quick read

I had seen the books everywhere - from grocery stores to billboards - and decided to be stubborn and not read the book that everyone seemed to be talking about. (I automatically hold a grudge against any book that has been sold more than a couple million times. I still haven't even read Eat, Pray, Love). Eventually, after having it recommended to me again and again AND again, I gave up and picked up a copy.

If you're looking for a series of books you can't put down and relentlessly turn the pages despite the fact that it's 4 am and you have to get up for class in a few hours, then these are the books for you! Sure, the writing might not be stellar and there is a unnatural amount of coffee being consumed every few pages, but the plot is amazing and characters are addictive. I definitely recommend them. Sadly, the author of the trilogy, Stieg Larsson, died shortly after delivering the manuscripts so he never knew how wildly popular they would be, and his fans have to suffice with these three books when Larsson most likely had more amazing stories up his sleeve.

Here's the description from the first book: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.