August is our birthday month! It’s been two years of nonsense, and we’re thankful you’ve stuck it out with us. 

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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 d

We told you we’d be asking this question again. It’s our favorite and you all always deliver some awesome recommendations.
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We’re back from our unplanned summer break and ready to discuss Leesa Cross-Smith’s Whiskey & Ribbons. Like ogres and onions, this book’s got LAYERS and we dig into ’em.
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The first emergency broadcast of Black Chick Lit! We had just finished our discussion of Black Panther and black adaptations when, ta da!, Marvel released its latest experience, Avengers: Infinity War. 
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This month, we have our long overdue discussion ofMarvel’sBlack Panther,Disney’sA Wrinkle in Timeand our dream (or in Mollie’s case nightmare) adaptations. Prepare for serious spoilers throughout.
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We discuss some big topics this episode: colorism, what it means to be a black woman and the possible criminal actions of Steve Urkel.
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Happy New Year! For this chat, we asked you what your reading goals were for the upcoming year. We were impressed by how many of you said you aim to read more titles by women and people of color.
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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-tru