Let's Talk Books 2K3
 

New Year. :) New Books. :cool: New Thread. :D

It is 2K3 and books are bountiful.

January 16, 2K3 will bring us A Taste of Reality by Kimberla Lawson Roby. . .

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Book Description
Kimberla Lawson Roby returns with another moving and triumphant novel about a woman who, against all odds, battles the most blatant kind of workplace discrimination while dealing with a crumbling marriage and a trusted friend's betrayal.

On the surface, Anise seems to have it all: a successful career, a solid marriage, and good friends. But when she applies for a promotion at work, she loses out to a white colleague who isn't nearly as qualified for the job. However, the problem at work is only the beginning of Anise's troubles. After being married for four seemingly blissful years, she discovers that her husband is having an affair. And to make matters worse, her best friend at work is keeping dangerous secrets.

But Anise is no quitter. As brave as she is determined, she reaches deep inside her soul to find the strength and courage to overcome heartbreak and stay her course. Ultimately, she will discover that what is worth having is worth fighting for -- in her career and, most importantly, in her heart.

With a compelling plot and writing that captures every emotion, A Taste of Reality is a deeply poignant and unforgettable story.

I FINALLY read Zane's The Heat Seekers and Shame On It All -- both were good reads with LOL scenes and much better than Addicted with more realism.

I just bought:
Gonna Lay My Burdens Down - Mary Monroe
Mirrored Life - Anita Bunkley
God's Gift to Women - Michael Baisden

I'll let you know how they are.

God's Gift to Women
 

ladygreek,

I just finished reading God's Gift to Women. I'd be interested to hear what you thought of the book when you finish.

:D I have that one as well. I still need to read it.

Okay I had my first book shopping spree of 2K3. . . here are the titles:

Journey to the Well by Vashti Murphy McKenzie -- This is for my mom. :)

Reaching Back by Nea Anna Simone
A Family Reunion by Brenda Jackson
A Man Most Worthy -- Marcus Major
Everything In Its Place -- Evelyn Palfrey
Ladies in Waiting -- Linda Hudson-Smith
Baby Mama Drama -- Carl Weber
A Little Piece of Sky -- Nicole Bailey Williams
Some Sunday -- Margaret Johnson Hodge
A Long Way From Home -- Connie Briscoe (read it already; good read; saw it for $2 had to have it)
Born in Sin -- Evelyn Coleman
The Rest of Our Lives -- Dawn Donnelly Craig
Mama's Girls by Janette ;) McCarthy Louard
Rosewood by Michael D'Orso
Leaving Atlanta -- Tayari Jones
The Broke Diaries -- Angela Nissell


So as you can see, I am happier than a pig in slop. :cool:

I am NOW officially on BOOK BUYING punishment. :(

I just came from WAL MART where they have A TASTE of REALITY by Soror Kimberla for $17.96. :D

So many books to read, where do I begin? :confused: :eek: :D

I just finished Shame On It All and I was disappointed! I liked Addicted much better.

I recently forced myself to finish the WORST book I've ever picked up in my life. Has anybody read Sparkledoll: Always Into Something? This was a HOT MESS. Typographical and grammatical errors all over the place. Ugh.

The best thing I've read recently was I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Francis Ray. One of those books where you have to stay up all night to find out what happens. I'm really looking forward to PG County by Connie Briscoe, but I'ma have to wait for the paperback.

:( @ Shame on It All. I liked it because it was more realistic. Didn't you just CTFU @ the midgets though and the weave salon? LMAO

I agree about I Know Who Holds Tomorrow -- EXCELLENT READ. I doubt I could have done what Madison did.

PG County is an excellent read. Check it out at the local library or go to a bookstore and sit there and read it. <-------- Never done that but I know several folks who have. :o

Dang! And I thought I bought a lot of books. What do you have--a spare bedroom that you turned into a library? :D

:o :o :o **blushing** My computer room is filled with books. Now I just need someone to come build me 2 72" inch bookshelves.


Oh I am on Chapter 4 of Mirrored Life -- good start so far.:)

:o CrimsonTide4, I'm one of these people who ALWAYS skims at the bookstore before buying things.

'Neways, I would like to get the new Benilde Little book (the name escapes me right now) and there's a non-fiction book called Having it All by Veronica Chambers. It's a look at black women and success.

Another Fatal Attraction
 

I just finished God's Gift to Women. It was an easy read and somewhat interesting but because it was a fatal attraction story, it became rather predictable and contrived. This is the first book I have read by Michael Baisden and I do like his writing style. Now on to Mirrored Life.

I saw Benilde Little's newest one when I was hanging with Ideal08 @ the bookstore. :D

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Reminiscent of the New Year's Eve scene in Waiting to Exhale, Jay announces to his wife, Ina, that he is leaving. His departure forces her to acknowledge that she has become the woman she thought was safe rather than the woman she wanted to be. Ina thinks through the choices and sacrifices she made to support her husband in his aspirations. Painfully, she accepts that in never questioning her wants, she has put everyone above her own happiness. So she seeks out her college sweetheart, David. Her desperate attempt to create good times from her past only refocuses her on the present and the choices she must make for herself and her children. The dreams of her youth are rekindled, and she is able to reclaim the vision she had for herself. Ina not only grows into the woman she needs to be for her own peace of mind but she is also able to rebuild a relationship with her husband; and in the process, the reader has enjoyed a heartfelt story. Lillian Lewis


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From Publishers Weekly
In a series of interrelated essays, Chambers (Mama's Girl), explores the lives of middle- and upper-middle-class African-American women. Throughout, Chambers nicely weaves historical and literary anecdotes into her insightful narrative. While identifying this population as linchpins in the astronomical rise of a black middle class, she pursues such questions as how their "creative and indomitable spirit" translated into corporate reality while black men languish; why they no longer feel the need to choose allegiance between race and gender; what the image of Aunt Jemima declares about today's affluent African-American woman; and why they are more likely to be alone than any group of black women before them. Nonetheless, these women, Chambers says, have a strong sense of community and a renewed feeling of empowerment, which enables their transition into a predominantly white mainstream culture. Largely based on interviews of black women defying conventional perceptions, and written for those "who have crafted successful lives without role models or media coverage," the book lends a panoramic effect to such figures as former Whitney curator Thelma Golden, television host Star Jones, Barbara Bush's former press secretary Anna Perez, Anita Hill, and the growing population of African-American stay-at-home moms.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Gracias
 

Thank you, CT4, bka Book Maven of GC. I think I will pick these two up w/in the next two months.
:)

Hey CT4!!!

I want to suggest a wonderful book that I just read--twice. It's called If Men Are Like Buses, Then How Can I Catch One? by Michelle McKinney Hammond. It's actually old, it came out in 2000. I just discovered it about a month ago.

She's a Christian author & I highly suggest this book for any woman that has gone thru or is going thru some M-E double S. You will see yourself & men in a whole new light.

Books:)
 

I'm a youngin'and i looooooooove to mostly read Black Novels and i've also been working on one of my own.

The last book i've read was Leslie By Omar Tyree
I loved that story especially since i'm originally from louisiana.
It's very interesting.

Early this morning I finished reading Ladies-in-Waiting by Linda Hudson-Smith. . .2 THUMBS UP. . .

Meet Marlene, Keisha, Rosalinda, and Alexis. Discover the power of prayer, forgiveness, and 4 women coming together at a prison.

This book is about 4 women with men in prison. One woman isa minister's wife and she brings the other women together along with hundreds of other women who have men in prison.

The book is spiritual fiction that towards the end got a little too preachy IMO but it had such a good plot. This will make a wonderful movie as well, if they do it right.


I also finished Baby Mama Drama. Jerry Springer in its printed form but it has its redeeming moments as well. I enjoyed it for what it was.

Everything In Its Place by Evelyn Palfrey -- Another story of forgiveness but it deals with middle aged folks and the elderly. 2 Thumbs Up as well.

Re: Books:)
 

"Leslie" scared me - LOL I also had other problems with the book that I wrote on an earlier post.

I just finished Mirrored Life. It started our good but then I hit a block with it and had a hard time finishing it. I think it became a little too predictable and unbelievable for me. CT4 what did you think?

Re: Re: Books:)
 

I skipped it. I was on the part where she became old girl's stylist with an AIRTIGHT contract and hooked up with limo driver. I will get back to it once my grades are done but I just was not feeling it as much as I hoped.

I probably keep Booksamillion.com in business
 

Baby Mama Drama was very funny and deep (read drama).:D

A Man Most Worthy...it was ok

Acting Out...I liked this a lot. Same "type" of plot as The Itch

Ladies in Waiting....Better than I thought it would be.

On the Shelf waiting to be read...

Journey to the Well (Actually waiting for one of my church members to finish her class so that we can "work" on this together.)

A Taste of Reality

Vernon Can Read

Six Easy Pieces

Kimberla Lawson Roby is coming to Charlotte
 

I will be IN THE #. :D

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Her tour schedule

A THUMBS UP to A Taste of Reality by Kimberla Lawson Roby.
I cannot wait to meet her now. I have all of her books so she will sign ALL 5 of them.

For those who have read it, I really wanted to kick Frank's azz at the end. Oh and Miss Lorna -- A TRIP!!!

I just came from Soror Kimberla's book talk. EXCELLENT. Her husband was there too -- QTTTTT :D for an older man.

Anywho, if you get the chance to see her please do. We were in a smaller more intimate setting so we asked questions and just chatted. She is very personable. Kudos to her.

A Taste of Reality is Kimberla's experience with corporate America but NOT her husband. :D

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, bestselling author of Trying To Sleep in the Bed You Made, have a new book coming out in February or March -- Better Than I Know Myself.

Oh and I will meet Carl Weber on Sunday in Charlotte. :cool: I looked for his tour schedule online but to no avail.:(


OH yeah I 4got,
Casting the First Stone sequel in 2004
Sequel to A Taste of Reality in 2005.:D

Reaching Back by Nea Anna Simone
 

I just finished reading a fabulous book, Reaching Back by Nea Anna Simone. This book combines INTRAracial prejudice, passing, family secrets, spirituality, quest for love from self and others and so much more.


This was a book that needs to be read and needed to be written. I can tell that this book is autobiographical in so many ways. It was such a compelling story that made it hard for me to put down as I read it in one day. :D It is on sale for $15 in the special paperback so go buy or check out but you can get it at Amazon like I did for $10.50. :D

I am now reading Baby Mama Drama as well. So far looks funny LOL!

Sphinxpoet

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Long-lived sisters
are subject of new children’s book

Delany sisters’ story lives on

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 — Sadie and Bessie Delany were just girls when segregation forced them to sit in the back of a bus and drink water from “colored” ladles. But from this racism, the sisters forged an exceptional determination. And from their father, a minister and ex-slave, they developed an unwavering social conscience.

AMY HILL HEARTH tells their story for youngsters in her new book, “The Delany Sisters Reach High.” The richly illustrated nonfiction children’s book traces the sisters’ childhood in the South during the Jim Crow era.
The sisters, who died in their 100s in the late 1990s, first shared their remarkable lives with the world in 1993 in “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years,” a memoir co-authored with Hearth. The book inspired a Broadway play and a Peabody Award-winning television movie.
Many of the anecdotes from the original 299-page memoir are retold for children ages 6-12 in the 31-page “Reach High,” published by Abingdon Press.
“I always thought the sisters’ story would make a great story for children,” Hearth says. “I’m only sorry they didn’t live to see it.”
Bessie died in 1995 at age 104; Sadie in 1999 at age 109.

LIFE LESSONS
The 44-year-old author says she has received numerous requests over the years from parents and educators to write a book for children about the sisters; the more detailed “Having Our Say” is already widely used as a high school and college text.
David Smith, who teaches fifth grade reading at the Finley Middle School in Glen Cove, N.Y., says the sisters’ story is ideal for classes in history and life lessons.
“The Delany sisters handled adversity from a young age,” he said. “That’s an important lesson for young people to learn and embrace ... that being happy is not having a problem-free life but finding how to deal with adversity and finding support from those who care for you.”
At a time when most blacks could scarcely expect to receive a high school diploma, the Delanys had some advantages. Their father became vice principal of St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., and America’s first elected black Episcopal bishop. Their mother helped run the school while raising 10 children, all of whom went on to get college educations.
The sisters eventually moved to New York City, where Sadie became a public school domestic-science teacher and Bessie opened a dentist’s office in Harlem. The sisters never married.
In 1957, they broke another racial barrier by moving to a white suburban neighborhood, in Mount Vernon, N.Y.
“What comes through, although they were an elite family, is they were very socially conscious,” Hearth said.
In the book, she describes how “Bessie and Sadie shared their desks and textbooks with former slaves ... who had not been allowed to learn to read and write.”
The sisters, Smith added, “had the courage to step outside their comfort zone, to help those less fortune.”
The book recounts numerous episodes in their young lives — strongly defined by family, community, religion, education and discipline — in a crisp narrative style.
“After breakfast, all of the Delany children lined up for Papa’s inspection before they left the house,” Hearth writes. “’Papa wanted to make sure we looked proper,’ Sadie said.”
But family life also was fun: “Sometimes in the evening ... the family got together in the living room for music. Every one of the children played an instrument and as a family they formed a band. ... In the morning people would walk past the house and say, ’Y’all had a party last night.’ It wasn’t a party, it was just the family having fun.”

RACISM TOUCHED UPON
Bessie, the more fearless of the two, spotted signs for ‘white’ and ‘colored’ water ladles at the public well and drank from the ‘white’ dipper.

Unlike “Having Our Say” — which described Bessie’s near lynching — “Reach High” omits the ugliest instances of racism the girls faced.
But Hearth does tell of the first time the girls — 10 and 8 — encountered Jim Crow. Bessie, the more fearless of the two, spotted signs for “white” and “colored” water ladles at the public well and drank from the “white” dipper.
“Sadie was scared Bessie would get in trouble, but she admired her little sister’s courage,” Hearth writes. “Several white people nearby looked angry, but Bessie didn’t care.”
The book’s colorful illustrations by Tim Ladwig are faithful renditions of the events in the sisters’ lives.
Ladwig worked closely with Hearth, poring over Delany family photos. To capture the skin tones and movements of the sisters, Ladwig used friends as models — two young girls and their interracial parents — for his drawings. The Delany sisters had a racially mixed heritage.
“I got period dresses and I would explain the scene and situation to them. Then I took some pictures and worked from the pictures,” Ladwig said. For consistency, he used his friends’ faces to represent the Delanys.
Hearth said she signed with Abingdon Press, the nation’s oldest theological publisher, to honor the sisters’ father. Profits from the book will go to the health care and pension funds for retired ministers and their widows.
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Berneice L. McFadden's newest
 

I am a big fan of her writing. I loved the Sugar series. :)

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This bittersweet fourth novel by McFadden (Sugar) traces the lives of two damaged but resolute people destined for an ill-fated love affair. The reader meets protagonist Campbell as a sensitive eight-year-old living in a Brooklyn housing project. As she watches her mother weep and rant at her feckless, philandering father, Campbell promises herself that "ain't no man ever going to break my heart." At age 15, however, that promise is broken when she gets pregnant by a high school boyfriend who skips town. Donovan, meanwhile, also grows up listening to his parents' violent quarrels. When he's nine years old, he is assaulted by a pedophile in his building, an experience that impairs his future relationships with women. As an adult, he takes a city transit job and becomes a workaholic. The two meet when Campbell is a single mother in her 30s and a talented fledgling artist. She bumps into Donovan at an art show and promptly falls in love. But Donovan is threatened by Campbell's money and success. He brutally rejects her, leaving her to play out the scenes of bitter anguish she observed so often while growing up. McFadden's latest is heartfelt and competently written, with her usual flair for dialogue and well-paced narrative. Yet Campbell and Donovan respond predictably to their traumas, and Campbell is not as vivid as some of McFadden's earlier heroines. In spite of her worldly success, Campbell is an archetypal female victim, too thinly drawn to carry the melodramatic scenes of despair that cap the book.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

I know I'm late but...
 

I just finished "BeBe's By Golly Wow" by Soror Yolanda Joe. She is going to be my chapter's Literary Luncheon speaker, so I thought I should at least read one of her books. I liked her writing style--short chapters, multiple perspectives.

Now on:
Francis Ray's "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow"--so far, so good.

In the queue:
"Gonna Lay Down My Burdens" by Mary Monroe (yeah I know I bought it a month ago -lol)
"A Man Finds His Way" by Freddie Lee Johnson III

Veronica Chambers
 

I'm starting "Having it All?" and I like what I'm reading so far. The Aunt Jemima chapter is pretty interesting. It also explains a tough family situation I'm going through right now.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG H!


Has anyone read Neva Hafta by Edwardo Jackson???? I just finished it. It was an excellent read, but the ending has me doing one of those angry abbreviations that you all do...

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Born in Sin by Evelyn Coleman
 

I purchased this book back in January and finally finished it yesterday. This is actually a BLACK TEEN FICTION ;) book that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND to anyone, adult or teen.

Here is the summary:
From Publishers Weekly
Keisha, a 14-year-old growing up in Georgia, narrates the events of a pivotal summer in Coleman's (White Socks Only) inspiring novel. When her high school guidance counselor thwarts her efforts to get into Avery's fast-track pre-med program and instead places Keisha in a summer program for at-risk kids, Keisha erupts in a rage (" `You know what, Ms. Hill. Ain't the hospital just a few blocks away? I ain't the one at risk. You are.' And I leaped over the desk to get to her"). The author carefully finesses Keisha's complex emotions as she attempts to be true to herself and to navigate the obstructions in her path. It is Keisha's strong narrative voice, combined with some striking characters and relationships, that keeps her story afloat, despite some far-fetched and serpentine plot developments. Through this summer at-risk program, Keisha learns to deal with her own racial prejudice, makes her first real friends and discovers that she has a natural talent for swimming. Readers may find that Keisha's acceleration from non-swimmer to Olympic hopeful stretches credibility. And the two-dimensional portrayal of the white leaders of the at-risk program (they speak in sports metaphors, for instance) detracts from the more penetrating, insidious examples of racism (such as the conversation between Miss Troutman, the head of the program, and Keisha's mother) elsewhere in the novel. But the authentic interactions here far outweigh the missteps. The relationships among the women form the core of the novel: tender bedtime conversations between Keisha and her older sister, many touching scenes between Keisha and her mother, and the heroine's recollections of her grandmother ("As long as there's stars in the sky we gonna be all right. My grandma taught me that before she died and I believe her"). Keisha's rise to the top will keep readers enthralled. Ages 14-up.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Soror Dorothy I. Height's Memoirs
 

passing this along...


Dr. Height's memoirs are coming soon to your local bookseller! She chronicles her experiences with Bethune, as head of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, moving NCNW forward, what it was like to be a Black woman leader through the decades and so much more. You can read about the book at her publisher's website http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/books/open.html.

The book will be out in early June. Please spread the word that the book is coming. Let's create some "buzz" and be sure that Dr. Height's story gets the attention it deserves.

"What's Wrong With Black Women"
 

Here is a review I got on-line!

"What's Wrong With Black Women"
> Reviewed by Mike Ramey
> Years ago, as the story goes, there were two men in one U.S. city
who each had their sweethearts break up with them. One man committed suicide.
One set his heartbreak to music, and was paid a royalty of $225,000. After
reading the book “What’s Wrong With Black Women?� by Monte Maddox (2002,
1stBooks Publishing, 287 pages), one would think that HE was the one who set
his heartbreak to music, and walked away with the cash.
>
> No, the book is not ‘pristine sweet’. It has some profanity in
it, which may turn off some readers. However, Maddox’s passion--a hilarious,
rousing, and realistic examination of Black Male/Female relationships from the
classroom to the pew, will keep you turning the pages.
>
> While Maddox states early that the book is a work of fiction, he
clearly takes a stand for the Good Black men that are far too often rendered
‘invisible’ by the sistahhood. Brothers who don’t have a lot in their
pockets, the best ride, or the latest fashions on their backs. Brothers who GO
to school for an education, GO to work to make a honest living, and stay OUT of
prison, the dope house, and the streets.
>
> In short, Maddox has his keyboard aimed to tell the story of the
good brothers that black women can’t seem to find, but are always looking for
on talk shows and in the mainstream press.
>
> Yes, it is GOING to be controversial. “What’s Wrong With Black
Women? is NOT for the man (or woman) unwilling to face the truth about why
the brothers who are NORMAL often have the hardest time in not only meeting and
dating quality Black women, but why the REAL shortage in society is OF QUALITY
BLACK WOMEN. It is also NOT complimentary on the subjects of religion, church,
the Bible or domestic violence.
>
> Best quote of the book can be found starting on the bottom of Page
77: “If there is one thing that you take away from this book, remember this
theme that we have returned to time, and time again: The bad black men of this
world have been put upon a pedestal by far too many black women...Good black
men have no hope or support as long as black women favor the lowest level of
the black male species…Sistahs! You ought to be ashamed!�
>
> You are NOT going to breeze through this book in one afternoon.
Maddox does successfully counter a lot of the myths about the ‘lack’ of
Good Black men available for dating, romance, and marriage that female authors
have been churning out for a number of years.
>
> Consider “What’s Wrong With Black Women?� a reference book
above everything else. Single men will refer to it, again and again. Married
men may pass it on to their single friends. It’s available on line, or can
be obtained through www.1stbooks.com.

Loving Donovan by Berneice McFadden is an excellent book. For those that are fans of her writing -- lyrical prose, interwoven characters, story taking place over many years -- will love this one. I started it yesterday and devoured it.



Soror LadyGreek, I never went back to Mirrored Life. :o I will pick it back up this week, I guess.

A Little Piece of Sky By Soror Nicole Bailey-Williams

EXCELLENT BOOK. I read it today at the hair salon and it was so good. Think House on Mango Street in terms of writing style -- vignettes.

From Library Journal
Like a gifted quilter, Bailey-Williams has stitched together the pieces of a woman's life to form a seamless portrait of survival and healing. As a child, Song Byrd is burdened with poverty and abuse: her alcoholic single mother locks her in the bathroom, her sister steals to buy drugs, and one brother is always in jail, while the other is a wanderer. When Song's mother is murdered, her life takes a sudden and unexpected turn, and she must confront feelings of guilt as she grows up. Bailey-Williams, a high school English teacher, has written a debut that reads like an urban diary, filled with hardships but also acts of love and kindness, told matter-of-factly and without melodrama. Her refusal to make Song a victim is refreshing, and her ability to convey so much feeling in so few words makes this novel almost a prose poem. Highly recommended, particularly for young adults.

Kudos Soror Nicole

News from E. Lynn Harris
 

Dear Friends:

I just wanted to drop a line to let you all know about a special event
coming in May.

On May 7 at 8:00 pm, I will be appearing at Symphony Space in New York
City introducing the theatre's literary series Selected Shorts: A
Celebration of the Short Story.

Marita Golden and I will host an evening of stories from Gumbo: An
Anthology of African American Writing. Actors Curtis McClarin (The
Exonerated), Lillias White (Crowns) and Laurine Towler will read
stories
by Ravi Howard, David Haynes and Jewell Parker Rhodes. Selected Shorts
features great short stories read by Broadway and Hollywood's finest
actors, and is recorded for later broadcast on NPR.

I hope my friends in New York can join in this special evening. More
information on this program is available at elynnharris.com and
symphonyspace.org.

For those fans who can't join us, you can tune in by finding the your
local listing of Selected Shorts at www.npr.org.

Finally, I just want to let you know that I am currently completing my
memoir WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED which will be released in July
2003. As always, I thank you for the support.

Warm regards and blessings...e. lynn harris

You are kidding me! I can't wait for the sequel! That book was EXCELLENT!

Re: News from E. Lynn Harris
 

I love him so much!

Someone To Catch My Drift by Jacqueline Powell

A GCer had recommended this book in the last BOOK thread.
Let's Talk Books #1

Well I just finished reading it. IMO, it was another Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan but add cheating and drugs.

I liked it but I was not ENTHUSED. I kept reading only to discover the end result. There were a lot more family dynamics to this book than Disappearing Acts, but I swear I wanted to SMACK ROBERT, KAREN, and NIKAI at one point or other.

For me it did not seem like the book progressed in a matter of years. The author did not convey that very well.

The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey
 

Eric Jerome Dickey will be releasing a new book next month. Here is a synopsis from Black Expressions :

Question is, just who’s The Other Woman in the latest sure-to-be bestseller by one of your favorite authors? This one will keep you up until you’re done…

Life in L.A. runs in only three speeds—fast, faster and missed it!—for a sister known as “Freckles,” a hotshot L.A. news producer. Although her career leaves little time for her husband, Charles—she works six, sometimes seven days a week—she makes no apologies in her quest to move up the ladder. But her fast-lane life will come to a full halt when she’s faced with the news that Charles has been having an affair.

It starts when mysterious David Lawrence starts calling and showing up on the job looking for her. At first, he piques her curiosity; but before it’s over, she’ll regret the day they ever crossed paths.

David tells her by phone that their spouses have been having an affair. Stunned, Freckles agrees to meet him to get the full story. She’s immediately drawn to David’s hypnotizing good looks. He’s a brother who’s ready for revenge at any cost, and she’s more than happy to oblige.…

You’ll be caught up as this riveting story heads for an explosive ending that could send someone to an early grave.

I hope this is better than his last book!

I'm looking forward to this one:
 

There is a new book coming out that is edited by Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint (who was a journalist) called A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak It is basically a collection of essays by black elders such as John Hope Franklin, Maya Angelou, Dorothy Height, Gordon Parks, and the ever-popular rubydeeossiedavis (you can't get one without the other :p )

This book comes out in Fall '03, and if I can afford it, I'm going to get it.