Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Holly Black is one of the authors who will be in Jackson on September 16th for the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour. She is well known for her collaboration with Tony Diterlizzi on the Spiderwick Chronicles, as well as her New York Times Bestselling series of Modern Faerie Tales. Her newest book, White Cat, is [...]

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Deborah Wiles and her books have been a store favorite for quite some time with her beautiful books Love, Ruby Lavender, Each Little Bird That Sings, and Aurora County All-Stars. But with her new book Countdown, Wiles takes a different approach to literature. Set in the early ’60s, this book is filled with pictures, quotes, [...]

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It’s hard to do both of those things, move and read. I am halfway through about five books right now because I will start one and then lose it in my room, only to start another one and subsequently lose it as well. So right now I am sticking with picture books, one of my [...]

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I am so excited about this. Truly, if you come in here and talk to me about this, you may never get to leave again because I will talk your ear off! The Smart Chicks Kick It Tour is stopping here!!! Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and [...]

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We at Lemuria love Wimpy Kids who write diaries. A lot of us were wimpy kids (and still are!), so we are thrilled to be a stop on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ice Cream Bus Tour. Sunday, August 22nd from 1:00 to 3:30, a huge purple bus will be parked in our Dot [...]

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This summer we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A beautiful new edition of the book has been released, along with the book Scout, Atticus, and Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy about the novel’s history and the effect it has had on journalists, writers, historians, and artists. [...]

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Growing up in Mississippi, I have always know John Grisham’s name. From his huge house outside of Oxford to his books and movies, some of which were shot in Mississippi, I have always felt that he was our very own version of a mythical being. As we would drive in to Oxford for football games, [...]

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Starting in July, Story times in Oz will be revamped! We are going to start planning them just like any other event, except instead of an author, there will just be me the reader, and instead of signed books, there will be awesome activities. I don’t want to spoil the surprise too much, but here [...]

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A while back I picked up a middle-grade novel entitled The Books of Elsewhere #1 The Shadows by Jacqueline West. Reading about Olive and her family was a similar experience for me as reading Roald Dahl’s The Witches or Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh: I just knew it was going to become one [...]

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This year, Kate DiCamillo was honored with the 2010 Indies Choice Award “Most Engaging Author.” I personally voted for her and I was pretty excited to hear that she had won. I love The Magician’s Elephant and The Tale of Despereaux. I also love showing them to new readers everyday. In her acceptance speech, Kate [...]

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