MarMar Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 So am I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 So am I! Dammit! Don't make me feel thick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katya Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I refuse to read the Da Vinci Code because I've heard from reliable sources that it's over-hyped and not very well written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarMar Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 It is poorly written, indeed. It would not be a best-seller if it wasn't for th media. Just look at his older books... they didn't sell at all until the Da Vinci code was picked up by the masses due to heavy PRing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 So am I! Sorry for going slightly off-topic here, but quick question... Are most Scandanavian people blonde? I know that traditionally they have been, but I just wondered whether this is still the case? I agree. 'The Da Vinci Code' is a lot of hype. And still the Church is complaining. If they actually read it then they'd find out they had nothing to worry about. IMO, they too have listened to the hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarMar Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 So am I! Sorry for going slightly off-topic here, but quick question... Are most Scandanavian people blonde? I know that traditionally they have been, but I just wondered whether this is still the case? It's a 'given' that we are, and I remember that almost all the girls in my class were blonde when we were kids. We had one girl who was very dark, and some with "mouse-brown" hair. The boys were blonde and brown. Now you still see blonde little girls, but the majority has hair which darkens as they grow older. There has also been an increasing in the immigration, and the "dark" genes are spreading. My sister has a daughter with another Norwegian, but he has dark-brown hair and brown eyes... so, I guess it's fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire_louise Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 So am I! Dammit! Don't make me feel thick! I'm also blonde and I also understood it, so you can't use that one Cal! It's no literary masterpiece, but there's nothing wrong with that. It's a lot of fun and it gets you thinking. I enjoyed it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamey-Maria Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Just finished reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Washington square by Henry James. They were both part of an english course so i had to (classic novels of english literature) But now for my own enjoyment today i started reading Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Pretty good so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarMar Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I read Memoires of a Geisha some years ago, and I enjoyed it more than the movie, to put it like that! I ordered "Ladies coupè" by Anita Nair today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I refuse to read the Da Vinci Code because I've heard from reliable sources that it's over-hyped and not very well written. The movie sucks too...but my sister made me come with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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