Update

I know, I know, it's been a long time. Chalk it up to sports, school, family, and a complete lack of time- although there really isn't much of an excuse. But, alas! Good news!
Our next podcast is coming. The recording date is set- next week, in fact, and we will be discussing our reactions to the new book by Stephenie Meyer, 'Breaking Dawn'. For those of you who have questions for us to answer about the series, the book, the movie, or the cast, send them to our new e-mail: noctuapodcast@gmail.com
Plus, we will have with us (hopefully) two guests who will be aiding us in the discussion. Please, send us your questions, and we hope to see you soon :)
Your Ashamed Host,
Caitlyn

NEW EMAIL!!

Attention: As many of you may know, our email has been noctuapodcast@yahoo.com.
Recently we have changed it to noctuapodcast@gmail.com. This is an e-mail reserved only for fan, reviewers, critics, and commentors. No spam please (those darn lottery banks pushed us to this change, I'll have you know)!
I know we've been gone for most of the summer, but we plan to be back up and running soon.
Hope you've had a nice summer,

Caitlyn

Summer

As amatur podcasts its pretty much a given that we don't know what we're doing. All you have to do is listen to episode 1 to know that. We're also alot of other things though, and unfortunatly we have come to the realization that many people who are involved with online activities come to. That is: sometimes, real life really really gets in the way.
At the begining of the summer we decided that rather than go on hiatus until fall, we would keep doing podcasts and cross our fingers that it all worked out. Unfortunatly, this didn't happen the way we had imagined it. At the same time that I was trying to do episode 10 I was preparing to be out of town, and now I'm going away again. In a nutshell, there just hasn't been time for the podcast, or the website, no matter how much I wanted to work on it.
In the very near future we hope to be back, but I can't promise it will be tommorow. It will happen though.

in the meantime, I found this both amusing, and a good argument for the overanalyzation we so love around here :)




~Emily

Our Latest Project

Hi again! Sorry to bug you all, but we have started on a new project for a future podcast. Many of you who are into the fandoms we discuss on the podcast have probably read at least a few fanfictions made by the... well, fans. We are trying to compile a list of really good fanfics to talk about, so please send in whatever stories you have either written yourself, or that you have found on other sites. They can be for any fandom, but preferably something that will be recognized by fellow Noctua-listeners. Here's some examples of good places to look:

NarniaWeb

The Leaky Cauldron for Harry Potter

Twilight

We will even accept fanfics about TV shows, movies, and people (actors/bands/etc.)

Please e-mail the links to Noctuapodcast@yahoo.com. For us to consider the story, we ask that you remember to do the following when e-mailing us the work of another author.

1. If you copy the text into your e-mail, make sure the name of the author and a link to the website where you found it are included. 

2. If you send only a link, please give us the title of the fanfic that you are trying to point out as well.

Thanks,

Caitlyn

Happy Independence Day!

For those of you who celebrate American holidays, we at Noctua would like to wish you a very happy July 4th. To those of you in different countries, happy July 4th, anyways! And to those of you from England- I hope there are no hard feelings. Just kidding!

Be ready for our next podcast on Wuthering Heights (if you have anything you wish to say about the book, e-mail us at noctuapodcast@yahoo.com). 

Caitlyn

For the Confuzzled

Not sure what a podcast is? Wondering how to download the podcast? Wishing you could find out when new episodes or blog entires are posted without having to check the site? Check out our FAQ page and subscription guide! All the answers are there! or at least the Noctua related ones :)

~Emily

Counting Down To The Release Dates!

Want to count down the days to the release of the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie, Breaking Dawn, Brisinger, and the Twilight movie? Check out the bottom of the main blog page for the best widgets I've found :) Stick them on your MySpace, blog, or website and get pumped!!

No these people didn't pay me - I seriously did just find them.

~Emily

The Noctua Podcast Episode 9: Narnia!

This episode is all about the Narnia series by CS Lewis!!

1. Where is Emily?
2. Caitlyn and Evelyn's thoughts on the movie versions of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the reccently released Prince Caspian.
3. Emily went to a mysterious land inside her closet?
4. Our favorites and least favorite characters and parts of the books.
5. The Noctua Podcast Dr. Seuss episode?







As always we appriciate any little note you would like to drop into our inbox at noctuapodcast@yahoo.com. Check out our forums and our website too :)




~Emily <3

Phantom Post For Email Subscribers

If you subscribe to the blog through our mailing list you might have gotten an email today with a new blog post, asking for your suggestions . The only problem is that post is actually from January! We're not sure why it was resent (or even if that happened to everyone) but we apologize for adding one more un-needed email to your inbox!

~Emily

Bad News

So sorry, everybody, but we've had a bit of incident here.

Podcaster Evelyn recently suffered a great loss. Her trusty companion, Laptop, has been swept clean of all files, documents, and all that other important stuff. To tell you the truth it was of much amazement to us all, since we (minus Emily) had really thought that Apples were devoid of any faults. Although partially true still, every computer runs the risk of such a tragic event. I wish you all to think of Evelyn in her time of need. Thank you.

Now to the more annoying nitty-gritties of the situation. Along with the above-mentioned files, documents, and things, we lost our highly esteemed and, I'm sure, highly awaited mini-epi. This mini-epi recorded our amazed thoughts on the latest installment of the Narnia movies. We will try to remake the episode. I doubt any of us would object to seeing the movie again, so I suppose we'll have to see how it plays out.

Sorry again, 

Caitlyn

New Episode

Hello fellow bookies.

For this weeks coming episode, as I'm sure you all know, we will be discussing the Narnia series! Topics such as the books, the movies, and the author will be reviewed. As always, we would greatly appreciate any e-mails/comments about your views on the series. Favorite books? Favorite actors? Favorite character? Criticism and praise are both welcome, within limitations of course. If you wish to make your opinions known on all things Narnia, please send us an e-mail, comment on our Facebook, or check out the forums on Ning. (If you feel the need to do all three, please proceed by all means.)

Also, keep an eye out for me and Evelyn's Prince Caspian episode, coming soon to a computer near you! 

Be sure to avoid those dangerous wardrobes, and see you all soon!

Caitlyn

Breaking Dawn!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody!

Guess what! Today, they released the excerpt of ch. 1 on the Entertainment Weekly website.

Here is the link. 

AH!!!!! WE LOVE STEPHENIE!!!! YAY STEPHENIE!!!!

~Evelyn~

P.S. If you couldn't tell, I'm SUPER UBER excited.

Episode 8: Ch-Ch-Changes

Sorry for the delay in this one. Some day we will have an episode that we record, edit, upload, and post with no problems along the way. This was not that episode.

We have made A LOT of changes to the show this episode. Please email us, comment, or discuss at the Ning what you think. We really do value your opinion.

• Mail Bag - 2 emails from listeners (so I didn't get to sing *cries*)
• Book Buzz - Stephanie Meyer has a new book out, Harry Potter movie news, and more
• Fresh Off The Press is gone (but can come back if you guys want it to) and in its place we have Staff Bookshelf v2.0
• Penny For Your Thoughts - Is teen literature dumbing us down even more despite record sales?
• "They are too real books; there aren't any pictures!"
• Joalini - The book to end all books

~ Emily

PS - if you know the artist of the song the title refers to and email it to us you get a mind hug from me, and if you know what the episode of CSI by the same name was about you get a mega mind hug :D

In Regards To Episode 8

We are so very sorry that episode 8 is not out yet. We have had some technical difficulties that we hope to have resolved in the next few days. We thank you very much for your patience!!

~Emily

The Twilght Movie Official Website

Hey Everyone!

Guess what. Summit Entertainment released the Twilight Movie website. It has been up for a little while. but don't forget to check it out!

http://twilightthemovie.com/

◊ Evelyn ◊

P.S. Join our forums.

Twilight Teaser Trailer!

goodness two posts in one day! If you have not already done so you MUST subscribe to the Twilight movie channel because it seems that a few days ago this little beauty was released...



Discuss it here in the Noctua Fan Network forums

Teen Book Lovers Unite!

You can now connect with other listeners at The Noctua Podcast Fan Network at ning.com! Join the network and discuss all the stuff we talk about on the show as well as sharing other books with like minded people!





Visit The Noctua Podcast Fan Network

~Emily

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Give your mom a hug for us and get pumped up for a new podcast out later this week!

Twilight Movie YouTube Channel

Summit Entertainment, the makers of the Twilight movie now have an official YouTube channel. Right now they have a "production diary" in which we get to see them filming what appears to be the scene in the ballet scene at the end, and a teaser trailer type thing (below) where all the actors talk about their characters. If you haven't been happy with the casting I suggest watching it because you get to see them acting in character and in full makeup and everything .VERY exciting stuff and hopefully we'll get more behind the scenes in the future.

~ Emily

Episode 7: Random Tales of Car Trouble in Switzerland

We had soooooo many issues with this podcast. First we had to record way late because of Caitlyn's car trouble, then half of it got deleted. All in all we apoligize for its belatedness and for some random places that might be a little confusing because we had to rerecord. Sadly, a lot of the part that died was me singing…

• ET did a behind the scenes with the cast of Twilight which you can watch here
• JK Rowing is in court with Steve Vander Ark (read the formal story here but we tell you all the same stuff http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20080413/120811248000.html )
• A review of Blood Red Horse by KM Grant which can be found here at Amazon.com.
• We look forward to your reviews of So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
• We really need your thoughts about Penny For Your Thoughts this week as we discuss our individual (and very conflicting) visions for this podcast
• Evelyn is Switzerland
• A huge shout out with mega hugs to The Random Frequency Podcast!!! They're a really cool podcast that’s basically just really randomly funny :D check them out on YouTube with older episodes at their website here
• Next time tune in for Noctua: The Musical!!!!!

See more details in the show notes here


Don't forget to send your thoughts about our Penny For Your Thoughts discussion, and your reviews of So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld to noctuapocast@yahoo.com


To download this or any episode simply find the corrosponding post at the blog and click the title and hit CTRL+S to save :) Also subscribe in iTunes at out "How To Subscribe" page.

Episode 6: Jacob's Grim

The Noctua Podcast Episode 6 - Jacob's Grim

• Lots of Book Buzz including the release date for Melissa Anelli's book, more casting for Twilight as well as more updates on the filming, and bothersome day for Harry Potter Puppet Pals :P
• A review of The Confessional by JL Powers from teensreadtoo.com
• We're looking for reviews of Blood Red Horse by KM Grant
• Will we ever see Jacob imprint? Who could it be?
• What conditions affect imprinting?
• What is Jacob's fate in Breaking Dawn? Emily predicts his death while Caitlyn repeats "I love Jacob" more times than is really healthy in 27 minutes.

Please remember to send anything at all you would like to say, and your thoughts on Blood Red Horse by KM Grant to noctuapodcast@yahoo.com before Evelyn sends the wild banshees after you!!!!

Calling All Webmasters!!!

If you have a fansite or website that you think would be of interest to us or our listeners and would like to be affiliated with Noctua check out our affiliates page

~Emily

Invisible Children

Hey all! Caitlyn here.

Cool new link ya'll need to check out- Invisible Children

This great website has recently been brought to my attention through a friend. It is to encourage Relief Funds entering Africa, mainly Uganda. I myself have bought 4 bracelets from the site, with proceeds going to education for schoolchildren from the area. I would like to encourage you all to atleast check it out- remember, every little thing you can do will help.

Caitlyn

P.S. I have fixed the link for the previously posted "Dragon" Article. Click on it and it will go straight to the article.

Episode 5: *Sudden Revelation*

The Noctua Podcast Episode 5 - *Sudden Revelation*

Major Spoiler warning if you have not read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!

Finally Evelyn is back! In this episode…

• All of the casting information for the movie version of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer has been announced! For more information visit her official website
• JK Rowling confirms that she is indeed working on the Harry Potter encyclopedia (dubbed "The Scottish Book" in Rowling's interview with PotterCast)
• The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie will be two parts and will be directed by David Yates!
• We discuss our wonderful European spam we've been getting in place of emails from you, and Caitlyn offends an entire country
• A review of Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorbey borrowed from Amazon.com
• In Penny For Your Thoughts we discuss how well have the Harry Potter books been transferred into their film versions?
• Does it matter that Michael Gambon who plays Dumbledore in the films hasn't read the books?
• Discussion of the omission of Lily in the "Snape's Worst Memory" scene and how the filmmakers will fix it before Deathly Hallows.
• We think up some alternate titles for the two parts of the Deathly Hallows movie.

Don't forget to send in your questions, comments, and reviews of The Confessional by JL Powers to noctuapodcast@yahoo.com

To download this, or any episode simply click on the title of this post, or the post of the episode you want, and then CTRL + S to save it to your computer, or use one of the subscription methods here

~ Emily

[EDIT] If you're confused about why JK Rowling's upcoming encyclopedia of Harry Potter is being referred to as "The Scottish Book" feel free to read her explanation in her FAQs (the pile of paperclips) under About The Books on her website.

A Slightly Longer Delay

There is good news and bad news. The good news is that we did a really great new episode! The bad news is that it didn't actually record correctly. Nobody is more disappointed at this than us, I can assure you but we hope this means that when we rerecord, it will be even better, which will be awesome. We hope that episode 5 will be out before the end of the week at the absolute latest and then we will be back on schedule so stick around :)

~Emily

iTunes Problem Resolved!

The problem with iTunes has now been fixed and you can now !!!!! You have no idea how happy this makes me after all the time I've spent trying to fix it so YAY!!!!!

~Emily

Podcast 3 Corrections

Sorry I haven't been able to host the last 2 podcasts. My schedule has been hectic.
Corrections to Podcast 3:

• It's the Inheritance Cycle, not the Inheritance Quartet.
• Brisingr is Old Norse, not Welsh. Eragon Newsletter January
• Here are some General Theories swirling in the Inheritance Fandom (including where the Vault of Souls might be hidden and who might ride the green Dragon).
• Ed Speleers played Eragon in the movie.
• I appologize for the always awkward "goodnight" at the end of the podcast (but it is cute).

<3 (especially for the singles on V-Day!)
~ Evelyn

Cool Dragon Article

This website is so cool!! there's all kind of stuff in here about how scientists have found ways to prove that certain things in fairy tales can be done. I know it isn't exactly book news, but I still think its really cool. There's also an article under animals about 10 animals who could have been used as the inspiration for dragons all around the world. So, check it out and tell us what you think.

-Caitlyn

Now Available In...

Now you can subscribe in...

My Odeo Channel (odeo/a97bd48bd34a539f)

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-7b4f6bf35351c74cb7672b6e9bb6ae96}

and we're working on iTunes

Episode 4: I Agree With Me Why Don't You Agree With Me?

In this second (and please for goodness sake last) Evelyn-less episode…
• The date of the release of the 4th Twilight book Breaking Dawn is announced. AUGUST 2 PEOPLE!!!!
• A completely non-conclusive discussion on the symbolism of thestrals in the Harry Potter series.
• A review by Emily (not me, someone else. Its only the most popular girls name in America) of The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
• We ask for your reviews of Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
• We talk about the transformations of Elizabeth and Darcy respectively throughout the course of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, but that’s it because we completely forget about the other parts of the original question.
• Caitlyn wonders why nobody ever agrees with her and then calls out Emily for being too honest and making her look dumb.

Remember to shoot us…a quick email with your comments, questions, complaints, and reviews of Hurt Go Happy to noctuapodcast@yahoo.com! Also visit our website!

~Emily

Now Another Way To Listen

Now you can listen to each episode on your computer by clicking on the SplashCast Player in the sidebar of the blog (----> over there) for a new episode or on the Noctua Website! You will still be able to download and listen to the episodes the same way as always.
I would also like to apologize again to those of you frustrated because we are still not available through iTunes. I actually stumbled across SplashCast in my efforts to fix the problem and I hope to have it working soon. Thank you for your patience!!!
Remember to be sending your emails to noctuapodcast@yahoo.com!

~ Emily

Episode 3: Dominic On A Dragon

This week the lovely Evelyn could not join us so we replaced her gladly with Dominic.

In This Episode:

• Announcements of the winners of the American Library Association awards.
  
• A review from Lizzi of Looking For Alaska by John Green.
  
• Eragon mania! We discuss the newly announced release date and title for the next book in the Inheritance Cycle (formerly known as the Inheritance Trilogy) by Christopher Paolini and we discuss theories and hopes for the new book and the (hopefully) upcoming second movie.
  
• How both Chalkzone and the Disney version of Hercules are both in Eragon (or so Dominic and Caitlyn say).
  

For more information and more winners and runners up of the ALA's awards visit www.ALA.org

Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and the rest of the Inheritance Cycle's website is http://www.alagaesia.com/

As always send in you questions, comments, complaints, and reviews of The Book Of A Thousand Days by Shannon Hale to noctuapodcast@yahoo.com.

~Emily

Episode 2: Romeo and the Vamp

Here we have episode two! Yay. I think we have fixed the audio problems but if you don't think so email us so we know what you're hearing.


• Yeah, new Eragon book set to be released September 20, 2008.
  
• Caitlyn is a "tavern" kind of girl.
  
• More on the HP theme park.
  
• Romeo and Juliet on Symbol-Wisdom (unvampiring Edward?).
  
• Fresh Off the Press- "Wicked Lovely" by Melissa Marr.
  
• Next weeks book is "Looking for Alaska" by John Green. Reviews please!!!!!
  
• Penny For Your Thoughts- changing characters post Deathly Hallows.
  
• This episode is also known (by Emily and Evelyn) as "How Tavern Girl will Unvampirize Edward".
  

- Caitlyn

Just A Thought

Hey all!! Just wanted to say hi and I'm hoping that you guys are all sending in your reviews and suggestions. Our inbox is looking pretty empty..... I want to say the new Episode is looking good. I'm going to try to update the show notes. We had them posted but accidently deleted the again. Please have patience, we're trying to work out all the kinks. Keep sending those e-mails!!

Caitlyn

Episode 1: Our First One!

Welcome to the Noctua Podcast! Each episode of this new podcast features discussion on popular books such as the Harry Potter series, and the Twilight saga, while also exposing listeners to new books, genres, and topics of interest to them as teen booklovers. Make sure you see our website for more info on how to subscribe, submit book reviews, and more!

In this episode...
• Excitement over the casting of the leads in the Twilight movie.
• Symbolism in Harry Potter. We conclude that the most important symbol is sock
• Discussion a review of Burned by Hellen Hopkins
• Penny For Your Thoughts On...should Bella become a vampire? Has your opinion changed when you were reading the different books?
• Ducks, how we put PotterCast on a stick, and Emily Shipping Est. 1998
• We would also like to apologize for the fact that for most of the podcast Emily's audio is about 2 seconds ahead of Caitlyn and Evelyn. This and the poor quality are just due to the fact that we don't know what we're doing yet when it comes to podcasting. However we hope you can enjoy it anyway!

Emily

iTunes Troubles

I'm sorry that we've been having trouble getting the link to work in iTunes. Please forgive me. As soon as I figure out how to work the thing in iTunes, I will post here.
Evelyn

Site Updates

Just wanted to jump on and say that there is now better support for email subscribers and you can also now subscribe in iTunes and ZenCast! I'm also testing out a new little cool looking scroll thing at the bottom of out homepage! make sure to visit the site to check it out!!

Emily