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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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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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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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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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Fancy - @fancy.reads (Tik Tok) | @fancy.reads (IG)

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Candice - @TheWriteBarnes (X) | @TheWriteBarnes (Tik Tok) | @TheWriteBarnes (IG)

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