Ep. 33 Book Girl Magic with Renee Hicks
This week on the podcast, our guest is Renée Hicks, founder of Book Girl Magic, an online book club that centers books by and about Black women. Renée shares with us her journey into reading, how her reading has inspired the reading life of her children, and her love of romance novels, one in particular.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Passing by Nella Larsen
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Mother of Black Hollywood by Jennifer Lewis
Roots by Alex Haley
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sista Souljah
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
Nappily Ever After (Netflix)
Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Anna's Instagram (Renée's book friend for more great recommendations)
Family Matters (CBS)
Kindle Paperwhite (Waterproof)
Black-ish (ABC)
BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
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