The Da Vinci Code

             

Ok.  So I realize I may be the last person on earth to have read The Da Vinci Code.  Admittedly, I chalk it up to sheer snobbery on my part.  I mean, it's a mass market paperback.  It's written at a fifth grade reading level.  It has raised letters on its cover, for godssake.  BUT.  I just finished reading it, and oh my stars did I love it.  Besides the guilty pleasure I got from reading a fast-paced thriller, I genuinely adored all of the information about goddesses, art, and the sacred feminine.  And in retrospect, I find it downright revolutionary that such a book has obviously touched a nerve in so many readers around the world. 

Now, I'm going to subject myself to the movie.  I'm told it's a very watered down version, as Sony had to placate the religious right.  GRRRR.  Still, I'm curious.