The Lit Library

Welcome back to The Lit Library! May the spirit of literacy bloom in your life!Your favorite literary baddies are back and ready to talk books! That’s right–we are bringing you Tati Richardson’s second book in the boss chick series, Struck Speechless. This romantic comedy centers around Jackie Miles, sports agent to the stars and Antonio Steel, retired NFL player turned sports agent. Jackie and Antonio have some unfinished business but can they get beyond the looming obstacles to finish what they started. It’s not as easy as it seems, especially when Jackie has to overcome chakras that zip her lips. This is a creatively cute second chance romance, sure to make you swoon.  Make sure you have your copy ordered, NOW!Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will leave you wondering where the hell is Carol.Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG/Threads) Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] 

Welcome back to The Lit Library! April showers bring highly anticipated releases!Your favorite literary baddies are back with a special guest! That’s right–we have another amazing guest. THEE Natasha Bishop stops by to discuss her upcoming release, The Art of Love You. As we wait for April 14th, we ask Natasha to introduce readers to Dani and Micah and their game of tug-o-war. This is a beautiful story of healing, grief, and shared loss. Make sure you have your copy ordered, NOW!Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will leave you wondering where the hell is Carol.Panel Natasha - @natashabishopwrites (IG/Threads) | @natashabishopwrites (TikTok)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG/Threads) Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected]

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Your favorite literary baddies are ready to get back to our #BOTM routine and this month we’re discussing We Don’t Talk About Carol. The debut novel from Kristen L. Berry. Imagine finding out one day you had an aunt who went “missing” and nobody bothered to look for her. And when you did go digging you were always met with resistance and lies. That’s what happens when Sydney makes the journey back to North Carolina after the passing of her grandmother. Buckle up for this suspenseful ride!Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will leave you wondering where the hell is Carol.Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG/Threads) Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected]

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February hits its final stop on the #RoadtoBRBF26. This week we are joined by the brilliant Frederick Smith. Your favorite literary baddies are so excited to chat with Frederick as he is one of the emerging queer voices in Black Romance. Frederick drops knowledge on sharpening your pen. The legends who inspire him and reading outside of your genre. We also talk about his upcoming release Love Is A Contact Sport and revisit One and Done.  We share all the laughs as we keep trucking on the road to #BRBF26.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will elevate you.Panel Frederick Smith - Frederick Smith Website | @fsmith827 (IG/Threads/Twitter)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG/Threads)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG/Threads) Bri - @bookbaebri (IG) | @bookbaebri (Threads) Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected]

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February hits its final stop on the #RoadtoBRBF26. This week we are joined by yet another Black Romance Legend, Brenda Jackson. Your favorite literary baddies are excited and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down with Miss Brenda Jackson who has penned over 150 novels. She is the first Black Romance author to be a NY Times and USA Today Best Selling author. With over 30 years of longevity in the literary world, Miss Brenda still made time and space to come and educate us and pour into The Lit Library. Brenda Jackson is a true Legend and plans to continue writing as she gives us details on her 2026 releases and her journey to #BRBF26.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will elevate you.Panel Brenda Jackson - Brenda Jackson Website | @author_brendajackson (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] 

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Our Legendary February series continues as we keep on down the #RoadtoBRBF26 journey. This week we are joined by yet another Black Romance pioneer and legend, Donna Hill. Your favorite literary baddies are honored and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down with Miss Donna who has maintained 35 years of longevity in the literary world. Not only does she share knowledge and history pertaining to penning black romance, she wants to know “Why Are Y’all Stuck In The 90’s?” as we discuss her debut novel, Rooms of The Heart. Donna Hill maintains her staying power as she gives us details on her 2026 releases and her journey to #BRBF26.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will elevate you.Panel Donna Hill - Donna Hill Website | @brooklyngirl737 (IG)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] 

Welcome back to The Lit Library! This episode kicks off our Legendary February series as part of our #RoadtoBRBF26 . Who better to usher in the series than THEE legend herself, Miss Beverly Jenkins. Your favorite literary baddies are honored and in awe to have the opportunity to sit down with Miss Beverly and talk all things Black Romance! We discuss Miss Beverly’s first published book, Night Song, a historical fiction romance following Cara and Chase’s love story in a post-Civil War era. We also take the opportunity to sit and listen as Miss Beverly shares a wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and history as it pertains to the Black Romance. Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson will elevate you.Panel Beverly Jenkins - Beverly Jenkins Website | @authorMsBev (X)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram/Threads: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] 

Welcome back to The Lit Library! This episode we’re back and ready to discuss our #BOTM–Waiting To Exhale.Your favorite literary baddies sit down and examine the Terry McMillan classic with a 30+ perspective. We slide down memory lane as we talk Savannah, Gloria, Robin and Bernadine. This book and the movie certainly hits different when you’re in a more mature phase of your womanhood.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson might just save you.Panel Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Welcome back to The Lit Library! As we continue on our road to #BRBF26, we welcome the incomparable Nicole Falls, author of over 50 published novels, Nicole is a trailblazing voice in Black Romance.Your favorite literary baddies sit down with Nicole to talk about her passion and purpose as an author. She drops some gems for new pens in the space, and we take time to give Nicole the flowers she deserves as one the few authors willing to reach back and help new authors flourish. From her creative rituals to the editing for some of the biggest names in the space, Nicole takes us to school, and it’s only fitting for the founder of Black Romance University!If you love conversations about Black Romance and the history of the genre and those that paved the way, this is your episode. Pour a drink, dim the lights, and slide into this episode.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson might just save… or corrupt you.Panel Nicole Falls -  @_NicoleFalls (IG/Threads) | @NiccyTok (TikTok) | https://nicolefalls.com/Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @authordhrenfroe (TikTok) | @authordhrenfroe (IG/Threads)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit Library

Welcome back to The Lit Library! Grab a seat and some water as we turn the temperature alllll the way up as we welcome the incomparable Aria “Big Unk” Daze, a rising force in modern Black erotica whose pen knows exactly where to press, tease, and linger.Your favorite literary baddies sit down with Aria to talk craft, kink, character obsession, and the delicious nonlinear magic of writing desire that feels lived-in, sensual, and boldly Black. We get into the worlds she builds, the intimacy she honors, the freedom erotica gives our communities, and how she balances softness with scorch.From her creative rituals to the scenes that nearly wrote themselves, Aria lets us peek behind the curtain, and babayyyyy, it is a view.If you love conversations about sex-positive storytelling, authentic heat, and the black authors pushing the genre forward, this is your episode. Pour a drink, dim the lights, and slide into this episode.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson might just save… or corrupt you.Panel Aria Daze -  @AriaDazeWrites (IG/Threads) | @AuthorAriaDaze (TikTok)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (TikTok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (TikTok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (TikTok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Things are getting dangerously delicious in The Lit Library this month. We cracked open Our Vicious Oaths expecting a little magic, a little mayhem… and instead got a whole buffet of backstabbing besties, morally flexible hotties, ancient curses with no respect for personal boundaries, and enough jaw-dropping plot twists to make us question our own life choices.Join us as we dive headfirst into N.E. Davenport’s lush, lethal world where alliances shift faster than our attention spans, romance simmers hotter than our coffee (which is saying something), and everyone is one bad decision away from either saving the realm or accidentally summoning something with too many teeth.We’ll break down the drama, thirst over the characters we absolutely should NOT be thirsting over, and attempt to answer the most pressing question of all:Would we survive these vicious oaths, or would we trip over a spell circle and immediately die?Grab your enchanted snacks and tune in—this episode is equal parts chaos, cackling, and scandalous book-nerd joy.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson might just save… or corrupt you.Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

This week in The Lit Library’s road to #BRBF26, the ladies welcome the incomparable Tia Love, author of the wildly addictive Bible Study.We’re diving deep into the pages where devotion meets temptation, faith meets flesh, and the sanctuary gets just a little… steamy. Tia takes us behind the altar and into the writing process, sharing how she crafted a story that blends Black church culture, family secrets, irresistible chemistry, and characters you absolutely should not be rooting for, but do anyway.Expect laughter, gasps, confession-level honesty, and a whole lot of “girl, did that really happen?” as we unpack the themes, the drama, the messy saints, and everything that makes Bible Study a can’t-put-down favorite.Whether you’re a longtime Tia Love reader or brand new to her work, this episode will have you grabbing your highlighters, your headphones, and maybe saying a tiny prayer before you hit play.Welcome to The Lit Library, where the books are Black, the discussions are bold, and this week’s lesson might just save… or corrupt you.Panel Tia Love -  @AuthorTiaLove (IG) | @AuthorTiaLove (Tik Tok) | @AuthorTiaLove (Threads)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Grand Rising Kings and Queens, settle in as we light some nag champa and dive into this episode headfirst. Shawndra, Jaleesa, DH Renfroe, and Dr. Diamond strolled into the addictive, tension-packed world of Tiffany D. Jackson’s The Scammer. Join us as we unpack Jackson’s razor-sharp character work, twisty plot turns, and the unsettling gray areas between survival, manipulation, and truth.We explore what makes this psychological thriller so irresistible: the unreliable narrators, the emotional stakes, the sharp social commentary, and the slow-burn suspense that keeps you wondering who’s conning whom. Whether you’ve already devoured the book or you’re curious about the hype, we break down what The Scammer says about identity, ambition, and the cost of reinvention.If you love smart discussions, bold opinions, and books that leave you questioning everything, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected]

Grab your pumpkin spice latte, or something a little stronger, because this episode of The Lit Library is straight out of your nightmares (in the best way). Jaleesa, Diamond, Shawndra, and Fancy crack open Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory, a chilling, brilliant, and deeply human story that’ll make you think twice about creaky floorboards and Southern “reform” schools. 👻We’re talking ghosts, generational trauma, and a Black boy who sees spirits that refuse to be silent. Between the scares and side-eyes, expect a few laughs, a little chaos, and maybe even a séance of shade as we decide which of us would actually survive a haunted Florida backroad.So light a candle, keep your sage handy, and join us for a Halloween special that proves reading can be terrifyingly good.🕯️ Because in The Lit Library, even the books have ghosts.Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] ;

Welcome back book baes! Weeee are back with another amazing author as we continue our limited series, The Road to #BRBF26, where we sit down with some of your favorite authors  headed to #BRBF26! This month, we have the extremely talented, Kami Holt author of Search My Soul, Intercept My Heart, and so many more amazing book. Today she pops in to discuss when she fell in love with black romance reading, what made her go from reader to author, and so much more, so tune in because it was an amazing sitdown!Whether you’re already a fan of ReShonda Tate’s work or just discovering her, this is an episode that will make you want to grab the book, pour a glass of something good, and join the conversation.Panel Tati Richardson - @author_kami (Threads)| @author_kami (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Welcome back book baes! Weeee are kicking off our limited series, The Road to #BRBF26, where we sit down with some of our favorite featured authors you can expect to see at #BRBF26! First up, we have the extremely talented hybrid baddie, Tati Richardson aka T.M. Richardson, author of Losing Sight and The Secrets Series! We discuss everything from the tropes we could spend the week in, to big Nadine and Ed, to what we can expect from Tati as she prepares to release book two in her Boss Chicks series, Struck Speechless, the follow-up to Losing Sight, tune in because it was an amazing sitdown!Whether you’re already a fan of ReShonda Tate’s work or just discovering her, this is an episode that will make you want to grab the book, pour a glass of something good, and join the conversation.Panel Tati Richardson - 🔗https://www.tatiannarichardson.com/ | @RichardWritesOn (IG)Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Welcome back book baes! On this episode of The Lit Library, we crack open ReShonda Tate’s dazzling historical fiction novel, The Queen of Sugar Hill. Set against the glittering backdrop of 1940s and 50s Atlanta, this historical fiction reimagines the life of Hattie McDaniel—the first Black woman to win an Academy Award—and places her at the center of a story filled with ambition, glamour, heartbreak, and resilience.We talk about how Tate brings the hidden corners of Black Hollywood and the vibrant Sugar Hill neighborhood to life, while exploring the price of fame, the complexity of respectability politics, and the challenges of breaking barriers in a segregated America. Expect a mix of lively discussion, critical insights, and plenty of admiration for the way this novel celebrates Hattie’s legacy while honoring the women who paved the way.Whether you’re already a fan of ReShonda Tate’s work or just discovering her, this is an episode that will make you want to grab the book, pour a glass of something good, and join the conversation.Panel DL White - 🔗https://www.booksbydlwhite.com/ | @Author_DLWhite (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

We have a very special episode today , our Podiversary! It's been one whole year of reviewing book and shooting the shit as friends who love to read, and it's only right we bring it back to where it all began for our BOTM, Danielle Allen and The Curve series. We started episode one with Curvy Girl Summer and we're celebrating year one with Nina and Russ as we dive into, Plus Size Player . Come on in and celebrate with us!Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

We have a very special episode today as we welcome our first guest to The Lit Library and New Pen On The Block! Author extraordinaire and pen maven, DL White  drops it to talk about books, writing, and drops some gems of wisdom on new pens, C.M. Barnes and DH Renfroe! The ladies get together to pick DL’s brilliant mind and her next release, Missing Persons. Panel DL White - 🔗https://www.booksbydlwhite.com/ | @Author_DLWhite (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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!Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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!Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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! Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 one half of your favorite book club had to say! Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 on this being Nadine’s redemption arc. We want to know how Nadine’s story made you feel?Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 rural south as she and her parents uproot their lives to care for her ailing grandmother. Press play and discuss this beautiful masterpiece with us! Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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. Do Shawndra & Jaleesa stay on opposite sides of the spectrum whether they like Noor or thought she was psychotic or do they find some commonality with book 2? If you haven’t read the series, we highly recommend that you do so before you listen. Find out what the ladies thought! Panel Shawndra - ⁠@Elle_Monique⁠ (X) | ⁠@Poppin_Pages⁠ (Tik Tok) | ⁠@Poppin_Pages⁠ (IG)Jaleesa - ⁠@JaleesaReads⁠ (X) | ⁠@JaleesaReads⁠ (Tik Tok) | ⁠@JaleesaReads⁠ (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: ⁠@Th3LitLibrary⁠ Instagram: ⁠ItsTheLitLibrary⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠@ItsTheLitLibrary⁠Facebook: ⁠It's The Lit Library⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 opposite sides of the spectrum whether they like Noor or thought she was psychotic. If you haven’t read the series, we highly recommend that you do so before you listen. Find out what the ladies thought! Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 romantic rollercoaster in this romantic comedy for our Valentine’s edition of #NTM! Panel Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG)Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG) Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG)Fancy - @fancy.reads (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG)Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG)Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary. Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show!Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger!ContactTwitter: @Th3LitLibrary Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibraryFacebook: It's The Lit LibraryEmail: [email protected] The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 spawned some very poignant conversations about maintaining a sense of self in a world that only sees women as accessories to our partners and kids! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 which leading lady you loved most! Press play as we get dive head first into this erotic trilogy for our #BOTM. Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 slow burn as this months #NTM. Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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 the month #BOTM. Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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.  Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Facebook: It's The Lit Library Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

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. Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (Tik Tok) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (Tik Tok) | @MrsGeotech (IG) Enjoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd

Welcome to the premiere episode of The Lit Library! The Lit Library is a cozy little book nook where black women discuss all genres of fiction from the eyes of black authors and everything in between! On today’s episode you’ll be introduced to your hosts: Shawndra, Jaleesa, Diamond, Fancy, Bri, and Candice. The ladies clock-in to discuss Danielle Allen’s, Curvy Girl Summer, the importance of investing in editing, and the need for more mature stories. Grab yur library card and let’s get lit! Panel  Shawndra - @Elle_Monique (X) | @Poppin_Pages (IG) Jaleesa - @JaleesaReads (X) | @JaleesaReads (Tik Tok) | @JaleesaReads (IG)  Diamond - @foreveradime (Tik Tok) | @bookmarksnbrunches (IG) Fancy - @fancy.reads  (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG) Bri - @Bri.Kristen (IG) Candice - @MrsGeotech (X) | @MrsGeotech (IG) E njoy! We appreciate you taking a chance on us and welcome all feedback and commentary.  Use the hashtag #TheLitLibrary on social media when live listening and posting about the show! Share this podcast with a friend, a loved one, a coworker, or even a stranger! Contact Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary  Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary  Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary Email: [email protected]  The lit Library™️ is a Flawless Noises Media Network presentation. #FNMediaProd