The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Well...this book had me going. It was recommended to me by so many different people that I bought it in the fall when I was in New Orleans...but could NOT for the life of me get into it. And so I carried it home on the plane thinking another time.
Then every time since then that I picked it up I still could NOT get into it. The book taunted me as people would ask, have you read....? Anyway, I finally put my nose to the grindstone and was determined to get through it and about half way into it I couldn't put it down.
What really messed with me was all the people and trying to figure out who was who and so many of the damned names started with H!! Anyway...I am glad to have conquered it and actually want to go out and get the sequel...so you can do whatever you want with this one, but I would be curious to know what you all thought!!! I am thinking it is me!!!

Blonde

This is a fiction, based on biography story about Marilyn Monroe. I have never really known much about her so was interested in learning more. My first problem was Joyce Carol Oates. I have read her before and absolutely hated it, but that was awhile ago and I thought why not give her one more chance. Well that was the worst decision... she writes so much and so repetetively that anything she is trying to say gets lost in the words and descriptions.

Beyond just her writing I am not too happy because I really don't know what she made up/exxagerated about Monroe because some things just seemed so insanely crazy that I had a hard time believing she was really that bad. Overall I did not like the book, but I am still interested in Marilyn Monroe and will be looking for another biography soon.

The Promised World

Don't bother ... I read it because I liked the other book I read by this same author, but this was the same story (I kept getting confused, wondering where the characters in the other book went!) only not as well thought out, nor did it even make sense at the end. It does make me wonder what type of horrible childhood this author had -- but don't read it.

BAD BOOK!