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| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson; July BOTM | |
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| mary024 | Jul 27 2010, 09:38 AM Post #16 |
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Head Honcho. Gyeah!
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Just got to the part where Lisbeth gets her revenge. I'm guessing we haven't seen the last of Bjurman though. Ick! Here's some film news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100727/ap_en_mo/us_people_daniel_craig I think that's a great cast. Much better than Tom Hanks as Professor Langdon. :P |
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| aragorn | Jul 27 2010, 01:01 PM Post #17 |
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Just.Keep.Swimming.
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agreed! there's a swedish version out..it's getting great reviews, but one of my friends told me she didn't like it. mmm.. |
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| mary024 | Jul 27 2010, 01:06 PM Post #18 |
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Head Honcho. Gyeah!
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Yeah, I saw the trailer for the swedish version. From what I saw, they kept the scenes of Salander's rapes. I'm 300 pages into it and still going strong. It's really grabbed my attention now. LOVE that Lisbeth tattooed Rapist across Bjurman's chest. |
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| aragorn | Jul 27 2010, 01:43 PM Post #19 |
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Just.Keep.Swimming.
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Mary - after that horrible scene, i couldn't put the book down. slept at 4am. Can't wait to hear what you think!!! |
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| burgandykat | Jul 28 2010, 10:44 AM Post #20 |
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The Golden Chaise
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I'm about 400 pages in now...life just isn't letting me read for anything more than an hour at a time I'm not surprised the Swedish movie version kept the rape scenes. I don't expect the US version to do the same. Somethings will change in order to appease the MPAA. I was googling and came across some posting about missing maps. Apparently the original book included a map of the fictional Hedeby Island but neither the UK or US publishers included them. They would have been nice to have, as I know almost every time Blomkvist goes wandering around I end up confused about where he is. Reg Keeland, the guy who did the English translations was kind enough to provide English versions of the maps: http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/the-missing-map-from-tattoo/ |
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| mary024 | Jul 29 2010, 11:58 AM Post #21 |
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Head Honcho. Gyeah!
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Ick! So far not liking the choices for Lisbeth: http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/collections/gallery/2787/casting-news-the-search-for-lisbeth-salander#photo0 Only about 50 pages left in the book! Can't wait to read the next one already. |
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| aragorn | Jul 29 2010, 12:19 PM Post #22 |
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Just.Keep.Swimming.
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Mary - are you planning on reading the next two right away?? Let me know when you do, i'll read those with you! I bought them as well. lol. |
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| elite | Jul 29 2010, 12:36 PM Post #23 |
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Always ready for the next book
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I've started reading The Girl Who Played With Fire this morning. Not that anyone wants to read the books with me
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| aragorn | Jul 29 2010, 12:48 PM Post #24 |
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Just.Keep.Swimming.
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Elite - I'll start this weekend! I'm reading 4 books at the same time, I'm thinking to finish at least one of them. =) |
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| mary024 | Jul 29 2010, 01:00 PM Post #25 |
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Head Honcho. Gyeah!
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Its hard to keep up with you elite! LOL! I'll probably pick up the next book right away too. |
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| mary024 | Jul 29 2010, 04:43 PM Post #26 |
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Head Honcho. Gyeah!
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So much for working - just finished the book while sitting here at my desk. Great read! Lots of disturbing parts in it though. Men are so incredibly brutal. Lisbeth is my favorite character....definitely a bad-ass. Straight forward, blunt with a new mess attitude. Sometimes she's too far in one extreme for my tastes, but that's what makes her unique. I liked in the end how we got to see some vulnerability in her. Poor girl. Blomkvist was great too. I think his reaction to what he went through in Hedestad is what truly made me sympathetic to him. As intelligent and hard nosed as he was as a reporter, he was still very much human. I particularly liked when Henrik told him that he chose between being a reporter and being human (in reference to his agreement to keep Martin a secret). It wasn't hard to guess that Harriet was probably still around or that her family had done something horrific to her. But the journey to discovery was good. I liked the photo breakthrough. Very interesting. |
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| aragorn | Jul 30 2010, 07:04 AM Post #27 |
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Just.Keep.Swimming.
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Created a thread for the trilogy..here's the link: Millenium trilogy.
Edited by aragorn, Jul 30 2010, 07:05 AM.
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| GWTW1939 | Aug 15 2010, 04:46 PM Post #28 |
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The Golden Chaise
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My friend brought me some magazines to keep me occupied while at home & I have enjoyed reading about Daniel Craig playing Blomkvist & all the potentials for Lisbeth. OK, I am not liking this book too much. I am going to push through & finish it, but I am struggling. It is just not to my taste & I do not like the pace of the book. I would probably be more interested & like it more if it moved quicker & wasn't so bogged down. |
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| GWTW1939 | Sep 16 2010, 12:58 PM Post #29 |
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The Golden Chaise
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Finally finished this book, which I started before Rhett was born. OK, well, I did not like this book too much. It was way too long, IMO. Just totally dragged on with uninteresting details. The murder-mystery was too sick & twisted for me. If I can barely read through something without being disgusted, that is not a good book to me. Oh well. |
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