This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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The Da Vinci Codedidn't change my life for some reason.
I think there must be something wrong with me.
I didn't immediately find myself writing letters to the vatican demanding that they admit the existence of Jesus' great grandchavs.
Neither did I find myself incandescent with rage at the temerity of Dan Brown for writing such a glaringly inaccurate historical reference book.
I just read it and thought it was alright. It was a decent little twisty turny story, I thought. But then I discovered, by watching the news, that I was supposed to either be turned into some religious nut-case by reading it, or was expected to immediately burn my copy and Dan Brown's house.
I hadn't realised it was true! But the Sun said it is. What a fool I was!
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baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Thu 15 May 2008, 21:26,
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I read it in a dayI thought it was a decent page-turner that covered very familiar territory (nothing particularly new in it for me) and that was about it, other than the fact that it's completely ridiculous how the Dan Brown-alike main character finds the holy grail in about 48 hours, despite the fact that people have been searching for it for a couple of thousand years...
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 16 May 2008, 12:06,
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Angels and Deamons / Digital FortressAre quite good too, in my opinion :)
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