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The Girl who Played with Fire

I am convinced this book is wrongly named. Lisbeth Salander the protagonist is definitely not the girl who plays with fire – she is fire. This book is the second in the Millennium series written by Stieg Larsson. I have reviewed the first book here. While the first book introduces Salander as a character, this…

The Swan Thieves

The Swan Thieves

What I feared would happen has happened. I have finished The Swan Thieves, which I had expressly picked up for the flight, even before the trip has started. There were a lot of reviews on the web mentioning that this book is slow, so I didn’t really expect to finish it within 3 days –…

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov – The Finale

After the pace and excitement of part III, I went into part IV with great expectations. Unfortunately, the book does not quite deliver. I expected a lot more from Dmitri’s trial. I found these sections (the speeches from the prosecutor and the defense attorney) to be very tedious, with too much speculation, and psychology. All…

The Poet

This is the year of thrillers, it seems. Last year, I read lots of young adult and fantasy, but this is the year of thrillers, and here is one more that I am reviewing for you guys. I spent last night wide awake compulsively turning the last 100 odd pages of The Poet by Michael…

Challenging Myself in Different Ways

You guessed it right (partly). Yes, I am signing up for another reading challenge. This one is the Orbis Terrarum challenge hosted by Bethany. According to the rules of this challenge, I need to read 8 books written by authors from 8 different countries. This sounds absolutely cool because my reading is generally restricted to…