Finished The Lost City of Z by David Grann and Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen; before starting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
The Lost City of Z tells of the quest by David Grann to discover what happened to the famous explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared in 1925. Grann's quest is woven together with the tale of Fawcett's own quest for the Lost City of Z. The contrast between these two stories is the contrast between Fawcett's time and ours.
Garden Spells is a much simpler read and it is impossible (at least for me) not to be reminded of the movie Practical Magic.
The Girl with the Dragon Tatto Just finished 08/10/2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I did enjoy this book, that said I don't know why it's the most sold e-book on Amazon and I think Barnes and Noble too. The book contains a wealth of information about the characters, but it is presented to us, we don't really learn about characters through the characters themselves. The plot itself was generally predicable but it did offer unexpected twists every now and then. Then after the twist the plot in the new direction becomes predicable. Lisbeth Salander, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is by far the most interesting person in the book, troubled herself and troubling to others she is the one who changes the most in the course of the book. Mikael Blomkvist the other main character in the story is less interesting. He doesn't seem to know why he does what he does.
After finishing the book I watched the movie: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Netflix's Instant Watch service. While several incidents are left out of the movie and more simplified I thought it to be a good take on the book. More noirish than the book the movie covered the same ground and I think set the right mood. The end of the movie did seem rather rapid, as if they realized that they only had so many minutes left and had to get certain scenes in to wrap it up. The actor playing Mikael Blomkvist comes across as lost and confused as the character in the book.
After finishing the book I watched the movie: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Netflix's Instant Watch service. While several incidents are left out of the movie and more simplified I thought it to be a good take on the book. More noirish than the book the movie covered the same ground and I think set the right mood. The end of the movie did seem rather rapid, as if they realized that they only had so many minutes left and had to get certain scenes in to wrap it up. The actor playing Mikael Blomkvist comes across as lost and confused as the character in the book.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
What another blog for me not to write?
Well, I'm going to try a third blog. This one is for my reading, mostly just short comments and not full reviews, but who knows how it will turn out...
I have two ebook readers, the Sony Reader (PRS-505) and the Barnes and Noble Nook. I also have a Motorola Droid with the Nook, Kindle, Kobo, Borders, Aldiko, and Wattpad applications on it. I bought the Sony Reader in October 2007 and the Barnes & Noble Nook in April 2010 so about 2.5 years apart. Most of the books on the Sony are either free ebooks or from Baen books (purchased and free), I have purchased a few via the Borders/Sony online store. I have copied all of the free ebooks to the memory card in my Nook, but I am mostly using it to read new books I’ve purchased from B&N. I also still have a number of real books in my library that I haven't gotten around to reading yet. Most of the time I am in the process of reading three or four books.
I have two ebook readers, the Sony Reader (PRS-505) and the Barnes and Noble Nook. I also have a Motorola Droid with the Nook, Kindle, Kobo, Borders, Aldiko, and Wattpad applications on it. I bought the Sony Reader in October 2007 and the Barnes & Noble Nook in April 2010 so about 2.5 years apart. Most of the books on the Sony are either free ebooks or from Baen books (purchased and free), I have purchased a few via the Borders/Sony online store. I have copied all of the free ebooks to the memory card in my Nook, but I am mostly using it to read new books I’ve purchased from B&N. I also still have a number of real books in my library that I haven't gotten around to reading yet. Most of the time I am in the process of reading three or four books.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Just a Word for July
Don't really have time for much, but I noticed I hadn't posted anything yet during July so....
Yard work going slowly, but getting done. I have been working in the garage and I'll add some of those pictures to the slide show to the right. Been shopping for a new 'fridge, looking mostly at ones with the freezer on the bottom.
Rosie's been her normal abnormal self this month. Soft and friendly most of the time, but every once in a while all fangs and laid back ears.
Last night I finished reading The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon. It was a very enjoyable read. I have to admit that I'd never heard of Percy Fawcett before starting this book. In reading this book I learned that he was the basis for several characters in books and movies that I am familiar with. I won't spoil the book by going into detail I will strongly recommend it if you like adventure stories like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. The Indiana Jones movie series, et cetera
Yard work going slowly, but getting done. I have been working in the garage and I'll add some of those pictures to the slide show to the right. Been shopping for a new 'fridge, looking mostly at ones with the freezer on the bottom.
Rosie's been her normal abnormal self this month. Soft and friendly most of the time, but every once in a while all fangs and laid back ears.
Last night I finished reading The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon. It was a very enjoyable read. I have to admit that I'd never heard of Percy Fawcett before starting this book. In reading this book I learned that he was the basis for several characters in books and movies that I am familiar with. I won't spoil the book by going into detail I will strongly recommend it if you like adventure stories like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. The Indiana Jones movie series, et cetera
Thursday, July 22, 2010
eBook Readers on the Droid
Well, the Nook App. for the Droid is out today! I now have Adobe Reader, Aldiko (premium version), Borders, Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Wattpad on my Droid. I've been using Aldiko the most but, since I have a Nook I'll probably be switching to it as the most used eReader app.
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