Lemuria Bookstore Blog

You are the 911 call operator for small town, Bulls Mouth, Tx. You are a policeman but since being shot this is what you do.  All day you sit at the desk and take calls ranging from domestic violence to the cat is in the tree and won’t come down.  Coffee is your best friend.  [...]

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I have been reading some great thrillers so far in 2012.  I really enjoyed this one from Penguin,  Dark Revelations by Anthony E. Zuiker, the conclusion of the Level 26 Trilogy. I became interested in this trilogy because I love CSI and Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator of the television series.  I was introduced [...]

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Agent 6 is the conclusion to Tom Rob Smith’s trilogy about Leo Demidov, my favorite officer of the KGB.  I have been waiting tirelessly for this book to come out having read Child 44 (2008) and The Secret Speech (2009) and absolutely loving them both.  I am actually very sad that we will not be [...]

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I sold The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin to one of my customers (who is actually a friend’s mom) and a week later she walked in the bookstore with the book in her hand.  Oh no!!!  She didn’t like it was racing through my thoughts and I immediately started to apologize.  She stopped me and [...]

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I fell in love with Alan Bradley and his precocious 11 year old sleuth main character, Flavia de Luce, when I first read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie in 2009.  I know that you are thinking, “Maggie, you like slice and dice mysteries…why are you reading these Nancy Drew’s for adults?” My [...]

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I found myself with two books about Catherine the Great and was thrilled to have them because I didn’t know very much (besides the obvious) about her.  I always find it very interesting when different types of books come out on similar subjects. The first book which is available for purchase now (and flying off [...]

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In 2002 a little green book was published and just about all of the staff went crazy for it.  If you were shopping with us at that time I’m sure that you will remember it because no one left the store without it in their bag. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka tells [...]

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I’m sure that y’all know about our huge event with Chuck Palahniuk coming up on Thursday, October 20 at Hal and Mal’s! We are so excited to have Chuck in town and to celebrate Lemuria’s 36th year of business in Jackson. We are going to have some great bands, great drinks and great food but [...]

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Philippa Gregory continues telling the stories of the women of the War of the Roses. With The Lady of the Rivers  she lets us into the the world of Jacquetta, the Duchess of Bedford.  Jacquetta is a descendant of Melusina, the river goddess, and like many of her family before her has inherited the ‘gift’ [...]

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Labor Day Weekend is upon us…for many it is the last weekend of summer which means the last time to sit by the pool or on the beach just reading.  I was thinking about what end of summer reads that I would be suggesting  to folks and then I thought about football season.  College football [...]

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