The Sanctuary

The Sanctuary prologue opens in Naples, Italy in 1749 and the circumstances surrounding a book's lost secrets. It then jumps to Baghdad 2003 before moving forward to 2006 in Lebanon and the kidnapping of Evelyn Bishop, an archeology professor. The search for Evelyn, her evil captor, and the mysterious book's secrets is led by Evelyn's daughter Mia, a CIA agent named Corben and a UNESCO worker named Mr. Kirkwood. The trio moves in an out of Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq while the book flashbacks to other characters in eighteenth-century Italy, France, Portugal and America and takes side trips to the present day arch-villain's lab.

I bought this book at recent library sale because the inside cover said it was a suspense thriller. I was disappointed on several levels. It reads more like a fantasy-mystery, the main protagonist shifts from one character to another, the flashbacks are confusing and the ending was anti-climatic, with the arch-villain committing horrific crimes throughout the book dismissed. I also found the excessive use of adverbs distracting.

Twitter

Just when I thought I was finally in touch with my technology side - email, website, a blog, and a Facebook account - along came twitter. At the very basic level, it is a social network with strict limitations on content length, etc.

I was still not sure why I would need it until my friend, Shirley, loaned me the book,

This book explains how twitter works and how to use it as a marketing tool. It even includes a 30-day plan to make the most of twitter.

When I get ready for the leap into twitter, I'll be using this handy guide to maximize its potential.