The Novel:Office HoursThe Author:Katrina JacksonThe Noobie:Jazmen, Host of Three Black ChicksBlk & Bkish MerchLiterally BlackThe Synopsis:What's life like on the tenure track?For Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dr. Deja Evans, it sucks. Hard. Every day.Between the class prep, the meetings, grading student work, trying to find time to complete her own research and the meetings, she didn't have a life, she had a digital calendar that decided whether she got to wallow in her feelings at 3pm or 7pm, on Thursday or maybe Sunday. And the worst meeting of them all was the two-and-a-half-hour, once a month Faculty Senate, which was drier than her dating life, duller than her skin in winter and far longer than her attention span.The only thing that made those never-ending Faculty Senate meetings bearable was watching Dr. Alejandro Mendoza, Associate Professor of History, breathe. For years, Deja had harbored a kind of secret crush on the sexiest man on campus never thinking that he would ever feel the same, until one unexpected day, they have a steamy after hours encounter in her office and suddenly her life seems much more exciting.That lasts about half a minute.Over the course of a hectic academic year, Deja tries to survive her classes, help her students, prepare herself for her third-year review, and most important of all, she has to learn how to get out of her own way and just let Alejandro love her.Show Notes: - Introducing the woman who does it all :) - The Boobies & Noobies drinking game - A very witchy birthday- Reading makes for better writing- The importance of reading independently published Black stories (00:05:37)- Shoutout to Christina C. Jones, Katrina Jackson, and Rebekah Weatherspoon - GOOGLE IT - Black Indie Reviewer Recs: Brazen Babe Reviews and Shades n Pages- Book Recs: Wonder by Christina C. Jones, Snowflake by Nia Forrester, Liquor & Laundry by Tasha L. Harrison, and Pink Slip by Katrina Jackson- An inside peek at Jazmen's WIP- Can we move beyond 20-something romance?- Introducing Office Hours by Katrina Jackson (00:19:36)- You might remember our review of Grand Theft N.Y.E. also by Katrina Jackson- And the award for sexiest cover model goes to...- Things we love: Mutual pining, Deja's anxiety, the ultimate girl tribe, and a "real man"- Petty relationship deal breakers? (00:35:32)- How do we feel about conflict-free, feel-good romance? (00:37:21)- What's sexier than creativity? Thank you Katrina "Steamy" Jackson- A few steamy sexcerpts (00:44:11)- The relationship between Black students and Black educators- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings (00:54:37)Follow Boobies & Noobies on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook @boobiespodcast and check out our blog, merch, and more on our brand new Boobies & Noobies website.*Boobies & Noobies is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts*