Junk Food for My Brain...

I have a confession to make. I really liked The Da Vinci Code. I know, I know, Dan Brown and John Grisham and about 50% of what I read is really junk food for my brain, but I like Smarties and salt and vinegar chips, too. Anyhow, on that note, I just finished The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It was part of my birthday present from Mark and I got it early because he went to COSCO last week. It was okay - not as action packed as Da Vinci, and I figured out the 'big twist' really early on (like within the first 1/7 of the book) so that was not the shocker it should have been (too many clues, Dan!). I also kind of knew what the lost symbol was going to be and the reveal was a let down. However, it was a good way to shut the brain down over the last week and I needed that! The discussions of religion and spirituality are in line with my own views and I appreciated that, however, one wonders if he needed to write that big of a book to communicate his agenda (he has a sizable hammer).