Storytelling for Children – Kulturnatten

Published on Sun, 2013-08-25 19:51
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Storytelling for Children during Kulturnatten in Uppsala - 11 o'clock the 14th of September.

Topsy and Tim Have a Birthday Party by Jean Adamson I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Mrs Vickers' Knickers by Kara Lebihan, Deborah Allwright  Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, Rebecca CobbI Don't Want to Be a Pea by Ann Bonwill, Illustrated by Simon Rickerty

The Killing Moon

By Anna (Blogger) on Sat, 2013-08-24 23:59
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N. K. Jemisin - The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) Ancient cities. Why haven't we seen more stories exploring ancient cities? They have existed in various shapes and forms for perhaps 10000 years, depending on what you count as a city.

In Search of the Truth of Bletchley Park

By Annie Burman (Guest Blogger) on Tue, 2013-08-20 11:03
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Station X The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park by Michael Smith Codebreakers, eds. F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp The Ultra Secret by F.W. Winterbotham

(The Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith and Codebreakers, eds. F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp)

Bletchley Park is to my mind one of the most fascinating places in history. It was here that the British broke into German, Italian and Japanese codes and ciphers during the Second World War, among them the most famous, Enigma, the cipher used by all German Armed Forces.

What Helena read in the summer of 2013 (the shortlisted version)

By Helena (Blogger) on Tue, 2013-08-20 10:33
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The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story by Graham Joyce

The effortlessly genre defying Joyce's new novel takes place in the blistering summer of 1976. David, a young student, has come to the coastal town of Skegness to work at a holiday camp and, hopefully, watch his life begin.

What Jan read the summer of 2013

Published on Sun, 2013-08-18 10:56
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Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy
Well, it started really good - bleak, dark, southern England. Then I forgot the book on a ferry in Greece... In my defense the boat *was* rocking quite heavily.

Daniel O'Malley - The Rook
This was super entertaining. Starts with a woman without memory waking up in a body she doesn't recognize in a private park in London with a dozen dead people on the ground around her all wearing rubber gloves ... And it only gets better.

Max Barry - Lexicon
Very exciting, made me think of The Magicians and The Secret History, but with more of an action feel to it. Good idea, good read.

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy Daniel O'Malley - The Rook Max Barry - Lexicon

Anton DiSclafani - The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
I really enjoyed this; the tale of a girl in 1930 messing up and

Books of the month for August

Published on Thu, 2013-08-01 20:48
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General Fiction: Vaddey Ratner – In The Shadow Of The Banyan

British Crime: Robert Wilson – Capital Punishment

Tough Crime: Christopher Fowler – Plastic

Paranormal: Meljean Brook – Guardian Demon

Fantasy: Jim C Hines – Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1)

Science Fiction: Jason Hough – The Darwin Elevator (Dire Earth #1)

Vaddey Ratner – In The Shadow Of The Banyan Robert Wilson – Capital Punishment Christopher Fowler – Plastic Meljean Brook – Guardian Demon Jim C Hines – Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) Jason Hough – The Darwin Elevator (Dire Earth #1)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

By Nahal Ghanbari (Guest Blogger) on Tue, 2013-07-30 17:08
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Neil Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the LaneAfter attending a funeral, a tired and somewhat confused man finds himself driving towards his childhood home. While mulling over the place where he grew up and the times he grew up in, he stops at the end of the lane, outside of the Hempstock's farmhouse...

The Shining Girls: “A constellation of murder”

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Thu, 2013-07-04 14:56
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Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesJinsuk. Zora. Willie. Kirby. Margo. Julia. Catherine. Alice. Misha. Nine female names written on the bedroom wall in a house outside of time. Nine shining girls Harper Curtis is compelled to kill. One young woman, scarred from wounds she should not have been able to survive, hunting a murderer who cannot be real.

Revenge of the Redshirts (Redshirts, by John Scalzi)

By Anna (Blogger) on Thu, 2013-07-04 13:36
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John Scalzi – Redshirts: A novel with three codasThis book was exactly what I expected it to be. Plus a bit more. In fact I was a little surprised when I put it down, surprised that this turned out to be a story that lingers in my head. I keep thinking about it.

The structure of this novel is a bit unusual, and could have failed completely. But I think it works.

The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman

By Annie Burman (Guest Blogger) on Thu, 2013-07-04 13:27
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There is comfort in the predictable. When picking a book to read, the title, the cover, the blurb, sometimes even the name of the author, send us signals of what to expect. Plots will often follow recognisable paths. Even good books, which do not fall prey to the use of clichés, will still contain recognisable tropes.

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