Happy Pub Day!

The Olympics officially started on Friday, and it got us thinking.

What book-related Olympic sport would you win in:

A) 100m Speed Reading 🏎📚 (m for Minutes)

B) 24hr Straight Reading Challenge🏃‍♂️📚 (No steroids *cough* coffee allowed)

C) Strongest Reader 💪📚 (aka most books purchased and carried to the car)

Let us know which one you are receiving Gold in🥇

Check out our latest Creators Talk Podcast with host and creator of Balanced Black Girl Podcast - Les Alfred! We discuss Romance Books, health and fitness, and balancing podcasting & life as a creator”

Today’s Medals:

• 📚 Kiese Laymon Joins Bookum Club

•  📺 Tanya Sams Launches Publishing Company

• 📖 Book: The God of the Woods

This Week On Bookum:

From the desk of Bookum (yes, us):

We are excited to announce that Heavy by Kiese Laymon will be August's Bookum Club's book selection.

Even better, Mr. Laymon will join us throughout the month to discuss the book and give some additional insights from the story/writing.

The club will be moderated by book content creator Tyreke Wesley.

We have a lot of surprises this month, so make sure to get your copy and join us August 1st!

Here's a link to a summary of the book and a link to purchase!

(Happy to send a copy if you are interested in joining the club!)

This Week in The Book World:

We have a book content creator starting their own publishing company this week!

Actress, Entrepreneur & investor Tanya Sam and former Oscars Exec Jeanell English are set to launch "Elizabeth and Minnie" publishing.

Tanya is best known as the creator of 'Tanya Time Book Club' and recurring cast member of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta."

The publishing company's focus is to "amplify Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino, with a focus on women's stories."

The first books on the slate are a YA Sci-fi and a Murder Mystery.

For the full scoop, check out this article courteous Variety - https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jeanell-english-tanya-sam-publishing-housewives-atlanta-kenya-moore-1236063752/

It's always great to see creators in the space open up more doors for authors, writers, and readers!

Keep an eye out for their books and give them a follow! Tell them Bookum sent you!

This Week in Publishing:

Do you enjoy Summer Mysteries?

New York Times Bestselling author Liz Moore is back with a book sure to be on your End of the Year favorites!

The God of the Woods is being compared to Donna Tartt's 1992 classic The Secret History.

Summary:

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

Make sure to add the book to your TBR list on Bookum and get your copy today!

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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum content):

Tune into the Bookum Founders Talk Podcast with Baldwin & Co Owner DJ Johnson - www.bookumapp.com

New Founders Talk Podcast with Author and Co-Founder of MoviePass Stacy Spikes - https://youtu.be/n8e2Vat7bfk