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In Review: The Week of August 28th

We’re not pulling out our heavy cardigans just yet, but we are gearing up for the change in seasons with our 2017 Fall Preview. Check out our book picks and what else we got up to this week.

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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.

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