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. We are an eclectic group of women and so are our reading selections. Find out more on our website http://www.mochagirlsread.com
If you are media, please email Mocha Girl Dindi at media@mochagirlsread.com
For Authors and Publishers, please email Mocha Girl Classy at classy@mochagirlsread.com
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- Readers Block bookstoreA Black female-owned Bookstore - 2420 Main Street #7 Stratford, CT 06615
- DonateHelp Mocha Girls Read stay free to all Black women
- GrouperFor members ages 65+, get paid to attend MGR meetings!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Network event97 attendees from 14 groups hostingAugustravaganza: Wills and Trust WorkshopLink visible for attendees
Wills and Trusts: A primer: In this seminar, learn some of the basics that you should know in planning your estate or in preparing the estate of a loved one, like trust vs. will, securing your property, and avoiding probate. This is for a general overview of some key dos and don'ts to consider when planning your estate.
This will be online. Please come with something to take notes, a beverage, and all your questions.
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Meeting ID: 868 2256 6676 - Network event39 attendees from 14 groups hostingAugustravganza - Journal Party! (@Youtube Live)Link visible for attendees
Please join us for a new weekly Augustravaganza activity. Every Wednesday, we will be collectively participating in "Journal Party," a live, interactive journaling event hosted on YouTube.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our members to engage in self-reflection and creative expression in a shared, community setting.
About The Event (from the host, Journal Party): "If you're looking for a fun and creative way to journal, look no further than Journal Party! On our Youtube channel, you can learn about different journaling techniques, find journal prompts, and practice journaling with friends. Journaling is a great way to express yourself, relieve stress, and stay organized. So what are you waiting for? Come join the party!"
How to Participate: Simply bring a journal and pen, or an iPad, and join the live YouTube event at the link below each Wednesday evening. We encourage you to share your experience in our group chat afterward!
- Activity: Group Participation in Journal Party
- Date: Every Wednesday, beginning August 6, 2025
- Link to Join: https://www.youtube.com/@journalparty/streams
We look forward to sharing this new experience with you.
- Network event20 attendees from 13 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Reformatory" by Tananarive DueLink 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.
Google Meet joining info:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/tyi-vyfn-adh
Or dial: (US) +1 434-362-0922 PIN: 448 371 185#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tyi-vyfn-adh?pin=2155830972647
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/tyi-vyfn-adh
Or dial: (US) +1 434-362-0922 PIN: 448 371 185#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tyi-vyfn-adh?pin=2155830972647Warmly,
Mocha Girl LeannaOur July 2025 monthly book selection is "The Reformatory" by Tananarive Due.
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:
Gracetown, Florida.June 1950.
Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.
Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late.
The Reformatory is a “hallucinatory, haunting, terrifying, and moving” (S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed) work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.
About the Author:
TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA.A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in best-of-the-year anthologies. Her books include The Reformatory (October 31, 2023), The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep, and The Good House. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights.
She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote the Black Horror graphic novel The Keeper, illustrated by Marco Finnegan. Due and Barnes co-host a podcast, “Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!”
Join her email list at www.tananarivelist.com
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