The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

So I finished The Girl Who Played with Fire and it was amazing!  I immediately dove into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Finished!  It was great.  Now onto The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.  But in the meantime I started and completed Michael Crichton's Pirate Lattitudes.  It was ok, I suppose.  A very quick read, not very deep and seemed to want to be a Jack Sparrow adventure with every pirate action cliche possible stuffed into the last two thirds of the book.  I give it an eh, or one banana out of five.

Apologies for the long break between posts, I actually had to go to work!  Its a busy time for us in the National Guard and I was away for 16 days.  Back to the grind. 

David Hewson's Latest

I am looking forward to getting a copy David Hewson's new book in the Nic Costa series.  Titled (in the US) "City of Fear: A Novel," it hit the bookshelves in May '10!

Self Publishing and writers block

I am writing a book based on some of my experiences but in a fictional format.  Has anyone out there done any self publishing and if so do you have any tips?  What about writers block, I mean I have the concept and outline but actual writing of pages sometimes seems to bog me down, any ideas?

What I do with the Books I read

Bottom Line..... I donate them.  I bag them all up and drive over to the local library and put them in the donation bins.  I have no desire to accumulate tons and tons of dusty used books.  If I were a collector or had a small book shop that would be a different story but I live with wife and step-son in a ranch with no room for things to sit accumulating dust. 

What do you do with your books? Perhaps you EBay them, maybe thats something I should have done.  Start a used bookstore on EBay or Amazon.  Send me a message, maybe there is something I can do with all the books I read other than dropping them in a bin.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

I'm hooked.  I 'm about 150 pages in and I am hooked.  The characters and their backstories are very well done, drawing me right into their lives.  I can't seem to put the book down.  - Update I am on page 260, love the characters in the book.  I want to visit Sweden now.

Books I have read

I have read a ton of books and Im not slowing down anytime soon. Currently I am reading "The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage)", and just prior to that I finished "Ford County: Stories." I am going to put a list, from the best that I can recall,  of books I have read with links to their authors. Feel free to send me your authors and books. Particularly if they match the genre or style of things I have read

September 8th, Indiana

There is nothing to do in Edinburgh, IN. There is always beer at Ruby Tuesday's, ...... Really? Is that the best we have here? Well I suppose it could be worse, I could be travelling to Ft Dix, NJ. But at least there is a golf course on post at Ft Dix!