Book Club

May 18, 2010

I've recently finished Little Bee by Chris Cleave

and The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson


Little Bee was a beautifully written book about a terrible subject.  A Nigerian refugee meets up with an English couple and lots of dark things happen.  My entire book club (A) read it (a first I think) and (B) loved it.  My choice, by the way...thank you very much.
We all wanted the story to keep going.  Most of the characters were completely enthralling.  Lucky for us it's being made into a movie.

Speaking of being made into a movie...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo also by Stieg Larsson was another book club book.  I saw the movie which was an excellent adaptation of the book.  The actors were exactly like I had imagined the characters in my head when I read the book.  The book gave me nightmares, but the movie was not as graphic as the descriptions in the book.  I recommend both, but be forewarned there are some very violent scenes.
The second book in this trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire, was not as thrilling.  I literally could not put down the first book once I got to a certain point, but the second book seemed to drag out the suspense a little too long for me.  I put it down many times.  Nonetheless, I plan on reading the third book, so it must've been pretty good. I also want to see what happens to the characters in the last book.

Read any good books lately?
To encourage young readers, Borders is having a summer promotion.  If they read ten book before late August, Borders will give them a free book.  Check it out here:
media.bordersstores.com/pdf/summerreading.pdf

Happy reading.
Karen