Lemuria Bookstore Blog

I’m not sure if it’s an age group or a certain type of football fan or just the sort of person who is loyal to Mississippi, but there is, no doubt, a certain group of Mississippians that perk up when the name Bull Sullivan is mentioned. In the story telling tradition of Mississippi there is [...]

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On January 22, 1989 I learned one of those important “how to be a grown-up” lessons. It was the night of Super Bowl XXIII and I was 13-years-old. I had picked the Bengals because, as a thirteen-year-old, I thought the red tiger uniforms were cool. They also had a quarterback named Boomer and another guy [...]

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I’m going to take a break from normal blogging today to tell you about a couple of new things about LemuriaBooks.com. Our website has been around for a long time and for years we have been featuring our events and signed first editions. And for a long time we’ve had a shopping cart on our [...]

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This is a long rambling blog, but this time I promise that the picture has something to do with the blog – it’s supposed to “capture the absurdities of contemporary life” It’s funny. Even though I am constantly thinking and talking about books I hate reading reviews. I generally scan over them to see what [...]

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Isn’t that a cute guy? We’re putting our pouty faces on. As usual the picture has nothing to do with the blog, but I’m vainly trying to get your attention. The good news is that he looks very little like his father. Anyway, the family is out of town for a few days so suddenly [...]

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There is a special category of non-fiction books that I call just simply great books. You know the ones that you read and you don’t think “this is a book for a gardening person, or a sports fan, or the outdoor type” but instead you say this is a great book. Like I said this [...]

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I’d say I’m pretty much a Junie B. Jones expert (the B. stands for Beatrice, but she doesn’t like Beatrice – just B.) For the last few weeks I’ve averaged a Junie B. Jones book a day. Sometimes before I go to work in the morning I have to read the previous night’s book over [...]

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Summer time right? Summer reading – sweaty outside reading, cold beverages, sticky kids putting their hands on your book. They spray the water hose on you. The dogs are panting in the shade. They shed everywhere. Then you get the kids cleaned up and in bed and maybe you get to read for a little [...]

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No cute pictures of the kids today. I’m far far away in New York City at the Book Expo – the big trade show for book folks. So, what happens at the book expo? I don’t really know because this is my first time. I’ll try to update this post as I go. First impressions? [...]

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Well, maybe I’m not as cool as some of the folks blogging here on the Lemuria blog and maybe this little picture of me in the right hand corner needs an update and maybe I’m not able to read enough to sustain this what I’m reading blog, but at least this little guy still likes [...]

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