The Pen and Inkpot

I am a hungry bookworm who is constantly hunting for new, delicious books to devour. Up until quite recently, I've had trouble finding the right books and good opinions on them. Since I discovered "Goodreads", an app and a website ,( https://www.goodreads.com) most of those problems have been solved.  "Goodreads" is an online site with thousands of reviews, ratings and recommendations on books. Any books can be searched and marked as "read", "to read" or "currently reading". If a book is marked as "currently reading" there is a option of entering the page number that you're on and the percentage of progress through the book will be shown. With each book comes its blurb, information on the author, a rating out of five stars based on heaps of personal ratings, and finally, many comments and reviews from other readers.  One of my favourite things about "Goodreads" is the fact that there are so many revi

Wow, I'm so proud of myself! I finished reading Inkheart which is quite a long but still very gripping book. So I thought that I might quickly tell you a bit about it. Inkheart begins with Meggie and her father, Mo. Mo is a bookbinder but hasn't read aloud to Meggie since she was quite small and her mother mysteriously disappeared. Meggie never really questioned why he never read to her, until Dustfinger arrived. Dustfinger is a mysterious fire eater who convinces Mo to take Meggie and move from their house to an aunt of Meggie's lost mother. Aunt Elinor is of no particular interest. She is a book lover and collector, but soon she discovers that there is no book more wanted than Inkheart!  Now I can't tell you much more about the story without spoiling  half the surprising twists and turns of the plot, but I will tell you this. Normally, I struggle to complete long books because it takes too long for me to find out how the story ends. Inkheart wasn't at all