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Subject: Books!
Finished: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I saw the movie that's based on his experiences while writing the novel. Great movie. Incredible book. I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. As soon as I finished it I wanted to talk about it. To anyone who would listen, wanting to discuss the portrayals of the convicts in the novel and how they are depicted in the movie, etc. etc. Unfortunately I finished it over the holidays and who wants to discuss a book about two killers while White Christmas is on tv?
Also finished: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
Not great , but it's better than the sequel The DaVinci Code. But to me, Dan Brown is the next Michael Crichton. DaVinci Code was written as if Brown was planning his movie contract while he wrote it. Characters are very cliched, like the beautiful woman who is the daughter of a well known so and so and helps our hero on his case. But she has a mysterious past that ties to the case. Gee, I didn't see that one coming...give me a break.
What I like most about Angels and Demons were the actual landmarks used in the story. It made me want to visit the Vatican City and see them myself. I would love to go exploring the catacombs underneath the city [with a guide of course, not by myself] Or see the works of art that are hidden away.
Currently reading: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
A book about Dracula. Don't let the subject of Dracula turn you off because this book has an interesting approach that sets it apart from the other vampire Dracula stories. The way it's written is from the perspective of a woman describing past events. How she discovered a strange letter in her father's library when she was a teen and how her father came to inherit a certain book.
So far I am enjoying it. It's rich and detailed.But what I like best is the writing style. The piecing together of a story that you know does not end well, every chapter ends with a sense of doom but it still makes the reader curious about how it ends exactly. I think it subtly suggests that the reader is in jeopardy as well, because it all begins with a letter that states " My dear and unfortunate successor".
I'll be anxiously awaiting her sequel: the real story about Count Chocula ;)
Finished: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I saw the movie that's based on his experiences while writing the novel. Great movie. Incredible book. I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. As soon as I finished it I wanted to talk about it. To anyone who would listen, wanting to discuss the portrayals of the convicts in the novel and how they are depicted in the movie, etc. etc. Unfortunately I finished it over the holidays and who wants to discuss a book about two killers while White Christmas is on tv?
Also finished: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
Not great , but it's better than the sequel The DaVinci Code. But to me, Dan Brown is the next Michael Crichton. DaVinci Code was written as if Brown was planning his movie contract while he wrote it. Characters are very cliched, like the beautiful woman who is the daughter of a well known so and so and helps our hero on his case. But she has a mysterious past that ties to the case. Gee, I didn't see that one coming...give me a break.
What I like most about Angels and Demons were the actual landmarks used in the story. It made me want to visit the Vatican City and see them myself. I would love to go exploring the catacombs underneath the city [with a guide of course, not by myself] Or see the works of art that are hidden away.
Currently reading: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
A book about Dracula. Don't let the subject of Dracula turn you off because this book has an interesting approach that sets it apart from the other vampire Dracula stories. The way it's written is from the perspective of a woman describing past events. How she discovered a strange letter in her father's library when she was a teen and how her father came to inherit a certain book.
So far I am enjoying it. It's rich and detailed.But what I like best is the writing style. The piecing together of a story that you know does not end well, every chapter ends with a sense of doom but it still makes the reader curious about how it ends exactly. I think it subtly suggests that the reader is in jeopardy as well, because it all begins with a letter that states " My dear and unfortunate successor".
I'll be anxiously awaiting her sequel: the real story about Count Chocula ;)
posted by kegn_15 at
9:30 AM
2 Comments:
i need to borrow the capte from you..i love to discuss books :D
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Unknown, at 1:03 PM
Let's hear it for Keegy's first post of more than 50 words!! YAY!!!
Great book reviews, by the way. I'm reading DaVinci Code now...and I totally agree. It's a real page-turner, super-easy to read, which is great for me, since I have no patience for the written word anymore, it seems. But like you said, the book IS the script, so that hack Akiva Goldsman can't take much credit for adapting it. Like the one you're reading now, I think what's most interesting is the history behind the story. The legends, the symbolism in DaVinci's art...how the church was/is involved in the 'cover-up.' That's what hooks you...it's definitely not the stock, pancake characters.
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Lori, at 9:47 PM
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