The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0552149519 Global Overview for this book
Registered by loopy1 of Herne Bay, Kent United Kingdom on 4/20/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by loopy1 from Herne Bay, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Robert Langdon is an expert in symbiology of religion. He is summoned to the Louvre when the curator is found dead. This is the beginning of a frantic chase across France and the UK, as he follows the clues left in Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings.

This book left me searching the Net for images of Da Vinci's paintings as I looked for the clues myself.

Predictable in many ways, nevertheless this book is well worth reading, and contains some very interesting ideas about religion and history.

Journal Entry 2 by loopy1 from Herne Bay, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Taking names for a ray:

Gooner UK
Jords UK
MoJeDenUK UK anywhere
Dagon UK anywhere
ParisGoddess France
Zenita Denmark Europe pref.
Banshee Italy anywhere
dschinny Germany anywhere
Caligula03 Calif. US anywhere


Journal Entry 3 by Gooner from March, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 22, 2004
It arrived safely this morning. Many thanks to Loopy1 for making it available. It will be journalled when finished.

Journal Entry 4 by jmpringl from Liss, Hampshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Picked up from another member (Gooner UK) and jumped the queue, sorry. Have now forwarded to Jords UK, and become a member as a result.

Journal Entry 5 by Jords from Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom on Friday, May 14, 2004
Recieved with many thanks today from jmpringl. It was a lovely surprise as I walked into my office with a thumping head (that's what you get when your so engrossed in a book you're not watching your wine consumption!) and there's a a few packages sat on my desk. First response was a squaling "ooooh" and then I realised, two more books which are in rings/rays! Ah!

Anyway, enough of the rambling! I'm really looking forward to comsuming yet more wine with this book, I'm not sure what to expect but am hoping for a really good read. Will journal when I've finished.

Journal Entry 6 by Jords from Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom on Thursday, June 10, 2004
What an absolutely FANTASTIC book this is..... in fact, so much so, that I've bought a copy for my dad for Father's Day!

It's a great book, full of twists and turns and certainly makes you think about Da Vinci's work in another light! I really want to rave more about this, but fear of giving away too much.... all I can say is that I highly recommend this to everyone. I wouldn't have picked this up normally, so am incredibly grateful for being introduced to it.

Faberooni!

Released on Monday, June 14, 2004 at fellow bookcrosser (England) in Postal Release (England), England United Kingdom.

Off to MoJoeDenUK

Journal Entry 8 by RedDahlia from Folkestone, Kent United Kingdom on Thursday, June 17, 2004
Thanks Jords, received in the post today. Many times I have picked this book off the supermarket shelf, read the spoiler and then put it back again. I think I read one bad review and it put me off buying it. I'm half way through a 600 page book (bookring) at the moment but hopefully I can make a start on this one next week.

Journal Entry 9 by RedDahlia from Folkestone, Kent United Kingdom on Sunday, July 4, 2004
An interesting read and certainly had me gripped from the first page. Some interesting religious theories put forward and I would really like to inspect those Da Vinci paintings again with a new eye! Towards the end though it all read a bit like an adventure story from a Boy's Own annual and sometimes the dialogue sounded like it could have been copied out of a newspaper comic strip!

Will post on to Dagon in the week.

Journal Entry 10 by dagon on Thursday, July 8, 2004
received this morning,and will be starting it this evening.

Journal Entry 11 by dagon on Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Ooh,how I loved this!I was well aware of the general premise of this book,as it is one of my favorite interests and was well satisfied with the way he handled it.Was also very pleased to be able to solve the puzzles before the protagonists ! Except of course the last one! A thoroughly enjoyable read which I shall enjoy again and again as I intend buying my own copy!

Will be Mailing this on to ParisGoddess on Thursday 22 July when I go into town.

Journal Entry 12 by ParisGoddess from Paris, Ile-de-France France on Monday, July 26, 2004
Hidy Ho! The Da Vinci Code has arrived in Paris! Thoughtfully sent by Dagon and welcomed by ParisGoddess who is dying to get started... will let you all know when I've reached the end! In the meantime, Happy Reading!

ParisGoddess

Journal Entry 13 by ParisGoddess from Paris, Ile-de-France France on Friday, August 20, 2004
First, thank you to Loopy1 for generously making this book available to all...

But....am I the only one in the world that was disappointed by this book? After all the hype, I was expecting so much more... Predictable plot lines and story telling that are blatently constructed in the most "soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture" style, employing all the usual suspects to weave all the usual webs of semi-intrigue... occassionally seasoned with an historical fact or two, to give an otherwise ho-hum read a pinch (only a pinch) of spice. Not to mention (although I'm about to do just that) a literary style that was neither poetic nor artfully descriptive (and that's tough to screw up when you're talking about Paris), but rather heavy handed, painfully obvious, and let me hit you on the head a few more times with this same explanation to make sure you really really understand the already painfully obvious, all written in pre-adolescent level english with pretentions toward danger and suspense.... I think not! But of course, that's just MY opinion!

Da Vinci is on his way to Copenhagen... Happy Reading!

Journal Entry 14 by Zenita from København K - City, København Amt Denmark on Saturday, October 16, 2004
Got it in the post while on holiday.

Journal Entry 15 by Zenita from København K - City, København Amt Denmark on Sunday, November 14, 2004
Finnished it a cuple of days ago. Really good book, and I must say it has made me wonder a bit about the Bible.

When I was half way through it I saw Angels and Demons in a book store and coulden't stop myself from bying it. Hope I don't get disappointed.

Will send it to Italy sometime next week.


Update: 24/11

Finally got it to the post office today.

Journal Entry 16 by Banshee on Monday, November 29, 2004
found it in my mail. thanks.

Journal Entry 17 by Banshee on Monday, January 3, 2005
Really interesting.
I'll try to learn more about Holy Grail and Da Vinci paintings. I think there are lots of books about that.
And surely next time I'll visit the Louvre Museum with a new eye.

Journal Entry 18 by wingdschinnywing from Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein Germany on Sunday, January 16, 2005
Arrived here on Friday. Thanks!

Journal Entry 19 by wingdschinnywing from Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein Germany on Thursday, February 10, 2005
It is a bit predictable, yes and it's not brilliant literature either but it's a pageturner. I could hardly wait how the story went on looking forward to the next clue. A few interesting ideas about religion that I wasn't aware of before. And I'd love to see Da Vincis paintings to look at them in a different light. Thanks to Banshee for including the magazine clipping of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper"! I was studying it intently when I was reading the respective chapter and it made it all much clearer.

16.2. Will be sent on to Caligula03 tomorrow.

Journal Entry 20 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Thursday, February 24, 2005
Book has arrived. I'm looking forward to reading it. :)

Journal Entry 21 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Thursday, March 17, 2005
I'm still reading the book and enjoying it thoroughly. I've actually lost sleep from staying up late reading it. I've found at least one person who is interested in continuing the ray.

So the list participants are so far:

  • Rob-B, Ohio, USA, International
  • artima, Canada
  • loveamystery, Canada, International
  • jaynereader, Italy, International
  • Jo-casta, Portugal
  • hammy002, Australia,




Journal Entry 22 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Saturday, March 26, 2005
There are very few surprises in the Da Vinci Code to anyone who has read enough thrillers and knows a bit of art history and yet it is a throughly enjoyable, albeit, equally silly book. If only Langdon would learn to sit down, shut up and have a good think, he could have saved himself a lot of time and energy. Each and every clue has an easy answer and a complicated one. Most of the book's weight comes from always having to do things the hard way.

To future readers, pay attention to what Landgon babbles about and how scenes are described and you too can solve the mystery in about 150 pages and then wait another 450 for the main characters to play catch up with you. :)

Journal Entry 23 by caligula03 at on Friday, April 8, 2005

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Mailing to Rob-B to get the ray moving again. :)

Journal Entry 24 by Rob-B on Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Arrived today. Next on the reading list.

Journal Entry 25 by Rob-B on Thursday, May 19, 2005
Good quick read, but I didn't like the ending. Kind of anticlimatic.

Journal Entry 26 by Rob-B on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Mailed yesterday via surface mail.

Journal Entry 27 by artima from Mission, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, June 14, 2005
This wonderful book showed up in my mailbox one overcast day two weeks ago from the US. It took me a few days to get to it, but when I did, holy cow did I dive in! I think I read it over the period of 24 hours. It just grabbed me and I was hooked!
It was a great story, good characters. But the best aspect by far was the way the symbols were all fused and interconnected, connecting the fictional world of Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu to the real world of art, science, religion and secret societies.
I really can't say enough about this book. If you haven't read it, read it. If you've read it, read it again. I think I'll be buying a copy of this one for my personal library.

Journal Entry 28 by loveamystery from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Friday, August 12, 2005
This arrived in the mail today and I am looking forward to reading it. A friend said that reading the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail would provide some background and I just finished it a couple of days ago, so the timing is right for this book. Thanks for sending it to me artima.

Journal Entry 29 by loveamystery from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, September 1, 2005
This book is now on its way to jaynereader by surface mail, so it may take a while to arrive. My son just happened to remark that he had a copy of this book, so I decided not to hold this one up any longer, and I am now reading my son's copy. It is such a good book! I am enjoying it very much. I'll journal again when I have finished the book.

Journal Entry 30 by loveamystery at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, September 5, 2005

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I finished this book two days ago and it was such a fantastic story. It was full of suspense, so well researched, the characters were superb and the symbolism was intriguing. Once I got into it, I could barely put it down. This book is on its way to jaynereader, the next in line. Thankyou caligula03 for sharing it.

Journal Entry 31 by rem_IUM-600892 on Monday, October 17, 2005
This book has arrived safely and is waiting in England for me to move there in early November. It will be first on the TBR list then. Thanks everyone!

Journal Entry 32 by rem_IUM-600892 on Sunday, November 27, 2005
I wish I'd read this more quickly as I would have got more enjoyment out of it. A two-day whizz-through is always better than a two-week here-and-there read.
The back cover says it all: 'Blockbuster perfection'. If you like blockbusters, this will be just your cup of tea. I'm glad I've finally read it and thanks to everyone for passing it on. Sorry if I held onto it too long.
It'll be off to Jo-casta tomorrow.

Journal Entry 33 by Jo-casta on Saturday, December 3, 2005
The book arrived yesterday! I hope to start reading it in the next few days..

Thanks Jaynereader for sending it and Loopy1 for starting this book ray ;)

Journal Entry 34 by Jo-casta on Friday, January 13, 2006
Ok! I’ve finished The Da Vinci Code… Well, lot of the things that it mentions were no news to me, but still it’s a new perspective on the Da Vinci’s work and definitely makes you want to go and check for yourself.
And, although sometimes it looked more like an adventures book with so sudden twists and all the action going on so fast, it really keeps you glued, anxiously waiting for the next chapter to begin!!

Well, now the book is on its way to Hammy002, hope he’ll enjoy it!

Journal Entry 35 by hammy002 from Duluth, Georgia USA on Friday, February 17, 2006
Have today picked up the book from the good ol' post office, thanks to Jo-casta for sending this through.

I will read it once i finish reading a book im currently reading..


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