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Stieg Larsson

I haven’t posted in a bit, but I’ve been reading a lot. I just finished both of these books and really, really enjoyed them. I realized after I read The Girl who Played with Fire that it was kind of the sequel to Dragon Tattoo. I would recommend reading them in the correct order. While the books really tell separate stories, The Girl Who Played with Fire refers to a lot of events that happen in Dragon Tattoo.

The main characters in both books are financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and socially introverted computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. Their paths cross in unusual ways, but ultimately lead them to work together in both books to hunt down everything from serial killers to sex slave trade bosses. I was so caught up in both of these books and I’m looking forward to the release of the third book in the trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.