Book Review - "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown

I picked up a copy of Dan Browns "The Lost Symbol" while on home leave and just this morning finished reading it. I am a fan of "The Da Vinci Code", having read the book and I have seen the movie numerous times having purchased the DVD. I also recently viewed the movie "Angels and Demons" while flying back from the U.S. to Kuwait. Having said all that, I found "TLS" to start out rather exciting for the first part of he book, then it became somewhat predictable, and then toward the end, I really could not wait for the last pages. In fact I skimmed over much of the text in the last 25% of the book because it was just plain boring..it reminded me of the TV show 24, where every turn the good guys make was a blunder in the favor of the bad guy. Like the bad guys are always one step ahead of the people with all the marvelous technology. Now how can that be?

Anyway, for the most part, I did enjoy the read, I am glad I finished the book although the story seemed long and drawn out. I sometimes have a tendency to put a book down forever if it really bores me and this one was border line.

TTYL
Mike

After the Home leave

I went home for home leave Sept. 3 and spent 2 lovely weeks at home with all my girls and newest member of the family, Gwyn. What a lovely baby she is. She reminds me of her mother Krista, as I remember her as a baby. I also drove to my Mom's for a weekend visit and a mini family reunion. We had a cook out and just had a great time visiting, taking pictures and talking about our families.
We left labor day and headed back to the beach. I had a doctors appointment a few days later and I also wanted to get some riding in on my motorcycle. The weather was not cooperating at first, then the bike had issues with the carburetor. A couple applications of carburetor cleaner improved that , but I believe it will require a rebuild in the end. Maybe next time I'm home.
I also did a little bit of work around the house, mostly plumbing issues and did a little work in the back yard. All in all I had a great time at home, but it ended to quickly for everyone, as I had to leave on the 17th to go back to Kuwait..

<- FLIGHT BACK TO KUWAIT ->

The weather here in Kuwait is HOT and HUMID! The combination of heat and humidity together make it almost unbearable to be outside and breathe, so I stay inside. Today I went shopping for some groceries but other than that I do not plan to go out for anything except work.

Well , that's all folks!!

Mike