Season 1, Ep 12: A Chat with Shelbey from Shelbey and the Bookstore
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We had such a great conversation with Shelbey and honestly haven’t laughed that much and that hard in a long time.
Highlights:
🎙 Shelbey’s mom is also instafamous
🎙 A moment for Teddy Pendergrass
🎙 Shelbey gives us some great book recommendations
Books Mentioned:
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Man in the Basement by Walter Mosley
The Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
The Push by Ashely Audrain
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
Black Stars series (Amazon Original Stories) by various authors
The Changeling and The Big Machine by Victor LaValle
Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark
The Love Songs of W.E.B D Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
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