About us
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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. We meet online every month. We are an eclectic group of Black women, and so are our reading selections. Find out more on our website www.mochagirlsread.com
For Authors and Publishers, please email Mocha Girl Classy at [classy@mochagirlsread.com](mailto:classy@mochagirlsread.com)
Upcoming events
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- Network event
All Chapter Sip and Swap: Book Swap
·OnlineOnline6 attendees from 15 groupsCalling All Bookworms! 📚✨
Get ready for a delightful time of literary delights! ☕️
Join us for a book swap where we'll be sipping on our favorite beverages (soda, coffee, tea, or water) and sharing the joy of reading.
Here's the deal:Bring the Book Love: Bring up to 2 gently used books you're ready to part ways with. We'll be swapping them with other book lovers via mail – spreading the literary cheer!
No Books? No Problem! Even if you don't have any books to swap, come on down and treat yourself to a new-to-you read!
The More, The Merrier! Friends and family are absolutely welcome to join the fun.
Let's celebrate the magic of books together! We can't wait to see you there! 📖😊Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84635110389?pwd=wMP6bi8yJs0DwXixT9n6arUJgagt4x.1Meeting ID: 846 3511 0389
Passcode: 010259P.S. Don't forget to bring your favorite beverage! 🥤☕️🍵
- Network event
(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "One Leg On Earth" by 'Pemi Aguda
·OnlineOnline13 attendees from 14 groupsGreetings Mocha Girls,
I hope this message finds everyone well.
Please join us on Zoom where we will have our discussion virtually.The link will be visible once you RSVP.
Warmly,
Mocha Girl SharniseOur July 2026 monthly book selection is "One Leg On Earth" by 'Pemi Aguda.
Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
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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:
Something is haunting the pregnant women of Lagos. Across the city, they are walking into water . . . and drowning.Twenty-three-year-old Yosoye arrives in Lagos ready to start her life. Working for a slick architectural firm, she finds a city of adventure and opportunity. Her new world is one of fancy gallery openings, glamorous friends, and all the shiny potential of the future, encapsulated in projects like Omi City, the ultra-luxury development her company is building, a symbol of the dawn of a brighter Lagos.
But Yosoye’s idyllic vision of Lagos soon begins to seem naive, and its darker, stranger layers trouble her. Something is not right about Omi City, and as construction speeds ahead, stories of strange deaths in the city’s open waters reach a fever pitch. And then, after a chance encounter, Yosoye discovers she is pregnant . . . a revelation which puts her on a collision course with an inexplicable force that is as seductive as it is deadly. A masterwork by a writer hailed as “an astonishing talent” (Lauren Groff), One Leg on Earth is an ambitious novel like no other: a coming-of-age story, an uncanny exploration of motherhood, and a chilling vision of the dark side of progress.
About the Author:
‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. She is the author of One Leg on Earth and Ghostroots, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Awards in Fiction, the LA Times First Fiction Prize, the NYPL Young Lions Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.She has an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, and her short stories have won O. Henry Prizes, a Nommo Award for Short Story, a Henfield Prize, and the Writivism Prize. Her work has been supported by an Octavia Butler Memorial Scholarship, and her novel-in-progress won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. She was a 2021 Fiction Fellow with the Miami Book Fair, a MacDowell fellow, and is the current Hortense Spillers Assistant Editor at Transition Magazine.
W. W. Norton, Virago, and Masobe published Ghostroots in 2024, and will publish her novel, One Leg on Earth, in May 2026.
She is represented by Renée Zuckerbrot of MMQ Lit.
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