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Mainstream Fiction
The Da Vinci Code
By Dan Brown
Review by Roseanna White
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There are a lot of mysteries in this world that most
of us don’t often think of, and Brown does a remarkable job of pulling
them together in a thought-inducing and compelling story. His
short-lived and long-reaching Louvre curator introduces the challenge
that the main characters and the readers follow–don’t let the truth die.
Through an infinitely complex series of symbols and codes, iconographer
Rober Landon and cryptographer Sophie Neveu follow the clues left by the
curator, the latter’s grandfather, through unfathomable secrets that
arise in the search for none other than the Holy Grail. With each step
of the way, the searchers come against information that challenges the
general public’s preconceived notions about everything from the
foundation of the Catholic church to the interpretation of artistic
masterpieces. Without a doubt, this book is an eye-opening experience
and a scintillating read. Read the full review |
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Erin’s Song
by M.T. Oates
Review by Roseanna White
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All of us have had the experience of being moved by a piece of music.
Sometimes it is in the lifting of our spirits, sometimes the weeping of our souls, and
sometimes something so deep, so unexpected that there is no possible word to explain the
stirring within us. When Matthew Hughes is cajoled into going to a concert of renowned
pianist Catherine Verlag, he is not expecting such a thing to happen to him; music has
long been a part of his life, albeit partially buried under years and layers of pain, but
no piece ever affected him as the one Verlag played. Faced with his own bald emotions,
Matthew finally has to face the past he has been running from ever since his father died,
and since it is music that has awakened him, it is through music that he makes this
journey into himself. Read the full review |
Gone but not Forgotten
by D. M. Wilmes
Review by Roseanna White
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We live in an age of ambition and bottom lines. It isn’t exactly a new thing;
people have been putting income above family for as long as they had both, trying to
secure a place in the world. For many, their ambition starts out of an honest desire to
provide for those they love. But it’s so easy to lose sight of family, to sacrifice
time with them for that paycheck each week. And so hard to make a decision to change it.
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Lessons from the Gypsy Camp
by Elizabeth Appell
Review by Roseanna White
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Childhood is one of those things that very few appreciate while they’re in it and
very few remember accurately once they’ve left it behind. For a lot of us, retrospect
does indeed gain that rosy cast that has made it a cliche, and we remember our childhoods
either as something sweeter than it could possibly have been, or perhaps the opposite, and
worse than it really was. It takes a keen eye and a sharp memory to tell a story of a
child in such a way that the clarity of the age is still present without the adult
influence, but Appell pulls it off in Lessons from the Gypsy Camp.
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