Book #2

The Princess Bride  William Goldman
     For my second book for this blog, I decided to read The Princess Bride. I just started it a few days ago, so I don't have much to talk about, but I just wanted whoever's reading this to know that I started another book.
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The DaVinci Code Post #5

"Discuss your reasons for choosing the book you chose. Did the book deliver?" I chose to read the DaVinci code, because my dad had read it and had recommended it to me. I'd also heard of it, and been wanting to read it. This blog project finally pushed me to start it, and I ended up really enjoying it. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting when I decided to read the book. It definitely turned out to be a lot different from what I had originally thought it was going to be.
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The DaVinci Code Post #4

Okay, so one of the question prompts my English teacher gave me was, "Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not? Oftentimes I tell you that literature is like an onion; you can always peel away at another layer. Is this book an onion?" I thought about this question a lot. I would definitely say that I enjoyed this book, it was fast-paced, interesting, and even when I thought I knew it all, there was another layer hiding. I don't know if I would say that it had layers exactly. I'd compare this book to a puzzle. Things are confusing at first, but it all fits together so perfectly at the end. And sometimes one thing matches up with two different parts of the book, or will have a double meaning. It's very, very interesting, if you've read this book or any other with a similar effect and have an idea of what I mean. It's hard to explain, but easy to discover... 

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The DaVinci Code Post #3

Soooo, I FINALLY finished the book! Overall, I think the DaVinci code was a great book. There are so many little details, and at the end it all fits together and turns out to make a lot of sense. Who knew? Oh, and, a lot of my suspicions about the book turned out to be correct. Although, at the end I was slightly disappointed, because I didn't catch a lot of hints and clues at the end of the book and was surprised to find out what happened. I have to go now, but as part of this whole English blog assignment thing, I have to post several things in response to some prompts my English teacher wrote. So, I'm not finished yett!!! 
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The DaVinci Code Post #2 (WARNING: Spoiler Alert!!!)

Ok, so recently, as I continue to read the book, I've had more suspicions. One suspicion was that Sophie herself was a descendant of Jesus and therefore maybe she was the Grail. Hence her nickname "Princess Sophie" and her grandfather being the grandmaster of the Priory. Although, when Robert mentioned the whole thing about certain last names, I held on to the idea of Sophie being the Grail, but I didn't think about it as much. Tonight, watching a certain episode of The Simpsons, I realized that they had included some similarities to the DaVinci Code. They had Lisa solve an anagram, and included hidden secrets in history about the Church, but what really gave away the fact that they were doing a spoof on the DaVinci Code was when Mr. Burns (a Simpsons' character) made some comment about his assistant being albino (his assistant wasn't actually). This last reference totally confirmed that it was making fun of the DaVinci Code. So, then, Lisa turned out to think that she was the special jewel. Although, of course, Maggie turned out to be the jewel, but I don't think that part had anything to do with the DaVinci Code. But, thanks to The Simpsons, I'm back to my idea that Sophie is actually the Grail. I guess we'll see, because I still don't know for sure. Gotta love The Simpsons, right?!
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Davinci Code Post #1 (WARNING: spoiler alert)

     So, I'm more than half way through the Davinci Code, and have some stuff that I think is worth sharing. This post will contain things and discoveries that happened in the book, so if you are opposed to spoilers, do not continue reading. So, Robert and Sophie had just arrived at the bank where Sauniere had led them too. They were desperately thinking about the account code he set and what it might have been. At this point, I was thinking along with them and thinking about any clues Sauniere might have left including numbers. And immediately I thought, THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE. And I was right about this being the account number. I thought it was cool that I proved to be slightly smarter than them at figuring that out. Later in the book, where I am now, I reached the conclusion before them too. Robert just popped the rose out of the box containing the keystone, and for the first time the reader gets to see the writing on the inside. Robert thinks its another language, but I knew different. When I first picked up the book before reading it, I noticed that there was a handwritten font on the cover crossing the Mona Lisa's face. I looked closer, and after a few seconds realized it was written BACKWARDS. I deciphered the first three words and then gave up, and read further in the book. When I reached this point where we see the writing for the first time, I recognize it immediately. I knew immediately that it was written backwards. I stopped reading and held the page up to the light to confirm my suspicions, and sure enough I could read it. It WAS written backwards. A few minutes later, I got the idea to hold the cover up to the mirror and found that, as I suspected, the writing on the front was the same as the backwards writing in the book. So, yet again, I figured out one of the clues before the characters in the book did. I absolutely love when that happens, when I can figure it out before they do. I've also been dog-earing (folding over) the pages in the book that I have thoughts or suspicions about. I don't really believe in annotating, so I do this instead. And as I continue reading I hope to find more clues that the characters didn't catch earlier in the book.... Yes, I thought this was all worth posting.
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Sooo.... Hi Canadians

I was just checking who had viewed my blog, you know, from like what areas. And when I checked last night, there were just views from the United States. Today, I noticed that a few people in Canada viewed my blog. This I thought was post-worthy. So, now you know. Hi Canadians.
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