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 Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:39 pm
yalie5 tamcharles Well the last book that I finished reading (for leisure not school) was Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Gross historical inaccuracies notwithstanding, I found that Brown was able to deliver his story both convincingly and interestingly. I especially liked his intensive use of metaphores, symbolism, anagrams and the like (my oddball knowledge of useless trivia and historical facts paid off). One thing of note, his portrayal of Catholicism isn't very flattering and coming from a childhood of Catholic-school teachings I was appalled at Brown's unrestrained creativity. However all things considered, this book was written as a fiction and as a story, I would really recommend it to others should they have the time to read it. Lengthwise it's not too long, it took me about 3-4 hours to sit down and finish it in one go... I think most of you would enjoy it. the da vinci code and angels and demons were really good... but I was diasappoineted with digital fortress. Perhaps I'll pick them up over the coming summer. However, I have already skimmed through Angels and Demons and I'm under the impression that Brown is a formula writer. Any ideas on that?
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:27 am
i'm reading "The Sign of Four", it's the second book in the Sherlock Holmes series.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:31 pm
tamcharles yalie5 tamcharles Well the last book that I finished reading (for leisure not school) was Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Gross historical inaccuracies notwithstanding, I found that Brown was able to deliver his story both convincingly and interestingly. I especially liked his intensive use of metaphores, symbolism, anagrams and the like (my oddball knowledge of useless trivia and historical facts paid off). One thing of note, his portrayal of Catholicism isn't very flattering and coming from a childhood of Catholic-school teachings I was appalled at Brown's unrestrained creativity. However all things considered, this book was written as a fiction and as a story, I would really recommend it to others should they have the time to read it. Lengthwise it's not too long, it took me about 3-4 hours to sit down and finish it in one go... I think most of you would enjoy it. the da vinci code and angels and demons were really good... but I was diasappoineted with digital fortress. Perhaps I'll pick them up over the coming summer. However, I have already skimmed through Angels and Demons and I'm under the impression that Brown is a formula writer. Any ideas on that? Of all the Dan Brown books I have read the book starts out with someone dying and a phone call in the night so ya.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:32 pm
Darkaznstargoddess draven_heart Darkaznstargoddess draven_heart Darkaznstargoddess ^^;
I'm not much of a traditional novel reader.
I preffer graphic novels aka Mangas.
Right now I've been reading Celestial Legend Ceres: Monster Of course Manga counts smile . I started 'Celestial Legend' not to long ago. um..a week? I only have the first one right now. I was going to go get the second and perhaps more but my book store doesn't have them and i don't want to go across town to the comic store, so im waiting it out. Chapters, Coles and Comics North.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:20 pm
tamcharles yalie5 tamcharles Well the last book that I finished reading (for leisure not school) was Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Gross historical inaccuracies notwithstanding, I found that Brown was able to deliver his story both convincingly and interestingly. I especially liked his intensive use of metaphores, symbolism, anagrams and the like (my oddball knowledge of useless trivia and historical facts paid off). One thing of note, his portrayal of Catholicism isn't very flattering and coming from a childhood of Catholic-school teachings I was appalled at Brown's unrestrained creativity. However all things considered, this book was written as a fiction and as a story, I would really recommend it to others should they have the time to read it. Lengthwise it's not too long, it took me about 3-4 hours to sit down and finish it in one go... I think most of you would enjoy it. the da vinci code and angels and demons were really good... but I was diasappoineted with digital fortress. Perhaps I'll pick them up over the coming summer. However, I have already skimmed through Angels and Demons and I'm under the impression that Brown is a formula writer. Any ideas on that? You'd think that, but not really. I've only read three of them... oh wait... yeah he kinda is. But at least he's got good research... and a more realistic approach to killing people and his science is pretty ahead... you should visit his website. They also have excerpts from some of his books. Did i mention he liked to kill off the characters? Really... Most of the main characters in his books are usually dead in the end... I think he usually leave two alive, a guy and a girl.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:40 am
Anyone? 'Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan?
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:04 pm
currently reading a book on king arthur, it's called "winter king".
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:06 pm
Currently reading inherit the wind in english. Thought I'm starting to read Appare Jipangu.
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Darkaznstargoddess Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:27 am
just started reading across the nightingale floor... thrid novel this week... or was it fourth? can't remember...lol i'm crazy... crap haven't done any of my homework.=p
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:11 pm
currently reading...my sociology textbok sweatdrop for my finals stare ...i haven't read a book for fun since summer holidays last year crying
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:36 pm
fiwa currently reading...my sociology textbok sweatdrop for my finals stare ...i haven't read a book for fun since summer holidays last year crying really? text books can be very intresting... sometimes i read my history textbook for fun... lol...^^ oh... that is so sad you haven't read a book for fun since holidays...
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:20 am
yalie5 fiwa currently reading...my sociology textbok sweatdrop for my finals stare ...i haven't read a book for fun since summer holidays last year crying really? text books can be very intresting... sometimes i read my history textbook for fun... lol...^^ oh... that is so sad you haven't read a book for fun since holidays... i have to finish reading "the merchant of venice" for english during the holidays... stare
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:52 pm
cold_blooded_chick yalie5 fiwa currently reading...my sociology textbok sweatdrop for my finals stare ...i haven't read a book for fun since summer holidays last year crying really? text books can be very intresting... sometimes i read my history textbook for fun... lol...^^ oh... that is so sad you haven't read a book for fun since holidays... i have to finish reading "the merchant of venice" for english during the holidays... stare oohh... was that shakespeare? I think it was... i'm on king lear...trying to survive that is not bad but the class is going too slow. ^^
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:47 pm
cold_blooded_chick yalie5 fiwa currently reading...my sociology textbok sweatdrop for my finals stare ...i haven't read a book for fun since summer holidays last year crying really? text books can be very intresting... sometimes i read my history textbook for fun... lol...^^ oh... that is so sad you haven't read a book for fun since holidays... i have to finish reading "the merchant of venice" for english during the holidays... stare I did 'The Merchant of Venice' for English last semester it was okay, im just glad we didn't do any of the boring stuff like the historical ones.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:43 pm
I am now reading flight of the raven ^^
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