Millenium Trilogy

So I PROMISED myself I wouldn't do it....rolled my eyes at those who did; but now, I've done it and don't regret it a bit!

What you ask?

Decided to read the Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

I hate when there is a lot of hype about books.  I find I get myself all psyched up for a book because say, Oprah recommended it or it was on the NY Times Bestsellers list for 20 weeks at number one or whatever the case may be.  I swore after the last let down of a book that I was not going to read the ones that had too much hype unless personally recommended to me by someone I absolutely KNOW has the same taste in books as me.

So a few weeks ago, I bought myself a Kindle...

I LOVE IT!!!  I thought I might regret spending so much money on an e-reader but it's actually fantastic.  It fits in my purse, is light, looks like paper to read so it's not hard on the eyes....I love it!  I think after I read 20 books or so it will pay for itself as e-books even from Amazon are about 1/3 of the price of paper books and there are multiple samples for free!

So I get my kindle and decide to buy some books from Amazon (which, btw is really cool how they are wirelessly delivered).  But then I was wondering about converting books.  My sister has a Sony reader and I figured that it might be possible for her and I to share books if I could find a way to convert them.  So I downloaded Calibre which is a fabulous program.  Kudos to the guy who created it.  Another user friendly piece of software.  Anyway, to use Calibre I had to download a book in a different format.  So I downloaded the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as it's pretty easy to find online where most e-books, if you don't download them from Chapters or Amazon, they're almost impossible to find with the exception of those copyright free books that are everywhere.  So, I had the book downloaded, in .pdf and transferred it to Mobi to read on the Kindle and put it on the Kindle.  Thought I would read it because I had it.

The book starts off pretty slow.  I was regretting it right away for the first 20 minutes or so.  It was a beautiful day though and I wanted to sit in the sun and read for awhile and, of course, everyone knows what it's like to have a new toy and want to use it.  So I kept reading.  Now, the first book I enjoyed, it wasn't absolutely my favourite book - didn't even crack the top 5 for sure but it was good.  Good enough I wanted to buy the second book!  I started reading the second book last week and I was hooked from page 1.  I read on the train for 3 days to and from work and then Saturday I read all day long and finished the book.  Sunday I downloaded the third book!  I'm over halfway through and I'm loving this one too. 

Finally, a book that lives up to its hype!  Highly recommend these books!  The first book is necessary, it's a good book but doesn't even hold a match (slight pun on "The Girl Who Played With Fire") to the next one so stick with it folks!!