Have you been looking for spicy, dark romance books written by black author? I got you, sis. This is for grown folks only because it is spicy AF!
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Hate to Love Romance Books You’ll Love to Hate
Every person who loves romance novels understands the beauty of hate to love romance books. There is nothing more fun than reading characters arguing and then loving. It’s great. I was in my twenties when I first fell in love with romance novels. It was like opening up a whole new, beautiful world. I couldn’t […]
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Christmas Romance Novels to Fall in Love With
There’s nothing like falling in love during the holidays. It’s even more fun will you fall in love within the pages. Here’s a list of Christmas romance novels to fall in love with. One of my favorite things about romance books is falling in love with the characters. I love reading their love stories unfold. […]
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New Romance Books 2021 – Most Anticipated
Who’s looking forward to all of the new romance books 2021? I know I am. Find out my most-anticipated new romance books 2021? I am so excited about 2021!!! Why? Because 2020 has not been my year. I spent the first half of 2020 trying to find my love of books again. I am so […]
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Episode 115 – Top 5 Tips To Balance Reading Life and Real Life
As a reader we often find ourselves wanting to dive into a book when we really need to focus on our daily lives. I know I do. Over the years I’ve struggled to finding a balance between wanting to read and wanting to be present in whatever I’m doing. There are 5 things that I […]
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When They See Us: Netflix Limited Series
Todays episode is all about When They See Us, a Netflix limited series. I sit down with my 13 y/o son and husband to discuss the importance of this series and how it affects our lives personally. I urge you to listen with open ears and minds. Subscribe to podcast
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Episode 113 – LGBTQ Community/Authors of Color
I’m back!!! It feels so good to record podcast again. On today’s episode, my husband and I are discussing an issue that came up regarding authors who dismiss the LGBTQ communities feelings regarding writing stories with gay or lesbian characters. We also discuss why some authors feel their books with black women on the cover […]
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Episode 107 – Girl Talk With Jill Mac
Everybody needs time to sit back, drink, and talk shit with their girlfriends. That is just what Jill Mac and I did. We both got ahold of our favorite cocktail and talked about all things book. We went beyond messy talk and ended up bringing up all kinds of dirt and our experiences as bloggers. […]
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Episode 106 – Conversations With Bloggers Sophie and Ramona
Chatting with other book lovers is one of my favorite past-times. I get a chance to be unapologetically book crazy without judgement. I had the pleasure of meeting Sophie and Ramona when I first started blogging and I refuse to let them go. In this episode, I get the chance to converse with these tow […]
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Episode 105 – 5 Minute Book Review – The Idea Of You by Robinne Lee
OR I just had so much more that I needed to say about The Idea Of You by @RobinneLee so I decided to do a 5 Minute Book Review to chat with everyone about it. If you haven’t read this book – you need to. If you don’t like, oops. . . my bad. I […]
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Episode 104- Booktuber Desiree Unbound Book Reviews
For whatever reason, there seems to be a divide among book bloggers, booktubers, and book podcasting and I don’t like it. I believe that we all play a very special role in the book community and it’s time we come together. I enjoy booktubers, I think what they do is fucking dope. I wanted […]
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Episode 103 – Listening To Sex Scenes
Today is all about the sex scenes in romance audio books. I don’t know about everyone else but listening to them can be funny as fuck. I thought it might be fun to record myself listening to a few. Also, I was able to get my husband to join in on the conversation too. Take […]
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Episode 102 – Compromising Positions
Yes, compromising positions. Too many bloggers and reviewers are in compromising positions. As bloggers and reviewers start to create relationships with authors and others in the book world, do you think they have become less trust worthy? Can readers really believe reviews anymore? Has the world of blogging and reviewing become more of promoting books […]
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Episode 101 – Q&A With The Husband
Welcome to Pretty Mess Reading’s first episode. I am so excited to start this new adventure into the world of podcasting. To kick things off, my first episode is with my wonderful husband, Andrew. I want to share a piece of me and my world with everyone so you can get to know the woman […]
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