Books, 2011 Alice . Books, 2011 Alice .

The Lost Symbol

THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown was a joint-reading with my friend Hanson Tan. We went on an exciting and thrilling journey of codes, secrets, and unseen truths—all set within the hidden chambers, tunnels and temples of Washington, D.C.

THE LOST SYMBOL, which is the third book in the Robert Langdon series, is a follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE and it was indeed my plan to read the latter first. However, I reckoned there is nothing wrong with […]

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Books, 2009 Alice . Books, 2009 Alice .

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons is my first Dan Brown book and will certainly not be the last.

The novel had me glued to my seat turning those pages furiously and playing the guessing game right until the end. You wouldn’t believe who the culprit will be. It is a little over-the-top but still. . . Set in the Vatican City, this is one intriguing thriller that is full of drama. Robert Langdon is a Harvard specialist on religious symbolism (those who have read The Da Vinci Code would be familiar with him). He is called in by a Swiss research lab when Dr. Leonardo Vetra, the scientist who discovered antimatter, is found murdered with the word “Illuminati” branded on his chest.

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