1st Book Club selection!

babystinkbreath · October 2010

So our first book we will read for our informal IF Book club will be The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. (the vote was tied between this and The Help, so I made a choice).

Here are the guidelines, pick up the book and you have the next couple of weeks to read it. If you have already read this book you do not have to re-read it, unless you want to. The week after the deadline anyone who is participating can write posts about the book to the IF board and we will all discuss them. The posts can be about any topic related to the book.

Looking at the calendar (and with Thanksgiving only a couple weeks away) I think we should give everyone until Thanksgiving to read the book. This is about 5 weeks, and this way we can discuss the book on the board the week after Thanksgiving (Nov. 29th to Dec. 3rd). I'm not sure if this is too much time, but i figure alot of people (including myself) will be away the week of thanksgiving, so that would be a bad time to discuss it.

Please let me know if you have any other suggestions. I will post reminders throughout the time about this.

Happy reading everyone!!!

jlcrane78 · October 2010

Fun! I heard it is incredible!

kelfeen · October 2010

sweet. it is available on on my droid's book reader app!

njohnson1972 · October 2010

That works for me. I just ordered a Kindle!

babystinkbreath · October 2010

njohnson1972:
That works for me. I just ordered a Kindle!

ohh, i'm so jealous, i really want one. Maybe santa will get me one for xmas. Stick out tongue

missred75 · October 2010

Excellent!!! I've been wanting to read this!

legaleagles · October 2010

I've already read it, but will definitely stop by for the chats when it's time. I loved loved loved it. But a warning, it took me a good 100-150 pages to really get into it and since it's translated some of the translation is hard, but it is so so good.

njohnson1972 · October 2010

babystinkbreath:
njohnson1972:
That works for me. I just ordered a Kindle!

ohh, i'm so jealous, i really want one. Maybe santa will get me one for xmas.

I couldn't wait. I thought about letting Santa get it for me, but then I would be blowing money on books and then trying to get rid of the books later (since I already have too many books). $139 is good price. DH wants me to get an iPad, but I just don't think I need one. We (he) already has one.

I am hoping to get one for my MIL for Christmas.

Shell&Rich · October 2010

I've just recently read it but I would love to join in the discussion. I also just watched the foreign movie last night. They got it spot on. If you have Net Flicks you can stream it after you finish reading the book.

mdluv21 · October 2010

legaleagles:
I've already read it, but will definitely stop by for the chats when it's time. I loved loved loved it. But a warning, it took me a good 100-150 pages to really get into it and since it's translated some of the translation is hard, but it is so so good.

Yes this!! I gave up on it about 4 times before I made it through the first 100 pages or so. Then it really picks up and never really stops.

babystinkbreath · October 2010

Shell&Rich:
I've just recently read it but I would love to join in the discussion. I also just watched the foreign movie last night. They got it spot on. If you have Net Flicks you can stream it after you finish reading the book.

thanks for the heads up! i will have to look into it. that could be an interesting topic to discuss the book vs. the movie.

njohnson1972 · October 2010

babystinkbreath:
Shell&Rich:
I've just recently read it but I would love to join in the discussion. I also just watched the foreign movie last night. They got it spot on. If you have Net Flicks you can stream it after you finish reading the book.

thanks for the heads up! i will have to look into it. that could be an interesting topic to discuss the book vs. the movie.

I believe that is the European version of the movie. I believe they plan on making a US version as well. From google:

David Fincher is set to direct a Hollywood adaptation of the book, for release in December 2011.^[12] According to The Guardian, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt were all interested in playing the central role of Mikael Blomkvist, but Daniel Craig was officially confirmed as the lead in July.^[13]

On August 16, 2010, it was officially confirmed that Rooney Mara will play Lisbeth Salander.^[14]

Robin Wright is currently in talks to play Erika Berger,^[15] while Stellan Skarsg?rd is in talks to play Martin Vanger.^[16]

I would have loved to have seen Clooney as Mikael.

hollymichael · October 2010

mdluv21:

legaleagles:
I've already read it, but will definitely stop by for the chats when it's time. I loved loved loved it. But a warning, it took me a good 100-150 pages to really get into it and since it's translated some of the translation is hard, but it is so so good.

Yes this!! I gave up on it about 4 times before I made it through the first 100 pages or so. Then it really picks up and never really stops.

Yes, took me a long time to get into it as well, but then it is really, really good.

FYI: I will be on vacation for the first book group "meeting", but count me in as a member for future books!

Saratogabride08 · October 2010

I read both of the books this summer- I''m a teacher, I needed to do something productive over the summer! I totally agree with getting through the first 100 pages-it was like a foreign language at first, but then got much better- it never sucked me in like I expected, but it was worth reading and I might continue the series because I have heard it gets even better!

scooterq · October 2010

Count me in for the book club! Yay, I'm excited!!

amcrd · October 2010

VERY exciting! I've been dying to do a book club! Thanks for all the effort you are putting in to this...

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