The Lit Library

By Flawless Noises Media Network

Welcome! It’s The Lit Library, a cozy little book nook where black women discuss all genres of fiction from the eyes of black authors and everything in between! 💕💕... more

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The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

The Lit Library episodes:

November 18, 2025 Ep. 26: Saints & Ain’ts, A Sit-Down with Tia Love
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.
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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!
Contact
Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary
Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary
Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary
Facebook: It's The Lit Library
Email: [email protected]
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1h 25min
November 14, 2025 Bookmark This Ep. 3: A Scheme Setup by Devante
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.

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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!
Contact
Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary
Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary
Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary
Facebook: It's The Lit Library

Email: [email protected]
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1h 15min
October 31, 2025 Ep. 24: Haunted Pages & Haints: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
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.
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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!
Contact
Twitter: @Th3LitLibrary
Instagram: ItsTheLitLibrary
Tik Tok: @ItsTheLitLibrary
Facebook: It's The Lit Library
Email: [email protected] ;
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49min
October 26, 2025 Ep. 23: Jamessss Yo Powda Is Readyyyy feat. Kami Holt
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.
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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!
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

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1h 39min
September 19, 2025 Ep. 22: Tati, or T.M. If Ya Nasty
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.
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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!
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

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1h 11min
September 10, 2025 Ep. 21: Hattie Please!
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!
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

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51min
August 18, 2025 Ep. 20: Do You Know What Today Is?
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!
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

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1h 6min
July 14, 2025 New Pen On The Block - Sage Advice feat. DL White
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!
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

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2h 35min
June 16, 2025 Ep. 18: New Pen On The Block - DH Renfroe
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!
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

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50min
June 12, 2025 Ep. 17: Black Romance Book Fest = Black Ass Good Time
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!
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

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47min

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