Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

This is the second of the Millennium trilogy books by Stieg Larsson. I read the first – The girl with the dragon tattoo – last year – this time I downloaded an un abridged audiobook from a library. In this … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

It’s impossible to read this book without visualising Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. I gave up trying to see him any other way after the first page. Hammett seems to have described Spade’s face as forming a V about twenty … Continue reading →

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The Complaints, Ian Rankin

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

I listened to the Audiobook version of this book narrated by Peter Forbes. He did an excellent job. I’ve generally been impressed by the readers of the audiobooks I have listened to – the free librivox ones aren’t in the … Continue reading →

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