In no particular order, here are my top ten movies, that are based on YA novels. These are movies I loved as movies, and not necessarily as an adaptation of the books. For example, I loved the movie Inkheart, but when comparing it to the book it falls short, as a movie itself it was … Continue reading Top Ten Movies Based on YA books
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AS I AM NOW CO-HOSTING EXPLORING MY BOOKS WITH ADDLEPATES AND BOOK NERDS, OUR TOPIC THIS WEEK IS Trilogies I feel as if trilogies have always been a great way to share a story, while still keeping it relatively short. While I have read numerous trilogies over the years, I only own the complete trilogy of a few. … Continue reading Exploring My Books: Trilogies
AS I AM NOW CO-HOSTING EXPLORING MY BOOKS WITH ADDLEPATES AND BOOK NERDS, OUR TOPIC THIS WEEK IS A Mythical Creature Dragons When faced with this week's prompt, the first creature that jumped to my mind was dragons! After thinking through all the books I own, I've found a few that have dragons in them. The first … Continue reading Exploring My Books: Dragons
AS I AM NOW CO-HOSTING EXPLORING MY BOOKS WITH ADDLEPATES AND BOOK NERDS, OUR TOPIC THIS WEEK IS Bookish Dad With Father's Day coming up on Sunday, this is the perfect opportunity to share my favorite book dad from my shelves! This prestigious honor goes to Mortimer "Mo" Folchart from the Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke. He is a … Continue reading Exploring My Books: Book Dad
To start off, sorry for the delay, I know Tuesday is almost over, but I've been super busy and I scratched my eye over the weekend, so my vision isn't perfect right now. I feel that it is natural for our feelings towards a particular subject matter to change and evolve over time as our … Continue reading Top Six Changed Feelings
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC FROM ADDLEPATES AND BOOKWORMS IS books you bought just to complete a set Unfortunately for my wallet, I like owning complete sets of series, even if I'm not particularly thrilled with the novels themselves. Honestly the only one of the books below that I actually read is Inkdeath, which I reviewed last Sunday. … Continue reading Exploring My Books: Completing a set
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke "CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COVERS OF A CURSED STORY . . . Ever since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the enchanted book Inkheart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical. The fire-eater Dustfinger is dead, having sacrificed his life for … Continue reading Inkdeath
As my wednesdays are empty, at least for my blogging schedule, I figured I would participate in Should Be Reading's meme, W...W...W...Wednesday. Some of you may be wondering what this stands for, well it is pretty simple. To participate you answer three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What … Continue reading W…W…W…Wednesday… April 29th
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to … Continue reading Inkspell
“Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly … Continue reading Quote
For the Love of Words 