From BAMM...
"While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever. THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller...utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion."

I was a bit hesitant to read this book because it's 454 pages long. I'm very glad I did, I loved it. I enjoy the way Dan Brown writes. He has a way of blending words and plots in such a way that makes for quite a good story. I found myself going to the library looking for books with pictures of the paintings mentioned in the story. Very interesting!

My 1 year Anniversary Bookring.
Thank you everybody for participating:)

1- Geologygirl (North Carolina)
2- Kernow8 (Virginia)
3- WittyJean (Colorado)
4- Jas330 (Washington)
5- Fruitbat (Oregon)
6- Bridge2thestars (California)
7- Arjay1977 (California)
8- Caligula03 (California)
9-Jazmin (New Jersey)

Book has been mailed to fellow Bookcrosser Geologygirl.

The Da Vinci Code has arrived. I've read the first couple of pages already - and it looks like a good book. I have to finish a promised book first - but that should be ready to go on Wednesday.

I'll also add a postcard to the journal and a note - and thanks for the goodies - I think I'll share them, like in geocaching, take something and add something for the next person.

Wow - it was an interesting book. The writing was so well done, that it was an extremely quick read for a 400+ page book. The subject of the book has made me curious about both the art and the historical figures mentioned. Thanks for sharing. Mailing pre-hurricane to Kernow8.

Release planned for Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Post Office on Academy St in downtown Cary in Cary, North Carolina USA.

Mailing to next bookring member.

Just received in the mail - thanks! I'm really looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about! Just finishing a quick read then will get onto this tomorrow or the day after. The journal arrived safe and sound too...

This was a wonderful book. I'm not usually very much into mysteries but this one kept my attention all the way through. I love the way Brown meshed together fact and fiction so well - you never quite know whether what you're reading is the made-up part or real! I was so caught up by the part about The Last Supper that I had to Google it and check each detail as described in the book with the copy of the fresco I'd found on the internet. Luckily I didn't feel the need to do that with every piece of art mentioned or I'd still be reading the book next year!

Funnily enough I was browsing through the books at the local thrift store yesterday just after reading the bit about the book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and I actually saw a copy of that very book on the shelves - what a coincidence!

All I need to do now is add something to the journal book that arrived with the novel, and then I'll get it mailed off to WittyJean as soon as possible.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read this great book. I've already promised to buy my husband a copy as soon as it comes out in paperback!

Mailed to WittyJean today.

I have had some extremely interesting reviews of this book from friends across the country and I look forward to reading it! Thanks for passing it along:)

Also, the scrapbook is a great idea! I will add to that as well.

First of all I must apologize to all of those who came before me that it has taken me so long to read this book! I read the first half right before mid-terms started this semester and had a difficult time wrapping it up.

As a historical thriller (I wasn't aware of such a genre before this), the book is excellent. I was a little annoyed at the chapter cliff-hangers every few pages. "Little did he know, but he would receive a miracle in just a few hours", that sort of writing makes me cringe when it is used repetitively. The novel is plot-driven rather than character-driven, so I cared little for the characters, but the plot was so complex and ultimately, daring, that I enjoyed it anyway.

I also had a difficult time accepting the historical and immensely controversial 'facts' Mr. Brown presented, but as this is a novel, I was able to forgive them and enjoy it simply for the sake of the story.

Passing it on down the line....

received yesterday and started reading as soon as I could. Will probably finish and pass along this week.

Oh my goodness, I expected/hoped this would be good; I didn't know it would be THIS good! My husband, who is a Bible scholar, kind of raised an eyebrow at me for reading it, and I said, Relax, I know it's fiction, and the ideas presented might not all be factual. I approached it just as a really great yarn -- which it was! Thanks so much, Jazmin, for the chance to read it! (and now I've ordered Brown's previous book, Angels and Demons -- who says BookCrossers spend less money on books?! ;)

Released on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 at to another BookCrosser in bookray, postal release USA.

sent on the 2nd to California!

I received this book on Saturday - sorry for not journaling sooner! - and am greatly looking forward to reading it. Just from reading the first few pages I've gotten the distinct impressions that it may very well live up to the hype.