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Man I need to update this again. I'll try and get to it in the next week or so. Suzanna - we actually only need the top 5 choices, the possibilites would be too difficult to cope with if I had to account for 20 titles per person Is it okay to use the top 5 on that list, or do you want to pick 5? There's no rush, I won't be updating for a few days.

I'm a little confused by this thread. The first post actually seems to be a review, but the title and the remaining posts suggest that it's about finding the longest book title. Perhaps Pablo could clear this up for me?

I actually got a look at this book, a guy I know has it out of the library. Man, it's weird! Theres pages with only one or two words on, or what looks like mirror writing and things - and IT'S HUGE! I still want it, but it looks quite daunting!

I love the little creatures! The fire elves, blue fairies and the water nymphs. She doesn't explain WHY anything is the way it is, just states it matter-of-factly, and she draws so much on typical fairytale creatures (fairies, brownies, elves that are small and not gorgeous like Arwen and Legolas etc) that it's much easier to believe. It's actually written very much in the style of an old fashioned fairytale, isn't it? Up to over 200 pages now.

Okay, so, I'm delighted I decided to go this way about things. I couldn't have stuck reading Inkheart again (as I've restarted and nearly completed it twice in the last year, and I hate overreading things) but I've read 180 pages of Inkspell already. Nearly a third of the way through! Which is great. I think I got about halfway last time, but I've forgotten what happens and am only recalling bits as I read them. I know it's a translation from German, but I really do think they're beautifully written books. The worlds seem so real - I have an image in my head of Fenoglio's room in Minerva's house, with fairy nests and a window looking down into narrow cobbled streets. Little details like seeing a rubbish collecter wheeling a barrow around and getting stuck between buildings with it - add an amazing air of realism. Maybe it's because the characters in Inkheart became so real in our world, that when placed back in the Inkworld they add their realism to it. But the descriptions are great. I remember when I was about 15, reading Inkheart the first time, I drew scenes from the book, mostly ones with Dustfinger as I loved him. I still have my drawings, and it's funny how like Paul Bettany they look. It's very rare a book (or series) conjours solid locations and appearances in my head. I'm rambling. Man I love these books.

Yup. Now you have to go and watch the movie, coz that's almost better in a way!

Yay! Glad you liked it. The bit I love is

I'm a fire-eater, making my way back to civilisation and a home I've missed for 10 years

I haven't actually seen any movie covers, but I like original covers anyway. In some cases, if a movie cover was really good, I might buy it to have both But I like the original Twilight covers. My biggest problem with the first couple is that apparently Stephanie had very little say in their design, so they basically have no meaning, which I don't really like. But I guess at least they're pretty.

Yeah, I never posted my thoughts either actually. It's a superb book. My review can be found here

I've just read a synopsis of Inkheart, and read the final couple of chapters again. Finally going to make a start on Inkspell again Last time I did, was about 17, and I didn't get far. Probably because that was around when I stopped reading, and because I knew I'd be waiting a couple of years for the third part. Now I have the third part, off I go!

You dont' know anything about book 3 so? Ooh you're in for a treat

I haven't read book two yet, and my major problem is that I keep starting with book one again, and I lose interest coz I've read it so much. So I think what I'll do this time read an in-depth synopsis of the first to refresh my memory, and just get into book two. Although, I did know that that happened Ben - that's what I love about Cornelia Funke. She SAID in Inkheart that's what would happen. That's how the story was written, even if how it comes about changes. Course, I also know what happens in book three.

Well, I just imagine Paul Bettany while I'm reading it. I like that he's not black and white. Meggie is good. Mo is good. Elinor is a snob but comic relief and she's good. Capricorn is bad. Basta is bad. The Shadow is bad. What is Dustfinger? Neither good nor bad, just a man doing anything he can to get home. That's why I love him.

I didn't! I have to go see it now tho I have no interest.

Bahaha. Goodnight Charm! xxx

I know, I was just pointing out it's not a horror, and it's not about a giant rabbit. It's about philosophical theories.

Charm, Donnie Darko is basically about tangent universes, a weird kid who gets caught in one, and the movie is about him working out that the world is going to end, and how he is to fix it. It's a dark philosophical venture. And it's epic. The rabbit is frank, the 'messenger', if you will, who helps Donnie understand what he needs to do to fix the timeline.

Yeah it's about Samantha Darko.

Screw you, Tom.