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I'm reading the Da Vinci Code and I'm rolling on the floor laughing every five minutes or so. It's obvious this guy has never set foot in Paris when he describes the city and the different places he goes to... Having worked both at the Louvre and the Orsay Museum, I can tell you that the whole beginning is just bullcrap LOL

For example, in the first chapter, there's no way a car can drive in the Jardin des Tuileries (you have to go around it) and you can't see the Louvre lobby from the outside of the pyramid... And of course, the Louvre never had that nifty security system they describe in the first chapter...

But I think it's the most hilarious book I've read this year so far

I actually read a bit into how these codes are derived. A lot of it involves rearranging the letters in whatever way is more convenient. Worst of all, you can find a _lot_ of the same words in most any lengthy book.

I'm about halfway through Imajica now.....I've found barker hit or miss in the past; this one is one of his hits

Imajica? That's an old one, read it years and years ago... That was the "sequel" to The Great and Secret Show, no?

The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Western Stories. One story is called "The Law of the Lash."

I enjoyed DaVinci code (and Angels/Demons). I gotta say I enjoyed the Code mostly cause I was reading it while traveling in Italy. But as a big mythology fan i gotta say the author made some big leaps where I thought were pretty silly sometimes.

Had to explain some of the real history to my gf.

Anyways reading Count of Monte Cristo...damn it's long. Sometimes I ferget what the hell is going on. Talk about continuity...i may need to by cliff notes...doh!

Actually Angels and Demons was pretty far fetched psuedo history/mythology as well. ick. I am just into history and europe so i am a sucker.

Blood and Gold by Ann Rice (story of Marius) was pretty good in that regard (european history) just finished that two weeks ago.

Just finished five Star Wars Books in the last month: Planet of Twilight, The Crystal Star, and The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy.

The first two were generally ill received by SW fandom, so I was wary about them before I started reading them. "Planet" was probably the weakest SW book I've read to date and The Crystal Star was not without its problems but a little more enjoyable.

The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy was pretty decent though. Terribly anti-climatic in my opinion, but the author wrote the characters very well, both new ones and the main ones.

Only four more Star Wars books to go, and I'm finished with the Expanded Universe.

I'm listening to the unabridged Iliad. It's making me feel very Bronze Age.

Haven't been able to finish book two of the Dark Tower yet. Just not hooking me in at the moment. So I picked up Caleb Carr's The Angel of Darkness, the sequel to The Alienist. Pretty good read so far. About 450 pages into it.

I'm still into Imagica, but have started reading I, Robot last night too.

Any book by Rex Stout, the Wolfe books are the best. Currently rereading "The Doorbell Rang"

I'm now about half way through Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. How are the rest of you doing - RTVU2 and Fat Cramer, in particular.

re: Jonathan Strange - I'm up to page 586 and should finish tomorrow - it got to be a real page turner - I'd love to know how much of this is based on "real" magic traditions and how much she just made up. Hope she's working on a sequel!

You are really barrelling along, Fat Cramer. Unfortunately, the only time I seem to get to read it is in bed - and then I only get 10-25 pages read before I nod off. I need to set aside some early evening time to read.

When I met Susana Clark at a book signing, she did indeed say she was working on another book set in the same universe. She said it would include some of the same characters, but not necessarily the main characters. Hopefully it won't take another ten years for the next novel.

Woo-hoo! Waldenbooks had America: The Book for 50% off this weekend!

"Yes, we were very accomplished. We discovered electricity, invented stoves, bifocals, the lazy susan, efficient printing presses and the swivel chair. But in the 18th cnetury it was nearly impossible not to invent something."
-Thomas Jefferson from the forward

(Also picked up the newly-released adult edition of The Ragwitch by Garth Nix... adult meaning it's got an abstract Dave McKean-ish picture on the cover and is no longer shelved in YA.)

Waldenbooks _didn't_ have volumes 2-4 of Otherworld from Tad Williams, which really annoys me. As much as I hate to see the upcoming Barnes & Noble make even more traffic in my area, it will be nice to have a decent bookstore close-by. (In fact, it will be just about right across the street from my new job.)

ferroboy, you can always get the other volumes from Amazon.com. Probably cheaper, too.

I go to borders, and Semi I haven't even picke dup Johntohon Strange in awhile....

I know, but I usually prefer to pay in cash. That way I keep away from my checking account funds, which are needed for other things. Still, three books at a discounted price is probably affordable.

I might just wait to see if Santa brings it for Christmas. In the meantime, I might try to get into the Epic of Gilgamesh. It's been on my bookshelf just waiting for me.

i just started the second book in the belegarad (sp?) series....light but fun reading

I have 4 chapters left in the AWESOME DARK TOWER, the final chapter in stephen king's epic dark tower series.
Saving the last chapters for a christmas read, i can barely stand not reading them but i can wait, its the finale in the story and i think its gonna gbe fantastic, i hope.

Last book i've read in thats series was Wizards and Glass...been too poor to afford to but more. How many more books in the series are out now?

I can recommend the book VERNON GOD LITTLE by D. B. C. Pierre.

I read it for my book club a couple of months ago, and I find myself still thinking about it. It's very much a satire; It's about a 14 year old boy who's gay best friend kills a bunch of people at school, and then kills himself. The media turns the case into a circus, and poor Vernon gets dragged into the investigation...it's funny as hell in parts, but moving, too.

I recently finished "An Insupportable Light" by Donna Barr, set in an alternate version of the Geiselthal: no half-horses. A moving tragedy.

I'm currently re-reading "The Dosadi Experiment"; the Bureau of Sabotage stories are my favorite Frank Herbert works.