Books are just as exciting…

I was watching a video on CNN about the big day today. Today is the release of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and for those in the know you nod your head in understanding about the buzz. Or maybe you are standing in line at a bookstore jubilant about how in only a few minutes you will be able to spend your special day off doing exactly what you took the day off to do and that is to read this book. Yes, I’m sure somebody in bibliophile land took off today just to read The Lost Symbol. Then there are those who just went to the search engine to type in Dan Brown because they are wondering “Dan who?”. To keep it simple he is the author of the books that were turned into the moves Angels & Demons and Da Vinci Code. Did you at least know about those movies or seen them? I hope so.

Ok, back to the video. Jon Howells of Waterstone’s Books stated that big book releases like The Lost Symbol are good news for readers because it gets people excited about books and that sometimes we need to be reminded that books can be exciting like films, albums and rock bands. I agree with dear Jon that every so often we need to be reminded how exciting it is to sit down and read a good book. I think it’s awesome there were people standing in line at the bookstores before they opened waiting to buy a book.

I’m going to buy this book when the funds free up but I don’t have to wait to read it. America has this amazing invention called the library and my copy will be waiting for me to pick up and read within the next day or two. And then I’ll post back on my blog a review of this highly anticipated novel.