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Post by Darkchylde on Mar 30, 2006 0:54:35 GMT -5
I'm reading a book called Night at school. Its about a 14 year old boy and his experiences during WW2. He has a crisis of faith in the book and stops believing in god.
The teacher was talking to us about religion the other day and you know what I realized, season 4 of Angel makes almost totally sense now.
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Post by dEz on Apr 6, 2006 6:34:21 GMT -5
I'm reading a book called Night at school. Its about a 14 year old boy and his experiences during WW2. He has a crisis of faith in the book and stops believing in god.
The teacher was talking to us about religion the other day and you know what I realized, season 4 of Angel makes almost totally sense now. I built a website for my father about 5 years ago. He is also a writer and he put down what it was like to be in WW2 on an aircraft carrier. I'm glad he set it down. So we would always have it. He did say he withheld allot of dirt, decided to write it out as a "cleaner" version. Because he felt then the grandkids could value from it. The really cool thing about doing the website, was that other shipmates found him through it. And through those connections, my father discovered a small group that gets together each year in a reunion setting. My mother said he was just like a kid over that site and receiving those long lost correspondences. I'm glad I could give him something like that.
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Post by Aunt Arlene on Apr 12, 2006 18:01:42 GMT -5
I have a great aunt who was a nun most of her life. She was a teacher in China during WWII. She ended up in a Japanese detention camp and wrote about it later. More of a series of journal entries than a book.
I always thought it would make a good book though.
I got her writings from her convent when I was researching my family tree. Nothing like the Catholic Church for record keeping.
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Post by Charisma69 on Apr 26, 2006 20:56:46 GMT -5
I'm finally reading The DaVinci Code. I think I'm the last person on the planet to read it.
It's been at the top of the best seller list for ages and ages. I figured it this many people like it then I'll probably hate it.
Wrong. I'm really enjoying it. I'm already a little over halfway through the book and I just bought it yesterday.
It's got so many cool puzzles and interesting theories about things. It also reminds me of Grail quite often. I keep thinking about some of the things he's said in the religion threads as I read this book.
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Post by GreatMuppetyNick on Apr 26, 2006 23:46:41 GMT -5
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Wait till you finish the book.
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Post by Charisma69 on Apr 28, 2006 18:37:52 GMT -5
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Wait till you finish the book.
Is this going to be a good thing or a bad thing? Wait! Don't tell me. I don't want to be spoiled at all.
Sadly I won't have time to read it for a few days. Lots to do with the 'thons and working.
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Post by Aunt Arlene on Apr 28, 2006 22:12:25 GMT -5
I read an older book of his as well as The Da Vinci Code. The earlier book is interesting since it's about how they choose the next Pope.
Unfortunately he has a very specific style for his mysteries. Once you've read one you can guess whodunit in the rest.
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Post by Bango on Apr 29, 2006 15:11:59 GMT -5
I'm finally reading The DaVinci Code. I think I'm the last person on the planet to read it. I'm actually quite bored with that book. That's all I hear on a certain Christian forum I visit. The same with some of the Christian media folks. This month has been nothing but total observation on that book, and the lies it tells. Are you going to watch the movie May 19th? Yeah, but Grail never actually tried to mislead people in those threads. He was just giving what he knew. Whereas Dan Brown clearly never really did his research for this book. On interviews and in the book, he claims that it's factual, but some of the events that he uses in the book is total screwed up and doesn't line up with the actual Christian background or people.
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Post by Charisma69 on Apr 29, 2006 16:09:32 GMT -5
I'm finally reading The DaVinci Code. I think I'm the last person on the planet to read it. I'm actually quite bored with that book. That's all I hear on a certain Christian forum I visit. The same with some of the Christian media folks. This month has been nothing but total observation on that book, and the lies it tells. Are you going to watch the movie May 19th? Yeah, but Grail never actually tried to mislead people in those threads. He was just giving what he knew. Whereas Dan Brown clearly never really did his research for this book. On interviews and in the book, he claims that it's factual, but some of the events that he uses in the book is total screwed up and doesn't line up with the actual Christian background or people.
Yeah, I plan to watch the movie though I may wait for it on dvd. By researching the book I only meant that he had done enough research to make it track fictionally.
It is a fiction book you know.
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Post by tickie on May 11, 2006 0:21:54 GMT -5
I read an older book of his as well as The Da Vinci Code. The earlier book is interesting since it's about how they choose the next Pope. Unfortunately he has a very specific style for his mysteries. Once you've read one you can guess whodunit in the rest.
It's very much like the John Grisham syndrome.
I enjoyed "Angels & Demons" a lot more, not to say I didn't adore "The Da Vinci Code."
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Post by tjaman on May 11, 2006 8:48:29 GMT -5
I should really pick up the Code at some point. I always enjoyed Umberto Eco's stuff.
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Post by tjaman on May 11, 2006 8:49:09 GMT -5
This sounds like it's right in those lines.
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Post by Aunt Arlene on May 11, 2006 9:20:53 GMT -5
I read an older book of his as well as The Da Vinci Code. The earlier book is interesting since it's about how they choose the next Pope. Unfortunately he has a very specific style for his mysteries. Once you've read one you can guess whodunit in the rest.
It's very much like the John Grisham syndrome.
I enjoyed "Angels & Demons" a lot more, not to say I didn't adore "The Da Vinci Code."
Ditto.
We have a book exchange at work and they had a Grisham book that wasn't about law. It was called A Painted House. It wasn't half bad.
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Post by dEz on May 11, 2006 11:37:53 GMT -5
We have a book exchange at work and they had a Grisham book that wasn't about law. It was called A Painted House. It wasn't half bad. [/color][/quote] I used to be in a book club with my friends, we shared the membership fee and shared the books. I really miss that, more though I miss having the free time for reading books of this length. And of course this was BEFORE kids.
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on May 11, 2006 14:58:20 GMT -5
I'd question the statement that the book is full of lies and trying to mislead people.
Because, quite frankly, it's never pretended to be anything other than a work of fiction built around a few interesting premises.
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