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I have never read a James Bond novel. I had this fact hammered home to me last night. I didn’t post yesterday because Mr. Hall and I went to the movies with a friend last night and saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. I can’t tell you if it’s faithful to the books or not, because I’ve never read one.

(I can tell you that I wasn’t all that thrilled with the movie, despite having been very excited about Casino Royale. B- at best. But I’ll talk about that at Moviephile.)

Perhaps it’s about time I read one. I’ve had opportunities in the past (I found a complete set of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books at a thrift store in my home town and purchased them for Mr. Hall for 50 cents each) - but never so much as opened one up. I guess it’s because they have an air of being real “guy” books… You know, like Tom Clancy novels. Very factual and detail-oriented, going into a great lot of detail about the “stuff” involved and about the hard facts of work history of the people in it… all while somehow totally avoiding anything that might potentially interest me in the story. Dry, dry, dry! (And having a semi-nude girl on the cover doesn’t do anything for me, either.) “Guy” books appeal to me almost as little as straight “Girl” books do. (Oh, we’re strong, now we’re crying, now we’re buying clothes, now guys are all stupid, now somebody’s getting divorced or married or dying of cancer, now we’re strong again!) Give me a nice middle-ground, people!

However, since I watch and enjoy the James Bond movies (with the exception of Quantum of Solace… and The World is Not Enough) maybe I should give one a go. I’d have to track down a copy of Casino Royale, which shouldn’t be that hard - I’m sure it was reprinted when the last movie came out. In any case, I’ll stick it in my virtual TBR pile and let it wait its turn. — Mrs. Hall

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