false 28195 36 Just a few chapters into <i>Inkspell</i>, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy. Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy <i>Inkheart</i> so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (<i>Inkheart</i> being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in <i>Inkspell</i> that he had written a sequel to <i>Inkheart</i>.) <i>Inkspell</i> should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from <i>Inkheart</i> who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." <i>(Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes</i> 1567967 book 1 10 2005 Inkspell (Inkheart, Book 2) total:9981|5:3668|4:3584|3:2059|2:493|1:177| 9981 40016 14824 1462 1 12 false false Mon Dec 31 06:26:08 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 08:26:55 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 08:27:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 15 false true Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 21:44:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 08:54:26 -0700 2008
If she doesn't make it right in Ink...more...]]> 4 8 false true Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Nov 10 13:22:56 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 22 16:51:24 -0700 2009 loved it. Inkheart and Inkspell have become some of my favorite books.

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Before I do, though, I have to tell you, I loved the book over all. But I’m proba...more...]]> 5 2 false true Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 14:33:01 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 16:16:56 -0700 2008 InkHeart because Meggie, the protagonist of the story tries to save the inkworld and experience it for herself when she read herself and Farid into Dustfinger's story, InkHeart. They encounter many challeges and found ways to prevent Adderhead fr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 14:52:21 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 16:44:18 -0700 2008 1
Meggie and her father have a gift. They read characters in and out of stories with sometimes a ruinous consequence. In the second book of the trilogy, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Dec 19 17:39:07 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 20:56:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:55:36 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 08:58:50 -0800 2008 Inkheart, which is also one of my favourite books. It is pure fantasy, but is written so cleverly, you can believe every word of it, even when it seems kinda... surreal. I mean, the characters are captured, re-captured, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 04:14:26 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 04:29:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:39:17 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:44:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 10 16:02:06 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 14 06:49:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:30:22 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:30:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 02:53:58 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 02:53:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Jul 26 11:05:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:05:11 -0700 2009 Meggie, was not as bad as she was in the first one, so she improved a little. Farid, He was okay, but I mean Meggies 13 he doesn't need to be kissin her! But I did cry when he died. Dustfinger, I sort of liked him in the first but ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 07:32:27 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 07:41:37 -0700 2009
The book continues the story of Meggie and her family, and their unique relationship to the ...more...]]>