You’ve just dropped your favorite, out-of-print book into a bathtub, ruining it completely … What do you do now?
Whine. Post on the BookCrossing forums about it. Then pop onto AbeBooks and see about finding another copy.
One time my cat urinated on my backpack, utterly destroying the book I was currently reading. But then, it was The Da Vinci Code, so she may have just been commenting on my taste in literature.
by Dan Brown: Well, now I know why so many people hated the movie. The book’s ending is much more satisfying (and sensical). In case you missed all the hubbub, this is about a search for the Holy Grail, which is not a cup, but rather a dark secret of the Christian church. The evidence supporting this claim was largely suspect: the history was mostly inaccurate, and the symbology and mathematics was usually either misinterpreted or arbitrarily designated. Still, it was a fun ride and inspired me to look up several of the paintings and buildings described in the story. (Anything that makes me think or learn wins bonus points.) While I don’t think it lived up to the hype – I was prepared for it to be far more blasphemous and insulting – it made for a good bit of light fiction.