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We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more, and meet like-minded women. We are here to inspire women to read, share literature, fellowship, and encourage others in the joy of reading. Currently, we are meeting virtual until it is safe and when the world opens up we will meet both in-person and online. We are an eclectic group of women and so are our reading selections. Find out more on our website http://www.mochagirlsread.com
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February 2024
📖 Nominations for March monthly selection 📖
Each month Mocha Girls Read members select one book to nominate for our monthly selection. To make the nomination process easier, we will give you a theme for the upcoming month. This way we can mix up the genre, authors, & themes. All you have to do is add your book nomination to our site from 2/3/2025 to 2/9/2025. Then from 2/10/2025 to 2/16/2025, the polls will be open for voting. The book with the most votes wins!
The winner will be announced on 2/27/2025.
Theme for MARCH
STRONG BLACK WOMAN
(Any nonfiction book about a Black woman.)
*Remember one nomination and three votes per person.*
MOCHA GIRLS 65 + THIS IS FOR YOU!
Many Health Plans Now Cover Group Activities
Grouper is leading a movement that encourages healthy living through meaningful social connections and shared experiences! Through our new partnership, Grouper connects you with benefits in your health plan that support group activities like Mocha Girls Read! Eligible members 65+ with qualifying plans can receive an annual benefit of $50, plus $20 every three months for staying engaged. Join now at GrouperGroups.com/mochagirlsread
📕 What are we reading this month? 📕
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their past buried traumas, but the eyebrows of New York's Black literati. What no one knows is that twenty years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. They may be pretending that everything is fine now, but they can't deny their chemistry - or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books ever since.
Over the next seven days in the middle of a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect, but Eva's not sure how she can trust the man who broke her heart, and she needs to get him out of New York so that her life can return to normal. But before Shane disappears again, there are a few questions she needs answered...
With its keen observations of Black life and the condition of modern motherhood, as well as the consequences of motherless-ness, Seven Days in June is by turns humorous, warm and deeply sensual.
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📚 Hosted By: Renee Bailey
✨ Silent Reading Hour ✨
Join us every Monday for an hour of peaceful reading together!How it works:
1️⃣ Pick any book you love.
2️⃣ Log in to the meeting.
3️⃣ Read for as long as you’d like.💡 “Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.” – Zoë Saldana
🌐 Where: Virtual via Google Meet
📅 When: Every Monday
📲 Video call link: https://meet.google.com/msv-pyyp-eigWe can’t wait to see you there! 📖✨
- Network event4 attendees from 14 groups hostingMGR February NewsletterOnline / Your Home, Los Angeles, CA
*** This is not an event just a monthly Mocha Girl Read newsletter. ***
February 2024📖 Nominations for March monthly selection 📖
Each month Mocha Girls Read members select one book to nominate for our monthly selection. To make the nomination process easier, we will give you a theme for the upcoming month. This way we can mix up the genre, authors, & themes. All you have to do is add your book nomination to our site from 2/3/2025 to 2/9/2025. Then from 2/10/2025 to 2/16/2025, the polls will be open for voting. The book with the most votes wins!
The winner will be announced on 2/27/2025.Theme for MARCH
STRONG BLACK WOMAN
(Any nonfiction book about a Black woman.)*Remember one nomination and three votes per person.*
MOCHA GIRLS 65 + THIS IS FOR YOU!
Many Health Plans Now Cover Group Activities
Grouper is leading a movement that encourages healthy living through meaningful social connections and shared experiences! Through our new partnership, Grouper connects you with benefits in your health plan that support group activities like Mocha Girls Read! Eligible members 65+ with qualifying plans can receive an annual benefit of $50, plus $20 every three months for staying engaged. Join now at GrouperGroups.com/mochagirlsread📕 What are we reading this month? 📕
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York.When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their past buried traumas, but the eyebrows of New York's Black literati. What no one knows is that twenty years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. They may be pretending that everything is fine now, but they can't deny their chemistry - or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books ever since.
Over the next seven days in the middle of a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect, but Eva's not sure how she can trust the man who broke her heart, and she needs to get him out of New York so that her life can return to normal. But before Shane disappears again, there are a few questions she needs answered...
With its keen observations of Black life and the condition of modern motherhood, as well as the consequences of motherless-ness, Seven Days in June is by turns humorous, warm and deeply sensual.
FOLLOW US /LIKE US/ STALK US📲❤️
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Greetings Mocha Girls,
I hope this message finds everyone well.
Please join us on Google Meet where we will have our discussion virtually.
The link will be visible once you RSVP.
Warmly,
Mocha Girl SharniseOur February 2025 monthly book selection is "Seven Days in June" by Tia Williams.
Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
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Please make sure to RSVP to an event or book club meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking about going or would like to go.
Thanks in advance and I can't wait to see you all!REMEMBER:
Support a Black-owned Bookstore called RESIST BOOKSELLERS and get 15% off when you use the code MGR22. [resistbooksellers.com](https://resistbooksellers.com/)About the Book:
Two writers get a second chance at love in this romantic, sexy-as-hell New York Times bestselling novel.Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer. Shane Hall is a reclusive, award-winning novelist. When the two meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that when they were teenager, Eva and Shane spent one crazy week madly in love. They can pretend they’ve never met, but they can’t deny their chemistry—or the fact that they’ve been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years.
With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, Seven Days in June is a hilarious starcrossed romance.
About the Author:
According to NBC News, Tia Williams “is a writer’s writer with a fashionista twist.”In 1997, the University of Virginia grad moved to New York City to work as a magazine beauty editor (Elle, Glamour, Lucky, Teen People, and Essence). In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her award-winning site Shake Your Beauty. Later, she enjoyed a career as executive editorial director at The Estee Lauder Companies.
Her debut novel, The Accidental Diva hit shelves in 2004 – and received glowing coverage in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Allure, and The New York Times. She went on to co-write Iman’s makeup memoir, The Beauty of Color, and penned two young adult novels, It Chicks and Sixteen Candles.
In 2016, her novel, The Perfect Find, won the African-American Literary Award for Best Fiction – and garnered rave reviews in The Washington Post, Essence, Cosmopolitan, People, Ebony, and InStyle. In 2023, the film adaptation starring Gabrielle Union debuted on Netflix.
Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller and the June 2021 Reese’s Book Club pick. A TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Her latest bestseller, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of the year’s best romances by New York Times and Amazon. Her upcoming YA romcom, Audre & Bash are Just Friends, releases in May 2025.
Tia lives with her daughter, son, and husband in Brooklyn.
