As the fluff contines:
I read the Da Vinci Code this week. Having seen the movie for the first time about a month ago I was pleased to find that the book was much better. It’s nice to find that even in less than intellectual fiction, the book is still better. I’m glad to know that this is a universal truth.
The thing I enjoyed about reading this book was that it took place in the parts of Paris where Zak and I spent a lot of time and so I could vividly picutre where they were and what things looked like. The only things that was negative about this was that I felt a little guilty about spending about 10 minutes in the Louvre instead of the many days it deserves.
This book also reminded me how interesting the history of religions is. If you haven’t read Under the Banner of Heaven which is a history of the Mormon church, you should. After the summer of fluff, I think I’ll do some non-fiction reading and look into the history of more religions. It’s all so very very interesting and sneaky and sometimes very bloody. I mean, more blood has been shed in the name of religion than in the World Wars combined and then some. Those crusades were pretty brutal and in the name of religion. I think I could read about this stuff for a long time and not tire of it. I’ll be sure to let you know how that goes.
I can’t wait for my summer of fluff to be over. There are so many books that I want to read. My amazon.com wish list is growing by the day and it’s starting to wear away at me. What if I’m getting dumber by the second. What if that part of my brain that is used to read better books atrophies during this summer and I have to do some sort of physical therapy to get it back in working order. I mean, what if I have to start with really good children’s books like the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where the Wild Things Are and then work my way up to the Pulitzers and Mann Booker winners of my past. Oh dear, this summer could cost me a lot more than I originally anticipated. Maybe to make up for summer of fluff, I’ll read all the books on Time Magazines top 100 novels of the 20th century. I’ll have to look up that list and see what’s on it before I commit to it.
Oh, that reminds me. In 1998 AFI (American Film Institute) came out with a list of the top 100 movies of all time. Zak, Maren and I decided to watch all of the movies on the list starting with the last one and working our way up. We made a little progress in high school but haven’t worked on it since then as we were separated for a long time. But, now that we are back together, we are starting the list up again and we are pretty excited. Up next #85 Duck Soup and then #84 Fargo. I’ll keep you updated on our work through the list and I can almost guarantee that after we are done with all 100 we will make our own list and pass that along as well. I know, you can’t wait. In order to give you a hint of this, I can guaratnee that while Willow does not appear on the AFI list, it will definately appear on ours. In case you weren’t sure, this list is less about great and moving films and more about our favorites of the past.
