I?m back!? There was internet on the cruise but unfortunately it was very expensive, and there was no ?unlimited? option. The most we could get was 500 minutes for $150 (!!!), so we said no. I did a lot of good reading so there?s 4 reviews I need to write/finish:
- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
- Spellbound by Barbara Ashford
- The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (borrowed from the cruise ship?s library!)
- Forget You by Jennifer Echols
- and I started River Marked by Patricia Briggs on the plane ride back, so that review should be coming soon
I did do a lot of sightseeing, but since I?m a book nerd, I also peeked at some bookstores in different lands and took pictures. This is an image heavy post. Click to embiggen.
Here?s a book display in Tallinn, Estonia. Lots of fairy tales. I didn?t go into this bookstore. Kind of wish I did.
I was particularly intrigued by this storybook that seems to be very specific.
I mentioned the cruiseship?s library right? I totally got a room RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 
Yes, on purpose. Thought it would be quiet. Sadly it was also right above the nightclub area and they played music till the wee early morning hours. I got used to it but night one I entertained thoughts of murder.
This is the inside of the cruise library. Quite swanky no? These 3 bookshelves were the fiction section in english. I was impressed by the book selection ? only books released in the past 3 years, but some books were mid-series.
Lots of large comfy chairs but strangely really close to the bookshelves so it was hard to maneuver around and look at the books.
The library had big windows to look out. The air filter there is because the library doubled as a? cigar smoking lounge from 9pm to midnight. I was appalled. Books and smoke? The air filters do a good job though, the smoke smell was very very light. But still. This side had non-fiction and non-English books. The center bookshelves (not pictured) also had more non-fiction/non-English plus a book swap section.
Check out/in. Very informal ? you write your name and the book. I saw people returning books from their ?last cruise?!
? It was in Sweden that I popped into 3 bookstores and actually took pictures (I went to 2 bookstores in Copenhagen but didn?t take pictures? *hangs head*). This is one of them.
? Stephenie Meyer display in Stockholm
? Swedish covers of Nora Roberts books
? Bookstore #2 in Stockholm
? SF/Fantasy in Swedish. Hello, Graceling!
? I think this is Joe Abercrombie?s Heroes ? Not sure. Translates to ?The Ultimate Argument??
? YA books. Graceling with an alternate cover plus Alex Flinn?s Beastly, Meg Cabot?s Runaway, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
? Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
? Middle grade section. I see Harry Potter books there.
? In a very touristy section of town ? randomly, a SF/fantasy specialty bookstore. They had a lot of U.S. versions of books in here.
? YA section of the SF/Fantasy store. Beastly again, plus a Swedish Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
? A bunch of fantasy books in Swedish. I see David Eddings, Robin Hobb, and P.C. Cast for starters.
Source: http://janicu.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/book-related-vacation-photos/
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