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Scandinavian Readers

Scandinavian Readers meet monthly to discuss a book of the month. The topic is usually Scandinavian fiction or nonfiction that has been translated into English, but other books are occasionally selected. The Readers group meets on the 3rd Monday morning of every month. If interested in Scandinavian books you're welcome to join us at any of our meetings. We welcome anyone with an interest in Scandinavian literature. Please contact Liv Ramstad at ramstad.liv@gmail.com for the location and time of the meeting.

This month we will meet at the Forest Park Library, 655 Waycross Rd, 45240

WHEN - Monday October 21, 2024 at 11 a.m.

BOOK - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

For those who cannot attend in person, you can join our discussion with Zoom. For additional information, contact Liv Ramstad at ramstad.liv@gmal.com.

December 16: Christmas book still to be chosen

October 2024: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

July 2024: Faceless Killers by Kurt Wallander

June 2024: Children of the Ash and Elm by Richard Paul Evans.

April 2024: The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck

February 2024: Children of Ash & Elm by Neil Price

September 2023: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

April 2023: Scientist E. O. Wilson and Life in Nature by Richard Rhodes

February 2023: Gone Viking by Helen Russell

December 2022: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

November 2022: The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow

October 2022: If you lived here I'd know your name by Heather Lende

August 2022: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A novella by Fredrik Backman

July 2022: Short stories from the Danish book The Trouble With Happiness, and other stories, by Tove Ditlevsen

June, 2022: Mirror Shoulder Signal, a Novel by Dorthe Nors (Danish) (at Wilmington library)

May 2022: Hotel Silence by Audur Olafsdottir (Icelandic)

April 2022: Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman

March 2022: The Sound of Language by Amulya Mallodi

February 2022: The Accidental Further Adventures of a 100 year old man by Jonas Jonasson (Swedish)

December 2021: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas.
(The Hallmark movie based on this book is titled Christmas with Holly.)

November 2021: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

October 2021: Swedes Hollow by Ola Larsmo.

September 2021: The Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon.

August 2021: The Story of More by Hope Jahren; Praise to the natural world and encouragement for others to follow, with consideration of climate change, by the esteemed author of the March 2021 book selection.

July 2021: A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson, a murder mystery; Publisher states: Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

May 2021: Anxious People, a novel by Swedish author Fredrick Backman; Publisher Simon & Schuster says: Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hopeā€”the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.

April 2021: What Linnaeus Saw is a scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing by Karen Magnuson Beil, a biography of Carl Linnaeus

March 2021: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, an American of Norwegian descent is a scientist's memoir and expression of praise to the natural world. A geochemist and geobiologist, Professor Jahren now teaches and has established the Jahren Lab at the University of Oslo in Norway.

February 2021: Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford, historical fiction. This is not a Scandinavian book. It takes place in London, 1924, and involves the beginning years of the BBC.