Has anyone read 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' I saw the movie trailer and I was wondering if the book was any good?

I can handle that in book form...thanks Rocco

FLYBOYS by James Bradley non-fiction about American pilots (some captured) in WWII south pacific very graphic... I thought it was written very well kept my interest.

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Algol

Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris Historical novel, great story...

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Algol

I'm reading a book from the library and something tells me that it will take me some time to get through it.

The seven basic plots. Why we tell stories. By Christopher Booker.

I'm only up to page 57 and the last page number is 702.

So far my target is to read a chapter every night in bed.

The Rats -- James Herbert

Dune -- Frank Herbert

I actually don't read much fiction...But I do read quite a lot of non fiction. I'm not sure if anyone else on here likes non fiction, but if you do, I really, really recommend Long Way Gone. Its the autobiographical story of a young boy forced to become a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Definately not for the faint of heart though. I would suggest reading it before Hollywood turns it into a cheesy popcorn flick.

Black Ships by Jo Graham.

A fictional work based on the sojourns of the Trojans after the Fall of Troy. I'm not normally into period books, but I received it as a gift and wanted to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. For one thing, the main character of the novel really intrigued me. She's a semi-crippled slave girl, taken to be a disciple of the Lady of the Dead. She has episodes where the Lady talks to her, giving her advice and counsel. The novel follows the ex-patriot Trojans as they travel around the Mediterranean Sea looking for somewhere to make a new home.

If you like personal stories, and getting into the heads of the characters you're reading about, this book is for you. From the language Ms. Graham uses in the book, I feel it may be meant for a somewhat juvenile audience, but I honestly didn't mind a bit.


Black Ships dot net.

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Two books that I have enjoyed are " Champions of Love " and Champions of Pleasure " by Anonymous . They are exciting and erotic stories set in Japan , perhaps translations from Japanese , but beautifully written . " War in Val D'Orcia " by Iris Origo , set in Tuscany , Italy during WWII , a remarkable beautiful and moving story , originally written in diary form .

great book



The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien and Clan of the Cave Bear, by Jean M. Auel and The Teachings of Don Juan, by Carlos Castaneda -all are series and great! : )

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I've only found a few erotic novels that I've enjoyed in recent years. I just finished reading Babysitting the Baumgartners by Selena Kitt and enjoyed it.

Back in the seventies I read a series that I really liked by an anonymous author that I'd love to read again but I can't find any (reasonably priced) copies of the books anywhere.
- Her
- Him
- Me
- Them

As for non-erotic stories:

- The Cool and Lam Series by A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner)
- Robert B. Parker
- John Sandford
- Stuart Woods
- Ken Follett
- Preston and Child
- Raymond Chandler
- Louis L'Amour
- Lawrence Block

Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto "

I'm not of the BSDM persuasion (at least not much) but anyone will enjoy the Kushiel's Dart series (Jacqueline Carey). Excellent detailed world-building and great characterization.

CR

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Writer of amateur erotica since 2011..

For an example see http://www.lushstories.com/stories/reluctance/the-alpha-male-part-i.aspx

I'm about 100 pages into The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. It's the second book in his Millenium Series

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"Nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos. (We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.)"
"Nil satis nisi optimum. (Nothing but the best will do.)"
"I hate it when things don't go my way. It makes me so...horny." - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn, Cruel Intentions)
"Sex is just alone time with someone else there." - Taint on The Lex And Terry Show, 11/11/09
"Stupidity isn't a crime, so you're free to go."
"I am The Devil, too. There can only be one devil. One of us must go." - Ozzy Osbourne at the end of his cover of "Sympathy For The Devil"
"Your ego is not your amigo." - Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries
"It's my world. I'm just letting you live here." - Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Which one of you Lush contributing poets is really - Adam Mansbach ?

Go The Fuck To Sleep

A bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't
always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland. Honest, profane, and affectionate, Adam Mansbach's verses and
Ricardo Cortés' illustrations perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel
down for the night, and open up a conversation about parenting in the process. Beautiful, subversive, and
pants-wettingly funny, Go the Fuck to Sleep is a perfect gift for parents new, old, or expectant.
Here is a sample verse:

The cats nestle close to their kittens now.
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear
Please go the fuck to sleep.

Mark Frauenfelder in reply to phomancho:
The book is not for kids, nor is it subversive. It's for exhausted parents.

TheMadLibrarian:
I approve of this book; it probably appeals to many parents at their wits' end when their toddler is
admantly awake at 10:00 p.m. That doesn't mean you should read it to your toddler.

MollyMaguire:
To be followed by 'Eat Your Fucking Dinner', 'What the Fuck Are You Whining About?', and 'Stop Fucking With That'.

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The best thing you can do for your fellow,
next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things
to think about, but to wake things up that are in him...
to make him think things for himself - George MacDonald