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The Da Vinci Code is the latest from Dan Brown. A real-time thriller that takes place over the course of about 12 hours (Brown’s specialty. Check out Angels & Demons and Deception Point for others by Brown). This book is moving up the bestseller lists, but I think the earlier Angels & Demons is a better read.
Forever: A Novel by Pete Hamill is the opposite of Dan Brown’s real-time thrillers. This novel takes place mostly in New York City, but over the span of several centuries. The book follows the life of a man granted eternal life — as long as he stays on the island of Manhattan. This is a great idea for a story, but I mainly felt unsatisfied when I finished. It’s hard to fault Hamill, however. How can anyone pull this off in a single volume novel. There’s too much history to cover without leaving important events out.
John Irving is my favorite writer, and with this book I’ve finished reading everything (in book form) that he’s written. The Imaginary Girlfriend covers similar autobiographical ground to the recently published Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
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