Just recently, I received a Barnes and Noble gift card from my Mom, and I bought three new books with it. The books that I bought were: The Clockwork Angel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Girl who Played with Fire. As you might have read, I already read the first book that I recently purchased, and due to reviews, I thought I would immediately read Stieg Larsson's trilogy, starting with the first two books. When I first started this book, I was having a very hard time getting into it, because the beginning is a bit dry, financial, and sometimes confusing. I was starting to rethink buying these books, and reading them after all. I was also dismayed at the lack of background knowledge that I did not have to read these books. A lot of the content is Swedish related, because the author wrote it originally in Swedish, no problem there I just wish I knew what a damn kronor was, besides that it's money. After I got through the beginning, another part of the story starte...
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