Day FIVE of ALU Season’s Readings are two debut book picks for the hopeless romantics who judiciously watch Hallmark holiday movies and know all the lyrics to Wham!’s “Last Christmas.”
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Find the mistletoe with these two book recommendations for the Romeos and Juliets on your gift list and get ’em for a lovely 15% off until December 13th!
If hopeless romantic is your giftee’s modus operandi, Bindu Suresh’s gorgeous novel-in-stories 26 Knots (Invisible Publishing) will be the modern Romeo and Juliet-esque story they’ll love. A sultry debut full of entangled love affairs, ill-fated couplings, obsession, and heartbreak, this literary debut is beautifully told through poetic-like vignettes. There’s nothing ill-fated about gifting this lyrical page-turner.
A playful and poignant novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)(Metonymy Press) is a love letter of a novel narrated by a queer trans woman who’s working through the unrequited love she has for her friend, Vivian, who died. This one’s for anyone who has ever loved, lost, and binged A LOT of TV to ease a broken heart. A roadmap for how art and pop culture help us through tough times, Hazel Jane Plante’s debut novel will provide all the feels your hopeless romantic giftee craves. * * * 26 Knots and Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)  are 15% off until December 13th, and buying these or any of our Season’s Readings books during this time gets you a stack of our Season’s Readings postcard to gift with your books.Stay tuned for more giftable books tomorrow and follow along on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with the hashtag #ALUseasonsreadings.Â
