Comments on: Book Lover Resurfaces

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” instead. That’s the historical research upon which Brown based Da Vinci Code. You’ll get all the info you want on the same topics touched upon in Da Vinci Code (Templars, Merovingians, medieval conspiracies, Jesus’ possible wife/offspring, etc.) without the boring story thrown in. Besides, the most “out-there” nonfiction is always more interesting than any fiction.

By: KT

KT — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I welcome your suggestion and am excited now because THAT is precisely what I was hoping for in this book only to discover that it was a waste of my time. Thanks for the title. I’ll get it once enough time has past for the topic not to be tainted by Brown.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Katie,
Siri Hustvedt is a Minnesota author!!! Good job promoting her. I love her, too, and wish she would write more, more, more.

I look forward to reading about your reading.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

despite the demands of being a pointy-headed academic, i’ve always prefered movies to books… The leather-elbow-patch squad will probably come take me away now.. maybe this belies my lack of imagination, which frau Toft can boast in spades 🙂 So are you going to come meet us in Portland, KT?

By: Kt

Kt — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

When are you in Portland? I forget. I will try because I feel like I haven’t seen you for years.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

When are you coming back to Atlanta again? Next week?? :-0

By: RAR

RAR — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

KT! I finished THE BOOK before I even landed on US soil. I read over hald the book on the flight from London to Newark and was upset when I didn’t have anything to read on my fianl leg. Loved it immensely.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I read 100 pages of the Da Vinci code and couldn’t agree more. When you start hoping the hero bites it, it’s time to put the book down. And the villains were equally boring. An albino killer! And Jesuits (or whatever that evil sect was called)! Actually, given those two plot elements it could have been a good book.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm…I may completely alienate myself here (and risk a huge insult to my intelligence), but I liked The DaVinci Code. It’s interesting–I’m feeling the same kind of shame in this discussion as I do when I say that there is some pop-music that I totally dig.

I for one hadn’t ever read or even heard of the theories and ideas Brown brings forth. And I was fascinated. (I wonder where I’ve been all this time…)I will certainly seek out “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” as Aaron suggested.

But really, does it matter that much if someone likes something you do not? I’m thinking of myself here because I may also be guilty of thinking less of someone when they like something I think is stupid or unintelligent or just plain uncool.

By: KT

KT — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well Tracey, I really shouldn’t judge since I read the Evanovich books and the Anita Blake series, but for some reason I think even those are better. But again, I don’t expect much from those and I did expect a lot from DaVinci Code. I agree though with the pop-music analogy. I’ve finally stopped hiding the fact I adore top 40 JT, Britney, Christina, Beyonce, etc. It’s a guilty pleasure and we should all be forgiven.