The Origin and the Destination

Hello!
Like I said before, I've been reading many books by Dan Brown. In this post I'll be reviewing his most recent book Origin. This is the fifth book in the Robert Langdon series.
When Harvard professor Robert Langdon is invited to one of his former student's presentations, he does not expect the night to go totally haywire. Edmond Kirsch, who claims he has had a breakthrough in finding the origin of the universe and the future of the human race is killed in the middle of his presentation...before his discovery is revealed.
With his life in danger, Langdon and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao's director Ambra Vidal are on the run to solve the puzzle Kirsch has placed before them, with the help of Kirsch's incredible artificial intelligence, Winston. Meanwhile, the future king of Spain, Prince Julian, and close friend of the king, Bishop Valdespino, have gone missing...
Could this have something to do with the mysterious visit Kirsch paid to three prominent religious figures recently, and the murders of Rabbi Yehuda Koves and allamah Syed al-Fadl?
And what is the discovery that Edmond Kirsch has made?
Set in Spain, Origin has a good pace and while the 'destination' part of Kirsch's discovery was a bit predictable, even without the book, I did appreciate the idea of the 'origin' and 'purpose' behind the whole universe.
Dan Brown has written the Robert Langdon books, including The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Inferno and The Lost Symbol and well as the standalone novels Deception Point and Digital Fortress.
As with The Da Vinci Code, I recommend this book for ages 12 and above.

Breaking the Da Vinci Code

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Recently I've been reading Dan Brown. I read the Da Vinci Code, and I really liked it! Loved it, I could say. I'll be reviewing it in this post.
When Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in the middle of the night to a police investigation, everything is turned upside down. The elderly curator of the Louvre who Robert was supposed to meet earlier that evening has been found dead... and he left a message pointing to Langdon. On the run from the police and with the key Jacques Sauniere has left them, Robert and Sauniere's granddaughter Sophie Neveu are on a mission to find out who killed Sauniere and why. Sauniere has also left them a puzzle to solve and the truth about Sophie's ancestors.
The mystery leads to another mystery- the search for the Holy Grail- which may not be a literal grail after all...
I really enjoyed The Da Vinci Code. I loved the historical part of the book and the puzzle-solving. The suspense, I felt, was well-done and I really wanted to know what would happen next. I also liked the characters, especially Langdon, Silas and Teabing. I especially found Teabing an interesting character.
The Da Vinci Code is one of the most widely-read books of all time.
Dan Brown has also written Origin, Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, Inferno, The Lost Symbol and Deception Point, all of which I found thrilling and interesting. Brain-food, if you will.
I recommend this book for ages 12 and above, though for most readers it may be better for ages 13-14 and above.

What If?

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I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a really long time... but now I have an AWESOME book to review, called What If? by Randall Munroe.
The book answers all sorts of ridiculous questions in a scientific- but fun- way. Some examples of these questions include:
What if everyone actually had only one soul mate, a random person somewhere in the world?
If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the moon at the same time, would it change color?
Is it possible to cry so much you dehydrate yourself?
There are many other questions like these.. and believe it or not, most actually have pretty logical answers! I really like this book because it's pretty funny and to be honest, it's fun, if a little depressing sometimes, to read about the thousands of ways Earth could be destroyed. The author even turned the question 'What would happen if everyone on Earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped, everyone landing on the ground at the same instant?' into the near-extinction of the human species.
I found it to be an easily understandable and and enjoyable book. It's great to read over and over again, especially some of the funnier, stranger answers.
Randall Munroe is an American cartoonist, author, engineer and scientific theorist. He is the creator of the webcomic xkcd.
I recommend this book to ages 9 and above.