The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
At first, I wasn't sure I was going to like this book. For some reason, it just moved slow and I had a hard time getting into it. And there were some parts that dragged on. But I'm glad I pushed through and finished because I thought it was amazing. Especially the last few chapters.

Robert Langdon, famous Harvard professor, goes to Washington D.C. for a lecture and instead, in thronw into the craziest hours of his life. Dealing with a madman and trying to save the sacred secrets of the Mason's. He learns about the famous Masonic Pyramid and is persuaded to decipher the code of the pyramid to find the Lost Treasure of the Mason's. This adventure takes him and the reader on a wild goose chase all through America's capital. But when Langdon and the reader find out what the Lost Treasure really is, it comes as a shocking surprise and is nothing close to what is expected. It's better!!

I really liked how this book ended. Brown really got more into the religious aspect of the Mason's and other religions throughout the world. He talked about how as a society and world, we have found that we know longer need faith, beliefs, or hope. We have shut out God and all his greatness for the more materials things of life. And how because of how "wicked" society has become, they are not ready to here the goodness of God's words and teaching's.

I thought, in a lot of ways, this book had a really good moral to it.

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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved the way this series ended. The Half-Bloods prepare all year for the biggest war to come which can end well or badly. Percy takes a bath in the River Styx which is the only way he can stand up to Kronos/Luke. He finally hears the prophecy that has been kept from him for 4 years and realizes what his destiny is. Though scary, he is prepared to help save Olympus. However, he is tempted, along the way, to open Pandora's box and release HOPE to the Titan's. We are also introduced to Hestia, the Goddess of the Hearth who helps Percy along his way and shows him past vision's to help him with his decision's.

Throughout the book, Percy struggle's with his feelings, emotions, and the overwhelming feeling of saving Olympus, his family, and the girl he loves.

I'm sad to see this series end, but I truly enjoyed it. And like Harry Potter and Twilight, I'm sure it will be another series that I can read over and over again.

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