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__**Girl With the Dragon Tattoo**__ Stieg Larsson
 * Book Club: Round 2**

__Group Members:__ Jen Cook Carlie Cattelona Katherine Riley //Characters//

//Lisbeth Salander- Lisbeth is the main character. She is 24 years old. Lisbeth is anti social, tough and has multiple piercings and tattoos. She works as n investigative reporter but is extremely smart for her age making her an excellent investigator. She is clearly a very interesting character and is fun to read about. Mikael Blomkvist- Mikael is a finance journalist and the publisher of a business magazine called Millennium. He is divorced and having an affair with a married co owner of millennium named Erika. He was a very good journalist until he was convicted of writing an article defaming a crook financer named Wennerstrom. Mikael was sued and lost most of his money. We do not know much about this character only that there is something very fishy about his article on Wennerstron that Lisbeth Salander tries to investigate. Erika Berger- Erika is the co owner and editor in chief of Millennium She is married but her husband knows that she is having an affair with Blomkvist Dragan Armansky- Dragan is the boss of Lisbeth. He is in his fifties and has a family but is attracted to her. He seems to be slightly intimidated by Lisbeth's touch attitude but cares a lot about her.//

//__**Book Club Meetings**__

Week One// // Food: Carlie Summary: Jen Questions: Katherine 1. Do you think Blomkvist can be trusted? Jen says yes, and I agree. We think he’s being framed for libel and what he said was true, he just didn’t have the proper evidence to prove it.

2. Do you think the family tree in the beginning of the book will have major significance in the rest of the story? We know that the story will be following the mysteries of the Vanger family, so we’ll have to keep an eye on the family tree throughout the story because there are so many characters. The plot may get confusing.

3. What do you make of Armansky’s attraction to Salander? Jen and Carlie think it’s really creepy that even though he has a wife, he’s obsessive over Salander. Because he has this weird thing for her, she gets to keep her job. Which is good because she’s everyone’s favorite character. I think it’s kind of cute that he likes her.

4. Salander: lunatic, badass, or a little bit of both Jen doesn’t think she’s a lunatic, but pretty badass. I think she’s both because in order to have such crazy good hacking and detective skills, you have to be crazy. Carlie think’s Salander is purely badass.

5. Who’s your favorite character? Me and Jen’s favorite character is Salander. My close second favorite is Armansky. Carlie’s favorite character is Berger, a villain.

pg 1-92 For the first week of book club, Carlie brought in delicious Milano cookies. Katherine was not here so we had no questions to discuss. There was not much to discuss about the book in general. So far, we have learned a little bit about the characters backgrounds and has not gotten into the mystery yet. We agree that the book is starting out very slowly but will hopefully pick up soon.

//Week Two //***neither Katherine or Jen were present, so there was no real meeting***//

//Week Three Food: Katherine (not here) Questions: Jen Summary: Carlie

Questions- // Summary: This week we read up to page 184. Katherine was absent, so we went with out food this week. Jen brought in the questions about the mystery that has just started to unfold in the book. We speculated about what could happen, and whether or not Harriet was still alive. We also agreed that this was a harder book to discuss for book club, because of the intervals it is being read in. We will have Katherine answer the questions at the next book club meeting, in which we will have read to page 276.
 * 1) How do you think Harriet disappeared?
 * 2) Carlie-I have a suspicion she is still around because Henrik Vanger still receives presents that she used to send to her
 * 3) Katherine- I don’t think she was murdered but maybe she had to run away from something
 * 4) Do you think Blomkvist will become obsessed with Harriet’s case like Vanger and the police investigator?
 * 5) I think he will if not then that’s why the author will introduce Salander into the mystery
 * 6) Why do you think Vanger hire Blomkvist now even though Harriet has been gone for forty years?
 * 7) He always tried to figure it out and wants to pass it on to someone after he dies
 * 8) Do you think that the man that gave Blomkvist the information on Wennerstrom try to set him up?
 * 9) Probably. Blomkvist doesn't seem like the kind of person that would make that information up
 * 10) What do you think of the book so far?
 * 11) Carlie- even though nothing interesting has happened I like the style of writing
 * 12) Katherine-I think it’s good but I am waiting for something big to happen with the mystery

//Week Four Food: Jen Questions: Carlie Summary: Katherine

Questions-

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 * 1) What did you think of the mystery?
 * 2) jen- i really like the mystery and how it seems like a simple murder mystery in the beginning but has a twist at the end.
 * 3) katherine- the way larsson has written mystery so well into the story makes it a page turner and i can't put it down
 * 4) Do you think the mystery wrapped up well?
 * 5) jen -I think it did and i liked the ending
 * 6) katherine- i dont know because i haven't finished reading yet
 * 7) What do you think the reason was for Harriet to continue to send cards with the pressed flowers ?
 * 8) jen- i think she wanted to let her great uncle know that she was still alive
 * 9) katherine- i agree with jen it was because she wanted her uncle to know she was alive
 * 10) Did you suspect the mystery to close the way it did?
 * 11) jen- not at all, i did not suspect some of the characters to be part of the mystery
 * 12) katherine- no there are a lot of surprising twists and turns throughout the plot
 * 13) What do you think will happen in the last section of the book, now that the mystery portion is closed?
 * 14) jen- I think Blomkvist will try fix the Millennium magazine and get revenge on Wennerstrom
 * 15) katherine- i have no idea but guess jen's theory is plausible

Jen, Carlie and I were all together for the first time at a book club meeting for Round 2. Jen brought in delicious brownies with chocolate frosting. As we munched, we furthered discussed the mysteries of the book. Carlie prepared 5 good questions that covered this section of the book. Jen told us she finished the book, and that basically the “mystery” element of the story is finished and all mystery is resolved by page 380.

//Week Five Food: Carlie // Questions: Katherine Summary: Jen

The last week of book club finally arrived! Katherine, Carlie and I enjoyed delicious store bought chocolate chip cookies courtesy of Carlie. We discussed how much we liked the ending of the book and how Lisbeth and Blomkvist’s stories fell together so perfectly and how the mystery was exciting. We talked about the already existing European movie version of the book and how excited we are to see it. I played a clip from the movie on my laptop, when Salander first presents her research on Blomkvist and how she feels he is being framed. Also, there’s going to be an American Remake released in 2012 (if the world doesn’t end) and we discussed actors who would be good in the leading roles. Me and Katherine think Liam Neeson would make a perfect Blomkvist. Carlie disagrees and thinks Johnny Depp would be ideal. Katherine thinks Natalya Rudakova (from Transporter 3) looks a lot like Salander but is actually a terrible actress. Carlie thinks Natalie Portman would be good, and in fact Portman has been listed as a possible candidate for the role. We also discussed how Stieg Larsson wasn’t famous until he died, and that his death might’ve contributed to the popularity of his book. We also noted how Larsson’s death itself was somehow suspicious and some suggest he was murdered.

1. What did u think of the book? I like it but the mystery was only in part of the book its not good for discussion. It was also too long 2. Are you going to read the sequel? Yes definitely 3. What did u think of the ending? The ending was great and exciting 4. Do you want to see the movie even though it is in Swedish? Yea definitely we love subtitles 5. What do u think is a better title for the book “girl with the draon tattoo” or “men who hate women” " girl with the dragon tattoo" is a more interesting title but "men who hate women" has to do with more of the book