Read: Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol

I might never have read this book if left to my own devices. I did read The Da Vinci Code, but that was due to a misadventure with a Mexican shopping mall, a Spanish-subtitled movie, and a lack of English book selection - I found the plot gripping but the writing wasn't terribly enjoyable.

However, a friend recommended this book because of its history of Washington DC and its landmarks. And since we're about to be spending several weeks there, I thought I'd read it as a primer for sight-seeing - and it worked. I'm much more keen on seeing some of the government buildings than I would have been otherwise.