8 Black Romance Novels That Center Around Music
Black Love + Music = June is Black Music Month, to celebrate we took a deep dive into Black romance novels that incorporated music into their stories. Writers incorporate music in their books to demonstrate a mood, add flavor to a story, and in these cases, music was...
Book Review: Business Not As Usual by Sharon C. Cooper
Business Not As Usual by Sharon C. Cooper Sistah Girls, the release of Business Not As Usual by Sharon C. Cooper was just in time for a lovely spring vibe and a chance to laugh and enjoy a funny story.Dreamy Daniels has a weekly obsession–she plays the same lottery...
9 Book Baes In Black Romance You Have To Meet [Part 3]
Book Baes In Black Romance Sistah Girls, give me a Black romance novel with book with a book bae to remember and you have made this book worms day. Now don't be fooled, finding a good book bae that will carry you until you meet your new book bae is no easy task....
7 Ways To Avoid Burnout As An Author
Sistah Girls, now I don’t know about you all, but for some reason, these last couple of weeks have been nothing short of exhausting for ya girl. I’m talking about the kind of exhaustion that makes my 9 to 5 feel like a 12 to 12. And despite the characters of my WIP...
Book Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Sistah Girls, as morbid as it may be, I enjoy crime. Not committing crimes. The storytelling of crimes. After a long week of parenting and working, I like to take the edge off with a lil murder, kidnapping, and mystery. So purchasing My Sister, the Serial Killer at...
Book Review: Nikki Clarke’s Third Street Conjure Boys Series (No Spoilers)
Sistah Girls, can I sing to you? 🎶 Let’s talk about books baby! Let’s talk about fantasy. Let’s talk about all three books of the Third Street Conjure Boys series 🎶 Thank you, thank you! Okay, now that I have taken care of that to-do, let me tell y’all about a book...
5 Coming of Age Novels With A College Theme
Sistah Girls it’s May, and I can hear the graduation march in the air. Ending high school and starting that transition into adulthood is a turbulent period and makes a great setting for a coming-of-age novel. It’s been a few years since my own high school graduation...
13 Black Romance Novels That Feature Plus-Size Women [Part 2]
Sistah Girls, we know Black women get loved on at every size, and our first listicle featuring plus-sized Black women proved it. We also know that one listicle just isn't enough when there are so many Black romance novels that showcase Black plus-sized women getting...
The Lex List: March Faves (2022)
March was good to me Sistah Girls! A few of my favorite authors dropped new reads. However, I made sure to try out some authors I’ve never read before as well. My monthly recap features two new to me authors along with three of my faves that just so happen to have...
Book Review: We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
Let me start by saying I finished this book in two days. I have a six-month-old. I don’t finish my laundry or even a plate of food in two days anymore. I typically stay away from celebrity memoirs, essays, or even think pieces. I unfairly assume they’ll be full of...