How long have you worked at Lemuria?
About 2 months now!
What do you do at Lemuria?
I currently work the front desk, helping people find the books that they’re looking for and recommending books they didn’t know they needed!
Talk to us what you’re reading right now.
I’m reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig at the recommendation of every single other Lemurian, and Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. I’m also reading an ARC of Here For It by R. Eric Thomas (comes out Feb 2020!!!) and really enjoying it.
What’s currently on your bedside table (book purgatory)?
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen and It by Stephen King. I’ll finish them one day!
How many books do you usually read at a time?
2 or 3.
I know it’s difficult, but give us your current top five books.
I’m really bad at picking favorites but I’ll try my best.
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- The Humans by Matt Haig
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Honorable mention goes to A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill because I couldn’t leave it out.
Favorite authors?
In addition the the ones I already mentioned, Sylvia Plath, Emma Hooper, Warsan Shire, Stevie Smith, Agatha Christie, George Orwell, and Shirley Jackson!
Any particular genre that you’re especially in love with?
I read a lot of literary fiction, but lately I’ve been really into horror and cozy mysteries lately.
What did you do before you worked at Lemuria?
I was a front of house shift leader at a bakery.
If you could share lasagna with any author, dead or alive, who would it be? What would you ask them?
I would share a nice veggie lasagna with Agatha Christie. I just wanna know how she comes up with those twists!
Why do you like working at Lemuria?
Obviously, I love talking to people about books. I also love shelving and keeping things organized. When I was a teenager, I would reorganize my bookshelf like once a week, so I think I was made for this job!
If Lemuria could have ANY pet (mythical or real), what do you think it should be?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we NEED a shop cat!!
If you had the ability to teleport, where would you go first?
I’ve always wanted to go to Amsterdam, it’s such a cool city!