>>>And I currently read the same book, 3rd of the Stieg Larsson millenium trilogy, in two languages (English and Spanish). I read 2 chapters in English, then 2 of the same chapters in Spanish, and so on. It is a lot of fun <g>..
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>>What? No French version? You could always try reading it in the original Swedish (in case you didn't catch my reference, I was paraphrasing a Star Trek quote "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon." <g>).
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>>I'm currently reading the 2nd Stieg Larsson book (saw the movie a week ago). I wanted to get it read *before* we saw the movie, but it's a very long book and we had the movie already, so what the heck ...
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>>~~Bonnie
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>The movies are available here on demand too but I'm refraining from watching them until I can read the books :o) Not sure I'll hold out though :o) A lot of folks really like the movies.
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>BTW, I found the story of the author's life interesting. I had no idea he was hunted by the far-right in Sweden and no idea the "far right" in Sweden was neo-nazi's and so dangerous...I just never pictured Sweden that way. It's always presented as such a peaceful utopia in the media. I always pictured any neo-nazis or other extremists as very tiny fringe groups.
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>http://www.stieglarsson.com/

Just be forewarned about the first movie that there are two brutal scenes. You might not mind the second one but I bet the first one bothers you. That's not specific to you. I would expect anyone to have the same reaction.