Archive for April, 2006

Wolf Creek

Apr 30th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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I watched Wolf Creek this past week­end that a co-worker of mine rec­om­mended to me. It is based on “actual events” where the film is set in Aus­tralia and por­trays three friends who go to Wolf Creek to view one of the largest craters on earth. Did I men­tion that Wolf Creek is in the mid­dle of nowhere?

Lisa Valdez News

Apr 30th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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I recently received Ms. Valdez’s newslet­ter that regret­fully informs her read­ers that her next release, Patience, will not come out this August as planned. It will be later this year, prob­a­bly around Decem­ber 2006 before we’ll get the chance to read and rip it apart. Damn. Jok­ing. I really enjoyed Pas­sion, her debut  his­tor­i­cal romance.

Interesting Threads Online

Apr 29th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

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As I put down The Da Vinci Code for the fifth time, I decided to go online and look up some infor­ma­tion. I did my usual blog hops and vis­ited mes­sage boards, scop­ing out new books to read, author buzz, etc. Then came across a thread as old as time. 
Read­ers amuse me with the threads that they ini­ti­ate on message

REVIEW: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Apr 27th

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown seems to evoke much dis­cus­sion on the explo­sive infor­ma­tion that Dan Brown explores that involves reli­gion and what we believe fun­da­men­tally as Chris­tians. After read­ing this book, I was left with a neu­tral feel­ing. While the con­spir­acy the­ory is def­i­nitely fod­der for dis­cus­sion, I found it enter­tain­ing stuff that shouldn’t be

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REVIEW: The Boyfriend School by Sarah Bird

Apr 26th

Posted by Avid Reader in Book Reviews

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The Boyfriend School by Sarah Bird is a buried trea­sure read. I read this book about maybe three or four years ago and at that time the book was sadly out of print. Now it’s avail­able again and if you haven’t read it, you should because it is a satire of the romance indus­try that is both

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