Comments on: “The Lost Symbol” http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob in Gaithersburg http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17744 Rob in Gaithersburg Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:06:48 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17744 I'm half way through Dan Brown's new book and have a hard time putting it down no matter how tired I am at night after a long day at work and putting two little boys to sleep. Brown does a masterful job of mixing fact with fiction and I greatly enjoyed visualizing the buildings in D.C. and the surrounding suburbs that he so brilliantly describes throughout the Lost Symbol. Anyone who is critical of the book is probably jealous of Dan Brown! I’m half way through Dan Brown’s new book and have a hard time putting it down no matter how tired I am at night after a long day at work and putting two little boys to sleep. Brown does a masterful job of mixing fact with fiction and I greatly enjoyed visualizing the buildings in D.C. and the surrounding suburbs that he so brilliantly describes throughout the Lost Symbol. Anyone who is critical of the book is probably jealous of Dan Brown!

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17743 Jeanne Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:22:47 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17743 I am looking forward to reading the book. Not as much as I am looking forward to the Caps' season, but .. By the way, Washington Masonic Memorial, which is an interesting site to visit with great views and small crowds, is in Alexandria, not Arlington. I am looking forward to reading the book. Not as much as I am looking forward to the Caps’ season, but ..
By the way, Washington Masonic Memorial, which is an interesting site to visit with great views and small crowds, is in Alexandria, not Arlington.

]]> By: Ponnapa http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17742 Ponnapa Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:11:58 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17742 Ted, I agree that the book is a good read , and as always Dan Brown mixes fact and fiction so beautifully that its difficult to separate the two. Ted,
I agree that the book is a good read , and as always Dan Brown mixes fact and fiction so beautifully that its difficult to separate the two.

]]> By: Jimmy Jazz http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17741 Jimmy Jazz Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:10:36 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17741 Iced tea for brain -- Grisham, Brown, Baldacci, etc. -- is a guilty pastime for me. I always repent w/ some Thackeray or something equally snobbish, though--not a bad system, actually. I just don't understand why book critics (most of whom are failed authors, anyway) can't individualize the review process a little more. The Davinci Code is what it is. For Whom the Bell Tolls is what it is. One's desert. Who cares? Can I just say that as good as Cormac McCarthy's No Country, and All the Pretty Horses were, The Road was just awful. The ending to the No Country flick was cringe-worthy. The same ending in the book was just brilliant. Iced tea for brain — Grisham, Brown, Baldacci, etc. — is a guilty pastime for me. I always repent w/ some Thackeray or something equally snobbish, though–not a bad system, actually.

I just don’t understand why book critics (most of whom are failed authors, anyway) can’t individualize the review process a little more. The Davinci Code is what it is. For Whom the Bell Tolls is what it is. One’s desert. Who cares?

Can I just say that as good as Cormac McCarthy’s No Country, and All the Pretty Horses were, The Road was just awful. The ending to the No Country flick was cringe-worthy. The same ending in the book was just brilliant.

]]> By: Maura Sheehan Constantine http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17740 Maura Sheehan Constantine Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:00:28 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17740 Ted, I agree with your take that writers are jealous of Dan's success. He lives a few towns over in Exeter NH and I am a big fan. I regularly read book reviews but still read what I want to read based on past performances! I like his writing style and am fascinated yet again by the subject matter, this time the Free Masons. Once again, thank you for your "take". Maura Ted, I agree with your take that writers are jealous of Dan’s success. He lives a few towns over in Exeter NH and I am a big fan. I regularly read book reviews but still read what I want to read based on past performances! I like his writing style and am fascinated yet again by the subject matter, this time the Free Masons. Once again, thank you for your “take”.
Maura

]]> By: Rocco http://www.tedstake.com/2009/09/27/the-lost-symbol/#comment-17739 Rocco Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:54:56 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=5042#comment-17739 When the Caps win the Cup, all ancient mysteries will be revealed!! When the Caps win the Cup, all ancient mysteries will be revealed!!

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