dangerous books (or not)

[lauradi7dw]

The new movie "Inkheart," which deals with what happens when characters or scenarios in books happen in real life, has gotten mostly negative reviews. I liked it. I had never heard of the book (or its author) before the movie was made, but there was a family of girls waiting in the ticket line who clearly had read the book, and a section of the film credits was devoted to naming the translators of the book into at least a dozen languages. Lots of nice scenery. Fake medieval/Renaissance costumes that looked better than in some history-based flicks. Over the top performance by Helen Mirren.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ruling about testing for lead in anything a child might use has had crafters and used clothing store people flipping out for a while, but apparently the law applies (or might) to books, as well. see
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/

Comments

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

Ah, Tintenherz. I listened to the audiobook in German and quite liked it. The concept was interesting, and the writing was at least adequate. Helen Mirren is in the movie; I'll watch it once no matter how bad it is.