Tourist in my Natural Habitat
How do visitors from different parts of the world perceive my city?
Archive for year: 2015
Thoughts Ahead of Their Last School Year
I, their mother, have ten more months to welcome my kids home from school. I shall smile and make the most of them.
A trough of self-doubt and what I did about it
Personal doubt is a tricky beast; a mental prey that stealthily circles the outer reaches of our consciousness until it swoops and plucks the heart out of contentment — a basic ingredient for happiness.
The Pros and Cons of Reading on a Kindle
At the end of the day, if we want to keep our bookshops, we must support them.
Goodbye to Bad Hair Days
A couple of months ago, I read an article which mentioned, among other things, the correct way to wash hair. I laughed, but continued to read anyway. Then things got interesting.
Thank Goodness for the People who Make Us Laugh
Because a darn good belly laugh rocks more than my cellulite, it rocks the dodgy recesses of my soul.
Research is a hugely important part of my work. On a daily basis I check out whether anything interesting has cropped up in the online second-hand bookstores. I collected this little hoard this morning and the excitement is real! So thanks to all the bookshop owners who so swiftly and professionally pack and post — you make my life sooo much easier. (Yes, I know there are libraries, excellent libraries with excellent librarians, but I prefer to work at my own desk where I can immediately add interesting research facts and photos to the right research/writing/timeline program there and then.) #StockholmPärlor #StockholmTreasures @printzpublishing @aschehoug @ciceroforlag @editricenord @humanitas_fiction @lsamsterdam @kirjastusvarrak @penguinbuecher @penguinlibros @wsoykirjat
Out now in Italy! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Thank you @editricenord! "Un grande romanzo storico che celebra un luogo da sogno, una donna straordinaria e l’importanza della solidarietà femminile: «Le formidabili donne del Grand Hôtel» di Ruth Kvarnström-Jones esce oggi in tutte le librerie!" 🤍
Traduzione di Francesca Toticchi.
#leformidabilidonnedelgrandhotel #ruthkvarnstromjones #libri #libro #bookstagram #autori #libridaleggere #libriconsigliati #editricenord #consiglidilettura #lettura #romanzo #librichepassione
Tusen tack @pocketshopswe på @stockholms_centralstation! #defenomenalafruntimrenpågrandhôtel @printzpublishing
Älskar framförhållningen Uppsala! Tusen tack @akademibokhandeln! #väninnornapånordiskakompaniet #Del2 #StockholmsPärlor #3oktober @printzpublishing
Proudly presenting the fabulous German cover of The Phenomenal Women of the Grand Hôtel! Thank you very much Blanvalet Verlag och @penguinbuecher!
Igår blev en härlig dag! Frukost på Riddarholmen följdes av en snabb färd till Bokprat i Jönköping. Så många härliga läsare! Tack för att ni kom! Och ett stort tack även till @annalevahn på @printzpublishing som ordnade frukosten och inte minst till @kulturladyn och @kickis_bokvarld som så professionellt driver Bokprat dagarna i Jönköping. Så himla härligt alltihop! (Och tack till de duktiga fotograferna vars bilder jag har skamlöst knyckt! 🙈🙏🏻)