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I'm reading #7 in the DCC universe 🥰

Did you know the US hardback has real hidden codes on the dust jacket? One of them points to Kryptos — an actual unsolved CIA sculpture at Langley that nobody has cracked in decades.

In this episode we get into:

🗝️ The three hidden codes on the US cover — including GPS coordinates tied to that real, still-unsolved CIA cipher

😈Why the villain Sir Leigh Teabing's name is a straight anagram of the two authors who later sued Dan Brown for plagiarism

⚖️ The judge who buried his own Fibonacci-coded message inside the 71-page court ruling on that case

The real, sealed vaults under Rosslyn Chapel — untouched since 1690

🎶 Dan Brown's pre-fame life as a failed pop star, including a self-produced kids' cassette and a soft rock CD journalists still bring up

✝️ The Catholic Church's actual response — they appointed an archbishop specifically to debunk the book

Give it a listen here: https://www.booktriviapodcast.com/episodes/s2-e7-the-da-vinci-code

I'm reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Yes it's true! George R.R. Martin has said Stan Lee is "the greatest literary influence on me, even more than Shakespeare or Tolkien."

Yes, THAT Stan Lee. The guy behind Spider-Man and the Avengers, ranked above the guy who wrote Hamlet and the guy who basically invented modern fantasy.

Some versions of the quote include a "maybe" in front of it, so he's hedging slightly... but still. Bold ranking from a man who added an extra "R" to his name as a Tolkien tribute.

I'm reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies after getting several recommendations from my fellow Redditors 🥰

Did you know Kristy's Great Idea wasn't even Ann M. Martin's idea? A Scholastic editor noticed an obscure book quietly outselling everything else in the catalogue and handed Martin nothing but a title and "a glimmer of an idea" for a four-book miniseries. She built the rest — the characters, Stoneybrook, all of it — and it turned into 213 books and 176 million copies sold 📚

In this episode we got into where Martin actually found her characters — Kristy is based on her real childhood best friend, Mary Anne is her own self-insert, and Stacey's diabetes storyline came from two of Martin's own childhood friends. We also cover the single Scholastic staffer responsible for faking all four girls' handwriting across the entire series, Kirsten Dunst's first-ever modelling job hiding on the cover of book #2, and the road from VHS specials to HBO to Netflix's 100%-on-Rotten-Tomatoes reboot that still got cancelled 🎙️

Give it a listen here: https://www.booktriviapodcast.com/episodes/s1-bonus-e11-kristys-great-idea

Ammiright 😂

Weren't we lucky enough to catch An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes - Princess Bride live with a full orchestra in Sydney. The man is 63 and still has the exact same energy as Westley. 10/10, would storm the castle again.

I saw this article with the top 10 gifts for book lovers, was interested to hear what you'd love to receive (or perhaps have already received and loved 😍) https://byanavrin.com/en-au/blogs/news/10-unique-gift-ideas-for-book-lovers-that-aren-t-just-books

Tell me in the comments 👇🏼