Well, I’m not going to write about the books here because I haven’t read them.  But I will tell a very short story and then I will post some photos and explain the choice of title.

The Dragon Tattoo books take place in Stockholm, a place I lived in for a spell a while ago.  If you look back on this blog about a gazillion entries you will see ones from Sweden.  Living in Sweden was hard on many different levels.  I’ve never really felt alone in my life, but there I felt very alone and homesick.  Of course being away from home would have that effect, but this was something different.  Sweden can be cold and very dark.  When I see the previews for the new Dragon Tattoo movie, they got Sweden right.  It is the cold, oldest sibling.  After the green hair youngest sister, it was a bit of a shock.

The Sweden experience didn’t turn out that way I wanted it to, but it taught me many different things about myself.  Without it I wouldn’t be on the path I am on now and that in a way makes me think of it in a positive way, even though my thoughts about it for a long time were negatives ones.

Here’s to my Swedish experience, darkness and all (Boston style):