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I finished Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern today (have had tons of time to read while here!) and as a quick review.. I dragged myself through it and couldn't wait for it to be over. It didn't hold my attention like the first three Pern books I read, wasn't really interesting, and I could summarize the plot in a sentence (of course I won't!)

I re-started The Hobbit today, and also brought the LOTR trilogy with me (so as not to split them up.) The pages are yellowed, the paperback covers of some of them quite tattered, and I'm somewhat surprised to see the books are older than Jason and myself! This copy of The Hobbit, originally written in 1937, was printed in 1973. And the LOTR trilogy is 3 separate books slid into a faded (and dusty) box set. I didn't even know there were copies of the whole thing as ONE book until Jelly said!

Wheee, I've finally had some time to read lately whee I just finished Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, which I really liked. I know a lot of people rant about this book because it's unrealistic, but I don't really know enough about technology to get annoyed by that. Also, the main reason I like Dan Brown is because of his writing style, and not so much the content. Now I'm reading Deception Point (also Dan Brown), which was finally released here this week. I'm trying to take it slow this time, so that the wait for his next book won't be that long xd

I seem to remember more about Angels & Demons than about the Da Vinci Code, maybe because of the order in which I read them. I should really re-read the Da Vinci Code before the movie comes out. When is that due out anyway? Anybody know?

Hehe! Well I would have been here more last night but our power went out for more than an hour, so I read Harry Potter 3 (my first re-read of any of them) until it was too dark to see. Then the power came back on for like 10 minutes and then went out again for more than 2 hours! We got ready for bed by candlelight, and then while we were sleeping everything (lights, tv, fish tank, fridge) all came back on and woke me up. Jason went down and parked our cars outside the garage in case the power went out again so at least we could leave this morning! Now I'm headed for Jade's vaccination appointment! Then I'll catch up with your intro post, etc. 4laugh

Gosh, I don't think I can re-read it that quickly! Unless I.. *shudder* took more time away from the computer.. confused

we're going to see it Sunday. I was going to re-read the book but stopped myself cuz I had finished hitchhiker's guide like that day before we saw the movie and was so disappointed in things. I didn't want to be that way again. It's been about a year and a half since I read Davinci code so I shouldn't be too obsessive. Kevin was going to read it before the movie, but decided against it as well so he could just enjoy the movie. Plus he has me to explain things to him (like in HP movies lol)

I am re-reading Angels and Demons tho....and glad to hear Digital Fortress was good! I saw it at a local discount bookstore and contemplated it (it was around $3) but was afraid I would be disappointed since the subject matter isn't centered around the church and religion (i'm a nut about things with religious central themes...books and movies...my favorite ones are stuff like The omen and Stigmata etc...)

but didn't you say you hadn't seen the LOTR films yet?

I think you should watch all 3 movies anyway. To many people (including me), they're the best movies ever made. And I've read the books. It made perfect sense to Jason who hasn't read the books. If you go in having a prejudgment, it might make it harder to enjoy for what it is though. Just remember, *every* movie made after a book has to leave stuff out, or change stuff in order for it to fit, but they can still be excellent movies.