What we’re about
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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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Network event31 attendees from 14 groups hostingDewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thonLink visible for attendees
Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon (https://linktr.ee/deweyreadathon) is back!! I love doing this event because I get through a book or two in one day.
On April 26th, the Challenge of reading ALL DAY long starts. During the bi-annual read-a-thon, we will read books, post to our blogs, Facebook, The StoryGraph, or Goodreads about our reading, and check in here. We will also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day to win prizes. (I love that part!) This event happens twice a year, in April and October. It was created by a book lover named Dewey. The first one was held in October 2007. Dewey died in late 2008. The read-a-thon was renamed to honor its founder in 2009.
On April 26th the Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon (https://linktr.ee/deweyreadathon) will start at:
- 5 am in California.
- 7 am in Minnapolis.
- 8 am in New York.
If you want to learn more, click on the links above. There is no money involved, and it’s purely for the love of reading at your own pace, for as long or as little as you want.
Go to https://www.instagram.com/deweysreadathon/ or https://linktr.ee/deweyreadathon to learn more and to get the details!
Every six hours, I will (try to) post a reminder for you to check in so you can win a prize. Yes! You can win prizes if you join in.
You don't need to have a blog or post reviews to participate.
This is an online event, and the Dewey IG is the host; you check in every couple of hours. This is the best event to get through a few books on your nightstand.
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``` - Reading Time - Reading Apart TogetherLink visible for attendees
Hosted By: Renee Bailey
Every Monday, all chapters come and take an hour and read together silently.
- Pick any book you want.
- Log in.
- Read for as long as you want.
It is not selfish to prioritize your happiness, so come and join us each week. Make time for yourself; you deserve it!
Join us virtually each meeting will take place via Google Meet.
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/msv-pyyp-rig - Network event20 attendees from 12 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "Death of the Author" by Nnedi OkoraforLink visible for attendees
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 April 2025 monthly book selection is "Death of the Author" by Nnedi Okorafor.
Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
R.S.V.P. Etiquette:
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.About the Book:
Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots.When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.
A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, Death of the Author is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of Yellowface with the heartfelt humanity of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.
About the Author:
Nnedi Okorafor’s books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for Best Novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an Amazon.com Best Book of the Year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner). Her adult novel The Book of Phoenix (prequel to Who Fears Death) was released in May 2015; the New York Times called it a “triumph”. Her novella Binti will be released in late September 2015 and her young adult novel Akata Witch 2: Breaking Kola will be released in 2016.Nnedi holds a PhD in literature/creative writing and is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY). She splits her time between Buffalo and Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com.
Past events (610)
See all- Network event12 attendees from 14 groups hostingMGR Planning Power HourThis event has passed