Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the

Larsson, Steig



Borrowed from Krista. Lugged to Belize and read the whole thing in three or four days. Great end to a fantastic trilogy. Larsson is missed!

Year of the Flood

Atwood, Margaret

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I waited my turn in the library's 400-person-long hold queue, and now it's in my hands!

Highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Oryx and Crake.
Finished 25 December 2009

Let the Right One In

Lindqvist, John Ajvide

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Borrowed from a coworker of Erik. We saw the movie before we went to Sweden-- lovely and very dark.

Finished 12 December 2009

Freddy and Fredericka

Helprin, Mark

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Erik bought this for me years ago because Mark Helprin is one of my favorite authors. Chris borrowed it quite a while ago, and I finally got around to it myself. Full of charming banter and puns, not as many of the amazing descriptions for which I fell in love with his writing.

Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper

Kibuishi, Kazu

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Saw book 2 at PAX and was intrigued, but it was difficult to hunt down the first one-- no comic book stores in Seattle had it (we went to 3 or 4).

Great art, great creatures and imaginative world. It's aimed at kids (put out by Scholastic) but well worth it for us old folks.

Finished 9/13/2009

Girl Who Played With Fire

Larsson, Stieg
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Ordered this as soon as we got home from Sweden. Longer plodding section up front, but almost as enthralling latter part. I really dig the main character.

Finished 22 August 2009

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Larsson, Stieg
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Erik bought this for me to read during our trip to Sweden. I muddled through the first 100 pages or so, and then suddenly, I devoured the thing-- including spending a whole morning in our hotel room, just to finish it.

Finished 6 August 2009

Twilight

Meyer, Stephenie

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Might as well hop on the young-adult vampire bandwagon.
First recommended by Julie's friend (Katherine?) when she came out for a visit and we went up to Victoria, BC.

Finished 8/19/2008

Very engrossing-- I saw myself as a 17 y.o. as imagined by my 13 y.o. self.

Outside Lies Magic

(Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places)
Stilgoe, John
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Recommended by Eric
Finished 1 June 2008

So good. I can't wait to loan this out to everyone in my life who is intelligent and curious. Hopefully that's pretty much everyone.