Time magazine has an interesting article this week about the fight over Stieg Larsson's estate. It turns out his longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson, has inherited nothing from him because they were never married. (Due to Larsson's work reporting on fascism in Sweden, and a Swedish requirement that married couples publish their address, marriage could have been unsafe for the pair.)
Now Gabrielsson is fighting Larsson's father and younger brother for Larsson's estate. With 40 million books sold worldwide, it's a hefty figure. "The irony here, or one of the ironies, is that embattled, disenfranchised women are Larsson's fictional specialty," write Lev Grossman and Carla Power in Time.
Here's a link to the article (works for now). The text is also available from the library's MasterFile Premiere database, which you can access here with your library card.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Save the Date
Well, it's official! The first meeting of the Sunnyvale Library's new mystery book club will be Tuesday, June 8, at 7 pm, in the Library program room. We'll generally be meeting on the second Tuesday night of each month, either in the library Program Room or upstairs in the library's Fireplace Room.
Our title for June 8th will be the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. The book is available in hardback, on CD, and in paperback from the library. Check back on this blog before our first meeting for some food for thought about the book.
Come one, come all. We can't wait to meet you!
Our title for June 8th will be the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. The book is available in hardback, on CD, and in paperback from the library. Check back on this blog before our first meeting for some food for thought about the book.
Come one, come all. We can't wait to meet you!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Survey Says...
Thanks to all of you (76 people!) who took our recent survey about a reading group for mystery lovers. The results are in!
67% of you want to meet once a month.
75% of you want to read and discuss the same book, although 46% of you are also interested in discussing multiple books by the same author, and 39% were interested in reading what they like and sharing it with the group.
We also asked you what types of mysteries you would like to discuss. And here are the results, in order of popularity.
1. Classics: 45 votes
2. Amateur Sleuths: 40 votes
3. Cozy Mysteries: 39 votes
4. Suspense/Thrillers: 38 votes
4. Historical: 38 votes
6. Hardboiled/Noir: 30 votes
7. Police Procedurals: 29 votes
8. Legal/medical: 26 votes.
Thanks again for helping us out and taking our survey.
67% of you want to meet once a month.
75% of you want to read and discuss the same book, although 46% of you are also interested in discussing multiple books by the same author, and 39% were interested in reading what they like and sharing it with the group.
We also asked you what types of mysteries you would like to discuss. And here are the results, in order of popularity.
1. Classics: 45 votes
2. Amateur Sleuths: 40 votes
3. Cozy Mysteries: 39 votes
4. Suspense/Thrillers: 38 votes
4. Historical: 38 votes
6. Hardboiled/Noir: 30 votes
7. Police Procedurals: 29 votes
8. Legal/medical: 26 votes.
Thanks again for helping us out and taking our survey.
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