The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage 2009) by Stieg Larrson (author) and Reg Keeland (translator) is the first book in the Millennium Trilogy, set in Sweden.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was the biggest bestseller last year. The original, Swedish title was “Män som hatar kvinnor” which translates to “Men That Hate Women.” Apt and sad to say that it’s a prevailing theme in this story (or series).
The main protagonist in the story is a financial reporter who gets fined and sentenced to jail for writing libelous content about a corrupt businessman. He steps down as editor-in-chief of the magazine that he co-founded,The Millennium and reluctantly takes up as an amateur investigator. [click to continue…]
February 2, 2010
Mission Flats (Dell 2003) by William Landay is a crime fiction novel that I read and enjoyed several years ago. I recommended this book to Maili some time back and asked her if she read it, would she mind doing a review for me? So, here we are…enjoy.
Missions Flats opens with the narrator’s vivid description of a pregnant woman smiling as she relaxes on an air ring in the water under the sun. The narrator then switches to a different time and place where a Boston police officer enters a supposedly closed bar late at night, not realising he’s about to face a horror, which will set off a domino effect lasting some thirty years. [click to continue…]
January 29, 2010
Lead Me On (Harlequin 2010) by Victoria Dahl is a contemporary romance at 352 pages with a list price of $7.99 for paperback. Lead Me On is the third book in the Tumble Creek series. The other two titles are Talk Me Down and Start Me Up.
I’ve been finally introduced to a Victoria Dahl contemporary romance. The title is apropos. Sorry to say that the experience doesn’t leave me with wanting to read more right away (but I will). While Lead Me On was an enjoyable read for the most part, my overall reaction to the story was less than enthusiastic. When I reached the end, I felt relieved. [click to continue…]
January 26, 2010
ES Eternal Sabbath (Del Rey 2006) written by Fuyumi Soryo (Mars), paperback, 240 pgs, list price $10.95. Rated OT for older teens +16. Story completed at 8 volumes and are currently available. This author also wrote Mars.
Wow, this is a fascinating story about human experimentation gone awry. Ryousuke Akiba, the main protagonist, is a hacker. He’s a genetically engineered human who’s able to hack into the minds of other people. He manipulates or shuffles the data that makes up people’s memories and thoughts so that he can control them. His codename is ES00 but he goes by Shuro, after the palm leaf in the Bible.
The scientists who created Shuro were looking for a gene that would enable humans to live longer. This was a secretive experiment. The gene that they are looking for would resist pathogens thereby creating a robust immune system. What they found was the ES gene which was used to create Shuro. It turns out that Shuro was a miracle birth because so many of the other eggs wouldn’t divide or would rot. Because of that, the scientists decided to clone Shuro, to further their studies and to ascertain why he survived.
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January 25, 2010
Wednesday’s Child (HQN 2005) by Gayle Wilson (384 pgs) is a romantic suspense novel. This TBR Challenge review was submitted by fellow reader Janet Webb aka @JanetNorCal.
This month’s TBR category is categories and as it happened, I spent most of the weekend organizing my book shelves. My keeper and TBR books are shelved together: I put little green or orange dots on my TBR books. Fast forward to the W books — I spotted Wednesday’s Child by Gayle Wilson and decided to read it for the challenge. I really like Gayle Wilson’s historicals but I have never read one of her contemporaries. Read More
January 23, 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage 2009) by Stieg Larrson (author) and Reg Keeland (translator) is the first book in the Millennium Trilogy, set in Sweden. 
