The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I see this book EVERYWHERE.  To the point that it is driving me nuts.  The train.  The beach.  Almost as bad as seeing a KINDLE everywhere.  And in fact, it is probably on some of the kindles I see.  

I've already had one friend and fellow reader tell me I should read this trilogy.  Your thoughts?  Should I do so?

An Additional Blog?

So, as most of my readers know, I work for a newspaper.  I constantly hear people (usually people ten+ years older than me, but not always) making comments about how they like physical newspapers - they like holding a newspaper, etc.

Additionally, I spoke (well, wrote) in a previous post about how I am just not sure about the Amazon Kindle (and various identical products, etc.).  I like the physical book. I am not sure, exactly, why, but I do.  Maybe it's simply for the sake of being set in my ways, but I do know that, for sure, I am not alone in feeling this way.

So, I like the physical printed word.  I know I am not alone.  Maybe I am clinging to something that some say will eventually be gone, but I don't want to think this way.  I don't want the actual book or paper to ever fully leave us.

In honor of  my love and respect, I created an additional blog.  I am not sure what to put in it, but I did snatch up the domain - www.friendsoftheprintedword.blogspot.com.    I am open to suggestions/thoughts.

Let me save you some time - yes, I do realize the extreme irony of me staring a BLOG on this subject.

The Kindle

What does everyone think about this 'Kindle'?! It doesn't seem to be taking off quite like the digital camera, ipod, dvd player, or Snuggie. Is it supposed to phase out the book? I don't know how I feel about that. I like physical books. I am the kind of person who would spend the extra couple bucks for a hardcover - I like the way a nice collection of books sitting on a bookshelf looks. Would a kindle eliminate the need for a bookshelf in the first place? A bookshelf is quite possibly my favorite piece of furniture!!! However, I want to say that the Kindle has been out for nearly two or three years now and I do not know one single solitary person who owns one (at least not anyone I know personally), and it's pretty much the same price as other technological things (or so it seems). Maybe it's because, unfortunately, people aren't that into reading, or at least not into it enough to buy a kindle. Hmm. Thoughts?