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We have a very special episode today as we introduce our very 1st New Pen On The Block author, and resident book baddie, DH Renfroe. The ladies get together to not only talk about her debut release, Creative Differences as well as pick her brain as a new author, her creative process, and what’s next for the newest pen on the block!

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Y’all missed us? Good, we missed y’all too! Welcome back to The Lit Library! The ladies are together again to re-cap the beauty that was the inaugural Black Romance Book Fest. Your resident book baddies gush over the love, light, support, and black ass good time they had at the event. Tune in and get your coins ready for 2026!

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Welcome to a very special episode of The Lit Library! You might notice our resident menace missing from this episode, but that’s for a reason. Today we are discussing the debut novel, ENIGMA from our resident book baddie Candice aka C.M. Barnes. We get very familiar with Caleb, Layanna, Ahmir, Dana, and Ajaih in this why choose urban erotica! It gets filthy, but press play anyways and hear what your favorite bookies had to say! 

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Happy Friday and welcome back to The Lit Library! Join us for a start of the weekend book dive in as Shawndra, Fancy, and Bri discuss Wahala the debut novel from author Nikki May. We meet Ronke, Boo, and Simi, a close knit group of friends navigating life as they try to chase their dreams. Things take an unexpected turn when they befriend Isobel, where they quickly learn three’s company but four’s a crowd. Press play and hear what ...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in with us as we get into this special episode to discuss the final book of T.M. Richardson’s The Secrets Series, The Opportunity. We meet Nadine and her judgemental ways in The Oath, and we tolerate her in The Offer, but we finally learn her story in The Opportunity. Shawndra, Fancy, and Candice sit down to talk about the unique spin Tati puts on her story and we all have differing opinions ...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re a little late with the month's episode, but we’re always reppin! Your favorite book baddies on the book block are locking in with Jas Hammonds as we discuss #BOTM We Deserve Monuments.  This is a gripping coming of age story that focuses on the intersectionality of racism and queerness in the south as we’re introduced to Avery, a black, queer, teenage girl trying to find her footing in the...

Welcome back to Bookmark This! Jaleesa & Shawndra are back and reaady to finish talking Needful Noor as they dive into book 2 by Takerra Allen.

Join us as we discuss the highs & lows of Noor & Dorian’s love story. Noor is the nurse for Dorian’s sick wife. Dorian is trying to cope with the changes in an already struggling marriage.

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Welcome to Bookmark This! A little listen into the books we consume in between episodes. For our first episode, Jaleesa & Shawndra discuss the messiness that is Needful Noor Book 1 by Takerra Allen.

Join us as we discuss the highs & lows of Noor & Dorian’s love story. Noor is the nurse for Dorian’s sick wife. Dorian is trying to cope with the changes in an already struggling marriage. Shawndra & Jaleesa may fall on ...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! On the day of love, your favorite book baddies are Losin Sight with Tati Richardson. Join us as we are introduced to Tanika, an all around sports reporting baddie who’s need for glasses is impacting her life and Gideon, a handsome optometrist who is learning that moving on after losing love is not a bad thing and what happens when a magical pair of glasses and some divination takes these two on roma...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Happy 2025 and come on in as the ladies open the new year with Someone Had To Do It by Amber & Danielle Brown. The ladies embark on this thrilling mystery as FMC Brandi Maxwell grinds their gears. Then we pivot to the heart wrenching feeling evoking Bookmarked by Bella Jay as Juice and Books take us on an unforgettable emotional rollercoaster for our #BOTM and #NTM. Press play as this episode sp...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re closing out the bookish year as resident book baddie Diamond introduces us to the thrilling world of S.A. Cosby. This month we combine our #BOTM and #NTM as we take on the S.A. Cosby thriller, Razorblade Tears. A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.

Press play as we dive head first into this enthralling mystery thriller!

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Welcome back to The Lit Library! We’re ushering in the holidays nice and naughty as your resident book baddies welcome listeners to the Danger Zone. We discuss not one, not two, but all three books from Endiya Carter’s Danger series. Find out how the Danger brothers rank amongst the collective, as well as what we loved, hated, and made us clutch our pearls. Be sure to chime in and let us know which Danger man is your favorite and w...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Happy Holiday Season book baddies! Settle in as resident boss lady Shawndra introduces the crew to Lou and Symantha as we fall in love with their healing journey in Ashley Nicole’s The Closer I Get To You. We discuss the blossoming of healing and love between Lou and Symantha as Lou begrudgingly faces his traumatic past instead of continuing to run. Press play as we get into this thought emotional s...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in Litties as we dive into the genre of Speculative Fiction as discuss Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell. Sky Full of Elephants follows the journey of Charlie and his biracial daughter Sydney in the the aftermath of a genocidal event in which every White person in America wakes up, walks into the nearest body of water and drowns. Press play as we get into this thought provoking book o th...

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Settle in Litties as we take a dive into the world of Tia Love, the next author in our  “New to Me” series,  as we discuss #CurrentlyUntitled. Our resident Lit baddie, Candice, introduces us to Tim and Natalaia as they navigate mixing business with pleasure and pleasure with pain. #CurrentlyUntitled takes us on a grown and sexy emotional rollercoaster that we did not want to get off. 

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Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Litties are back a little late but more ready than ever to discuss our books of the month, I Will Remember You by L. Jaye Morgan and Bitter and Sweet by Rhonda McKnight. Diamond and Shawndra introduce our 1st thriller and historical family drama, so tune in!

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Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and ready to discuss the next author in the  “New to Me” series, Colliding With Fate by AE Valdez. Our resident Litties, Diamond, Fancy, and Bri introduce us to the fireworks that are Kyrell and Quinn!  The ladies discuss this emotional masterpiece from AE Valdez, so tune in!

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Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and ready to discuss the books of the month! We dive into book 1 of Natasha Bishop’s The Lost & Found Series, When We Found Our Home and end the episode by discussing DL White and The Never List, where the ladies were split on their love/hate of Esme! Tune in to see how we rated both books and give us your thoughts as well!

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How Can You Not Love Belvin?

Welcome back to The Lit Library! The Lit Ladies are back and introducing their “New to Me” series, where each bookish bae suggests an author the others are not familiar with. Our resident book baddie Jaleesa introduces us to Ezra and Lex in Love Belvin’s Love Unaccounted trilogy!  The ladies discuss everything they liked, loved, and could do without as we discuss In Covenant with Ezra.

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