One book I plan on reading this quarter is Deception Point. Dan Brown has quickly become one of my favorite authors and since I've read the Robert Langdon series, I figured I should check out some of his other books.
Same goes for Digital Fortress. Its another Dan Brown book that I figured I should give a look at since I enjoy his style of writing.
Another book I want to read is The Hunger Games. Many of my friends have recommended this book and said that the whole series was awesome, so I might as well give it a try! :)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Reading Reflection
Over the past nine weeks I have been introduced to many radical thoughts through the books I have read not only on my own time, but for class. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World opened my eyes to the fact that our society today is quickly spiraling downward into a valueless abyss much like that portayed in BNW. By pointing this truth out to me, Huxley's book has helped me to notice every instance of traditional values being stripped from the media. Dan Brown's Angels and Demons not only introduced me to many artworks and destinations previously unknown, but also thrilled me with the way it weaved historical significance into every twist and turn in the story.
Although I found "inking my thinking" difficult, I have to admit that I came to a better understanding of the underlying meanings of the stories I read by coming up with information and questions to write in my journal. I will definitely use the skills I learned by "inking my thinking" in the future.
In the future I plan to expand on my historical knowledge by reading other works by Dan Brown as well as having a good mixture of other reads by various authors.
Although I found "inking my thinking" difficult, I have to admit that I came to a better understanding of the underlying meanings of the stories I read by coming up with information and questions to write in my journal. I will definitely use the skills I learned by "inking my thinking" in the future.
In the future I plan to expand on my historical knowledge by reading other works by Dan Brown as well as having a good mixture of other reads by various authors.
Monday, October 11, 2010
1st Quarter Annotated Reading List
Brown, Dan. Angels and Demons. London: Corgi, 2009. Print.
Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, receives a mysterious phone call along with a fax picturing a gruesome murder of an important scientist, Leonardo Vetra. Upon agreeing to use his knowledge to assist in solving the murder, Langdon is flown to a scientific haven, CERN, in Switzerland. As Langdon examines a brand burned into Vetra's chest, he soon sees the ambigram of the ancient secret society, the Illuminati. After a trip to Vetra's lab accompanied by Vetra's daughter, Vittoria and CERN's director, Maximilian Kohler, Langdon learns that he's in for much more than a simple murder mystery. Vetra's work on antimatter, an extremely explosive nuclear power, has put Vatican City in extreme danger. When Robert and Vittoria arrive in Vatican City to retrieve the antimatter, they're suddenly sucked into a whirlwind of kidnapped Cardinals, broken traditions, and ancient secret societies coming back with a vengeance. (3 books)
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. Print
Huxley's Brave New World gives a thrilling sneak peek into the future of humanity in Huxley's own mind. With a society insistent on ubiquitous pleasure and a savage reservation based on a mixture of "old world" religions, Huxley's depiction of the inevitable future is grim and hopeless. However, there are rare individualistic souls in the society that intends to turn their unethical culture around. (2 books)
BNW articles on tab=1 book
Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, receives a mysterious phone call along with a fax picturing a gruesome murder of an important scientist, Leonardo Vetra. Upon agreeing to use his knowledge to assist in solving the murder, Langdon is flown to a scientific haven, CERN, in Switzerland. As Langdon examines a brand burned into Vetra's chest, he soon sees the ambigram of the ancient secret society, the Illuminati. After a trip to Vetra's lab accompanied by Vetra's daughter, Vittoria and CERN's director, Maximilian Kohler, Langdon learns that he's in for much more than a simple murder mystery. Vetra's work on antimatter, an extremely explosive nuclear power, has put Vatican City in extreme danger. When Robert and Vittoria arrive in Vatican City to retrieve the antimatter, they're suddenly sucked into a whirlwind of kidnapped Cardinals, broken traditions, and ancient secret societies coming back with a vengeance. (3 books)
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. Print
Huxley's Brave New World gives a thrilling sneak peek into the future of humanity in Huxley's own mind. With a society insistent on ubiquitous pleasure and a savage reservation based on a mixture of "old world" religions, Huxley's depiction of the inevitable future is grim and hopeless. However, there are rare individualistic souls in the society that intends to turn their unethical culture around. (2 books)
BNW articles on tab=1 book
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