Our forever First Lady, Michelle Obama, has gifted us with a manual for living life well. In her new book, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, she discusses partnering well, overcoming fear, intergenerational politics, parenting and so much more. 

Lauryn and Alice chat about all of their favourite bits and shamelessly plug the book club they run, Melanin Pages! If you’re interested in books by and about Black Women, check it out here:

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Episode Transcript: https://medium.com/the-normal-girl-book-blog/s2e5-the-light-we-carry-by-michelle-obama-3cc0abdba0d8 

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It's time!!!

Calling all the lovers of love. Lauryn and Dionne have exactly what you've been asking for. We read the full-length fiction debut of the Romconiseur herself, Ms. Bolu Babalola and it was EVERYTHING we could have ever asked for.

Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together...

Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she’s made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of “situationships”, players, and heartbreak. But when the Queen of the Unbothered kisses Malakai Korede, the guy she just publicly denounced as “The Wastemen of Whitewell,” in front of every Blackwellian on campus, she finds her show on the brink.

What follows? Fake dating, romantic gestures, charming dinners, perfect use of the thong song and the blossoming of something more. Happy Valentines Reading xx 

P.S. This episode was recorded in September 2022 so allow the outdated pop culture references lol

Episode Transcript: https://medium.com/the-normal-girl-book-blog/s2e4-honey-spice-by-bolu-babalola-d4ba59a05aec 

Send us an email at normalgirlbookclub@gmail.com if you have comments, book recommendations or just to say hi xx

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Calling all the recovering shopaholics!

Jade and Lauryn have some insights and tips from the incredible book, Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism by Aja Barber. In it, we learn about the many unethical tentacles of fast fashion, why our parents clothes were bette quality and how you can be a fashion girl and an ethical consumer all at the same time. 

Transcript: https://medium.com/the-normal-girl-book-blog/s2e3-consumed-by-aja-barber-f3374c88146c

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