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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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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Listen in as we talk about This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins, share our current reads and lament the lack of black sit-coms.

As always, follow us on Twitter at @blackchicklit to take part in the next #BCLChat. With all the great black representation happening lately, we want to know what book you'd love to see adapted for TV, film or any other medium.

Thanks for listening and be sure to rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes. Thanks to Suite45 for our theme song, Jones’n.

And special thanks to Claretta Street by Colette Barris for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about this title at MochaGirlsRead.com.

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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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.

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A lot of ya'll are also big on personal development. You're doing better than us. We've pretty much given up on that. 

Thanks to everyone who shared! Got a question you’d like to see discussed? Email us at [email protected]. And don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe to Black Chick Lit on iTunes.

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. Published in 1999, Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever is heralded as the grandmother of the urban fic movement.

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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-true classic. Published in 1999, Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever is heralded as the grandmother of the urban fic movement.

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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 us going “WTF!?,” and finish up with our podcast goals for 2018.

Heads up: There are major spoilers for Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret at 29:50 and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You at 33:47. You’re clear of spoilers at 36:14.

Thanks to everyone who shared their favorite books with us for this episode! Do you have a suggestion for a future #BCLChat? Email us at [email protected]. And don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe to Black Chick Lit on iTunes.

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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, An Extraordinary Union. 

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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, An Extraordinary Union. 

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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.

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