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Twelve year old Meggie lives with her father, Mo, a bookbinder. Books have always been a huge part of her life; treasures that will share their stories and secrets with anyone will to take the time to read them. But Meggie had to teach herself to read as her father has never read aloud to her and swears he never will.
Meggie has never thought this to be unusual, until a strange man named Dustfinger comes to their door, wanting to know about a particular book. A book that Mo has never mentioned t ...more
Meggie has never thought this to be unusual, until a strange man named Dustfinger comes to their door, wanting to know about a particular book. A book that Mo has never mentioned t ...more
Fabulous book. Well paced, wonderfully full characters, and a very unusual plot line. A young girl discovers her father has the ability to read characters out of books and read people into them. However, he has no control over who he reads in and out. So several purely evil characters from a book try to control him and all copies of the book they are from. But the girl and father get help from a book loving aunt, a couple characters from books, and an author. The plot keeps you guessing as you f
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I really liked the idea of this book, but somehow it felt like it dragged. I wasn't particularly captured by any of the characters, and I didn't feel drawn back to the book when I set it down. It was just too easy to leave alone for it to be four stars. Still, I did enjoy parts of it, so 3 stars it is.
I'll probably read the next book, but it likely won't be anytime in the near future. ...more
I'll probably read the next book, but it likely won't be anytime in the near future. ...more
What could be better than a book about books? This book seems to capture my love of reading in its pages. It's one of those books I can always come back to, and it will always have me putting off everything else in life in order to read it.
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I am always on the lookout for good fantasy novels from original authors even if they are juveniles.
This was a good read but maybe its better for the younger set.
This was a good read but maybe its better for the younger set.
Feb 02, 2009
Jan
marked it as to-read
Feb 03, 2009
Shellie (Layers of Thought)
marked it as to-read
Apr 03, 2009
Libby
marked it as to-read
Aug 29, 2009
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
