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Our small Book Club has chosen Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for this coming month, and George Eliot's Middlemarch for April.
In the meanwhile, I have a couple of books going, including The Rug Merchant by Meg Collins, and I just picked up a copy of King's Under the Dome.
Just about everyone I know who has read Larsson's books are mightily impressed with them. They can be a bit difficult to "get in to", however, combination of unfamiliar Swedish customs, names, places, etc., that takes a little while to get used to, and the fact that in Dragon, at least, the character of the main protagnist, Lisbeth Salander, is developed rather slowly. . . once you start getting to know her, however, the facination sets in. By the end of the second book, I was totally "in love" with her!
Last week I finished Skiles book on Cabins (a how-to) and Robin Hobb's Dragon Keeper. Since the movie is soming out on Friday, this weekend I read The Lightning Theif and started on Airman by Oein Colfer. So far, all good ones although Dragon Keeper ticked me off a little (see my thread)
I read a mix of fiction & non fiction, but looking over my books I have many more Presidental biographies & history, especially World War ll
Guess a couple of my best fiction I have read in the last few months are "The Shack", "The Lucky One" & just finished 2 books by a new writer...Rick Ward. "Blood Stained Justice" & "The Lawmaker"
Have to admit the reason I read those two books is because I knew him 30 years ago.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Story of a girl who discovers that her father and his mentor both spent time looking for the original Dracula, who still lives. At least that's what I think it's about. I'm about 1/6 of the way through it and it's hard to follow. I think she's going to take up the vampire-hunting mantle, but I'm not sure yet.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Story of a girl who discovers that her father and his mentor both spent time looking for the original Dracula, who still lives. At least that's what I think it's about. I'm about 1/6 of the way through it and it's hard to follow. I think she's going to take up the vampire-hunting mantle, but I'm not sure yet.
Read that book some years back and it was quite good although I prefer the more blood thirsty vampire stories
I have The Historian on my shelf, haven't felt inspired to read it...maybe I'll give it another look.
Just finished East of Eden. Don't know why it has taken me this long to read, I really enjoyed it!
Now tomorrow I can open Under the Dome.
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