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Sansa Stark 01-20-2012 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1144177)
so i just finished "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"....the book was quite good for what it is....but in no way anything special and i just don't understand they hype....still for what it is....a thilling murder mystery it was very enjoyable....look forward to reading the next book in the series in a couple of months

onto the great sea's in search of a great white whale!

The second and third books of the Millenium series are best. I really love Lisbeth's character.

As for me, I just finished the Hunger Games series. I liked it enough and found it to be pretty engaging but I can tell Suzanne Collins is an Atwood reader, because a lot of the elements of the books reminded me of Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid's Tale. The ending was a little anticlimactic, but I did enjoy that the main character, Katniss, was realistic and not overdone in badassery or "femininity" but had a good mix of both. I approve of girls (well all kids even) reading these over Twilight, definitely.

On to this next:
http://cdn.thegrindstone.com/files/2...s-Tina-Fey.jpg

TheBig3 01-20-2012 10:31 AM

that photo is so gad damn disturbing.

FRED HALE SR. 01-20-2012 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1144491)
that photo is so gad damn disturbing.


I'd be ok with it. Tina Fey is amazingly hawt, even with hairy arms.

Above 01-20-2012 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA (Post 1144381)
Whaaat a kawinky-dink! I just started Game of Thrones!

O.o - So did I...

I'm about 115 pages in, and George R.R. Martin seems to throw irrelevant sex scenes in every other sentence like a horny teenager.

bob. 01-20-2012 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 1144476)
The second and third books of the Millenium series are best. I really love Lisbeth's character.

i saw the ...newer movie before really getting into these.....and the main reason i decided to read it is because of that character.....she really comes off much better in the book

i think its interesting that that Stieg Larsson has actually in a very weird way created a character that seems to enthrall everybody.....to me she is a gruffer version of many people i've known in my life myself included (although i've never met anybody thats quite gone through what she's gone through).....it intrigues me to have an anti-heroine who is involved in the fringes of society....which i think is also what draws her into othwer people who read the book....a truly interesting character

looking forward to the next two books....

Unknown Soldier 01-21-2012 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA (Post 1144381)
Whaaat a kawinky-dink! I just started Game of Thrones!

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Originally Posted by Above (Post 1144497)
O.o - So did I...

I'm about 115 pages in, and George R.R. Martin seems to throw irrelevant sex scenes in every other sentence like a horny teenager.

If you like the first book you'll like books two and three as well, I'm reading book three which is split into two books here in the UK (some typical money grabbing idea) The debauchery and violence gets worse as the books go on, also don't get too attached to any of the characters as most seem to have grisley fates and the unexpected often happens. I also found the huge amount of characters and histories at times on the complex side, but by book two everything starts to slot into place and now I really appreciate the detail of the world.

I still have to see the TV series as season two is out on TV in April.

Favourite characters have to be Tyrion Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Bronn and Stannis Baratheon.

Frownland 01-21-2012 05:12 PM

I just finished rereading Invisible Man. Just as amazing as when I first read it, and it's now overtaken A Clockwork Orange as my favourite novel.

woman 01-21-2012 08:49 PM

I've read the Millenium series multiple times and they are actually a few of my favorite books. In Sweden, apparently, the name of the book was directly translated into Men Who Hate Woman (I could be wrong) That title would have been better than ''the chick with a tattoo that is irrelevant to the story line".

Also, I'm reading Middlesex by jeffrey eugenides.

Paedantic Basterd 01-24-2012 06:50 PM

Anybody know any good books about serial killers?

Sansa Stark 01-24-2012 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1145995)
Anybody know any good books about serial killers?

Fiction or nonfiction?


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