Lemuria Bookstore Blog

I was very excited when I heard that Sara Gruen had a new novel coming out this fall.  I loved Water for Elephants and I know that many of you did also.  I began to read some of the reviews coming out about Ape House and they were very mixed…some loved it others hated it.  [...]

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Mississippi conjures many different images in people’s minds.  Some people think about the wonderful authors and artists from here, some think of the Civil Rights movement, some people think of The Blues, some people think of beauty queens and lately we have all been thinking about heat and humidity.  This year though we have had [...]

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I have been on a historical fiction kick lately this summer and it is no wonder because both Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory have new novels out and both are really good and fun to read.  Both of  these books are about strong women who will do whatever they can for their sons to have [...]

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Y’all remember Robert, he used to work at Lemuria.  I think he goes by Bobby now but I still call him Robert.  I guess it’s a reverse nickname.  Well anyway, Robert works for LSU Press and he stopped by the bookstore and told me that Josh Russell, author of Yellow Jack, had a new novel [...]

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I met Karin Slaughter when she was on tour for her first book, Blindsighted. Here was a Southern writer (she is from Georgia) that is my age and she is writing some of the best “slice and dice” thrillers I have read in a long time.  I was so excited to meet her and of [...]

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What a great event we had last night!!  Minrose Gwin, a Tupelo native, was here signing and talking about her novel, The Queen of Palmyra.  Lemuria’s book club, Atlantis led by our own Nan Graves Goodman (who has a great blog on the novel too), had chosen the novel as their selection for June so [...]

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It has really been unintentional…this ignoring of my husband but it really couldn’t be helped.  I was completely engrossed in Justin Cronin’s, The Passage, which is coming out on June 8.  Joe mentioned in his blog about BEA that he was reading this and had actually met Justin Cronin and that sparked my memory that [...]

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Many of you maybe wondering what the connection between Lemuria and Cathead Vodka is since we have been talking it up on our website, Facebook page and Twitter.  Here is the deal:  John Evans owns Lemuria and Austin Evans and Richard Patrick own Bottle Tree Beverage Co. which produces Cathead Vodka.  Austin basically grew up [...]

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Lee Child is coming to Lemuria on May 19, 2010 to sign his new Jack Reacher novel, 61 Hours.  This will be Mr. Child’s first trip to the bookstore and we are all very excited to meet him.  This is an interview I found in January Magazine that came out when Mr. Child’s novel, Persuader, [...]

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!!!!! Oh no….are you reading this and realizing that you forgot to get the Mom in your life a special gift to thank them for all the wonderful things that they have done for you!!  Well, you are safe because Lemuria can help you out!  We are open today (Sunday) from 10:30 – [...]

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