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Mocha Girls Read - Los Angeles

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Inglewood, CA, US

2,458 members · Public group

What we’re about

**WARNING: A scammer is sending emails to authors pretending to represent this group by offering author spotlights or other favors in exchange for money. Please ignore these messages. Contact the group organizer, Alysia Allen, via direct message on Meetup if you have any questions.

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 on the first Saturday of the 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)

Featured event

Network event

Sat, Jan 31 · 7:00 PM PST

MGR January 2026 Newsletter

Online / Your Home, 123 Main St, Los Angeles, ca, US

4 attendees from 14 groups

*** This is not an event, just a monthly Mocha Girl Read newsletter. ***
January 2026
Each month, Mocha Girls Read members select one book to nominate and vote for the monthly book selection. But this month, we will be reading our Sponsored Book. Author LongTemple has made a donation to Mocha Girls Read and selected the month of February for us to read a special title.
Go to our website on January 12 to read more about our upcoming book and the author.

February Monthly Book Selection
Rhythm and Design: A Platinum Chocolate Romance
by Long Temple
(Read Around the World and Passport stamp will be
United States)

✈️ 2026 Theme: Around the World! 🌍
Pack your bags, Mocha Girls — in 2026, we’re going Around the World! Each month, we’ll journey to a new country or culture through the pages of a great book. From Seoul to São Paulo, Accra to Amsterdam, we’re reading stories that connect us across borders and celebrate the beauty of our global community.
Download your official Mocha Girls Read Passport and collect a new stamp with every Monthly Book Selection!

📘✨ Grab Your MGR 2026 Readers Passport Here
Let’s make 2026 a year of exploration, friendship, and unforgettable reads. 🌍💫

📕 What are we reading this month? 📕
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment’s only bathroom, and you’ve got the worst group of hostages in the world.

Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next.

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