FAVORITE: BOOKS: Ink heart

INK HEART


This book, was one of the few that was suggested by a friend of mine :)
And thanks to another friend he so kindly gave me a book :0 So I suppose I owe him

The series of Inkheart portrays a story about a girl name Maggie Folchart. She and her Father Mortimer, (she calls him mo) Live all alone after the loss of her mother which was still very unclear on how she "died".

Her life starts to change when the past of his Father's abilities begin to haunt him and appear at their doorstep. The appearance of "Dustfinger" that night was the beginning of it all. The stranger was let into their home, Meggie eavesdrops and thinks that Dustfinger/the stranger is warning Mo about something.

The next morning, Meggie is woken up by her father. He tells her that they are going to see her aunt Elinor. After breakfast, Meggie goes into her room to pack a few books to bring with her and discovers Inkheart, the book in brown paper binding, that her father refused to talk about. When Meggie grows irritated that her father insisted on keeping her in the dark, Dustfinger describes Capricorn as an evil sadist.

It turns out that Capricorn is after the last copy of Inkheart which is in possession of her Father. Along their stay at Elinor's her Father get's kidnapped and taken away to Capricorn's place. On her pursuit to rescue him, she learns of the magical abilities her father has. Which is that he can read things out of a book he reads. However, he does not have control over what goes in or out. One night, he reads a book called Inkheart to his wife, Resa. Mo accidentally reads Resa into Inkheart and reads characters out of Inkheart (Capricorn, Basta, Dustfinger).

Now that they have escaped, Elinor tracks down the author of Inkheart (Fenoglio) for Mo, who wants to see if he has any more copies of it. However, Fenoglio doesn't have a copy, his only copy was stolen. He is very interested to hear about Dustfinger, and says that he killed him off in the book . Meggie is horrified and so is Dustfinger.

Elinor returns home to her house only to find no books on their shelves; they are all trampled on the floor. She finds no books in her library at all, only a stone-dead rooster hanging from the ceiling: Capricorn's mark. She looks out of the single open window and finds a pile of ashes, the humble remains of her most prized books. She falls to her knees and weeps.

Meanwhile, Mo goes to the airport to pick Elinor up after she called him and told him the news. Meanwhile, Meggie and Fenoglio are accidentally betrayed by Pippo (Fenoglio's eldest grandson) and captured by Basta and Flatnose. As prisoner, Meggie discovers that she has the gift of reading characters out of books. Basta finds out when he sees Tinker bell and Capricorn decides to make her read out his "pet", The Shadow. Mo, Elinor, Farid and Dustfinger plan on saving Meggie. Meggie meanwhile finds a mute maid of Mortola's called Resa who she believes is her mother, apparently read out by Darius. With the help of Fenoglio's writing, Meggie reads out the Shadow and makes him kill Capricorn and most of his men, excluding Basta. However, unfortunately because of the exchanging rule, Fenoglio is read into Inkheart in place of the Shadow. Basta and Mortola escape.

FAVORITE: MOVIES: Secret of moonacre

Maria Merryweather's father is killed and his debts have caused the loss of all he owns- he leaves her nothing but an old book, "The Ancient Chronicles of Moonacre Valley." The book details the life of the Moon Princess, a woman so beautiful and pure the moon itself blessed her with power, a set of magical pearls. On her wedding day, she receives a unicorn from her husband-to-be, and her father gives him a rare black lion, after which, she reveals the pearls to her family (The De Noirs) and her bridegrooms family (The Merryweathers), who have lived together for years.

It is revealed that her mother died when she was young, and she and her governess, Mrs Heliotrope, are sent to live with her uncle, her father's older brother, Sir Benjamin Merryweather who lives at Moonacre Manor. On the journey, they are attacked by bandits, and soon after meet Sir Benjamin, a seemingly bad tempered, irritable man, who tells her almost all of the house is off limits to her and warns her never to go into the woods. He also takes the book from her. As time passes, she begins to notice that her new residence is home to many strange, fantastical events. Food and clothing are left in her room seemingly by magic, a piano plays itself, and even though there is no kitchen, there is always food on the dining room table. Each night a star falls from the sky and a mysterious picture appears outside her room. Each day, her uncle has the picture removed.

One morning, Maria's uncle takes her horse riding. She spots a rabbit in distress and follows it into the woods in an effort to help it. Bandits find Maria while she is in the forest and pursue her. Maria recognizes them as being from the family De Noir and the same bandits who attacked her on a previous journey; she also recalls her uncle's warning concerning the De Noirs. She is saved from the bandits by her uncle's dog, Wrolf, a demonic seeming creature. After their escape, Maria asks him about the numerous strange events but he shocks her by telling her angrily to stop asking questions. Despite his efforts to hide his tears, Maria notices her uncle crying as he rebukes her.

Her uncle tries to leave Maria behind, but Maria chases after her uncle's dog. She stumbles upon the kitchen and finds in it the seemingly magical chef who has been leaving the food in her room and who calls her "Little Princess". He tells her of a book that contains all the secret passages at Moonacre, but it is hidden in the library, a place she is forbidden to go. Finding the book again, she discovers that both the Moon Princess' father and her bridegroom were corrupted by the power of the pearls, and betrayed, she cursed them all, proclaiming that one day a "Pure heart" would return, and if she is not "Heard" by the 5000th moon, the Valley would be plunged into darkness. The moon pearls vanished that day, and she realises that the story is true. She asks the chef, who tells her that both families are blinded by pride, and only a true moon princess can break the curse, by returning the pearls to the sea and reuniting the families. He also tells her about a little white horse, invisible to all but a true princess, who would protect her, but she doesn't believe him. She works out she has till the next moon to set things right.

The next morning, she attempts to run away, but hears a voice calling to her. Following it, she finds a mysterious woman named Loveday, living in a cave with many animals. Loveday is the person who has been leaving the dresses in her room. She reveals that if the pearls are not returned to the sea, the moons will crash into the valley, killing everyone. She and the woman discuss plans, and Maria is told angrily never to speak of her uncle Benjamin to Loveday. Maria soon realises that each family has one part of the pearls- the Merryweathers have the key and the de Noirs have the casket. Maria finds the key in the bookmark of the Chronicles, and sneaks into the de Noir fortress to retrieve the casket. However, she finds they don't have the pearls, and is imprisoned beneath the fortress. However, she escapes, by using her dress as a decoy, and lost in the woods, is found by her uncle's dog. Her uncles is furious, and refuses to listen to her, but apologises to her later that evening.

Loveday appears in her room the next morning, giving her a dress belonging to the first moon princess. Maria persuades her to come downstairs, and the piano plays as if in recognition. Loveday begins to play, and Maria joins her, but soon notices a mirror, showing her Uncle and Loveday dancing to the same music. In the mirror, she reveals to Benjamin that she is a de Noir, and Benjamin becomes enraged, believing she tricked him to look for the pearls. Back outside the mirror, she talks to Loveday about what she saw, and becoming angered at the pride of both her uncle and Loveday, tells her that Pride is the real curse.

Upstairs, looking at the picture, she realises that it points the way to the pearls. The chef suggests she asks Robin, de Noir's son, and when she refuses points out that she has plenty of pride herself, causing her to think again. When leaving, she gives the servant letters addressed to Loveday and Benjamin, telling them to meet in the house.

Trapping Robin, and after much persuasion, she convinces him to help her find the tree. As Robin is creating a false trail, Maria notices that he is keeping her ribbon in his pocket, and there is some gentle flirting between them. Meanwhile, Bejamin and Loveday meet, quickly realise what Maria has done, and follow her with Miss Heliotrope, using Chef's superior sense of smell. On the trip, Benjamin and Loveday's relationship slowly begins to repair itself.

Robin is captured near the tree, and Wrolf is trapped in a pit. Maria runs, finding the unicorn, and the chief. De Noir vows to catch her himself, calling his son and daughter (as Loveday is revealed to be) traitors. At the tree, De Noir finds her, and Robin escapes to help her, releasing her from his father, and running to the place where it all began, but Wrolf appears to be killed.

After they arrive, soon followed by her Uncle and Loveday, Maria attempts to get Benjamin and de Noir to sacrifice their pride, but neither can do it. Attempting to return the pearls to the sea and failing, she realises she must sacrifice herself if they are to sacrifice their pride, and throws herself into the ocean.

The moon accepts her offering, and Maria herself is rescued by a unicorn. Wrolf is restored to life, but as the giant black lion, restoring the magic to Moonacre. A De Noir attempts to kill Maria, but she is saved by Mrs Heliotrope. Benjamin proposes to Loveday again, and she accepts. Mrs Heliotrope is also proposed to by Digweed, Benjamin's servant, and also accepts. And Robin attempts, unconvincingly, to deny having been frightened when Maria had sacrificed herself

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Moonacre

FAVORITE: MOVIES: To Save a Life

To save a Life must be hard isn't it?

To save a life tells a story about Jake Taylor. He was the guy who had everything anyone could ever want, He's got popularity, A scholarship for basketball, and a hot girlfriend.

What more can there be??

Jake Taylor had an old friend Roger Dawson. He was no one by people's book. This guy, was all alone. He had a feeling like no one cares about him, like no one knows about his existence and ; one day he decided to commit suicide in the school halls in front of the other students to make himself known. Jake Taylor tried to stop him right at that moment but he couldn't convince him otherwise. Roger Dawson died from a shot in the head by his own hand. The saddest part was that Jake Taylor knew about this, knew that he existed. Yet, he didn't do anything. And that's what struck him most. He didn't do anything to stop it.

For week end week out, he has been thinking about Roger Dawson's death. And it has been consuming him entirely. People are starting to get frustrated with him and so is he. Then one day, a youth pastor comes and invites him to a youth group at a church. He asks Taylor Jake to try it out.

From then on out, Taylor Jake Looks for the next victim who might suffer the same fate as Roger and he notices this lone Kid at school. He starts to try and reach out to him, asking him things like if he ever felt like doing the same thing Roger did. For the next few days, he starts to Try and befriend this person. Starting to go to church and taking/inviting the lone kid as well. He starts reaching out to the other geeks and loners where at lunch time, they would gather. And he is noticing the changes in all of them.

While all of this is happening, problems in Jake Taylor's Life begin to be taken seriously and noticed. His father is cheating on his mother, and his girlfriend is PREGNANT!!! And his friends ridicule him for hanging out with losers and becoming "christian" And as Everything begins to fall apart, the school finds out about his girlfriend's pregnancy. In the midst of it all the geeks and losers that gather during lunch start going their own separate ways. And the loner like Roger, is on his own again silencing everyone out of his life once more.

Up to this point :D im not gonna say anything about the end. You go watch it yourself. Its a really moving movie and Opened up my eyes to try and reach out to those people who need you at school ;)