Currently and Quiz Reaction

Sentences of the Week

I was supposed to be at peace, or merging with the holy light, or in line for my next turn on the roller coaster, or maybe burning in an oven equipped with a stereo that played nothing but Manilow (Ghost Story.)

Clarence Potter walked through the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, like a man caught in a city occupied by the enemy (The Center Cannot Hold)

These are my favorite sentences because one embodies the weakness of expecting something that we have no idea about. The other shows just how being different can isolate you even in your own home town.

The personality quiz was right on some points like that I take a long time to make a decision and that I like to know the background of  things before charging in. However I disagree on the idea that I have a domineering personality. I've taken many of these things before and they all say about the same thing. So maybe its me thinking wrong about my own personality. Thoughts anyone?

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Overview/Review

Now that I've finished the book, which was the third in the series, I've become more satisfied with the series overall. In the first two books, the heroine of the series Lisbeth Salander is seen overcoming obstacles because she is smarter, more unorthodox, and vicious than just about anyone. In the third book, which not to spoil the plot, revolves around the resolution and aftermath of the kicking of the "hornet's nest" that Salander unknowingly created. The books long complex plot follows the course of the books three main characters with some side chapters devoted to the books other characters. The side plot revolving around the relationship between Mikhael Blomkvist and Salander is also continued, and ultimately resolved. The book like it's two predecessors, revolves around a situation of inequality and violence that Stieg Larson, the late author of the trilogy said inspired him when he was 15. The book, as the last in a series assumes that the audience knows who the characters are, their relationships, quirks, and motivations are already in place, and have been since the buildup of the previous novel. The novel which revolves around the trial of Lisbeth, and in it brings to light nearly all the conflicts and wrongdoings in the previous books. While not as innovative and shocking as the first book, nor with as good a plot as the second, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest serves as an excellent swan song to a series that will serve as an epitome to the thriller genre for years to come.

Ghost Story Overview

Ghost Story is the latest in the critically acclaimed series the Dresden Files, a series that combines the magic and fantasy of the Harry Potter genre to the "hardboiled" detective. or Noir genre. After the massive cliffhanger that ended the last book, Ghost story picks up the moment the previous novel ended, Harry Dresden, the books protagonist has been killed, as the title implies, Ghost Story follows Dresden as he attempts to find out the identity of his killer. The book also reintroduces many older characters, and shows how Harry's actions in the previous novels have effected there lives. With one of the most shocking twists that I have ever read in a novel. Definitely not a novel for newcomers to the series, the countless references to events in prior books, is probably the greatest criticism I have for the book. While by the 13th book in the series, it comes to be expected that the series would reference itself, the overuse of references does get kind of annoying. It is also very interesting to see how some of the characters introduced in the earlier novels have evolved over time. While not eclipsing Changes, the previous novel, as my favorite in the series, Ghost Story and indeed the entire Dresden Files are a must read for anyone interested in either a darker urban fantasy, or a gripping detective novel.