Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Something I love about reading new books is how they remind you of old books. I went through a serious Tom Clancy addiction when I was in junior high school, and I had forgotten how much I’d enjoyed those novels, especially the earlier ones where the scope was slightly more limited and every nation wasn’t [...]

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Odd mix of books in my rotation right now: In my continuing attempt to mirror Joe’s progression through the top ranks of mystery writers (just a few months behind), I picked up the first Lee Child novel, Killing Floor — I’m looking forward to starting a series that will keep me busy for a while [...]

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LeBron has made “The Decision.” Baseball is into the dog days of summer. The World Cup has flopped to a finish. Fortunately, this means we are just days away from… …the 2010-2011 NFL football season (woohoo!). Most teams will open their training camps over the next few days, and for the first time ever, the [...]

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I can’t, anyway. A few weeks ago my wife and I got a standard poodle puppy. We had plenty of opinions and ideas (no froo-froo poodle haircuts for this guy!), but we realized there were plenty of things that we didn’t have settled in our minds. Even basic things — house training, for example — [...]

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…because I picked up Justin Cronin’s The Passage. When both Joe and Maggie recommend a book this strongly, you can be confident there’s something there worth reading. I had a few other books stacked up on the nightstand, but after reading nearly 300 pages in the first 3 evenings I realized that this wasn’t a [...]

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Remember when I mentioned there was a good adventury book about cave divers coming out in June? Well, June’s here and so is Blind Descent by James Tabor. If you read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, this is very similar, just…opposite. The two teams of climbers in Into Thin Air headed up the same [...]

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I mentioned in my last post that I was on vacation in France. I had the good fortune of spending a day in Paris and visiting the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore. If you can’t get to Paris this summer, here’s a few pics.

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Actually, this post would be more accurately titled, “What I’m doing on my summer vacation…” As you read this, I’m 4,644 miles away in the picturesque French village of Verrines (pop: about 200). When my wife and I decided to take a trip to visit my paternal grandparents, one of the first things I did [...]

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I’ve already written my requisite April baseball book review, but after finishing Will Leitch’s new book Are We Winning? the other night, I decided I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it. Leitch’s last book,  God Save the Fan, was a drive-by-shooting of sports anecdotes and pop culture references, blasting away with well-aimed snark at [...]

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When April rolls around, I know it’s time to highlight some of the best new baseball books for the year — now is the best time to do your baseball reading, before September arrives and your team blows a 3 game lead over the last 4 games. But it’s April and the Tigers are contending [...]

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