Moki's Book Of The Month FEBRUARY

The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club 

Hey, guys Today I wanted to share with you a book I just finished reading titled The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club by Jessica Morrison. I absolutely fell in love with this book after finding it in the free book bin at 2nd & Charles talk about a total score! This was a sweet relatable love story that captured my attention from the very beginning. 

After some life-altering events occur in the main character Cassie Moore's life she is crumbling. Cassie is one of those girls who has planned her whole life out perfectly and has never strayed from the plan she has made for herself. However, she did not plan for any bumps and obstacles along the way and it's been working great for her pretty smooth sailing up until now. 

So one night in a drunken stupor she plans a trip to what seemed like the most amazing place at the time Buenos Aires Venezuela and sends out tons of emails to friends and family members about how she will be living in Buenos Aires for 6 months! Everything is paid for, everything is set up and paid for so she has no choice but to go and what started out as a trip to prove a point to friends and family actually becomes an amazing adventure that teaches Cassie a lot about life, love, and letting go. 

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a good love story but also to anyone who loves a good story about self-empowerment and finding yourself. Morrison is a great writer as well her description of Buenos Aires and all of the characters in the story really paint an image in your head and help you see it in your mind. 

Cassie's Character is particularly my favorite I think most women will relate to her in the fact that her plan was just helping her live up to an image of what she thought a woman her age should be. But as Cassie's adventure, she goes on she comes to realize that sometimes planning everything down to the tee and not allowing wiggle room for unforeseen events can really limit you from living your fullest life. Cassie's character development throughout the book makes you realize how important it is is to follow your heart.

Go check out this book from your local library or wherever you get your books these days because in my list this is a must read! 

What about me?

Hey guys just wanted to once again apologize for the lack of posting occurring the past two weeks but a lot has been going on and I am trying to get my rhythm back and reform a routine based on my new work schedule.

I feel in order to better connect with my readers I should give you all a little more insight into my life, sure I gave you a little taste with my intro post and Various other personal posts I have scattered here and there on the blog. But the truth is there is absolutely nothing simple about my life.

I will not pretend to be this all put together person because I am not, I am a 22-year-old young woman who has gotten to a point in her life where she is desperately trying to decide what it is she was meant to do on this forsaken planet.  I am so excited to begin taking this journey to finding myself and I am even more excited to be sharing it with others with hopes of being a source of inspiration to those at a similar point in their life.

So today I wanted to kind of take a break and give you the rundown on

Who Is Moki?

So I guess the most important thing is how I got the nickname Moki, well from a very young age I had two nicknames Mo and NaeNae typical nicknames for the name Monae. But as I got older I grew tired of Naenae and wanted something a little bit more mature I guess, so I settled for Mo and it stuck with me throughout high school. Moki came into play because my fiance felt Mo had a more masculine aura about it and didn't really represent my girly nature lol. So he combined the first initials of my first name Monae and my middle name and Kiyanna , and MoKi was born. 

I was born in Brooklyn New York at Wyckoff hospital on October 11,1995 to the two most awesome parents I Could ever ask for. I personally hate it when people say "I was fortunate enough to have both parents in my life." Because I know tons of people who grew up with one parent in their home and are doing just fine.I didn't have much growing up but my parents always made sure we were good and that we were well-rounded individuals which is why I never sought out to be materialistically rich. I'd rather have a rich soul full of experiences and treasured memories. 

My parent's raised me on the musical likings of Jill Scott, Erica Badu, Tupac, Lauren Hill, TLC, to name a few, the greats. My father knows good music and to this day shows me that it is always worth looking for the music in life no matter how difficult it is. My dad has been making music in my house for as long as I could remember. I remember being barely 6 climbing onto a chair to be able to reach my dad's microphone just so I could spout nonsense, that to him was musical genius to be sampled onto songs he made himself. My dad is the source of my extreme pride he's always told me I can do anything I put my mind to (He's actually been telling me to start a blog for years).Which is why I'll never settle for anything less than greatness.

My mother has raised me into the woman I am today, strong, independent and hardworking. My mom has worked her behind off for everything in life and shows me that there is no age limit to achieving your dreams. My mom is currently in the works of making one of her lifelong dreams of bringing her aromatherapy creations beloved by my family to the masses. My mom is definitely a huge source of inspiration for me ! She actually is the reason I began pursuing my own online business which I promise I will tell you all about sometime really soon.

So when I was about 7 years old my mom told me she was pregnant with my brother, if I am going to be completely honest here I wasn't exactly thrilled I really wanted a little sister at the time but now that I look back and have experiences the hell my friends with little sisters had to go through I coudln't be happier. Everything I do is to show my brother that anything is possible. he's come a long way  he's doing pretty well in school and he plays basketball seriously and he's really a pretty good kid he's about to be 16 this coming august and I still can't believe it it seems like just yesterday I was leaning of carrier waiting for the days he could talk to me and now he says things that literally have me on the brink of tears ( we both got my dad's humor).

So now for the main question I get asked on the regular...

Why Did I Move to North Carolina?

It surprises me how often I get asked this question by people who live here in Fayetteville, As a New Yorker have extreme pride for my city even the bad parts.

But here in Fayetteville it seems to be a town full of people who didnt exactly choose to be here but still ended up here for tons of various reasons and decided to stay. Fayetteville is a huge army town home of one of the biggest military bases Fort Bragg as well as Pope Air force base.

But what brings this big city girl to this little town you ask? I wish I could really tell you some life changing experience happened or something like that but All I Can say is I needed a change, New York is a great big beautiful city and I LOVE it with all my heart but living there is extremely expensive and to be honest it bored me a little. And it gave me sense of helplessness knowing that I was saving up money to basically still be struggling to handle it all in the near future.

So We packed up our bags and headed south !

Who is we you asked ?

The love of my life of course ! We've been together for about 9 years now and he's just completely awesome and super supportive ! I'll talk about him more later on probably for Valentine's day because I don't want this post to be years long LOL.

So yeah currently Fayetteville has become my cute little home and I am not exactly in love with it but it is beginning to feel more and more like home everyday and if what I have planned this year works out I think I will be absolutely in love with it very soon LOL.

Mochi's Book of the Month

So This year one of my resolutions is to Read more, I've always loved to read but I found that as I got older I don't really have the time to read anymore or at least I didn't think I did, but now I've made it a point to fit reading into my daily schedule even if its only for a few minutes.

So I figured each month when I start a New Book I would share with you the Book I just finished and give a review of the book without giving away any spoilers.

Today I want to share with you :

The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell by Loraine Despres 

I absolutely love this book! When I first picked it up I thought I was grabbing a quaint little romance novel but I shortly realized it is much more than that. This book with its theme of Feminism, the formation of the KKK, and the prohibition, really show the tension in the south in the 1920's.

I was completely captivated by Despres' writing style and how perfectly she was able to paint her words into a picture.

I love all of the characters but I must say Belle Cantrell is my favorite this "prim and proper" southern lady has a hilarious sense of humor and really captures how mentally straining it must have been for women to not be able to do the simplest of things without possibly ruining their lives.

This tale of romance, murder, racial tension and extremely funny humor will definitely a book that stays on my bookshelf for years to come.

This is definitely a Must read in my book!