Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Holly Black is one of the authors who will be in Jackson on September 16th for the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour. She is well known for her collaboration with Tony Diterlizzi on the Spiderwick Chronicles, as well as her New York Times Bestselling series of Modern Faerie Tales. Her newest book, White Cat, is [...]

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In The Queen’s Daughter our story begins with Princess Joan, age seven. Joan’s mother is Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and her father is Henry II, the King of England. Queen Eleanor is beautiful and has a sharp tongue which she often uses on the King and any one who gets too close. King Henry II [...]

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Deborah Wiles and her books have been a store favorite for quite some time with her beautiful books Love, Ruby Lavender, Each Little Bird That Sings, and Aurora County All-Stars. But with her new book Countdown, Wiles takes a different approach to literature. Set in the early ’60s, this book is filled with pictures, quotes, [...]

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I am so excited about this. Truly, if you come in here and talk to me about this, you may never get to leave again because I will talk your ear off! The Smart Chicks Kick It Tour is stopping here!!! Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, Alyson Noel, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and [...]

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If you read Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George and enjoyed it, you are ready for Princess of Glass. Princess Poppy now the oldest unmarried sister of the eleven sisters has agreed to take part in a royal exchange program in hopes of creating strong political alliances for her homeland and possibly [...]

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This summer we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A beautiful new edition of the book has been released, along with the book Scout, Atticus, and Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy about the novel’s history and the effect it has had on journalists, writers, historians, and artists. [...]

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Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School: We The Children—Book 1 by Andrew Clements Andrew Clements author of Frindle, A Week in the Woods, and numerous other good books is now writing a series about sixth graders: Benjamin Pratt and his friend Jill Acton. Benjamin arrives at school one morning to find the aging [...]

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Growing up in Mississippi, I have always know John Grisham’s name. From his huge house outside of Oxford to his books and movies, some of which were shot in Mississippi, I have always felt that he was our very own version of a mythical being. As we would drive in to Oxford for football games, [...]

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As the title indicates, this story is about Celeste, art, inspiration, and the meaning of home. The time period is 1821 at Oakley Plantation located a short distance from New Orleans. The story is not only about Celeste and her quest for making a home, but you will get a glimpse into life and time [...]

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A while back I picked up a middle-grade novel entitled The Books of Elsewhere #1 The Shadows by Jacqueline West. Reading about Olive and her family was a similar experience for me as reading Roald Dahl’s The Witches or Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh: I just knew it was going to become one [...]

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