In My Library: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet’s Nest Review

If you haven't read these 3 books get yourself on Amazon right now and order them. While the writing may not be the most compelling literature I've ever laid eyes on, the story is engrossing and as suspenseful as I've ever read. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo features Lisbeth Salander, an alternative (to say the least) young woman who ends up teamed up with a high profile journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, somehow attempting to solve a murder mystery involving a very creep-tastic family. The book is edgy and definitely has some mildly disturbing scenes but it's nearly impossible to put it down. Lisbeth's complexity keeps you wanting more and rooting for this underdog for nearly 2100 pages in the series.

The Girl Who Played with Fire is much easier to get into, you're familiar with the characters and the story flows from the first book. In this book Lisbeth finds herself accused of three killings. The GIrl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is even quicker to get into since the first story ends with many questions still to be answered. The third book continues to follow Lisbeth's life and her scandalous past.

As for the movie, The Girl wtih the Dragon Tattoo, the Swedish version was raw, tantalizing and amazing. I fear that when Daniel Craig, the worst Bond since Roger Moore, takes over the lead role of Blomkvist he will dilute the edginess of the book with classic Hollywood crapola.