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The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories
Maurice Carlos Ruffins’s short story collection is rooted in and about New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These are desperate...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20211 min read
The Sweetness of Water
The Sweetness of Water is set in the antebellum South shortly after Lee’s surrender. The residents of Old Ox are grappling with...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20211 min read
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Art Imitates Life. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is wrapped around a fictional 1970’s musical duo: Nev, a white British songwriter,...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20211 min read
The Arsonists's City
I closed the book and wanted to rest overnight with my thoughts before reviewing. At a point when I was struggling with its pacing,...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20212 min read
White Magic
On the surface, White Magic is seemingly a cathartic collection of essays that reflect Elissa Washuta’s highly introspective, extremely...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
Katharina Kepler is a spunky, down-to-earth, no-nonsense widowed grandmother who who has raised successful children while managing her...
Mocha Girl
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Sorrowland
This book was provided by NetGalley for an honest review. Wow - Just Wow! While it's not fair to compare, I was a bit concerned because...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20211 min read
The Conductors
This book was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 2.5 Hettie and Benjy Rhodes are former slaves and legendary...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20212 min read
The Son of the House
Two words: Trauma and Drama! In the foreword, the author mentions this is a story inspired by actual events which makes it all the more...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Revival Season
The novel opens with The Horton Family making its annual rounds to backwoods tent meetings throughout the South where Rev. Horton hopes...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20211 min read
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
I will admit that despite the non-stop events steeped in trauma throughout the novel - I really “enjoyed” the story and the literary...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20212 min read
A Master of Djinn
She’s back! This the third installment in the series dedicated to Fatma el-Sha’arawi , a young Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and...
Mocha Girl
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Deacon King Kong
Hmmm…Over 2,000 people on Goodreads REALLY like/love this novel - it's averaging 4.3 stars!!! And truthfully, I (Mocha Girl/Phyllis)...
Mocha Girl
May 2, 20204 min read
The Darkest Child
The Darkest Child was selected for a third time as March 2020 Book of the Month. We did not meet this month due to moderator illness and...
Mocha Girl
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Red at the Bone
Thanks to everyone who ventured out join us in the discussion of Jacqueline Woodson's latest novel, Red at the Bone! It was great...
Mocha Girl
Dec 9, 20193 min read
The Water Dancer
Thanks to everyone who braved the rainstorms to join Adrian as she moderated Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut into fiction, The Water Dancer. ...
Adrian
Nov 2, 20192 min read
Love by Toni Morrison
The Nubian Circle Book Club met to honor the late, great Toni Morrison. Our moderator, Angela, chose Love. Despite the confusion, the...
Angela
Sep 8, 20191 min read
The Nickel Boys
A big THANK YOU to our moderator, Chanell, for facilitating an in-depth, provoking discussion of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead...
Chanell & Mocha Girl
Aug 10, 20191 min read
Nicole & Me
Hello NCBC, I was out and about in these Florida streets and Friday night I made my way back to Books & Books bookstore in Miami/Coral...
Mocha Girl, NCBC Member
Jun 24, 20195 min read
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
With the cancellations, conflicts, rainy weather, and low headcount, we debated whether to have the meeting - and after bantering it...
Mocha Girl, NCBC Member
Jun 8, 20192 min read
Nubian Circle Book Club
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