Afraid of the Dark by Michelle Devlin: Touching story based on real life, November 25, 2003. This touching novel is based on real life experiences and continualy amazes the reader with its insight and self discovery. Afraid of the dark for most of her 29 years, Ali Connery faces and deals with her fears and nightmares through the insistence of her patient, ever-loving husband. Through a whirlwind ride of discouraging memories and drug and alcohol abuse, she labors to discover the sweet, lovable person buried inside the trashheap of her mind. The writing is clear, unburdened with sentimentality, and easy to read.

Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil: Why Church Fathers Suppressed the Book of Enoch and Its Startling Revelations by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. False Science, August 1, 2003. This book is masquerading under false pretenses. How can you use one MYTH to verify another MYTH? This book assumes that what the Bible says about Angels is not true. Well, of course, it is not ture. There are no angels. Then it procedes to try to tell us that the reason Biblical angels may not be not true is that the suppressed Book of Enoch gives startling revelations about angels that are true. Give me a break! Give me several breaks! What phony science.

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.Oasis in a desert of books, July 29, 2003. Haven't read a thriller since Kolympsky Heights or Fourth Protocol that is good as this one. It turned me on to Brown's previous books. Angels & Demons is even better than this one, but with the same Robert Langdon in charge. At any rate, get both of them, read A&D first, in possible. You won't be able to put either one down. I read straight through them in a couple of days and am now on Brown's earlier work, Deception Point.

(Roger's Note on DaVinci Code: I liked it so much, I read it and  reviewed it twice!) Delivers, July 20, 2003. This story delivers the promise of excitement from the first page. It's a can't put it downer in more ways than one. If you enjoy intellectual puzzles, you'll find this book right down your Rubic's cube. Few writers could write this book; it required a brilliant mind. Reading it, though, is easy. If it upsets the Christian mythologists, so be it. It's about time their brains got a jolt. However, in the final analysis, it's doubtful if they have been done any harm, despite all their screaming in the previous reviews. This is a fast paced story and you won't be able to quit reading once you start.

Deception Point by Dan Brown. Spectacular! Brilliant! A Real Page Turner, July 31, 2003. Unbelievably good. Out-Crichtons Michael. Out-Clanceys Tom. What a brilllant mind. First Dan Brown builds a fantastic hypothesis and then slowly undoes it. This man should work for the CIA, he is such a brain! This is a terrific story about how NASA falls on its own sword. The characters are well drawn, the women especially. The inside workings of politics is a fun story. How can one writer know so much? One of the best thrillers I have read in several years. Every chapter is a cliff-hanger. When a NASA satellite in the Arctic discovers a meteorite buried deep in a glacier, the foundering Agency grabs the publicity to save it from being voted out of existence by dollar-hungry senators and representatives. The president is also in need of a something to boost his sagging polls. This looks like the life-saver, until it begins to look like a gigantic hoax. And on top of that, someone is willing to kill, and does murder several scientists, in order to prevent exposure. You won't be able to put this down, once you start it. A high-concept novel, yet thoroughly believable.