In Review: The Week of August 28th

On the Blog

~ We compared the meta-fictional novels The End of the Story (Biblioasis) and If Clara (Coach House Books) in Read This, Then That~ Mental health is this month’s topic in Jules’ Tools for Social Change featuring Hidden Lives (Brindle & Glass Publishing), a collection of stories about people living with mental illness.~ Netflix and read? (Not a thing yet?) Check out our literary pairings with these Netflix shows.~ With fall just around the bend, our TBR piles are about to get a whole lot bigger. See which books ALU staffers can’t wait to cozy up with in our Fall Preview.

Around the Web

~ This Houston area bookstore provided cover to hurricane victims (and further proving that bookstores are a home away from home)~ Even dead authors have Tinder profiles via Bookriot  ~ This Instagram poet is blowing the internet away

What Else We’re Reading

We’re taking an out-of-this-world trip with Lori McNulty’s short story collection Life on Mars(Goose Lane Editions) this long weekend.