Books, glorious books ...
After a lot of dithering, I'm now considering that I shift the focus of this blog away from my dull life to the subject of book reviews!
I commented on a recent post by my Norwegian friend Mette about her recommendation of the book The Fiction Class by Susan Breen. In response, I recommended a recent book I'd really enjoyed by Margaret Drabble, The Red Queen. To which, our New Zealand friend, AnneMarie, responded, saying that she had begun Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.Ah, the delights of sharing one's thoughts about books!
I haven't read Susan Breen's book, but I have read the entire Stieg Larsson trilogy. Remembering Mette's previous remark about feeling somewhat bereft after having read a good book, I too felt at a loss after finishing the Girl who Kicked up a Hornet's Nest, the final book in this so-called Millennium series.
The trilogy is admittedly quite gritty and for mature audiences only, but absolutely captivating! An excellent yarn, with thrilling twists and turns – and lovely insights into the mind of a hacker! Apparently at the time of his sudden death in 2005, Larsson left an incomplete fourth installment. Given controversy surrounding rights to his literary legacy, the book remains in limbo.
Now that I've begun ... it might be impossible to stop ...
Excellent, Sarah! Welcome to Bloglandia!
ReplyDeleteI really look forward to reading your reviews and discussing books with you!
You are much more disciplined than I am sticking to one topic - literature - I just write about 'whatever' ;-)
you are inspiring Sarah - a natural book reviewer if ever I met one!
ReplyDeleteI have decided to stall starting "The girl with the dragon tatto" so that I can savour it over the Easter break (when I am taking almost 2 weeks off work). How wonderful you and Mette are to be blogging away - who knows it may even be contagious...
I do hope that you and Mette may decide to embark upon a NZ expedition, where us 3 could settle into my wee lakeside cottage for a spot of reading...(amongst chat and wine!)...do ponder upon that thought!
Ah, AnneMarie, that sounds just idyllic ... I'll have to start saving my pennies!! Until then, happy reading!
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