Have you ever waited to read a book for so long, you've built up the story in your head so much that it almost feels like you have read it? That's how I felt as I began "A Man Called Ove". I've been hearing about this book for years - the story of an old... Continue Reading →
Beginning with the book The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, a new kind of protagonist started appearing in popular fiction; someone with a lifetime of experience. For those unfamiliar with the book, Jonasson’s novel centers around Allan Karlsson who escapes his senior’s home on the eve of his hundredth birthday... Continue Reading →
Before Stieg Larsson’s death in 2004, he had written three mystery novels that are now known as the Millennium series. Larsson’s first novel “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” was originally published in Swedish and has only recently been translated and published in English. After being published in English, Larsson’s first novel has quickly become a... Continue Reading →
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