Happy Pub Day!

All business, no play this week on the newsletter, just like the Jack said:

Friday was the 100th Birthday of esteemed author James Baldwin, and we got the chance to sit down with the founder of Baldwin & Co., DJ Johnson.
We discussed the legacy/impact of James Baldwin, books, and their Baldwin & Co. bookstore.

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/FyNzu13FEuY?si=OqD-Rqa7ZakTRAzb

The Tale of the Table:

• 📚 Feature Update: Review System

•  📺 New Colleen Hoover Movie Hits Theaters August 9th

• 📖 Booker’s List 2024 Announced

This Week On Bookum:

We made some updates to our verified reviewing system this week!

The two-score system is finally here!

Check out the photo below:

Now, when you click on "About Books," you have a more comprehensive understanding of the book's overall community ratings.

Each star is worth 20 points, half stars 10.

If you are a book reviewer or have friends who do great reviews, please share!

Bookum is "Where Bookish Conversations Happen," and great book reviews make for better book discussions!

Enjoy!

This Week in The Book World:

Just when you thought CoHo mania was over in the Book World… It's just getting started in Hollywood World.

Colleen Hoover's highly anticipated silver screen debut is in theaters this week, based on the best-selling book of the last few years, It Ends with Us.

The movie stars Blake Lively as Lily Bloom.

8-second synopsis:

Lily Bloom moves to Boston to chase her lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid soon sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, she begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents' relationship.

Regardless of what you think of Colleen Hoover, it's always exciting to see the book world on the main stage of culture, conversations, & cinema.

Are you going to see it?

Reply to this email and let us know!

This Week in Publishing:

No book shoutout this week; a Booker's List shoutout instead.

The Booker’s 2024 Longlist was announced this week, and as with all lists, it has garnered some good, bad, and indifferent opinions from the crowd.

The Booker, choosing from over 150 submissions, represents the very best of fiction published in the UK or Ireland between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

Here are the final 13 books:

• Wild Houses by Colin Barrett

• Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

• James by Percival Everett

• Orbital by Samantha Harvey

• Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

• My Friends by Hisham Matar

• This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud

• Held by Anne Michaels

• Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

• Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

• Playground by Richard Powers

• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Which ones have you read, plan to read, or did/did not like? Let us know!

All 13 books can be found on Bookum!

For the full scoop, here's their website presentation:
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-booker-prize-2024-longlist

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

“Vulnerability is a Superpower" with Creator Cree Myles and Danté Stewart -https://open.spotify.com/episode/45addavfiySW3xejnPsjdX?si=7dde6269c1c64c38

Flatiron to Debut Pine & Cedar Imprint with S.A. Cosby's Next Book - https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95644-flatiron-to-debut-pine-cedar-imprint-with-s-a-cosby-s-next-book.html