Tattoos, Dragons, and Fires, Oh My!

Once upon a time there was a blogger by the name of Unfinished Person.

He took pity upon a blogger named Quirkyloon when she wept with angst that she had just finished reading Stieg Larsson's, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo but alas did not have a copy of the second book in the Millenium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played With Fire.

So in his Unfinished generous nature said he: "No problem, I gots the book. Give me your addy, I'll send it to you...free shipping included."

"Yay!" shouted the Loon.

The book came, she feasted upon it, and then did not know what to do with the book. Perhaps she could use it as a bookend. Or perhaps as a shim to even out the wobbly end table. Yet somehow, these didn't seem like very good ideas.

A light bulb went off in her loony head.  And she decided that she would book it forward! Off it went to land of cats to  Boom Boom Larew. She in turn sent it to Sir Nomie, who sent it to 00dozo, who has now sent it onto Reffers that confessing Geek Girl whom I love (in a platonic way). Then 00dozo made this uber cool badge for those of us who have read it and sent it forward.

And now we are all giving our two cents on the book this week at our respective blogs. (Psst, that means go read their blogs too, but AFTER you read mine. *grin*)

Here is the awesome badge. Looky.

Don't you feel verklempt?

I do.

Still with me?

Whew.

Cuz now comes the real part of the post.

My review.

Top Thirteen (Ten is too typical) Reasons Why Lisbeth Salander Rocks

(as evidenced in the second book of the Millenium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played With Fire written by Stieg Larsson.)

13. She knows how to box! Excellent skill. I'm more of a bowler type wench. The only strikes I want are the sound of all the pins falling down. Sweet.
12. She's skinny. She's one of "those" people who eats to live, not lives to eat. I need to adopt that kind of skinny tude in my life. Especially after Turkey Day. Whew!
11. She doesn't mind needles, hence she has tattoos. I loathe needles.
10. She doesn't mind needles, hence she has piercings. I detest needles.
9. She doesn't mind casual sex, hence she has sex with "Kalle F**ckin Blomkvist." Ack, he's supposed to be all that and a bag of chips, but I'll just take the chips (with salsa, por favor).
8. She doesn't mind casual sex, hence she finds herself a boy toy. Boy toys are way overrated. Look at Justin Bieber. 
7. She doesn't mind casual sex, hence she is bisexual and has had an affair with Miriam Wu. I just can't go there. Just not me.
6. She has a photogenic memory. Gads! I could use this especially whilst arguing, erm, I mean "talking" with my thirteen year old boy.
5. She is a brilliant computer hacker. Gads! I could use this for so many reasons, but of course, I would use it for World Peace. Ahem.
4. Her morality is very white/black based. Hence, she has no problems breaking laws, killing people, especially if it means protecting herself or someone she cares about from evil.
3. She is cool as a cuke when she reads the media slander depicting her as a peculiar girl and a triple murderess. I get stressed when somebody looks at me the wrong way. Perhaps, I should eat more cukes. 
2. She is beyond rich. Gads! I sure could use some extra cash for a new set of silver-plated eyebrow tweezers. I can't tell you how expensive my tweezer costs are. It's unholy keeping me unhairy.
1. She shops at IKEA. Good taste. I need more IKEA furniture in my life or I need a sensei. I can't decide which would be more helpful to me.

So there you have it. Truth be told, I have also finished the third book so I already know the ending. Nanny nanny boo boo. I know it and you don't!

The entire Millenium Trilogy is worth the read. Larsson writes it very well.  And Lisbeth is a very quirky character. Need I say it? I like quirky. She is also a very lonely character and I could sense the depth of her loneliness. I can't imagine a life where all I did was watch people, assess, read the Dimensions of Mathematics textbook, eat, poop, but NEVER watch television.

*shudders*

That alone made me feel sorry for the girl. She should at least watch Law & Order, but I'm thinking she would prefer The Walking Dead. It's too bad she never watched television. It might have released some of that tension in her life.

I also enjoyed the pacing of the novels and the fact that all three were fast reads.

Cuz sometimes a trilogy quickie is all a loon needs.

Oh my!






B.S. No dragons were harmed during the production of this post. I know, I know. I'll try harder to "get" Barney next time.