My younger brother mentioned Inkheart to me a while ago and when we were getting ready for our flight home to Austin in September, I brought it home with me. When we came home from D.C., I checked out The Thirteenth Tale, but nothing else, so when I finished it up, it was clear that a non-library book would need to be found for I have a lunch break that needs to be read through every day. Fortunately, this book was sitting on the vanity, just waiting to be picked up.
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
I really loved all the references to other books (from classics like Peter Pan to Roald Dahl’s The Witches). Why am I such a sucker for books that refer to other books?
Took me FOREVER to get into this one as well, but I did really enjoy it and the sequel.
Hmmm . . . I will have to try it. I usually give up if books take too long to pull me in. However, since it sounds like it does indeed pick up I will read it.
I really enjoyed this book – I haven’t read the second one — purly because it wasn’t out yet when I finished the first! 🙂 but a little side note — it took me even longer to realize her name was meggie! 🙂 (practically to the end of the book…)
Im reading Inkheart and I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t belive that Meggie’s dad can read things out of books!! a kid in my class always buga me because he wants to read it and we only have one copy of in my library which sucks a lot!!!!!!!!!!