Playing with Fire, Alice and Zombies

Two weeks ago I finally finished reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery which I had been reading since April (I ‘ll post a review soon to explain why it took so long) and so I chose a new book from my towering “To Read” pile.

The Girl returns

The book I chose through my usual process was the second book in the Millenium trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire by the late Stieg Larsson. I was slow to join in on the craze of these books, because I had so many other books I wanted to read, so I only read the first book, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo late last year. I thought it was a bit slow to begin with but once I got into it I found it highly engrossing so I was pretty excited to get stuck into the second one. However, from the tone of its predecessor I knew The Girl Who Played With Fire was going to be pretty heavy reading and for that reason I wasn’t ready to jump into it as most of the other books I’m reading are also pretty heavy: 2 Clive Barker’s and a very involved fantasy. The only exception is The Secrets of the Chess Machine which is great, but something I don’t want to read all the time.

So, even ‘tho I did start The Girl Who Played With Fire the other day, I have been craving something different, something a bit funny or ridiculous that I could easily read on the bus or train and have a bit of a giggle….and then I saw this book on the “New Books” display at Joondalup:

Now, regular readers of this blog (my beloved Bookbaggers) will know of my love for anything based on Lewis’s Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass as well as my recent love for zombie stories, so you can just imagine my delight upon seeing this title while I was tidying. I couldn’t borrow it at the time of course coz I was in the middle of work, but I put it neatly back on the display shelf and prayed that it would not be snaffled up by another Alice/zombie loving freak before 5 o’clock. Luckily the book gods smiled upon me and it was waiting for me when I finished and I made such a direct beeline to it and plucked it off the shelf that one of the staff commented in amusement.

I plan to start it tonight and you are sure to hear one heck of a review once Its been devoured 🙂

Happy reading and may the book gods smile upon you also!