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Cumberland (1142 KP) created a post in The Smashbomb Book Club

May 27, 2019 (Updated May 29, 2019)  
Hello everyone! I am happy to announce that our first book will be Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Before you start reading please be aware of a few RULES.
We will start discussion on the 27th. In the mean time please do not post any spoilers.
This would be a fun time to post pictures of your book! We we also have a few other things going on in the orb so check back here if you want to stay updated. And now here is the description of this months book.


One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only she can change the course of the story that has changed her life forever.
This is INKHEART--a timeless tale about books, about imagination, about life. Dare to read it aloud.
  
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Eleanor (1463 KP) Jun 19, 2019

I've been holding onto mine.

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Cumberland (1142 KP) Jun 19, 2019

I would prefer that everyone holds off.

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