Just out of curiosity, how many Book Case readers took off work today to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest? (Or maybe you’re reading under your desk right now—or, most likely, watching the clock tick down until you can go home and read.) In any case, Happy Book Release Day! Judging from comments I’ve seen on this blog, many of you are very excited about this day. As Charles McGrath wrote in a lengthy article about Stieg Larsson in the New York Times,
Except for “Harry Potter,” Americans haven’t been so eager for a book since the early 1840s, when they thronged the docks in New York, hailing incoming ships for news of Little Nell in Charles Dickens’s “Old Curiosity Shop.”
So, it’s only appropriate that today’s featured trailer is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest:
Also, don’t miss our review of the book. And if you’re just starting the series, read about books 1 and 2: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire.
Has anyone had a chance to start Hornet’s Nest? What do you think? (No spoilers, please!)
GO LISBETH!!
I read an ARC and enjoyed it. Really didn’t like how he made Mikael Blomkvist “God’s gift to women.”