BCL Chat: We Survived (and Thrived in) 2019

BCL Chat: What Was Your First Book Love?: If anyone asks, we delayed this episode because we knew you’d need something to get you through the travesty that was the ChumpCare vote today. You’re welcome. In this episode of the podcast, we wanted to know your first book. What made you the type of... by Black Chick Lit

41 min listen

Episode 12: “Beloved”: We finally did it, y’all. We finally read Beloved, the literary classic we should’ve read in high school. Better late than never, right? And after all that hullabaloo, what did we think of it? It was depressing af. Join us as we try and figure out if Sta... by Black Chick Lit

83 min listen

Episode 8: “Binti” and “Binti: Home”: This episode is a two-for-one special. We read both Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti and Binti: Home. Listen in for a discussion about diversity in sci-fi, the power of lotion and Steven Universe. We promise it all makes sense in context. Got a book you think we s... by Black Chick Lit

82 min listen

BCL Chat: Book Buying with Special Guest Alysia of Mocha Girls Read: This episode, we’re joined by Alysia, founder of Mocha Girls Read. She shares how she started her popular book club, how it has grown, and her own thoughts on book buying. Thanks to all of you who shared you got your books! We got more responses to this ... by Black Chick Lit

67 min listen

Episode 6: “This Could Be Us But You Playin'”: We kicked off 2017 by diving right into genre fic. Specifically, urban fiction. We read This could Be Us But You Playin‘ by Cachet. Mollie lays out the plot, Danielle remains bougie and bitter, and in the end, we take up that age-old debate of art vs. co... by Black Chick Lit

85 min listen

BCL Chat: Are You Doing NaNoWriMo?: It’s time for your monthly BCL Chat. This month we asked you if you’d be attempting NaNoWriMo (that is, National Novel Writing Month). You all overwhelmingly replied “prolly not.” (more…) by Black Chick Lit

50 min listen

Episode 11: “The Hate U Give”: This is it: Mollie and Dani finally dig into YA. We read the hottest new release in the book world’s hottest genre: The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas. We loved this novel inspired by the “Black Lives Matter” movement. We’re still not sure how we feel abou... by Black Chick Lit

101 min listen

BCL Chat: What Are Your Reading Resolutions?: Time for another BCL Chat. We asked you all to share your reading resolutions, and an overwhelming number of you shared that this year you aim to read more books written by women and by people of color. ----more---- A lot of ya'll are also big on persona... by Black Chick Lit

60 min listen

Episode 17: “A Hope Divided”: After a touch of the flu and one nervous breakdown, we finally got around to discussing Alyssa Cole’s new release, A Hope Divided. This is the second book in Cole’s Loyal League series; check out the previous episode where we chat about the first book, A... by Black Chick Lit

91 min listen

BCL Chat: What’s Up with Whitewashed Book Covers?: We’re back for another bonus episode. This week, we asked you all to share your experiences — either as a reader or a writer — with whitewashed book covers. We shared your responses and talked over some recent ones that have occurred in books and film.... by Black Chick Lit

39 min listen

BCL Chat: Tell Us Your Book Shame: It’s confession time: We asked you what book you should have read but haven’t yet. The majority of you all said The Underground Railroad. But there were more titles. So many more titles. Tune in to hear what else y’all said you need to read on the latest... by Black Chick Lit

54 min listen

BCL Chat: What Book Must Every Black Woman Read?: School, work, birthdays. Life hit us hard, y’all. Octavia Butler’s Kindred is next on our schedule and we’re recording this week. To make up for the loooonnnnnnng delay, we’ve got our first-ever bonus episode! Earlier this month, we asked you what book... by Black Chick Lit

37 min listen

Episode 32: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: The kids are back in school and we revisit a childhood favorite: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor. And, whew, boy! Ms. Taylor aimed to teach the kids the truth about racism and she went above in beyond to do so. This book had lynch mobs, r... by Black Chick Lit

119 min listen

Episode 24: The Good House: We're back! And just in time to miss Halloween. Life happened, one of us lost a computer and we got a bit behind on posting our latest episode. Hopefully, you all are still feeling a creepy this fall and a ready to dig into Tananarive Due's The Good Ho... by Black Chick Lit

30 min listen

BCL Chat: What’s Your Favorite Adaptation?: As we prep for our first birthday celebration (whoop! whoop!), we asked you what your favorite adaptation of a book was. We share your responses, and also have a really passionate discussion about how everyone has been messing up lately. Listen in! Thank... by Black Chick Lit

66 min listen

Episode 9: “Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation”: We read the recently released Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and James Jennings. Mollie (finally!) gets the opportunity to school us all on what defines a graphic novel while Dani drinks in the background. Listen in ... by Black Chick Lit

80 min listen

Episode 7: “There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé”: Did you know only 6.7 percent of Americans have read poetry in the past 12 months? We’ve joined these exclusive few and sit down to discuss Morgan Parker’s There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé. It moved us, y’all. So much so, that we’ve declared... by Black Chick Lit

79 min listen

Episode 18: We’re Finally Done with 2017: 2017 was a long, hard year for the both of us, so we avoided it by reading a bunch of books. Join us for a double-length episode where we discuss all the titles we read — not just the ones for the podcast. We share favorites, rant about the ones that had... by Black Chick Lit

120 min listen

Episode 14: “Hunger”: We recorded this episode the same day as the Charlottesville attacks and, boy, could you tell. We have no patience this week for racism, rape culture and body hatred. (Or for checking our own audio, apparently. Sorry, yo.) We funnel that frustration into... by Black Chick Lit

84 min listen

BCL Chat: What New Release Are You Most Excited About?: We’ve been busy y’all. (more…) by Black Chick Lit

42 min listen

Episode 15: “Bluebird, Bluebird”: Jinkies! We read a mystery and, boy, was it a doozy. There’s homicidal rage, alcoholism and then at some point, we actually got around to discussing the book. Attica Locke’s Bluebird, Bluebird takes readers into the heart of a small rural Texas town wher... by Black Chick Lit

100 min listen

BCL Chat: Has a Book Ever Changed Your Life?: Happy fall, y’all. It’s time for another BCL Chat. We asked you if a book has ever changed your life. Thanks to @ClassyGreen, @WilliamsDebbieD and @OnlySharaeRae for submitting their responses. (more…) by Black Chick Lit

59 min listen

Episode 19: “The Coldest Winter Ever”: In the last episode, you may have heard us officially declare January Black Chick Lit’s Urban Fic Month. Last year, we read This Could Be Us, But You Playin’. And it was terrible. Just godawful. So, this year we decided to try a tried-and-true classic. P... by Black Chick Lit

88 min listen

BCL Chat: We Survived (and Thrived in) 2019: We can't believe it, dear readers, but we've made it through another year of reading, podcasting and doing both while black. The twitter dramas! The plagiarism scandals! The nacho cheese! We take a look back and reflect on all the books read and crazines... by Black Chick Lit

76 min listen

Episode 20: "This Will Be My Undoing": We discuss some big topics this episode: colorism, what it means to be a black woman and the possible criminal actions of Steve Urkel. ----more---- Listen in as we talk about This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Femin... by Black Chick Lit

89 min listen

BCL Chat: We’re So Done with You, 2018: 2018 was both the longest and the shortest year imaginable. We saw Black Panther . We mocked the Tide-Pod Challenge. And we read books. So many books. In this episode, we look back at our year of reading and talk about the good, the bad and the very disa... by Black Chick Lit

64 min listen

Episode 21: Bingo Love: This is our chattiest episode yet. Before we dig into our book talk, we find out the ending of #cockygate, fangirl over Beverly Jenkins tweets and do a quick survey of popular books we have — and haven’t — read. Don’t worry, we find time to discuss Bingo... by Black Chick Lit

118 min listen

Episode 31: They All Fall Down: Happy August, readers! This month, we wanted a light beach read to help us make it through these remaining dog days of summer. Instead, we got a wild And Then There Were None-inspired murder fest where a man gets boiled alive in a hot tub. Fun. We read T... by Black Chick Lit

104 min listen

BCL Chat: Do You Reread Books?: Hey, readers. We've got another chat for you. This time, we wanted to know if y'all reread books and why. Before we get to that, however, we chat about that messy author who got in trouble for snitching, BookRiot's unusually bad romance take and whether ... by Black Chick Lit

102 min listen

BCL Chat: 20 Questions with Black Chick Lit: This month, we decided to ask ourselves a few of our own questions: What are our goals for the podcast? How did we meet? What’s our favorite Powerline song? (Spoiler alert: It’s “Stand Out.”) Get to know Dani and Mollie a bit better and listen in to this... by Black Chick Lit

104 min listen

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