Gone Girl

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OK, I'm about a year or two after everyone else - I normally don't like over-hyped books. But wow, this one is well worth the hype! Gillian Flynn manages to twist and turn things around, leaving the reader suspecting but at the same time completely uprepared for the next turn of events. Masterly! When Amy disappears on the morning of their 5th anniversary, Nick starts to wonder how well he really knew the woman he is married to. The police suspect him of murder, her diary shows she was afraid of him. Nick claims he is innocent, but can we believe him? Brilliantly told through both Amy's and Nick's perspective and full of gripping suspense. Heartily recommended!

Storytelling for Children – September 28

Welcome to Storytelling for Children with Hanna.
Uppsala - 11 o'clock the September 28.

We'll be reading from:

Katie Morag and the Grand Concert by Mairi Hedderwick Katie Morag and the Dancing Class by Mairi Hedderwick Moving Molly by Shirley Hughes Billy & Belle by Sarah Garland

Upoming dates for storyteling:

  • October 12
  • October 26
  • November 9
  • November 23

Doctor Who Night – Meet the 7th Doctor

Regina Theatre, Uppsala.
Thursday November 28th at 7pm.

OK, here's the deal - we are moving the event to the Regina Theatre!
New tickets will go on sale September 18 at 10am in the Uppsala Shop.

If you have been in the shop, spoken to us on the phone or received a confirmation e-mail that means you are on the reservation list. The reservation list will CLOSE September 17 at 7pm and all reserved tickets will have to be paid or picked up before October 1 (at which point the unpaid tickets will be available for sale again). Any unreserved tickets will be available for purchase in both shops from September 18 at 10am.

If you do not live in Uppsala you can buy tickets at the Stockholm shop in the Old Town, but let us know.
If you live further away still you can pre-pay your tickets and we will send them to you. Call us for info.

Doctor Who Night – Meet the 7th Doctor

 

Neil Shubin – The Universe Within

The story of life and the universe can be mesmerizing. In his book The Universe Within Neil Shubin illustrates the history of the universe – all 13.7 billion years of it – by means of the much shorter history of scientific discovery of it. As parameters for a work of popular science go, they don't come much bigger. But Shubin succeeds brilliantly in meshing the shorter narrative with the great one: how 13.7 billion years of history have formed and fine-tuned ourselves and all living things.

The Universe Within by Neil ShubinYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly BlackHolly Black's novel Tithe was my first brush with the genre of urban fantasy (not that I actually knew what it was called at the time), and for a young girl whose reading diet was mostly made up of high fantasy, Black's story about faeries living and hiding in plain sight in modern-day New

Storytelling for children in the Stockholm English Bookshop

Welcome all 3-6 year olds for Stoytelling with Clara.
No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun!
September 14th, 11.00 at Lilla Nygatan 11.

Books of the month for September

General Fiction: William Sutcliffe – The Wall

British Crime: Carol McCleary – The Formula for Murder

Tough Crime: Dana Stabenow – Bad Blood

Paranormal: Kimberly Frost – Would-Be Witch

Fantasy: A. Lee Martinez – Too Many Curses

Science Fiction: Christopher L Bennett – Only Superhuman

From October we'll be listing a Teen title also!

William Sutcliffe – The Wall Carol McCleary – The Formula for Murder Dana Stabenow – Bad Blood  Kimberly Frost – Would-Be Witch A. Lee Martinez – Too Many Curses Christopher L Bennett – Only Superhuman

Reading Survey!!!!

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What are you reading right now? Just finishing off Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda, the first book to be published on Dennis Lehane's new imprint. Incidentally - accidentally, I should think not... - it is rather reminiscent of Mystic River, although in a more ethnically diverse Brooklyn setting. Gritty, real, and beautifully written with a terrific sense of place.

What will you be reading next? Night Film by Marisha Pessl, finally!

Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Books of the Month – October 2024

Michael Magee
Close to Home
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

*Join the reading group

Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla
Hardback

Classic of the month

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Jennifer Page
The Little Board Game Café
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Kemper Donovan
The Busy Body
Paperback
Richard John Parfitt
Stray Dogs
Paperback
Ann Leckie
Translation State
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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C. S. E. Cooney
Saint Death’s Daughter
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Christopher Golden
All Hallows
Paperback

Horror of the month

Randy Ribay
Everything We Never Had
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Jade Song
Chlorine
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group

Daisy Dunn
Not Far From Brideshead
Paperback

– Oxford Between the Wars

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – September 2024

Amanda Peters
The Berry Pickers
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Leslie Marmon Silko
Ceremony
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Sophie Kinsella
The Burnout
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Alice Slater
Death of a Bookseller
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Dervla McTiernan
What Happened to Nina?
Paperback

Noir of the month

Kali Wallace
Dead Space
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Shannon Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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A.M. Shine
The Watchers
Paperback

Horror of the month

Dustin Thao
When Haru Was Here
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Sarah Waters
Affinity
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Hannah Ritchie
Not the End of the World
Paperback

– How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – August 2024

James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Laura Wood
Under Your Spell
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Cate Quinn
The Clinic
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Pamela Samuels Young
Sounds Like a Plan
Paperback

& Dwayne Alexander Smith

Noir of the month

Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Vajra Chandrasekera
The Saint of Bright Doors
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Chuck Tingle
Bury Your Gays
Paperback

Horror of the month

Ibi Zoboi
Nigeria Jones
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Neil Blackmore
Radical Love
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group