I just read the third (and last) book of Steig Larssen's. A terrific book like his first. A friend who read it and loaned it to Julie advised keeping a list of the characters for reference, an excellent suggestion. Larssen names every character whether they appear once in a sentence or throughout the book. Hollywood is making a movie of the first book (and, most likely, the others) but I'd like to see the Swedish version.

October 15: I just saw the movie, Swedish version, and it was great as expected.

It's been many months since I've been here. I've been afflicted with sloth. By popular request (one) I'm going to attempt to publish my reading list so far this year. I can't lift my spreadsheet into this blog so will list some of the better stories.

When the Light Goes,
Texasville, and
Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtrie
Appaloosa,
Brimstone,
Resolution, and
Blue Eyed Devil by Robrt B. Parker - a series of four westerns with Virgil Cole
Any Spenser novel is a fun read.
The First Rule by Dennis Lahane - his Joe Pike novels are pretty good
Lou Boldt series by Ridley Pearson - they're all "page-turners"
Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box - Pickett's a WY game warden
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly - an LAPD cop
The Desert Queen by Janet Wallach - non-fiction about Iraq's beginning
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - 11 year old detective, entertaining
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - great story for a dog lover

Other favorite authors are; David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, Stieg Larssen, and Peter Mayle.