May 2013
8 posts
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“‘I … I’m no good at this. I’m not my mother. ...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“Numerous animals have lost their lives at my hands, but only one human. I hear...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“To hate the boy from District 1, who also appears so vulnerable in death, seems...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“Stupid people are dangerous.”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands,...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“‘They’re betting on how long I’ll live!’ I burst out. ...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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“His rages seem pointless to me, although I never say so. It’s not that I...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
March 2013
1 post
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“We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared out of your...”
– The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
January 2013
3 posts
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Starting:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Back:
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death...
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I Interrupt This Scheduled Quoting for: Off The...
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I interrupt this scheduled quoting to say:
Happy New Year!
Books I have read this year!
That have been posted here already:
Youth In Revolt - C.D. Payne
The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming - Elliot Perlman
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest - Stieg Larsson
That will be posted:
The Hunger Games -...
December 2012
10 posts
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Finished!
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest is a melancholy ending to a great trilogy. I actually finished this book months ago, but I really fail at updating things every day. Oops.
As per usual, Lisbeth kicks ass and takes names, taking up silence as her key weapon. Without a word, this leaves her enemies in the dark, which is one hell of a strategy as they have no idea what they will need...
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“Mimmi was dressed in a white shirt and jacket. She looked fabulous. Salander...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“‘Nobody can help falling in love,’ he said. ‘They might want...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“‘I don’t want a single öre from that pig.’
‘Then give...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“When she had put away seven glasses of Tullamore Dew in a little over two hours,...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“When she drank beer she did not care what brand or type it was; she accepted...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Salander opened the door and got out. She paused as she was about to close the...”
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Don’t you want to go on being my lawyer?”
( … )
“I...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Plus she has that blasted film …
Then it struck him.
Good God. ...”
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
November 2012
11 posts
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“My client grew up in abominable family circumstances. Over a period of years...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Dr. Teleborian, the reality is that it’s none of your business whom...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“In your report, you dwell on my client’s sexual habits. You claim that...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“And you did not hesitate to conclude that Lisbeth Salander is mentally ill based...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“The information that I suspect Lundin and Nieminen were there to destroy, and...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“I asked wether … you drove down to Advokat Bjurman’s summer cabin in...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Judge Iversen cleared his throat. He looked at Salander. “Are we to...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Then he realized that Salander was in costume. Usually her style was sloppy and...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Are you hurt?”
In a daze Blomkvist looked back at her. He was bleeding...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“As far as he [Faste] was concerned, Salander was off her rocker. He had...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“I was a scared little girl barely into my teens then. Now I’m a grown...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
September 2012
2 posts
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“>One of the guys on the list is a stalker. Find him.>
>What are the...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“What an excellent tool the Internet was for freaks.”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
August 2012
5 posts
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“‘Take us to a restaurant where we can get some decent food.’...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“He opened the door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Trinity thought it was sheer hell driving in Europe, since everyone on the...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“‘I don’t understand this,’ Faste said. ‘I thought...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
July 2012
2 posts
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“>My computer is OK. It’s me that’s the problem.>
>Tell...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“[Welcome to Hacker Republic, citizen Wasp. It has been 56 days since your last...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
June 2012
14 posts
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“I don’t know how much you understand of what is happening outside your...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“You’re the hacker; work it out! Kalle B.
Salander laughed aloud for the...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“She sighed and plugged in her laptop. She had nineteen new emails. Four were...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
I interrupt this scheduled quoting to say:
Holy shit, I almost had a mini-heart attack. My old phone was being a dilhole and would basically not let me do anything. Oh, it worked … when it felt like it. It’s so expressive, it just made choices.
I managed to get a new phone (which I love now) and transfer my contacts to it (which was a slight issue because SIM cards can be weird). Then I remembered. ”All of my page...
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“Swedish democracy is based on a single premise: the Right to Free Speech (RFS)....”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“‘It was just that sort of bureaucratic procedure I wanted to avoid.’...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
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“Besides, he had - literally - rooted around in her brain. Someone who rummaged...”
– The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson) 