A lot of news in the book world recently, not the least of which is the appearance of journalist Anthony Shadid's memoir, House of Stone. Welcome to Random Book News, Volume V or so.

Stieg Larrson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels -- known as the Millenium trilogy -- is the subject of a memoir by his long-time companion Eva Gabrielsson, who is thought by some to have ghost written the immensely popular novels.