[books 2010] One of each
Sep. 6th, 2010 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulro56. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
Good thing I picked this up while the last one was fresh in my mind; while Volume 2 takes place a year or so after the initial book, this picks up directly where The Girl Who Played With Fire left off.
It's even longer than the first two, but I still got through it in less than a week. Although it's really gripping stuff, it's more like an espionage thriller than a murder mystery - there's not a lot of big reveals, it's all about how Blomqvist goes about proving Salander's innocence and exposing the conspiracy he found out about in volume 2.
57. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
The author was on The Daily Show promoting this a while back; I put it on my wish list and it magically appeared a couple weeks later. It's a very readable account of how Prohibition came about, how it functioned (or didn't) while it was in force and its downfall.
I floundered a bit with some of the politics and constitutional stuff (my fault, not the book's) but overall it's a fascinating social as well as political history. It answers the question "what the hell were they thinking?".
I could go on forever about the interesting things I learned from this book but will spare you all. Do read it if you can get your hands on it.
Good thing I picked this up while the last one was fresh in my mind; while Volume 2 takes place a year or so after the initial book, this picks up directly where The Girl Who Played With Fire left off.
It's even longer than the first two, but I still got through it in less than a week. Although it's really gripping stuff, it's more like an espionage thriller than a murder mystery - there's not a lot of big reveals, it's all about how Blomqvist goes about proving Salander's innocence and exposing the conspiracy he found out about in volume 2.
57. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
The author was on The Daily Show promoting this a while back; I put it on my wish list and it magically appeared a couple weeks later. It's a very readable account of how Prohibition came about, how it functioned (or didn't) while it was in force and its downfall.
I floundered a bit with some of the politics and constitutional stuff (my fault, not the book's) but overall it's a fascinating social as well as political history. It answers the question "what the hell were they thinking?".
I could go on forever about the interesting things I learned from this book but will spare you all. Do read it if you can get your hands on it.
