I think Robert Langdon needs to meet some new friends.

Perhaps then he wouldn't get into as much trouble and almost lose his life.

This week's book is a book I had to re-read because when I first read it I was so overwhelmed with what happened in the book.

The book is The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.  It's his third novel about Robert Langdon, the professor of religious iconology and symbology at Harvard University, following the previous two novels, Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code (which have both been made into successful movies).

I had read the previous books, so when I heard a new Robert Langdon book was coming out I had to get it.

Basically, Langdon is unexpectedly called to Washington to give a lecture (similar to Angels and Demons when he is called to CERN) for his close friend and mentor, Peter Solomon, a 33rd Degree Mason (the highest rank) who is the director of the Smithsonian Institution.  However, when Langdon arrives to give his lecture, he is pulled into another adventure when a severed hand with an ancient invitation arrives in the U.S. Capitol.  Soon Langdon learns Peter Solomon has been kidnapped, and now knows he has to do what the person who sends the ancient inviation wants.

Langdon teams up with Peter Solomon's sister, Katherine, a noetic scientist to find where her brother is and unravel the ancient mysteries Peter's captor thinks Langdon knows how to solve.  This leads them throughout the city of Washington D.C. to places many people know, but also don't know, all while being pursued by the kidnapper, named Mal'akh, and the head of the CIA'S Office of Security, Inoue Sato.  Secret labs, secret places.  The question you'll keep on asking is where are they going next?

Will Langdon and Katherine save her brother and solve the ancient mysteries?  I don't want to spoil anything for my readers...but this book kept me on the edge of my seat and I couldn't put it down.

I really enjoyed this book and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who loves history, or just loves a great adventure novel.  I can definitely see this book being made into a movie just like the other two Robert Langdon novels.  These novels definitely are page turners - if you haven't read them you should!

Anyway, that's it for this week.  Next week - still trying to decide on a book, stay tuned to see what's next!