The End of Summer

Despite it just reaching 98 degrees this week here in St. Louis, stores everywhere are going to start thinking about “End of Summer” sales and start stocking the shelves with single subject notebooks and No. 2 Pencils. Students do still use those things, right? But as July comes to an end, and August arrives and school bells ring, it’ll still be a hot one here in Missouri. The weather doesn’t really start cooling down until pumpkins grow faces. So as we transition into the next season, here’s what is in store for The Lulu Book Review.

There will still be 2 more reviews posted in July…one this weekend and one early next week. That will make 6 reviews posted just like we did in June, which closes the Summer Reading focus we had. Wow! Twelve reviews in 2 months. My eyes hurt. However, at the end of this month, we’ll also post 3 mini reviews all in one post, honoring our “Search for America” results. We only received 2 suggestions for books in our search, so we had to take it upon ourselves to find America in Lulu. It’s not too late to make a recommendation if you want; just post it as a comment to this entry. Then, stay tuned to learn about our discoveries at the end of this month.

In August, we will go back to posting only about 4 reviews a month. We’d like two of those to focus on students since it’s Back to School month. Maybe you’ve written a teenage school soap opera, or a good self-help book for kids. If so, we want to read it! Just post about it on the “Pick Me” page and put BACK TO SCHOOL somewhere in your post.

The other two reviews for August will be regular picks from the “Pick Me” page, as will all four reviews in September. For those of you who have already posted queries, please be patient. We’ll be sending out requests of PDFs for these upcoming reviews next week.

We all know what October brings! Witches, goblins, ghosts, and bumps in the night. We’ll be highlighting horror and scary stuff all month long, so if you’ve written a chiller or a thriller, let us know! Keep us awake all night!

So, that’s three months, 12 to 14 book reviews, and lots of reading (and writing) to do. Grab some No. 2 pencils and get busy!