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Seven Days in June is a ‘celebration of Black joy’
From the best beach reads to add to a summer reading list to nonfiction titles that are engaging year-round, you can always count on Reese Witherspoon to recommend a good read. Sarah Jessica Parker, as well, is another actor who loves a good book. In an interview with Penguin Random House, SJP said her mother influenced her to read at a young age and she’s loved books ever since. So when both bibliophilic actors recommended “Seven Days in June,” we knew it was a great book.
Selected as a Reese’s Book Club pick the same month of its release, “Seven Days in June” was described by Witherspoon as “spicy and romantic … I just could not stop turning the pages.” Witherspoon added that “these characters were so unique and fresh, and [the book] was really a celebration of Black intelligence, Black excellence, Black joy.” SJP took to Instagram to rave about “Seven Days in June,” grouping it with beloved titles like “Pachinko” and “The Vanishing Half.” The actor listed it among some of her favorite emotionally rich novels, which she described as “sweeping family stories [with] sumptuous writing.”
Readers seem to agree with the actors’ sentiments. One Goodreads reviewer wrote, “THIS BOOK WAS IMPECCABLE!!!! so much deeper than I expected but I loved every second.” Another wrote, “This book was breathtaking … It was smart, sharp, witty, raw, sexy, wise, painful, healing, immersive.”
