I finished The Da Vinci Code last night. It was a great book. All my positive comments of Angels and Demons carry through to this novel. I think A & D is a better book for one reason: Da Vinci seemed somewhat anticlimactic to me. I don't want to give anything away to anyone who hasn't read it so I'll stop there. Still, there are so many great ideas and issues addressed in Da Vinci that it should not be missed. I'm going to try finishing the Dumas novel as well as The Celestine Prophecy which I started last summer, but had to set aside for a while in order to keep up with reading for school. I sold some books yesterday at Bookman's and bought a biography of Sarah Bernhardt. I haven't decided yet if I believe in reincarnation, but if I do, I think I'm her. When I was as young as two years old, my parents used to call me by her name because I was incredibly dramatic about things. That love for drama followed me through elementary school, jr. high, high school, college, and even now. I started acting in school plays in 1st grade and began my first time at college as a theatre major. I soon moved on to art when things didn't work out, but have participated in community theatre to quell my desires for the stage. While pursuing my degree in art, I discovered an artist named Alphonse Mucha, who introduced the style of Art Nouveau to the world. He instantly became my favorite and I have displayed his work in my house. I also have a limited edition lithograph, signed and numbered by Mucha's grandson from the Mucha foundation. I soon discovered that Mucha was Bernhardt's favorite artist and that she commissioned him to design all her theatre posters. He went on to design all her jewelry as well. And the icing on the cake is that she and I have the same birthdate. I can't wait to read more about her to learn what other similarities we have!