Book #100 of 2017: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke An odd little story, focused on a pair of brothers in 21st-century Venice who run away from home to join a gang of thieving street urchins. As when I read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, I initially found it a little …
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Book #73 of 2017: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke (Inkworld #3) This was an okay adventure story, but it dragged a lot in the middle, and the returning characters felt nothing like the people they were in the first two books. This trilogy has really offered diminishing returns as it went along, so as much as …
Book #22 of 2017: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Inkworld #2) I have mixed feelings on this one. Exploring the “Inkworld” that the characters in the previous story came from is a smart move on writer Cornelia Funke’s part, and I like that Meggie has grown as a character from the plucky kid in Inkheart to …
Book #8 of 2017: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Inkworld #1) Inkheart is that rare book that feels like coming home to an old favorite the very first time you read it. This story of a father and daughter who can bring to life characters from the books they read shares more than a little DNA …
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