Cornelia Funke

Who Should see 'New Moon'?

Parents whose children were too young to catch the first wave of "Twilight" hysteria might have noticed that there's a " New Moon " rising Friday, and it's taking with it a new generation of "Twilight" fans , particularly girls...

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ALA!

I am back, yo!5 days in D.C., many fabulous conference sessions, author signings, and super cool freebies later, I have returned home. ALA was super cool, even though it was also Super Exhausting. That convention center is big,...

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Santa Monica Dragon

Dr. Tim Katzen, puts the final touches on his “Santa Monica Dragon” during the McKinley Halloween Harvest Festival on Friday, October 30, 2009. After 17,520 hours of badly needed slumber, the famous “Santa Monica Dragon”...

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Rejuvenated or infantilized? - the debate over cross-over books

Hamburg - It is increasingly becoming regarded as cool and youthful for an over 40-year-old to read a fantasy novel aimed at the teenager market. Whether it is the vampire Edward in the Stephanie Meyers series or the Inkworld...

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DVD: 'Inkheart'

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) This colorful, vivacious adaptation of Cornelia Funke's illustrated novel stars Brendan Fraser as a "silvertongue," someone whose reading of a book brings the characters into his world, but also...

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The Inkworld Trilogy

The Inkworld Trilogy is a German children's book series by Cornelia Funke. It consists of Tintenherz (Inkheart), Tintenblut (literally "Inkblood", but translated as Inkspell for the English version), and Tintentod (Inkdeath)....

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Plot and scheme to race your tribe home

ARUP KAVAN Possibly inspired by Tolkien’s magnificent world, buoyed by the popularity of the on-screen saga, Dr. Wood proudly brings us ‘Tribe’. Trying almost too hard, the context-setting story involves four tribes who gather...

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main leaky site problem

hey...when I try to go to the main leaky site, it takes me to a literal news-like page where it just says the leaky cauldron at the top then it has all the news down below...there is no graphics or designs or pictures or...

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Disturbing and Wonderful Book

Ian McEwan is one of my absolute favorite writers. I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend Atonement , Amsterdam and Saturday ; and now I can recommend another of his books -- a short novel entitled The Cement Garden . The...

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TBR Challenge Complete!

Thanks, Jenn for hosting again! I really, really wanted to get to these books, and this challenge helped so much with that. I’m backlogged on reviews but will get caught up eventually. I enjoyed every single one of the books I...

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