June 24, 2021

Tia Williams Shares What to Dive Into After Seven Days in June

Devoured Seven Days in June? The author has all the multimedia recommendations to check out next

Tia Williams Shares What to Dive Into After Seven Days in June

Devoured Seven Days in June? The author has all the multimedia recommendations to check out next

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BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED by Jayne Allen

It’s the first novel in a three-book-series focusing on a woman whose “perfect life” and has a wrench thrown into it with an unexpected infertility diagnosis. Un-put-downable.

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GIRLHOOD by Melissa Febos

I’m obsessed with this intellectually airtight exploration of the pathway from girlhood to womanhood. It should be required reading, for all genders.

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FLORIDA by Lauren Groff

This collection of wickedly dark, unsettling-in-a-David-Lynch-way short stories stayed with me long after I’d finished the book. Thrilling, surreal, and wild.

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THE IDEA OF YOU by Robinne Lee

I can’t rave enough about this one – a chic, sexy, brilliantly escapist love story about a forty-year-old art gallerist in secret, lusty love with the lead singer of a boy band (ie, her tween daughter’s crush).

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TRICK MIRROR by Jia Tolentido

Tolentido’s one of our finest cultural critics! Her witty, whip-smart essays tackle everything from reality TV to social media – and expose some of our most profound self-delusions in modern life.

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Leave the Door Open – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
All I Need – Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige
He Said – Dvsn ft. Miguel
Favorite Mistake – Sheryl Crow
Kiss it Better – Rihanna
Can’t Get You Off My Mind – Lenny Kravitz
Damage – H.E.R.
Wicked Games – The Weeknd
From the Dining Table – Harry Styles
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
No Angel – Beyonce
I Couldn’t Be More in Love – The 1975
Talk – Khalid
Up Late – Ari Lennox
Forever in My Life – Prince
With or Without You – U2

Listen to the Spotify Playlist inspired by Seven Days in June

Insecure
Better Things
Fleabag
Gilmore Girls
Euphoria
Normal People
Girlfriends
Big Little Lies
Ginny & Georgia
I May Destroy You

Romeo + Juliet
Love Jones
The Notebook
Love and Basketball
Crazy/Beautiful
Weekend
About Last Night (2014 version)
Mahogany
Eve’s Bayou
In the Mood for Love
The “Before” Trilogy: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight

The best book recs come from the people who write the books we love 💛 

@RileyKeough, @The_PastaQueen, @emilyhenrywrites, and @ashleyelston are doing the ultimate lit check, sharing the romance, thrillers, memoirs, and fiction they're obsessing over. Which one are you reading (or listening to) next? 📚

Discover their full list of summer book recs on @AppleBooks!
"It hasn’t been entirely joyful, discovering her, unearthing her truths, and seeing her tears. But there has also been joy, and that’s what I cling to as I try to frame this into a story that feels true."

The Phoenix Pencil Company by @allisonkingwrites explores the importance of preserving stories from generation to generation and how they shape who we are to become.
Psst… have you heard? The first episode of Bookmarked, the new Reese’s Book Club podcast, just dropped with special guests @emilyhenrywrites and @yulin.kuang. Press play on the must-listen episode, and go behind the scenes each week with host @daniellerobay for your favorite stories, characters, and authors.

Listen in every Tuesday on the @iheartpodcast app, @applepodcasts, or wherever you listen. Got questions? Take the mic. Ring 501-291-3379 to ask, recommend, and discover.
"Human will is a particularly powerful magic."

On our TBR this week? Anita de Monte Laughs Last by @xochitltheg of course 💙
"Los Angeles was whatever you wanted it to be, and that was thanks to the constant influx of immigrants arriving with their dreams, not only from other countries, but from other states within the nation.”

Love this line about the beautiful diversity of the city from @mariaescandon in L.A. Weather.
Bookmarked, the new Reese’s Book Club podcast, launches tomorrow and we’re thrilled to announce our first guests, romance queens @emilyhenrywrites and @yulin.kuang! 

Listen in tomorrow and prepare to fall in love with their romance-filled episode.
We asked “what’s a book every woman should read once” and Bookthreads delivered 💙 Here are some of the most voted for titles by all of you. It might be time to bring these to the top of the TBR.
"This is a love story and it is better, by far, than any of the ones I dreamed up in the past. If I’m allowed a wish, just one, then it is this: I wish for our story to have a happy ending."

We are still reeling from the beautifully heartbreaking writing in Broken Country. If you haven't read it yet, grab a copy at our link in bio.
"I quite literally told anyone who would listen about this book."

📷+💬: @lorraineslibrary
The Three Lives of Cate Kay and its love stories alway brighten our day. 🌈☀️