Happy Thursday!

Books and basketball just in time for the NBA Free Agency. Let's tip off!

Today's Table of Content:

• 📚Books to Read for Juneteenth

• 📙 Chris Paul's New Book

• 📖 Spotlight: Book Criticism

Shelf:

Last week, we celebrated America's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth.

For those unfamiliar with the story and meaning of the holiday, we have a few books to catch you up (the best being "On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed).

Let us know which one(s) you check out!

Link to the book list:

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What started as a book tour has turned into a team tour for basketball star Chris Paul.

While globetrotting and promoting his new book, "Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court," Paul was informed by his son, not his own team, while on a plane that he was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Washington Wizards.

This happened on Sunday... But wait, there's more.

While heading to the Atlanta leg of his book tour, it was announced that he was once again being traded, this time to the Golden State Warriors (California Bay area).

To quote The Steve Miller Band, "Chris went from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to DC, to Atlanta, the Bay."

Although Chris Paul had a crazy week, he is getting incredible book press from all of these trades, so his publishers must be elated!

Get your copy today!

Book:

Book criticism has been an expanding topic in recent weeks in the book space.

We have seen authors literally verbally abuse book reviewers for giving their books 1-star ratings, and book reviewers tagging authors in posts to let them know their book sucks.

So we have to ask the question, "what is considered fair play for book reviews and what crosses the line?"

We dive deep into this topic in our latest article, which was inspired by author Roxane Gay and Traci From The Stacks.

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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading):

The Love Story That Riled Up BookTok - https://www.thecut.com/2023/06/cecilia-rabess-everythings-fine-book-interview.html#:~:text=Months%20before%20Everything's%20Fine%20was,than%20it%20should%20have%20been

Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals Title of Book: 'People Have Made a Lot of Assumptions' (Exclusive) - https://people.com/jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-title-cover-new-memoir-exclusive-7555057

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action at U.S. Colleges: Latest News -Newshttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/29/us/affirmative-action-supreme-court