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A grey, rainy bastille day, I might as well eat croissants and finish my book :)

Afternoon reading spot

It‘s also a really nice book but the first one was better.

I kept thinking I only had Inkheart and meant to get book 2. The joke is on me because I realized last night I already have book 2. Oops! Book hoarder problems. I enjoyed the movie version of Inkheart (2008) even though it was a bit different. Probably because Brendan Fraiser was in it. Actually it has a pretty great cast all around. #tbrpile

That‘s book 27 of 2020 done.

I enjoyed this one better than the first book and am interested to know how the series ends but it‘s not a favorite.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2020

Snakes by Bastille

Books about/featuring snakes in the story or on the cover.

One of my currently reading featuring a snake on the cover. My guess from reading the first book is that this snake will show up in the story at some point but I‘ll have to continue reading to find out.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2020 #btbjuly20

Summary: Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life— and changed her life forever

Genre: Fantasy
Author: Cornelia Funke
Date Started: Monday, November 11, 2019.
Date Finished: Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
Why I chose this book: I was also told about the book and thought it would be a nice book to read.

Some more #inktober

#inktober2019

#inktober #inktober2019

Late start for #inktober2019 but the important thing is doing art. I thought of a magician conjuring a ring of magic

#inktober

I‘ve seen a lot of open invitations so I‘m joining in the fun. 🤗

#7covers7days #covercrush

📷: Google because my copy is in storage 👎🏼

Finished! 456 pages read in this today, and about a dozen in the Hazel Wood #summersendreadathon

Post-dinner update! I‘ve been reading so much today my eyes are starting to hurt a little, but it‘s okay bc I love this book! #summersendreadathon

Update for #summersendreadathon! I think I‘m making pretty good progress so far @Clwojick

I'd almost forgotten that I'd found the first one slow at times & just remembered that it eventually became really charming. This was similar. Some parts dragged forever, but still I wanted to know what would happen next. I still enjoyed Dustfinger, Mo, & Elinor, but found Farid & Fenoglio absolutely impossible at times. They never thought about consequences of their actions! But I continue to love the idea of a book about loving books & words.

Week 3 Check-in: I'm doing this late b/c I was finishing the tagged book tonight. Thanks to a lot of dancing to BSB last night, I'm at 180 min. of activity - a full hour extra! I've read 4/8 books so I'm right on track for the halfway point. For the optional challenge, I'm including Anne of Green Gables, which isn't specifically a motivational text, but I realized this year that I find it really inspirational in its messages of hope & love.

So far, I'm at 80/120 minutes of exercise this week, and starting to get my food back on track after 4th of July weekend. I hope to be finished with 2 more books by the end of the week too! Good start to #BFCr2 Week 3!
@wanderinglynn
@Crazyspine, @laurar311, @WriterAtHeart,
@mc916, @Honeybeegirl, @BookishBelle, @BookBridget, @Econaghan
#BookFitnessChallenge

Tonight's 30 minutes completes my 2 hours of exercise for #BFCr2! And I'm nearly halfway through book 3 of 8. Doing okay, I think! 👍💪🏻

@wanderinglynn
@Crazyspine, @laurar311, @WriterAtHeart,
@mc916, @Honeybeegirl, @BookishBelle, @BookBridget, @Econaghan
#BookFitnessChallenge

A thunderstorm and a full brain mean mint tea and a quick chapter.

July's TBR looks packed, but isn't that what summer breaks are for? #JulyTBR

1/5⭐ Slooooow. The narration was very much: "Something minor happens, like a butterfly flying past...or did it?" *long philosophical inner character thoughts & entire background explanations for their current emotions* I don't think there was any consistency in how the book/real world connection works. I didn't care for Brendan Fraser's audio narration. His speed varied greatly, making it difficult to understand, and he emphasized words strangely.

All of these I have lined up to read soon. But I can't decide which to read NOW. 😕
What do you think?

Finally got round to finish it. It‘s a really good book with a very good sense of character development. Many frustrating characters like Orpheus and Feneglio but the Black Prince and Dustfinger make up for their arrogance. I‘m excited to start reading the next one!

As you can see by the Sunshine sticker on the front cover, this was my most read novel as a young reader. After doing my book boost about this F novel, I decided to read it again, and WOW. I forgot captivated I get into this book, and I also picked up on hundreds of new details. Using my teacher hat, imagining using this book as an IR or a LC in my classroom would be amazing! I also did some research this time around while reading.

#quotsymar19 #pretend

So far, it‘s really good. A really interesting story to read a book in a book! Can definitely see the character development from the original characters, just hoping that the plot doesn‘t get too lost.

Had to put it on stand by for now as I‘m reading a book for a book club but will get back to it when I can

Excited to start book two of the series! I may purposefully take this one slow, to give book three time to arrive.

#quotsyoct18 #different

Mo‘s magical reading ability and steadfast devotion to his family makes him my #favoritewitchorwizard #newhogwartsadventure

popped up on my Facebook memories from 2 years ago. wish I was at the beach today. This was a reread if one of my all time fave trilogies

#beachreads
#faveauthor

“You know, I think that a book always keeps something of its owners between its pages.” ~ Inkspell - Cornelia Funke

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#bookquotes #bibliophilequotes #fantasy

I‘ve had the urge over the last few days to return to this old favorite from my young reader years 🙂 It‘s one of my literary happy places, and doesn‘t it have the loveliest cover? 😍🖌📖

I just finished this and can't wait to read the third. I'm listening on audiobook, but bought these lovely used hardcovers for my shelf.

I had never seen this edition but it's gorgeous!!

I started the first book in this series (Tintenherz/Inkheart) more than ten years ago but for some reason I bailed on it. Just after Christmas I finally picked it up again and I'm now on book two. Even though the story did not (yet) manage to captivate me quite as much as I hoped it would, I'm really glad I gave it a second chance because it is so imaginative and beautifully written.

#currentlyreading #CorneliaFunke #germanbooks #ya #Tintenblut

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Aus dunklem Wald kommt Hoffnung hell,
die Fürsten tut's verbittern.
Sein Haar ist schwarz wie Maulwurfsfell,
er lässt sie Mächt'gen zittern.

This book was quite a lot slower than Inkheart, so it took me a lot longer to get through it. The plot was again really strong, and I loved the World of Ink, but I felt it lacked a lot of character development.

This is a recent acquisition that is #blue - the snake on the cover, in particular. I found it at Recycled Reads during one of my monthly visits. I need the other two in the series so I can give them to my friend for her kids. I was excited by its great condition! #30daysofreadathon

Love when a fantasy book has a map in of the its world/land.
Anyone else?

#maps #somewhereelse #inkspell #cornellafunke #commutingbibliophile #trainreads

#currentlyreading Inkspell ✨

The fingers of a good book #booktattoo

Cheering on all the #readathon participants!! 🎉🎉I had to work all day, so I wasn't able to take part, but it looks like everyone has read some fantastic books! And so my TBR pile grows! 😉📚Reading until I fall asleep...😴

I read Inkheart and loved it so I started this one and never finished it, it was pretty bland.