Smoke Kings by Jamal Mayfield: Justice, Revenge and the Weight of Grief | Book Review

Quickie 💭: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Thriller/Crime FictionRead: October 8, 2026 A group of friends, brought together by anger and grief, decide to make people answer for racist violence that was never punished. But the deeper they go, the harder its gets to tell where justice ends and revenge begins. Lemme just say this…👩🏽‍💻 THIS. WAS. GOOD. AS. HELL. Loved […]

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Fifth Floor is coming to Alexandria This Weekend 🎸

Fifth Floor is coming to Alexandria, VA this weekend! Looking for something to do in Alexandria Saturday night? Fifth Floor is a band originally from Greensboro, NC and they are making their first stop in Alexandria, VA with a show at Galactic Panther on Saturday, October 3rd. I came across this band on TikTok (@fifthfloorofficial) […]

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Books I Read Last Week | A Mood Reader’s Buffet 📚

Im the biggest mood reader you know! I literally genre hop. I’ll read anything that’s interesting! Shootouts, fated mates, minotaurs, AI, childhood trauma AND romance?! I was everywhere this week! Let’s get into some mini book reviews! Quiet on the Creep by April Nicole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE! We got ourselves a MM romantic […]

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A Dangerous Drug by Aaron Bebo | Book Review

Quickie 💭: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Urban FictionRead: September 25, 2026 Fame is a dangerous drug and Trey was high af lol. A story about the music industry and what role every part plays! Lemme just say this…👩🏽‍💻 I went into this expecting just a music industry type of book. But hey, this was layered af. We got music, […]

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Chasing Paris by King Benjamin | Book Review

Quickie 💭: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Street Romance/Urban FictionRead: September 24, 2026 We love a multifaceted man! A businessman, a lover and a killer 😂🩷 Lemme just say this…👩🏽‍💻 I really enjoyed this one! Rome & Paris are my fave outta the Grind Gang Series! I loved seeing their relationship develop emotionally. Rome got his grown man on a […]

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✨The Pink Press 🩷 : What’s Happening This Weekend | Sept. 25-27✨

Okay, so here’s some events I found from my nightly Facebook doomscrolling! So if you’re looking for something book related to do in the DMV, I found a few things worth noting! BOOK FAIR 📚| Annapolis, MD Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Book Fair! 📅 Saturday, September 26⏰ 10 AM–4 PM📍 Annapolis Mall (near the […]

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Take What You Can by Naima Coster | Book Review

Quickie 💭: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Genre: Contemporary FictionRead: September 15–18, 2026 Lemme just say this…👩🏽‍💻 I loved how complicated and real the friendship was between Val and Milly. I definitely felt the love between them but i thought their attachment to each other was unhealthy and unbalanced. They both like depended on each other but somehow still somehow felt like […]

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