Menace II Book Society

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In 2021, JaLessa Shantel had been trying to convince Charisse to try audiobooks. She finally wore her down and now they buddy listen/read a wide range of books, mostly YA mystery/thriller and romance with a sprinkle of grown folk business. Join these friends bi-weekly as they discuss their recent reads, the books they read separately, and whatever else is on their minds. Please send any book recommendations and listener stories/questions to menace2booksociety@gmail.com.*DISCLAIMER*This is an explicit podcast. We are not literary experts & we talk a lot of shit.

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I Am the Community 23.06.2026 1:37:49

JaLessa and Charisse talk about the Maternal Instincts documentary and review Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood. Books Mentioned: The Summer Girlfriend x Kristina Forest Finding Me x Viola Davis Solid x B. Love Kept Close x Jaimsss P. Quasim III x Jahquel J. Sweet Heat x Bolu Babalola The Next Book: Score x Kennedy Ryan If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to...

Off Topic 18.06.2026 1:38:52

Books Mentioned: Quasim Series III x Jahquel J. Waiting to Exhale x Terry McMillan Disappearing Act x Terry McMillan The Skin I’m In x Sharon G. Flake When she’s Not There x Zee Renee Mine x B. Love Behind Closed Doors x B. A. Paris Baker Street Series x Valerie Burns Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder Murder is a Piece of Cake The Next Book: Within These Wicked Walls x Lauren Blackwood If you ha...

The Seasoning is Off 30.05.2026 1:16:32

This week, the menaces discuss rereading and annotating books, and Ja Lessa tells Charisse all about In the Grey x B.B. Reid. The Next Book: You'd Look Better as a Ghost x Joanna Wallace If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at menace2booksociety@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

Group Project Foes and Review of Dominion 12.05.2026 1:45:13

This week, the menaces talk about documentaries, group project foes, surgery woes, and review Dominion x Addie E. Citchens Books Mentioned: I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend x Jessica Cage I Accidentally Hooked Up With a Vampire x Jessica Cage I accidentally Hired a Shadow Hunter x Jessica Cage Honey x Imani Thompson Rich and Rotten x Jahquel J. A Love Song For Ricki Wilde x Tia Willaims...

Reel Got Real 23.04.2026 1:29:39

This week, the menaces talk about their hobbies, book clubs, health, and review Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. Books Mentioned: Reel x Kennedy Ryan My Darkest Prayer x S. A. Cosby Riches and Rotten x Jahquel J. (Obvious series coming. And she need to hurry it up!!) Divorce Party x Daisy Savage Flowers Sisters Series x Asia Monique: Magnolia: A Perfect Love Lilac: A Sound Love Junip...

Gonorrhea Computer and a Review of Girls Who Play Dead 08.04.2026 1:31:07

Charisse and Ja Lessa review Girls Who Play Dead Books Mentioned: The Collective Series: Book 2 & 3 x K. C. Mills Dawning and Resurgence Emergence and Ascendence House of Eve x Sadeqa Johnson Dali: The Demolisher x B. Love MPWG Lawfirm Book 2 x B. Love Inadmissible FBW BOOK 2 x Alexandra Warren Darkest Prayer x S. A. Cosby Reel x Kennedy Ryan Quasim II x Jahquel J Incidents Around the Ho...

Didn't Chuckle Not Once and a Review of Cursed Daughters 17.03.2026 1:16:11

This week, Charisse and Ja Lessa talk about life, books, and review Cursed Daughters x Oyinkan Braithwaite Books Mentioned: I, Medusa X Ayana Gray The Collective Series: Book 1- Shadows and Whispers x K. C. Mills The Seven Daughters of Dupree x Nikesha Elise Williams Burn Down Master’s House x Clay Cane FWB #1- The Games We Play x Alexandra Warren Capri 3.5 x Jahquel J. Quasim I x Jahquel J. ...

Bingo! We're Back! 04.03.2026 1:20:02

Charisse and Ja Lessa return after a break and talk about what they have been reading and play bingo. Next book: Cursed Daughters x Oyinkan Braithwaite

Call Drop and a Review of Five Survive x Holly Jackson 01.12.2025 1:37:59

Charisse and Ja Lessa play a game and review Five Survive x Holly Jackson, in their last episode of 2024. Books Mentioned: Plus Size Player X Danielle Allen Capri 2.5 X Jahquel J Rhythm Blues X Kimberly Brown Love Scammed X Rilzy Adams Sounds Like a Plan X Pamela Samuels Young &Dwayne Alexander Model Home X Rivers Solomon The Blonde Dies First X Joelle Washington If you have any questions or b...

Is It Horror? and a Review of Honeysuckle and Bone x Trishia Tobias 17.11.2025 1:20:26

Charisse and Ja Lessa Shantel discuss books, if constantly calling out your haters is necessary, and review Honeysuckle and Bone x Trisha Tobias. Books Mentioned: The Maidens X Alex Michaelides Roses & Thornes Series X Christina C. Jones The Reinvention of the Rose The Rose That Got Away The Unbroken Rose Sugar Baby X B. Love Curvy Girl Summer X Danielle Allen Capri 2 X Jahquel J Model Home X...

First Family x Granger 17.11.2025 1:12:28

Charisse and Ja Lessa Shantel review First Family x Granger

My Brain is F*cking Full and a Review of Guilt and Ginataan 06.10.2025 52:25

The menaces are back with a review of Guilt and Ginataan x Mia P. Mansala. Books Mentioned: House On Mango Street Capri 1.5 X Jahquel J. The Friendship Contract X Mia Heintzelmam The Prisoner X B. A. Paris Holding X Alexandria House Assist X Alexandria House Capri 2 X Jahquel J. Sugar Baby X B. Love Zora Books Her Happy Ever After X Taj McCoy The Secret World of Maggie Grey X Granger The Mai...

We Love a Cozy Mystery and a Review of Savvy Summers and the Potato Crimes 27.09.2025 1:24:53

M2BS Episode description: Books Mentioned: Crossroads: A Small Town Sapphic Romance x Karmen Lee Bones at the Crossroads x LaDarrion Williams A Witch’s Guide To Magical Innkeeping x Sangu Mandanna Capri 1 & 1.5 x Jahquel J. Never Saw Me Coming x Vera Kurian Birth of a Dynasty x Chinaza Bado Holding x Alexandria House King of Ashes x S. A. Cosby Lillith x Alexandria House Finding Yvonne x B...

Review of Cappadona 3 25.09.2025 1:52

Next Book: Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes x Sandra Jackson-Opuko If you have any questions or book recommendations, feel free to email us at menace2booksociety@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @menace2booksociety

We Have a Guest and Talk About Cappadona x Jahquel J. 28.08.2025 1:32:02

This week, we have a special guest! Lisa joins Ja Lessa and Charisse in their shenanigans. Books Mentioned: Books Bones at the Crossroads X LaDarrion Williams House of Monsterous Women X Daphne Fama Cappadonna I and II X Jahquel J. The Wilderness Angela Flourenoy Blood Moon X Britney S. Lewis The 7-Day Hitch: The Black Wife Effect X T.L. Martin Wreckless Love X Nina Honey and Spice X Bou Babalola...

Business Deals and a Review of Rare Danger by Beverly Jenkins 29.07.2025 1:23:06

In this week's episode, Charisse and Ja Lessa talk about traveling, wedding/party dress codes, and review Rare Danger by Beverly Jenkins.

What in the Sci-fi Soap Opera and a Review of Audre and Bash are Just Friends x Tia Williams 07.07.2025 1:46:06

Books Mentioned: Jasiel, The King Who Got Me x Miss Jenesequa Jaxson, The King Who Got Me x Miss Jenesequa Aisha and Gage: Wedding Special x Tay Mo’Nae Mimi Lee Cracks the Code x Jennifer J. Chow How to Love a Jamaican x Alexis Arthurs The Ghost of Gwendoly Montgomery x Clarence A. Haynes Chain Gang Allstars x Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Where There’s Smoke x Arica Alexander A Girl Within A Girl Wit...

That's a Hard Question and a Review of Can't Get Enough 21.06.2025 1:37:57

In this week's episode, Charisse talks about K-Dramas. They discuss the books they are and aren't reading, JaLessa asks a hard question, and they discuss "Can't Get Enough" by Kennedy Ryan. Books Mentioned: Capone (1-3) x Jahquel J. From Come Over To Come Home X Jahquel J. He’s My Next Mistake x Jahquel J. Brookwood Series I Got You x Miss Jenesequa Aisha and Gage: Wedding Sp...

The Music is Back and a Review of Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) 02.06.2025 1:49:59

In today's episode, Charisse asks JaLessa a tough book question, they play some bookish games, and review Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) x Jesse Q. Sutanto. Books Mentioned: How About Forever X Rilzy Adams Capone x Jahquel J. I Got You X Miss Jenesequa Aisha and Gage:Wedding Special X Tay Mo’Nae Dial A For Aunties x Jesse Q. Sutanto Mimi Gets A Clue X Jennifer Chow Plus Size...

Oh, Narrators 13.05.2025 1:39:01

Charisse saw Kendrick Lamar, the menaces talk about Sinners, and review The Art of Scandal x Regina Black Books Mentioned: Ante Upx Christina C. Jones King of Hearts x Christina C. Jones Dueces Wild x Christina C. Jones Friction x Christina C. Jones How About Forever x Rilzy Adams Dial A For Aunties x Jesse Q. Sutanto A Voice in the Wind x Francine Rivers Capone x Jahquel J Their Eyes Were Watchin...

When the Recording Stops 30.04.2025 2:12:59

The menaces review The Wife Before x Shanora Williams. Books Mentioned: Love You a Little Bit x Kasha Thompson Legendborn x Tracy Deonn Ante Up x Christina C. Jones Plus Size Player x Danielle Allen When We Go Missing x April Henry Somadina x Akwaeke Emezi Next Book: The Art of Scandal x Regina Black If you have book recommendations feel free to email us at menace2booksociety@gmail.com Follow us o...

Take Us to the Rodeo 07.04.2025 1:37:59

The menaces review Destry x K.C. Mills and Titus x Charity Shane Books Mentioned: Dominoes, Danzon and Death x Raquel V. Reyes Can't Help but Love You x Tay Mo'Nae How About Forever? x Rilzy Adams Marshall: The Manny Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents x Isabel Wilkerson The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother x James McBride No Ordinary Love x Myah Ariel Love Y...

An Unserious Duo 25.03.2025 1:48:56

JaLessa's mom listens to SPICY books and the menaces review The Love Lyric x Kristina Forest. Books Mentioned: The Wilderness x Angela Flournoy Oathbound x Tracy Deonn The Blood Gift x N.E. Davenport Goals x Alexandria House I Think I Might Love You x Christina C. Jones I Think I Might Need You x Christina C. Jones I Think I Might Want You x Christina C. Jones Razorblade Tears x S.A. Cosby Dominoe...

Menace Down 08.03.2025 1:18:55

This week, Charisse is without a computer and they review Blacktop Wasteland x SA Cosby. Books Mentioned: Capone x Jahquel J. Oathbound x Tracee Deonn The DJ Saved My Life How About Forever x Rilzy Adams The Library Game x Gigi Pandian The Love Lyric x Kristina Forest You Truly Assumed x Laila Sabreen Caste x Isabel Wilkerson Go Tell It the Mountain x James Baldwin Next Book: The Love Lyric x Kris...

Am I Speaking with Shanai? 25.02.2025 1:21:27

The menaces play build your book boyfriend and review Vivid x Beverly Jenkins. Books Mentioned: Through the Storm x Beverly Jenkins Can’t Get Enough x Kennedy Ryan A Young Thug’s Kryptonite x Ke'Asia Morris A Little Kissing Between Friends x Chencia C. Higgins A Victim at Valentine’s x Ellie Alexander The Lies: The Lies We Tell About Life, Love, and Everything in Between x Christina C. Jones F...