BOOK: Lost Symbol

Dan Brown this time even better than before. With the same style of writing and that desriptive scene scetting that makes you want to go to wherever the story takes place.
Now I want to go to Washington, even over Paris.
The intricacies of the plot, in the same conspiratorial mood, is less complex and intangible. I enjoyed the setting, the premise and of course the chase with the ever pending doom deadline.
What I found I enjoyed more in this book was that the narration revolved more around the actual characters and their lives than around some myths and stories of some organization with secrets within secrets. This is still present, but it does not dominate the narration as it did in Angels and Demons. (awesome book!)

BOOK: Girl in Translation

This book just drew me in at the shelf. I don't know why but I can tell you that I cannot imagine myself actually picking up this book normally. If someone had told me about it I would not be interested in the slightest. And yet, this book will stay with me for the rest of my life. The story, the emotions, the perspectives and so much more that is found in the story will not be forgotten.
While reading I find myself fighting the urge to cave in to the emotions. I tell myself; how can I give in when the protagonist doesn't give in? She doesn't let herself be taken over by the sadness of the situation, and neither will I. So I fight the tears and keep pushing through.