Re: E. Lynn Harris
 

hmmmmm I see you have not read this http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...threadid=5960. . . checlk out page 2 and 3.

hey all,

I am a really big Eric Jerome Dickey fan...my favorite being "Cheaters"...I am reading his new one, "theive's paradise"....i don't know how i feel about it yet but i will let you know when i finish!!! i really like Dickey's characters and he is the only man i know he can write female dialouge so REAL...

well here is my book reccomendations....


Between Lovers--EJD
anything EJD!!! (except liar's game & milk in my coffee)

The Coldest Winter Ever- -Sista soulja

what looks like crazy on an ordinary day--Pearl Cleage

Lil Mama's Rules--Sheneska Jackson


has anyone read "Good Peoples" by Marcus Major???....cuz if you didn't....DON'T!!!! pathetic overly sensitive guy swooning over a pathetic hard edge woman...w/ BAD dialouge!!!

...i'll keep you guys posted because i read like crazy during the summer!!!!

now you've gotten .08 cents by just 2 convinced;)

Good Peoples
 

I did not like Good Peoples but I loved his 2nd book 4 Guys, A Girl and Trouble.

yeah i did like "4Guys and Trouble" much better!!! but i think that he should have unfolded the plot w/ bunches and mike quicker!!! and had a more developed story line w/ Ibn and Tiffany!!!

My turn, my turn....
 

Re: My turn, my turn....
 

Nice list you have there! Some of My Novel favs:

1. A Do Right Man by Omar Tyree
2. Married Men by Carl Weber
3. Sula by Toni Morrison
4. Cheaters by Eric Jerome Dickey
5. Milk in My Coffee by Eric Jerome Dickey
6. Men Cry in the Dark by Micheal Basdian
7. Maintance Man by Micheal Basdian
Sphinxpoet

Notes from a Birginham Jail - Dr. Martin Luther King(First book I ever read at the tender age of 9)

Great books !
 

Hey ladies ! Here are a few books that I found to be very interesting.

The secret life of bees / Sue Monk Kidd.

A song flung up to heaven / Maya Angelou

The sweet hell inside : a family history / Edward Ball

What you owe me / Bebe Moore Campbell.

The wind done gone / Alice Randall.

I wish I had a red dress : a novel / Pearl Cleage.

Between lovers / Eric Jerome Dickey.

Cane River / Lalita Tademy.

The way forward is with a broken heart / Alice Walker.

The men of Brewster Place / Gloria Naylor.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day-- : a novel / Pearl Cleage

Brothers and sisters / Bebe Moore Campbell.

Betsey Brown : a novel / Ntozake Shange

The Book of Ruth / Jane Hamilton

A Lesson Before Dying / Ernest J. Gaines

Enjoy ! :D
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VERMONT MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

You all have to read ADDICTED by ZANE (no last name) I just finished reading this book and let me tell you it is off the hook!!!!!!!!!! They need to make it into a movie.

:o...is that the same "person" who writes about...you know...STUH, such as crankin'?

I guess!? I want to tell you what this book is about but don't want to ruin it for everyone.

I read the book....the scenes were very.........interesting ;) but I thought the book dragged near the end. I thought the development of the people were good.

Sphinxpoet

It did drag toward the very end but overall it was a good book. Yes indeed the scenes were VERY interesting.;) The plot also had a few unexpected turn of events that made you want to not put it down.

I am now reading Sex Chronicles All I can say that the scenes in that is are VERY INTERESTING LOL!;)

I Read The Sex Chronicles...
 

... and as soon as I can get her on the phone, she and I are going to have to have a talk.... that's ALL I will say.

I need to find the older verion of that book because they say the cover is off the hook.



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I just finished reading Addicted and it was off the hook!
*in my best Forrest Gump impression* "And that's all I have to say about that!"

I have also read by Pipe Dream Solomon Jones. It was good all the way throught the end. I couldn't put it down.

I don't remember the author, but Someone to Catch My Drift was great!

I have to read The Sex Chronicles and The Heat Seekers by Zane. She is an entertaining author. :D

EroticaNoir.com
 

...is her Official Website (ZANE). She hasn't updated in a while but the stories she and others have posted... wait, I promised myself I would be a good boy. And then there are the tips... wait, are there any children in the room... let me advise that this is not the kind of discussion or viewing you want to have with children in the room.

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I just read the whole thread and the book White Teeth by Zadie Smith was not mentioned by any one. Has anyone read this book. I thought the book was fabulous. It's about 3 families, (Indian, Jewish and mixed Black and White) and their interactions in a London suburb. The characters are crazy and extreme (which I loved), the story is great and the ending is great. The book also crtitiques colonialism, neocolonialism and race relations. From the people who I've talked to about the book I have come to the conclusion that you either love it or you hate it. I recommend this book to anyone though, it's an enjoyable read!

Ihave been a reading fool this summer! I've finished Married Men by Carl Webber and LOVED IT!! I also read EJD's Theivers Paradise, I liked it, not as much as Cheaters or Between Lovers, but it was good. In Milk in my Coffee, was anyone surprised that homegirl was mixed?

I purchased E. Lynn's new book yesterday and am almost finished.

Hmmm....what next?

I started reading it and stopped. I guess because there not a female a main character. I only read the first couple of pages.

Read it it is real good! Plus it gives you a perspective on how men think ;)

I was just like most people described as the typical college student who dreaded reading anything put in front of them. I think this is partially because of the fear of having to write a paper about the book lol. Since I have the summer off me and one of my friends have been reading a couple of EJD's books. So far I've read Friends and Lovers and Cheaters. I've loved both so far and want to try reading some books by other authors that have been listed so far. I'm not sure if I'm old enough for the Sex Chronicles though lol.

O... I finished A Love of my Own last night. Let's just say, I'm too happy about it. It was ok but....I'll let ya'll read it first!

I read that one too. It was so real it was like something that would happen in my neighborhood. I like those. Now I'm a big Carolyn Bessette Kennedy fan (the classy style icon wife of the late JFK,jr.) I read his book the American Son. It gives striking accounts of his days with his magazine George and it tells about his wife Carolyn and how she felt she had to compete with him by using her beauty and style. If anyone is interested in seeing her you could probably check her out at www.carolynbessettekennedy.com if that's not it just type in her name you're find her and see the style that she memited from Jackie Onassis.

I finished A Love of my Own last night it was pretty good. :D
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Brunette threesome

Maryann Reid
 

I bought her book Sex and the Single Sister. Some of the buzz around the book called it the Black answer to Candace Bushnell, SATC creator. We'll see.

I actually like what's been called "chick lit." One of my favorites in the genre is Tama Janowitz's A Certain Age.

I've currently read.....
 

Re: Maryann Reid
 

This has been a busy summer for me, but I did manage to read four books and I enjoyed them all. Two of them were part of Oprah's now defunct bookclub. My favorite bookstore offers an additional 20% off of books she selects, so I end up reading quite a few of them.

1. White Oleander by Janet Fitch - Good book until the end. It starts to drag about 3/4 through, but it redeems itself with a mediocre ending.

2. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb - Aboslutely loved this book. I don't think there's anybody out there that can't relate to the main character, Dolores. I'd recommend it.

3. Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood (author's name escapes me right now) - Decent book, but not something to run out and buy. It held my attention, but it did leave something to be desired. I heard the book was better than the movie, if that tells you anything. However, it does give you a warm and tingly feeling at times.

4. I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb - Another good book. Lots of good commentary on relationships between siblings, parents and God. It's pretty long, but worth the read.

I was comtemplating buying this book, but was hesitant. Please let us know how it is.

Re: Re: Maryann Reid
 

I really liked this book! From the beginning to the end, especially when the main character had the friendship with the black woman...interesting. However I do agree that it ended with little fanfare. I didn't think that was how it was going to turn out.

Another Oprah book (lol) that I thought was good was We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. Another one that I finished reading over the summer was Lalita Tademy's Cane River...that I definitely recommend.

See, ya'll talking about some ZANE...I have The Sex Chronicles and it is off the hook. Looking forward to reading her other two works real soon.

Since I'm an English major with a lit concentration, I'm always running across some good works. I'm sorry ya'll but I am just now getting into some Toni Morrison...I have read Sula as well as Song of Solomon as well as works by other black women such as Paule Marshall and Jamaica Kincaid.

Most of what I have to read for class is old, but good. I'm happy that I picked this major :D

The Coldest Winter Ever
 

Has anyone read The Coldest Winter EVer? From what I understand, the book has been out for a few years. I just want some input before I go and buy it.

Help me out sorors.

I loved "Sugar" and the sequel "This Bitter Earth", by Bernice McFadden. I highly recommend both.

Thanks for the input on The coldest Winter Ever. I will pick both books up this weekend.

I also read Cane River (I think there's a discussion on here about it) and I did enjoy it. It was slow at times, but overall a good read. Another Oprah book that was pretty good is While I Was Gone by Sue Miller. It's about an average, middle age woman with a lot of skeletons in her closet. I'd recommend it.

E. LYNN HARRIS DOES IT AGAIN
 

I just finished reading "A Love of my Own" By E. Lynn Harris. It is a page turner just like the rest of his books. I read this book in 1 day!!! If you're a fan of his, or want to be a fan...I suggest this book.

Historic black writer
 

This is a review of a book on Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the more celebrated African American writers in the early 1900s: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/bo...18GIDDINT.html

TTT
 

Just started Veronica Chambers' Having it All? about black women and success. I like what I've read so far, because many of the situations that she describes have happened to me.

Also, on the non-black tip, I'm reading Rick Marin's Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor. The title hooked me because "toxic bachelor" is used by Candace Bushnell of Sex and the City fame.

I'm also planning to get Acting Out by Benilde Little, and later this year, I want to get The Devil Wore Prada about binchy Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and Bushnell's book that's supposed to come out in April.

Since I have a heavy job, I like light reads.:cool:

am currently reading White Teeth.

Sounds interesting...

I'm currently reading The Color of Water by James McBride...

I'm currently reading Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins. I didn't choose it; it's for class but not a bad read.