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“The Lost Symbol” Review (somewhat) proper

October 1st, 2009 2 Comments

I don’t usually catch the bus from Downtown Auckland to Takapuna. I’m telling you this to get a few paragraphs in between your beginning to read the review1 and my giving away the end of Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol.”
Anyway, I don’t usually catch that bus. Due to my flight into Auckland being delayed and [...]

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Who do? You do, the Voodoo Review!

September 22nd, 2009 2 Comments

Well, my review of ‘Voodoo Histories’ has appeared over at the Scoop Review of Books.
That is all.

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“The Lost Symbol” Review attempt 1

September 16th, 2009 7 Comments

There are two purposes to a book review, I feel. One is to tell you whether it is worth your while to read the book being reviewed; the other is to tell you why I think you should or should not read the book being reviewed. I’m telling you this because I feel I can’t [...]

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Tweeting “The Lost Symbol”

September 16th, 2009 3 Comments

Table of contents for Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”‘The Lost Symbol’ – First thoughtsTweeting “The Lost Symbol” Well, I just finished it. In leiu of the short review (coming soon) here are my tweets on the subject. You’ll need to read from the bottom up to make sense of it, and it won’t make much [...]

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‘The Lost Symbol’ – First thoughts

September 14th, 2009 No Comments

Table of contents for Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”‘The Lost Symbol’ – First thoughtsTweeting “The Lost Symbol” Despite the fact (well, because of the fact) that Dan Brown’s latest page turner does not come out until 11:01 tomorrow morning, the first chapter and prologue have been deemed fit enough to grace pages 10 and 11 [...]

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