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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 7:46 pm
Finished Douglas Coupland's jPod. It was great! Funny, bizarre, completely whacked, and full of current social references. (Think commentary on reality tv, the internet, etc.) I don't know if Coupland's style appeals to everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, May 26, 2006 - 7:29 am
I didn't realize McCammon had written a new book!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, May 26, 2006 - 7:33 am
One of my all-time favorite books is The Source by James Michener. I read it when I was in high school and it sparked a lot of reading about Israel and Jewish history. It is an amazing read.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, May 26, 2006 - 5:59 pm
Just picked up Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs. And, it's an autograph copy; apparently he was in town last week for a signing. Cool! I've enjoyed several of his past books.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, May 26, 2006 - 7:20 pm
Blood Canticle by Anne Rice.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 11:28 am
Mocha...did you like the book? I loved her first books but felt then she got too commercial..writing books with a formula. We lived 2 years in New Orleans, 63 & 65 while DH was at NASA's Michoud. So after her books came out we went back to visit and went to the Garden District where her place is. It had been a school for girls. Very haunting and brooding!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:45 am
I'm reading a book that I am really enjoying called How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life by Mameve Medwed. It's really a lot of fun and I just love the title.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 4:18 pm
I just finished reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith, whose first novel, White Teeth, i liked a lot. On Beauty is really great in many of the ways White Teeth was, but it's also significantly more mature and depressing. I love these rare moments when I get to read contemporary fiction! I think I'll try to squeeze in some Paul Auster, Milan Kundera, and david Foster Wallace while I have a spare moment or two.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 3:20 pm
I started reading the DaVinci Code, I wanted to read it before I saw the movie. I keep having to come online to research things...lol So far I love the book.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 3:29 pm
I've still got about 40 pages to go Sg but I love it. Reading it is like coming home. I'm a huge fan of Lestat and it's like how she wrote Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned. She kinda goes back to her roots with this book and Blackwood Farm. I wonder if her house survived the hurricanes.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 3:50 pm
I just read the DaVinci Code and I really enjoyed it. Oddly enough, right now I just started Interview With the Vampire. It's the first one of her books I've read. Are they supposed to be read in some sort of sequence?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 3:55 pm
Yep Jimmer. Personally I thought IWTV was boring and too drawn out. Vampire Lestat which is next is very good. Then Queen of the Damned, Tales of the Body Thief(i think), Mnemoch the Devil, ummmm either Pandora or the one about Marius, Merrick, another one somewhere in here bout some other Vamp I had never heard of and can't remember the title, Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 4:04 pm
Vittorio the Vampire is it. It was meh. Armand was after Mmenoch the Devil, I had forgotton bout that one. It was good. Then Merrick, and Blood and Gold which was about Marius, and Pandora and Vittorio, Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle was the latest.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 4:12 pm
Well at least I started with the first one! So far I've found it pretty entertaining.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 3:59 pm
Just finished DaVinci Code...LOVED IT!!! I had mom take Zachary to his b-day party today because I was so engrossed! Now I want to see the movie!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:27 pm
I agree. That was a really clever thriller. A lot of fun to read.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:44 pm
It was a fun read. My husband and daughter said that they liked Angels & Demons even more. I haven't read it. ZMom, you should go see the movie. It's good.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:52 pm
Is Angels & Demons a prequel or a sequel to DaVinci Code?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:54 pm
I think prequel.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 6:58 pm
That was my impression as well, though I haven't read it yet. Do you know which one he wrote first?
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 7:26 pm
Angels & Demons first.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 7:27 pm
Darn! I should have read that one first then!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 7:46 pm
LOL! Don't worry. I read them out of order too and it didn't distract from my enjoyment of Angels & Demons. There very individual stories. Like many, I actually enjoyed it more than Da Vinci Code. (Though, part of it had to do with the fact that I had just visited Rome and the story takes place there.)
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 8:16 pm
There is a Prequal? Same Characters???? Anyone else have to come online and looks things up? I looked up the Louvre and the paintings...and..uh..some big words. 
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 8:35 pm
Yes, there's a prequel with Langdon. I believe that's the only character that appears in both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code.
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