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Well everyone, last month, I have managed to finish reading a book that my sister, Michelle, and her boyfriend, Alex, got me for my birthday in August! The book is called Inkheart and written by Cornelia Funke and, I can tell you now, I'm as big a fan of it as I am of The Chronicles Of Narnia and Harry Potter! In case many of you have never read the book before, I won't spoil it for you because, lets face it, we all hate it when someone tells us the story in the books before we read it......it's a spoiler for me because it takes away the excitement of not knowing.
Even though I can't tell you about what the book contains, I'll just tell you enough to get you interested if you have never heard of it. The story is about a girl named Meggie and her father called Mo. Both Meggie and Mo love reading books, but Mo has never read aloud to Meggie since her mother disappeared years ago in a mysterious way. One night, a stranger shows up at their house and gives Mo a warning, which gives Mo no choice but to reveal a secret to Meggie, and it is that secret that will change their lives forever! Something happens when Mo reads aloud, see if you can guess what it is before Mo tells Meggie, that is, if you do read the story!
Inkheart is the first book in the Inkheart Trilogy and I have to say I really enjoyed every bit of the book. I enjoyed it so much, I rate it 5 stars on a scale from 1 to 5! The thing I love about my copy of Inkheart is that at the end of the main story, it contains two sneak preview chapters from the next book in the series, which is Inkspell and I can tell you now, after reading those two chapters, I want to get Inkspell very badly, I can't wait to read it! The third book in the Trilogy, Inkdeath, got released on Monday, October 6!
Hey, I almost forgot to mention that Inkheart has been made into a movie! How great is that? I can't wait to see it, I reckon it's going to be pretty good, but I don't think it'll be as good as the book. I think it's being released in January 2009 in the US, but I don't know about the UK or Australian release, I hope it'll be around the same time as the US release. If you'd like to see the trailer for the movie, head over to the Inkheart movie site and you'll find it there! You'll find other Inkheart related sites in my links bar at the side! I strongly recommend Inkheart and you can watch this space for my reviews of Inkspell and Inkdeath, the two remaining books in the series, which I just recently purchased!
