Monthly Archives: November 2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

November 23, 2005 – 7:56 am

Order of the Phoenix.jpgLet’s just say this is the best book of the series. it was so good i read it in about 2 hours…. Harry has come a long way from his first adventure and this one shows that Potter mania will be around for more years to come. Rowling wisely allows the audience to grow with Harry and when we meet him in this book, he’s 15 and we feel his angst and frustrations as a teenager. I think the author has shrewdly carved out a series that will be identified by a certain age of readers and will bring fond memories when they look back at the common thread in their reading lives. The book continues to carry the wit and endearing themes of friendship and comraderie in this fifth installment of Harry’s adventures at the school. The best scene would have to be…. oh wait, i can’t say…. you’ll just have to find out yourself! Read More »

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Sense and Sensibility

November 22, 2005 – 1:53 pm

sense.jpgSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, lives and thoughts of two young sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are followed. Elinor represents sense. Marianne signifies sensibility.

The novels backdrop is in the 1800s when women had to rely on their male relations for support. After their father dies, Elinor and Marianne’s brother gives their mother a meager amount of money to live on, and soon their sister-in-law takes over their home. So the women move to the country to live in a small cottage, which is provided to them by their cousin. The moves separates Elinor from her beau, but she believes that all will work out in the end. Marianne soon meets John Willoughby, the perfect match for her sensitive soul.

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The Wedding

November 21, 2005 – 3:08 pm

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I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to read this book. For me, Noah and Allie are tucked away like Rick and Ilsa, Francesca and Robert, their story was so romantic, sweet, wonderful, I didn’t want to taint it by reading more about them or having any gaps filled in. I don’t want to know how Rick and Ilsa got together, I don’t want to know what Francesca and Robert did after they said goodbye, I don’t want to have Noah and Allie be anything other than the perfect love story they are.

In the end I decided to read The Wedding and was glad I did. It is its own separate story and it thankfully doesn’t mess with the original story in The Notebook. Noah is in this book quite a bit, but he’s just Noah and he’s there for Wilson’s story, not to re-write his own. That was a huge relief!

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

November 18, 2005 – 6:25 am

codebook.jpg“It would be hard to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. . . . Mr. Singh gives cryptography not only its historical dimension but its human one.” –The New York Times

This book is an excellent read containing much to interest those who wish to see how cryptology has interacted with history. The author does a good job of setting straight many of the historical misconceptions about episodes involving cryptology. The story of Mary Queen of Scots is well known but the historical context is put across better than by many authors. The evolution of cryptology through the ages is well documented. However, the serious student may find the discussion of cryptanalysis lacking. The story of the breaking of the German Enigma code is covered in detail but other aspects of code breaking are less well covered. The subject is technical but other books such as Kahn’s Read More »

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When the Wind Blows

November 17, 2005 – 6:17 pm

when wind.jpgBook Description
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, the most brilliant and original “what if” suspense novel to come along in a decade, has somehow surpasses the page-turning chills of James Patterson’s mega bestsellers CAT & MOUSE and KISS THE GIRLS.

Frannie O’Neill, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across an astonishing discovery in the woods near her animal hospital. Read More »

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