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give the Da Vinci code a read Lin, some people hate it, it was an enjoyable read if you arent looking for fact, in any case its a pretty easy read you might just like it. (sounds like you talking about Bravheart all over again, BoP )
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08-18-2004, 12:48 PM | #1522 |
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Mm, I might do that when I get a bit further into the book .
Lin, give the Da Vinci code a try. It was an ok book imo, and I loved the anagrams and codes and things that the writer had included in it. I talked to a girl today who loved the book and we both tried to convince this Christian guy to read it, just for the fun of it (the writer is pretty mean to the Catholic church ). The guy is pretty biased towards the book after what he had read about it at Christian message boards but he said he'd give it a read. So um, since I talked him into reading it, I think you should read it too.
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08-18-2004, 12:50 PM | #1523 | |
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08-18-2004, 05:41 PM | #1524 |
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I'm about 50 pages from the end (I'm sick- nothing else to do...) and I'm enjoying it immensely. Sometimes I do want to reach through the page and throttle her with her own vanity 'though.... But I like Mr. Knightly better than Mr. Darcy.
Man, what do all you people find so great about Da Vinci Code??? *BoP doesn't get it* It's just a piece of fluff... If you want a decent read, then read anything by Umberto Eco - especially In the Name of the Rose. It does the church conspiracy MUCH better, IMO, and it's beautifully written.
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08-18-2004, 05:51 PM | #1525 |
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Okay, I might not bother with buying the Da Vinci code on the weekend like I planned and read it some vague time in the future.... The lack of fact in it will probably annoy me. Thanks guys.
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Yep, as soon as I'm done with A Game of Thrones (and possibly its sequels), Dune will be top priority Code books, Enigmas, Names of Roses, Games of Thrones and a desert planet called Dune... So many books, so little time
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Lieutant Hornblower by C.S. Forester--the movies got me hooked on Horatio! (thanks Val )
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08-19-2004, 05:56 PM | #1532 |
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Im feeling a bit highbrow this evening....I am going to read " Edvard Munch " by J.P.Hodin - if its rubbish at least I can look at the pictures !
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Horatio Hornblower and the Atropos (by C.S. Forester), no wait--i'm on ...and the Hotspur right now.
and the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
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08-23-2004, 04:30 PM | #1535 |
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A translation of Beowulf.
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08-27-2004, 11:07 AM | #1536 |
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Got started on a book called Castaways of the Flying Duthcman by Brian Jacques; figured I needed some light reading for a while
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08-27-2004, 11:40 AM | #1537 |
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the dune saga continues... just picked up chapterhouse
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08-27-2004, 06:07 PM | #1538 |
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Never could find any dune sequels at any store (yet). I think I did find a book called "Dune for Dummies" .
EDIT: My bad. It was "Middle-Earth for Dummies" .
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08-27-2004, 08:13 PM | #1539 |
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Just re-read the "Fionavar Tapestry" by Guy Gavriel Kay. I highly reccomend it...
Am now re-reading the Full Shannara series, by Terry Brooks. Also great.
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Just finished the Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Still thinking that one over. Really didn't see that ending coming at me.
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