Autism and treasure hunts - what do they have in common?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Amazing Mark Haddon got into the head of a 15year old autistic boy and introduced us to his world -some loved the maths (why do British call it maths and Americans call it math?) and read avidly the explanations and all illustrations, others skipped them altogether and finished the book much faster -we veered towards Vernon God Little and once again we had an author who really got into the head of a child -and who was more to blame? the mother for leaving? or the father for lying (and not small lies at that)? -are all autistic people brilliant? and what happens to those who aren't, or don't show it? and why do they rock (there were some exemplifications of rocking given by some book readers in the club)? -book club greetings are now to be done as per Christopher's description in the books: raise your hand, spread your fingers and touch the fingertips of the other person (no more than that please or it may become uncomfortable ;>)

The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown -low brow; did we read it because it was a great fad in the US last year? (ok, I got it off my chest) -fascinating clues that made us still get into conversations and discussions: is there an inverted pyramid in the Louvre? is PHI really true (Nicola and Margrethe did some measuring...)? and is Maria Magdalena sitting next to Jesus in the Las Supper (Barbara had a print out: the person sitting to the right of Jesus looks like a woman

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-some were annoyed by the clues, some loved them and felt that they gave the book the structure it lacked -annoying italics, not a good technique -is Harrison Ford Robert Langdon? actually, there seems to be a movie in the works, guess who's playing Robert Langdon; who do you think should play Sophie - Paradis (Jeux d'enfants, Taxi), Juliet Binoche (we thought she was too old maybe?), the girl in Amelie Poulin (maybe she's too cute!) -Silas and albinos deteriorated into a side conversation of the two albinos in the Matrix -André Vernet - what was that? and Bezu Fache (fache = annoyed?) doing a volta-face at the end of the book and being all nice and all? -another incongruency is the character of Sir Leigh Teabing: was he an aristocrat or nobility (did I get this right? there is a difference that escapes me, new world born and all); and what is up with that name, Teabing? and how do you pronounce Leigh -ah, yes, some mentions were made about the cheap introduction of another novel in the Prologue and the fact that the previous "episode" in Robert Langdon's exciting life takes place in the Vatican - surely Mr Dan Brown will publish a book 'bout that, and the movies will follow?