Menace II Book Society

The menaces play a quick game and review A Love Like the Sun x Riss M. Neilson Books Mentioned: Sula x Toni Morrison I Think They Love You x Julian Winters Can’t Get Enough x Kennedy Ryan The Fifth Season x N.K. Jemison James x Percival Everett Rosewater x Liv Little Go Tell It On the Mountain x James Baldwin Through the Storm x Beverly Jenkins A Little Kissing Between Friends x Chencia C. Higgins...

Happy New Year!! The menaces are back with rants about life, Charisse is convinced that JaLessa is the feds, and they review Perfect Peace x Daniel Black. Books Mentioned: Their Vicious Games x Joelle Wellington X+E: The Teachers of Hardwood High x Nina High  Who Put This Song On x Morgan Parker Don’t Cry for Me x Daniel Black Isaac’s Song x Daniel Black The Trees x Percival Everett Colored Televi...

In the last episode of the year, JaLessa and Charisse list their top 8 books and review Christmas in Spite of You x K.C. Mills. See you in 2025! Books Mentioned: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies x Deesha Philyaw Write Before Christmas x Lauren W. Roach You’re a Mean One Mr. Chef x Lauren W. Roach A Novel Christmas x Charity Shané Hollywood Homicide x Kellye Garrett Hollywood Ending x Kellye Garre...

Charisse tells JaLessa about new things going on at their alma mater and they review When I Think of You x Myah Ariel Books Mentioned: Blood at the Root x LaDarrion Williams  Shadow Coven x S. Isabelle It’s Elementary x Elise Bryant  This Ravenous Fate x Hayley Dennings A Novel Christmas x Charity Shane’ The Twelve Dates of Christmas x Rilzy Adams Love After Series x Christina C. Jones The Strickl...

If anyone advocates for DNF’ing (did not finish) a book, it’s Charisse. JaLessa Shantel reviews Jana Goes Wild and Charisse talks about why she DNF’d it. Books Mentioned: A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death x Valerie Burner Higher Love x Alexandra House Made to Love x Alexandra House The Coldest Secret Ever x N’dia Rae The Coldest Karma Ever x N’dia Rae The Coldest Karma Ever Finale x N’dia Rae Spike...

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 re...

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  Whit...

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...

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 Hundre...

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....

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 menace2booksociety@gmail.com 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&#...

****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 menace2booksociety@gmail.com 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...

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 Hap...

*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 t...

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 menace2booksociety@gmail.com 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...

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...