From The Past: July 20, 2005

On November 7, 2003, I predicted Anne Rice’s next book would be Catholic Fiction. It looks as though I was right. She has written a book entitled Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. It will be available November 1st of this year.

The book description on Amazon says, “Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most thoughtful and powerful book, a novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. The book’s power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing, and the way in which she summons up the voice, the presence, the words of the young Jesus who tells the story.”

I knew it! I knew it! I told you so! I cannot wait to get my hands on this in November! Her extensive research makes her books come alive.

On a totally different subject; we watched The Blair Witch Project yesterday afternoon (during daylight hours). I don’t want to give it away, but even if you are afraid of scary movies, you will be able to watch this – trust me. I am the biggest weenie of them all and I made it through this wanting to watch it again! It is a very good psychological movie. The only downside was the bad language.