Saturday, January 23, 2010

Inkspell, a novel by Cornelia Funke

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinkingof the extraordinary events of Inkheart, and the story whosecharacters strode out of the pages, and changed her life for ever.But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words,the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a crookedstoryteller with the magical ability to read him back, he sets inmotion a dangerous reversal that sees the characters of Inkhearttransported to a charmed Inkworld, about to be fought over by rivalrebels and princes.
It’s still the same with the first book. Each chapter, it is completed by a quotes from famouse novels. Tom Sawyer, The Subtle Knife, The Wizard of Oz, etc.

Funke’s book is told about books. Books are not only words but have something that can make you traveling and imagining. In here, books are the most important thing. Elinor had a jar full of ashes of her books burned by Basta, beside her bed. I know, that’s too much.

I love books but not like her and other protagonists treat books. I place my books on bookshelves. I wrap some of them with plastic cover. I try not to open too wide when I read one of them, avoiding it broken. Just that. I don’t place my books inside a box and take it wherever I go.

Inside this story, imagination rules.

The very annoying person in this book is Fenoglio. He played as God in his own creation book. He twisted the story, he brought back Cosimo from dead, he caused so many innocent people in dangerous condition. I hate him.

Friday, January 08, 2010

Top Ten Matching Couples 2009


Teenlit or chicklit (and fantasy) have their place in the readers’ heart. It’s has romantic sequences. That’s the main reason. If the main characters have something (strong chemistry, good personality, good appearance, power), readers will always remember them. I like it when the main characters are together, no matter what conditions they were on. Below is my ten matching couples 2009.

Here is the list:

1. Maximum Ride - Fang in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

2. Sadira - Hassya in Aerial

3. Ishida Keiko - Nishimura Kazuto in Winter in Tokyo

4. Emma Corrigan - Jack Harper in Can You Kee a Secret?

5. Sophy Metcalfe - Josh Carmichael in Asking for Trouble

6. Rahmania Utoyo - Takeo Fujita in to Tokyo to Love

7. Susanna Wilding - Lloyd Rockwell in Perfect Stranger

8. Percy Jackson - Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

9. Wanda - Ian O'Shea in The Host

10.Nicko Heap - Snorri Snorrelssn in Septimus Heap: Physik

Top Ten Stuck-in-My-Head Annoying Characters 2009


Story won’t be interesting if there are no bad people. No matter how happy ending they are, it’s useless if all the characters are on "white" area. Readers wanna know the conflicts between them. Readers need to feel their fights to reach the goal. To get that, antagonists are needed. But sometimes, even the protagonists look like the bad guy. They can be so charming or on the average, too. They’’re stepping on the "gray zone" so that s/he can trick my mind. Below is my ten stuck-in-my-head annoying characters of 2009.

Here is the list:
1. Queen Etheldredda in Septimus Heap: Physik
2. Luke Castellan in Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Simon Heap in Septimus Heap: Flyte
4. Sheri Crystal in Perfect Strangers
5. Roland in Nocturnal
6. Rebecca Greenhall in Love Trainer
7. Nick Bianco in Perfect Strangers
8. Prince Nicolo Thierry Ferdinand Ignazio Alfonso Roberto Paolo Tadero Giovanni Bourbon-Parma in Reality TV Bites
9. Byron in The Wish List
10. Karina Latulo in to Tokyo to Love

Sunday, January 03, 2010

The Subtle Knife, a novel by Philip Pullman


Will is 12 years old and he's just killed a man. Determined to discover the truth about his father's disappearance, he steps through a window into another world. There, he meets a girl called Lyra who, like himself, is on a mission.

It’s a very, very difficult book to understand. Though, has difficult theme. Religion, physics, archaeology, politics and global warming. All aspects in one book and make me fuzzy. It has deep meaning and phew, I have to read it slowly to get it done. A child holds the connection of all worlds and she has task to save those. I can feel the burden myself.

The book has sensitive theme here and no wonder the first book is banned. I understand why they do that. I think this is not good for children eventhough the main character is a child. She is 12 years old with consciousness and thought of an adult. Inapropriate for children reading it.

Friday, January 01, 2010

Top Five Compromising Sequels 2009


Reading series of a book is exciting. I can explore the story and the characters deeper than one-stand novel. But not all sequels better than their origins. Usually, the first one is a homerun. Below is my five compromising sequels 2009.

Here is the list:

1.
Brisingr, sequel to 2 books of The Inheritance Cycle
2.
The Last Battle, sequel to 6 books of Chronicles of Narnia
3.
Breaking Dawn, sequel to 2 book of Twilight Sagas
4. Sons of Destiny, sequel to 11 books of The Saga of Darren Shan
5.
D’Angel: princess, sequel to 2 books of D’Angel Series