2007 Challenge - Book 8
08. The Templar Legacy - Steve Berry
Wow, two books in one month. How do I manage? This is really sad, I used to read 2-3 books a week. I need more time to myself!
This book is a lot like Dan Brown's novels, especially with the Templar slant. Reading this book made me realize how crazy it is that so much of the religious views are completely based on blind faith, and how the church manages to gloss over so many inconsistencies. I was shocked, but realized that everything Berry wrote was true. The gospels do not add up, something is missing, and yet, many (or most or all) Christians ignore it. I didn't even realize it. The brainwashing... astounding. But in the end, if it's faith, then it's faith, and it's not going to hurt anyone to have faith - as long as they don't become fanatics.
The premise of the book is that the Templars are the guardians of something that could rock the very foundation of Christianity - mainly the bones of Jesus. But no one is quite sure that that is what is being hidden, as the Templars were "exterminated" in the early 1300's. The book is a search for what the Great Device is, and where it is hidden. There are many parallels to Brown's novels, and follows in the same vein. The book is a mystery/adventure novel.
01. Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
02. Tears of the Giraffe (The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) - Alexander McCall Smith
03. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag - Robert A. Heinlein
04. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
05. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
06. False Memory - Dean Koontz
07. The Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert and Keven J. Anderson
08. The Templar Legacy - Steve Berry
8 / 50 Books
(16.0%)
3,043 / 20,000 Pages
(14.0%)
140 / 365 Days
(38.4%)
Wow, two books in one month. How do I manage? This is really sad, I used to read 2-3 books a week. I need more time to myself!
This book is a lot like Dan Brown's novels, especially with the Templar slant. Reading this book made me realize how crazy it is that so much of the religious views are completely based on blind faith, and how the church manages to gloss over so many inconsistencies. I was shocked, but realized that everything Berry wrote was true. The gospels do not add up, something is missing, and yet, many (or most or all) Christians ignore it. I didn't even realize it. The brainwashing... astounding. But in the end, if it's faith, then it's faith, and it's not going to hurt anyone to have faith - as long as they don't become fanatics.
The premise of the book is that the Templars are the guardians of something that could rock the very foundation of Christianity - mainly the bones of Jesus. But no one is quite sure that that is what is being hidden, as the Templars were "exterminated" in the early 1300's. The book is a search for what the Great Device is, and where it is hidden. There are many parallels to Brown's novels, and follows in the same vein. The book is a mystery/adventure novel.
01. Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
02. Tears of the Giraffe (The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) - Alexander McCall Smith
03. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag - Robert A. Heinlein
04. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
05. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
06. False Memory - Dean Koontz
07. The Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert and Keven J. Anderson
08. The Templar Legacy - Steve Berry
8 / 50 Books
(16.0%)
3,043 / 20,000 Pages
(14.0%)
140 / 365 Days
(38.4%)