Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Dear Listener, Most people that know me know that I became a little obsessed with The Marriage Plot, writing multiple blogs on the subject, reading it multiple times, and giving it out as a gift more than half a dozen times.  It sang to me on several levels, one of them pertaining directly to my [...]

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Dear Listener, I recently stumbled into a book club with my coworker Ellis.  Although we are still waiting to discuss it, we both read Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy.  Every time I read Cormac McCarthy I go into a non-fiction marathon.  After reading any book by Cormac McCarthy, I can’t really stomach fiction for a [...]

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Dear Listeners, I’ve never been one to reread a book.  It seems irresponsible.  To me, there are always so many books on my list even the THOUGHT of rereading a book is only holding me back from reading something new. Recently I reread a book. In the fall, I read The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey [...]

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Dear Listener, I hope you guys aren’t tired of reading about the 33 1/3 series, because I sure ain’t done talking about it.  In a burst of excitement, we have ordered twenty four different 33 1/3 books.  Here is the list.  Get excited. the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds by Jim Fusilli the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s [...]

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Dear Listener, I’ve never been a fan of Black Sabbath.  I’ve never hated them, either.  They’re just one of those bands that came and went before my time. On the subject of my last blog (which can be viewed here), a 33 1/3 book that really stuck out for me was the fifty-sixth in the [...]

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Dear Listener, Working at Lemuria makes me feel behind.  With so many great books coming out, not being able to read everything gives me physical pain.   Finding time to step back and read old Walker Percy or old William Faulkner just seems out of the question.  Although I want to, I feel that the [...]

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Dear Listener, I reckon the idea of a rapture-like event has existed for a while.  I’m not an expert on The Rapture, or even Christianity for that matter, but I have always been aware of the possibility of waking up to find the world picked of its morally elite.  The circumstances of such an event [...]

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Dear Listener, It took me nearly two months to finish The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst.  Although I read several books while “reading” The Stranger’s Child, and was a little tied down with work (Christmas season in the retail business? Sheesh!), it was the tediousness of the book that kept pushing me away.  When asked [...]

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Dear Listener, I have never understood the quite spoken rivalry between The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.  I remember being a ten year old who loved the White Album.  I was frequently chastised by stupid petty adults for being anti-Rolling Stones.  Why would liking The Beatles make me anti-Rolling Stones?  Why would anyone have to [...]

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Dear Listener, With Christmas season nearly upon us, I have been hard at work making our music section something quite shoppable and convenient.  Being well aware that most people have at least one music lover as a family member or friend, I thought I could take this post to outline some of the best books [...]

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