As always the Menace's talk about any and everything. They play this or that, Charisse talks about things she hates in books, and they review The Black Girl Survives in This One. Books Mentioned: Indigo x Beverly Jenkins Spiked Hot Chocolate x Rilzy Adams Treble x Rilzy Adams Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking x Raquel V Reyes Next book: Jana Goes Wild x Farah Heron If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In today's episode, the menaces discuss reading burnout and reading goals, and review Such Charming Liars x Karen M. McManus. Books Mentioned: Society of Lies x Lauren Ling Brown Shadow Coven x S. Isabelle When We Were Birds x Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Fledging x Octavia E.Butler Rare Breed x Charity Shane Fated Breed x Charity Shane Minion x L.A. Banks Sing Me to Sleep x Gabi Burton The Naturals x  White Fragility Tattooist of Aushwits  I’m Glad my Mother Died x Jeanette McCurdy Mango, Mambo, and Murder x Raquel V. Reyes Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking x Raquel V. Reyes Crimes of Passion x Jack Harbon Technically Speaking x Micheal Elliot Treble x Rilzy Adams The Skin I’m In x Sharon G. Flake Next book: The Black Girl Survives in This One If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

Charisse starts word of the day and JaLessa Shantel feels like The Reformatory was 200 pages too long. Books Mentioned: Treble x Rilzy Adams Technically Speaking x Michael Elliot Crimes of Passion x Jack Harbon Where We End and Begin x Jane Ighiro Barbacoa x Raquel V. Reyes House of Hunger x Alexia Indigo x Beverly Jenkins Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal x Raquel V. Reyes Mango, Mambo, and Murder x Raquel V. Reyes Fledging x Octavia E. Butler Sleeping with the Frenemy Next book: Such Charming Liars x Karen M. McManus If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In today's episode, the menaces talk more about the books they're reading separately, trying avoid reviewing Do What God Mother Says Books Mentioned: Unexpected Lovers x Riley Adams So Lucky x Nicola Griffith Full Disclosure x Camryn Garrett Off the Record x Camryn Garrett Celestial Monsters x Aiden Thomas Bad Witches x H.B. Akumiah Chosen by a Vampire x Wynta Tyme The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years x Shubnum Khan Cemetary Boys x Aiden Thomas House of Frank x Kay Sinclaire House of Hunger x Alexis Henderson Next book: The Reformatory x Tananarive Due If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, Charisse talks about a booktoker that doesn't read the books they review and how Spotify played her with the cap on audiobook listening hours. They also review Partner Plot x Kristina Forest (FYI, Charisse lied...she rated the book 5 starts). Books mentioned: Hold Me While You Wait x Kimberly Brown Next book: We kick off our spooky season reads with Do What Godmother Says x L.S. Stratton If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

We took a little break because life has been LIFING! But the menaces are back and in this episode, they do a little catching up, talk about some book drama, and review Sight Unseen x Kasha Thompson. Next book: Partner Plot x Kristina Forest If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces review A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

The Menaces try to give you a shorter episode and review one of their favorite authors Tiffany D. Jackson. Next book: This Could Be Us x Kennedy Ryan

JaLessa tells us all about her cruise and how she doesn't like the beach. The menaces review Radha and Jai's Recipe for Romance x Nisha Sharma. Next Book: Allegedly x Tiffany D. Jackson

After, enjoying their holiday break the menaces are back and talking about what they did and read on their break! Books Mentioned: Rootless by Krystal Zara Appiah Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison Taste Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker You Hide I'll Seek: A Halloween Erotica by M.L. Bash Next book: Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

****PREVIOUSLY RECORDED**** JaLessa Shantel gives Charisse the worst choices for f**k, marry, k*ll and they review one of their favorite authors books Murder and Mamon.

The menaces talk about their life anthem, or anthems in Charisse's case, and review Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers x Jesse Q. Sutanto

Charisse DNFs another book, so JaLessa reviews most of it by herself.

The menaces are OBSESSED with Tiffany D. Jackson and her writing. In this episode, they review Monday's Not Coming and Charisse vows to read the rest of her books by the end of the year. Next Book: Black Cake x Charmaine Wilkerson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces play He's Perfect But, Charisse is going to see Beyonce (9/21), and they review One of Us is Back by one of their favorite authors Karen M. McManus Books Mentioned: Beautiful x Danielle Steele Accidentally Pinup x Danielle Jackson Blood Scion x Deborah Falaye Portrait of a Thief x Grace D. Li Darling, Rose Gold x Stephanie Wrobel He Started It x Samantha Downing The Suicide House x Charlie Danlea Better Together x Christine Riccio Behind Closed Doors x B.A Paris The Dilemma x B.A Paris Next book: Monday's Not Coming x Tiffany D. Jackson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

The menaces are back after taking a break this summer. They talk about what they did and some books they read this summer. Books Mentioned: They Both Die at the End x Adam Silvera The Thing About Home x Rhonda McKnight Just for the Cameras x Viano Oniomoh Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Inheritance Games (series) x Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Perfect Find x Tia Williams The Keeper of Happy Endings x Barbara Davis Accidentally Engaged x Farah Heron Hoops Series x Kennedy Ryan Grip Series x Kennedy Ryan Next Book: One of Us is Back x Karen M. McManus If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety

*PREVIOUSLY RECORDED EPISODE* Charisse and JaLessa play some games and ramble on the season finale. Charisse does a semi-review for Last Night at the Telegraph Club x Malinda Lo. Books Mentioned: Sinful Redemption x Asia Monique Honey and Spice x Bolu Babalola The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsye Hussle x Rob Kenner If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, JaLessa Shantel asks Charisse a random this or that and they review Memphis x Tara M. Stringfellow. Next book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club x Malinda Lo If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

On this week's episode the menace's talk about how people can be assholes online and how much they didn't like the book for this week, one of them didn't even read it. Books Mentioned: Lone Women x Victor LaValle Belladonna x Adalyn Grace Reel x Kennedy Ryan The Marathon Don't Stop The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle x Rob Kenner Dark of Night x Colleen Coble Next book: Memphis x Tara M. Stringfellow If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, the menace's review Final Girls x Riley Sager, JaLessa Shantel talks to us about her Christian bookclub picks, and Charisse talks about how she's getting more arcs and making friends in the book world. Books Mentioned: The Cemetery Boys x Aiden Thomas Lone Women x Victor Lavalle The House of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson They Bothe Die at the End x Adam Silvera The Shadow Sister x Lily Meade Take My Hand x Dolen Perkins-Valdez Next book: Love in the Time of Serial Killers x Alicia Thompson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, Charisse isn't sober, her brain hurts from reading too many books, and she sings y'all a little diddly. JaLessa talks about the MS walk the menaces are participating in on Saturday, and they review Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon. Books Mentioned: Reel x Kennedy Ryan Cemetery Boys x Aiden Thomas Dear Senthuran x Akwaeke Emezi A Million Quiet Revolutions x Robin Gox Bitter x Akwaeke Emezi Pet x Akwaeke Emezi One to Watch x Kate Stayman-London Edge of Dusk x Colleen Coble Strands of Truth x Colleen Coble Sweethands x N.G. Peltier The House of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson The Deep x Rivers Solomon Next book: Final Girl x Riley Sager If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

Charisse and JaLessa talk about how not everything should go on the internet, recommend books they have been reading separately, and give their first two-star review of the year. Books Mentioned: The Grim Reapers Lawyer x Mea Monique The Monsters We Defy x Leslye Penelope Reel x Kennedy Ryan Sinful Vow x Asia Monique Coming Home x Kennedy Ryan Next book: Instructions for Dancing x Nicola Yoon If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menaceiibooksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menaceiibooksociety

JaLessa Shantel and Charisse talk about Charisse's failed February TBR, why people insist on making terrible comments about Black authors, JaLessa's baby locs, and review Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Books Mentioned: Belladonna by Adalyn Grace Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Next Book: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to emailus at [email protected] Follow us on IG and TikTok @menaceiibooksociety

In this episode, Charisse reads TikTok comments to JaLessa Shantel and they review The Weight of Blood. TW: racism, abuse, bullying, and police brutality. Books Mentioned: Before I Let Go x Kennedy Ryan Next book: Before I Let Go x Kennedy Ryan If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menace2booksociety

Charisse's mom listened to the podcast and was lowkey surprised Charisse is funny. The menaces play this or that and review Blackmail and Bibingka x Mia P. Manansala Books mentioned: The Weight of Blood x Tiffany D. Jackson Pet x Akweake Emezi Next Book: The Weight of Blood x Tiffany D. Jackson If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @mence2booksociety

In this week's episode, the menaces play a new game, Charisse finally tells JaLessa Shantel about the booktok drama she's been sitting on for two weeks, and they review Homicide and Halo-Halo x Mia P. Manansala. Books Mentioned: -The Weight of Blood x Tiffany D. Jackson -Let Me Hear a Rhyme x Tiffany D. Jackson Next book: Blackmail and Bibingka x Mia P. Manansala If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menace2booksociety

Happy New Year Friends!!! In the first episode of the year, Charisse and JaLessa Shantel talk about their holidays, new reading goals, play this or that, and review Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manasala. Books Mentioned: The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique The Witchery by S. Isabelle Next book: Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manasala If you have any questions or book recommendations feel free to email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety Follow us on TikTok: @menace2booksociety

The menaces have a few mini rants and review You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty x Akwaeke Emezi. Review starts at 48:39 Books mentioned: Babel: An Arcane History x R.F Kuang Next book: Arsenic and Adobo x Mia P. Manansala

In this episode, listen as Charisse and JaLessa Shantel attempt to cast the movie version of The Taking of Jake Livingston on the fly, review the book, and Charisse lets us know why she dropped the rating from a 5 to a 3.75-4. For the next episode, they will be reviewing You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. If you have any questions, hot book takes, or recommendations you want to tell us about email us at [email protected]