Book report; movie report; TV report

Since it seems like practically everyone else in the world is reading these books, I finally decided that I ought to give The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo a try. Short answer: thumbs up; despite loads of exposition and a few POV jumps that jarred, it was compulsively readable and I got sucked into both the mysteries and the characters. I recommended it, with one caveat: the story includes many descriptions of sadistic violence (rape, murder, torture, animal harm...), so if you are sensitive to that sort of thing, you might want to read with caution. ( Spoilers! )

Next up is Havemercy; between this, Dragon Tattoo, and the new Temeraire book coming out next week, this is shaping up to be a sort of dragon theme month. I should see if I have any other dragon-related titles on my to-read shelf...

And now, for something completely different: we saw Toy Story 3 last night. Short review: cute, sweet, funny, a fitting end to the series. If you liked the other Toy Story movies, you will like this one. Bring the tissues. ( More spoilers! )

As for the TV part, thanks to a surf around DW (yay for Latest Things and Follow Friday), I discovered that Babylon 5 is available, streaming, in its entirety, on the WB website, and I am in the midst of falling in love with it all over again. I've only watched the pilot and the first regular broadcast episode so far, but I have a feeling I may be drawn into a rewatch of the entire thing. (Well, maybe not Season 5.)