 8, haha :D

[babadoke123]

Hi, I'm william fockner lol!

[writerchick94]

About the teens thing. i have to say you just described me and my friends. we read a series, me and my friend got everyone of our friends to read it too, and we would have screaming discussions about it. literally screaming. people at lunch were looking at us.

[drwhooo316]

You guys are so funny together. You should make more videos. :) I love both of your books.

[cuccs09]

libba and mj are just too funny!

[Umi2424]

Libba Bray is soooo funny!! I want to meet her!!!

[celticprincess01]

TFT is awesomeness in the form of a book,Libba's funny. lol

[bluepandababii]

Enchanted Unicorn bandages.... I love it!! There aren't even any unicorns in her book!

[misserinmarie]

My favorite part was the what teens are like part. You've got me NAILED!

[blkeydfu8er]

i love libbay! she's hilarious!

[TormentedSuccubus]

LOL this make me laugh ^_^...and teens really are like that! XD Hahaha Libba is so funny I don't know why I still fear meeting her though, she seems so fun. *will never have the guts to meet her*

[blkeydfu8er]

"gemma....don't go in the realms...."

[cusenbary]

Ohh, it's good to see Libba again. We lived next door to each other at UT in Austin. Little know fact...she has a beautiful singing voice. I mean incredible. My family of 5 has all read her books. If you haven't, get on it. She's funny here, but her writing is very seriously put together. She's a true talent.

[PineappleChocker]

yay, i actually just finished reading A Sweet Far Thing, seriously it was like ten minutes ago. and ofcourse i loved it :]

it would be amazing if there was going to be a book 8 haha

[blkeydfu8er]

a book 8 that's in haiku:)

[VivaLaLaurennn]

OMG! I'm so reading A Great and Terrible Beauty right now! That's so weird. But it's awesome so far!

[elfgurl06]

oooh..libba has a mac! No wonder i liek her books so much...course a computer really doesnt have anything to do with the story..but i like macs..lol..she seems so hilarious, it would be awesome to meet her...and i always pronounced it as "Car-Teek"..lol...who knew?

[worldtraveler91]

That's how I said it, too!

[nicolealicia123]

lol I want an enchanted unicorn band aid!

[kgirl42]

"I hate it and you!"

lol hilarious. I'm meeting Libba tomorrow at her book signing in Seattle! yay I'm so excited!

[Misopretty89]

I was totaly there! lol man shannon and libba are funny!!

[darkfairylightfairy]

oh wow

YAY! i love libba bray she's so funny!

your loved libba your loved!!!

lmao when does the unicorn come int? (tries to remember)

[AquamarineSiren]

YAY! I am so glad there is finally a video interview with libba bray! this is so hilarious, wow you guys are funny. great interview. lol unicorn bandages. you guys rock

[Roisia]

That was the funniest interview I've seen. God Libba Bray is hilarious!

I usually say The Sweet Farting because of my accent. I speak very fast, so people look at me when I say the book I'm reading and say "WHAT?!"

[ALostChild]

If we don't read "The Sweet Far Thing", Libba Bray will come and smell our hair? I'm up for that!