PK the Bookeemonster's Blog – December 2008 Archive (3)

New Year's Eve Eve

Catching up a bit:



Finished THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Steig Larsson. As one may have noticed in yesterday's posting, it made my Top Ten list for the year. I can see why people have loved it. The characters are intriguing in Lisbeth and Blomqvist, but to me, the real strength lies in the plotting. So much going on but not overly so. First, it's a cold case, which I've always loved. And there's family secrects and revenge and financial shenanigans and sociopath Lisbeth's… Continue

Added by PK the Bookeemonster on December 31, 2008 at 8:33am — No Comments

Bookeemonster's Top Ten/ Bottoms

Tops:

REVELATION by CJ Sansom

THE HOUSE AT RIVERTON by Kate Morton

COMPANY OF LIARS by Karen Maitland

THE WHISKEY REBELS by David Liss

THE SERPENT'S TALE by Ariana Franklin

THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly

WHERE SERPENTS SLEEP by C.S. Harris

VOWS OF SILENCE by Susan Hill

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Steig Larsson

ABSOLUTION by Caro Ramsay





Bottoms:

LIFE LINES by CJ Lyons

THAI DIE by Monica Ferris

SACRIFICE… Continue

Added by PK the Bookeemonster on December 31, 2008 at 8:28am — No Comments

Been away for a long long time...

Currently reading THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Steig Larsson. I'm sure, as readers, you've experienced that moment when the story catches your imagination. At that moment of "clicking", you cannot read anything else; you must know what is going on in this world and you won't stop until the end of the story. I love that moment. I don't know if it is as powerful as falling in love, but it has the principal. It has that difference between "I could walk away at anytime and not care" and "who… Continue

Added by PK the Bookeemonster on December 28, 2008 at 4:31am — No Comments

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