August 6, 2012

The Girl Who Played With Fire - by: Stieg Larsson, translated from swedish - by: Reg Keeland (2009, 1st US edit)

I read the first book in this series, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" a couple of years ago and liked it. So, I counted myself lucky to find this one (book two) on the bookcart here in Seatac FDC. I usually don't like books (or movies) that depict skinny women as tougher than men, it just seems phoney and unrealistic. But this one does it in a convincing and half believable way that makes it entertaining and intelligent.

Magic and Mystery in Tibet - by: Alexandra David-Neel (1932, 2014)

This is one of those rare books that exposes another culture in a way that really opens it up an lets the reader glimpse for themselves what...