Thanks so much for saying that. When I come across something good, I like to share because I think that’s what we’re meant to do—share and talk about good stories, whatever form it comes in. Otherwise, stories would die out or only exist in a vacuum.

I’d love to hear what you think about the book once you finish it.

Your English is fantastic. I learned French in school but there’s no way I can write in French the way you can write in English. And thank you for being a loyal reader!

Your point about The Man with the Upward-Curled Moustache made me laugh! It made me think of alternate titles for other novels featuring famous detectives, i.e. The Man with the Heroin Habit instead of The Hound of the Baskervilles!

I don’t have much self-restraint when it comes to devouring my favorite things so if I find a good show or author, I binge-watch or binge-read everything I can get my hands on. Every year, when the MI-5 aka Spooks DVDs become available in America, I buy them and watch the entire season in one sitting. And then I cuss and raise my fists at the TV when the cliffhanger comes at the end of the season and I have to wait another year! Argghhh!

I usually prefer a little break between episodes or authors, unless there’s been a real cliffhanger. Then I love it if I can follow straight to the next episode!

Concerning Larsson’s first tome, I agree that the English title sounds more attractive that the original one.
However, I find it a bit strange to use a metaphor for the female heroe as a title for one of the investigations she’s involved in.
It’s like if Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient-Express” had been called “The man with the upward-curled moustache” instead (referring to detective Hercule Poirot)!
Here in France Larsson’s books have been very sucessful, even with titles like “The men who did not like women”.
Well, I must admit that the nice and very recongizable covers of the three tomes – black background, thin red molding and mysterious round picture, definitely contribute to turn these books into best-sellers in France! What a shame they did not keep this design for the other international markets!
Anyway, I’ll try to see the Swedish movie in May and tell you about it! (I’ve never heard of these two Swedish actors, but I guess their looks kind of fit the characters.)

The two next tomes are said to be nearly as good as the first one, but I have not found time to read them yet: they’re also in my pending book pile along with many others!
The thing is my laziness sometimes makes me choose the shortest books among the pile (which put Larsson’s thick tomes rather down the list!) plus I like letting some time go by between two books of the same series and avoid overdose.
It’s the same with TV series: I prefer having to wait between two episodes (thus making impatience grow!) than watching a complete series in a few days! Don’t you, guys?!

Ok, I don’t apologize fot this never-ending comment, but still… I’m sorry! 😉

I read a book JE wrote {with Ina Yalof} about how she writes. In it, she says that when writing a series, you need to decide whether you will continue to move forwards in time or not. She elected not to, so Stephanie Plum is thirty-something going on thirty-something. There would be positives to that, but I wonder if it causes challenges with things like ongoing love interests. Perhaps No.14 will have take an unexpected turn. I haven’t peeked!