Dan Brown down, bookless until lunch time
I finished Dan Brown's "Deception Point" last night so I remain bookless until lunch time when I will pick up Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" from the book store near work. I'm doubling up on letters if I received something for Christmas hence the second B.
I'm hoping "Jane Eyre" has as much to offer as "Pride and Predudice". That book was a really well crafted story with the plot unfurling gradually throughout the book with precise details left out for the reader to imagine. The language was a little more troubling to read since it dealt with a historic snapshot of the language from around 1800. It's not that the words are strange, just that the words are crafted like poetry which deserves more than a cursory review.
"Deception Point" was the first book I would ever describe as a "page turner". I have read "Angels and Demons" and "The DaVinci Code" but neither of them was quite so compelling as this book. The book flips chapter by chapter between two very different situations engaging the characters in the story. There is the usual Dan Brown dragging of feet to unveil each piece of the plot but it seems less tedious here. I think the last book I read in 6 days was Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity" on an 18-30s holiday in Ibiza around 10 years ago!