NCO Book Club: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was written by Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), who died of a sudden heart attack shortly after completing this book and its’ sequel, The Girl who Played with Fire.That Larsson’s death was considered suspicious by some, who suspected a possible murder due to the death threats Larsson received for his left-wing political journalism, is probably untrue though highly (creepily) appropriate in relation to his book. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a book that is infused with the threat of conspiracy and uses the often shady world of news journalism as its’ background.

Book Club Ground Rules:

1) We will have a discussion piece to keep the conversation moving along and not focused on any one person in the group.

2) There will be a time limit for the person holding the discussion piece (an egg timer will determine this)

3) We will refrain from judgements and personal attacks of the person speaking or of the discussion going on. We agree to have healthy disagreements and open discussion.

4) There are no book restrictions. We will mix the genres and keep the books diverse to keep the discussion interesting. We will not be reading Danielle Steele-type novels, however.

5) The books we choose must be in paperback and available in used bookstores, the library &/or at Firehouse books

6) We will choose books on a quarterly basis. The next book choices will be made at the March meeting. We have all agreed to keep an open mind about the choices. For example, just because you don''t like the book doesn''t mean that you shouldn''t read it or attend the next meeting. It''s important to keep an open mind, and you may end up loving the book that you wanted to read the least!

7) We will rotate the book choices quarterly, so all new members will bring suggestions for the March discussion.

8) To encourage discussion, we will have a short introductory discussion from each person in attendance at the beginning of the discussion. (about 2 minutes for each person)

9) We will limit the number of people in the group to 12.