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Book News
from my www.cushcity.com newsletter. . .
**Cubicles by Camika Spencer ** My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle ** The Pact by Sampson Davis, et al ** In the Arms of One Who Loves Me by Jacqueline Jones Lamon ** I'm Telling by Karen E. Quinones Miller New in Paperback ** Just Say No by Omar Tyree ** The Upper Room by Mary Monroe ** Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley ** Casting the First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Mass Market Paperback) ** Church Folk by Michele Andrea Bowen ** Renee and Jay by J. J. Murray ** Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods I will have more titles to pass along later today if it stops raining when I go to the bookstore. |
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I just finished Eric Jerome Dickey's "Thieves Paradise" That was preety good. I am looking foward to Carl Weber's New book to come out. And Omar Tyree is coming out with a horror novel next month! I am currently reading Zane's Sex Chronicles! That is wild! It is not for those who are fustrated with thier love life.
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Dang!!! This book sound really good! I'm gonna buy it once I see it!
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Some books I read
While @ our National Convention, I had the pleasure and opportunity to meet the authors of and read 2 great new books.
Just Like Your Daddy by d. E. Rogers: Interesting read about how in our attempts to not be anything like our parents, we end up being just like them or very similar. I met the author and told him how I liked it. It also has an HIV and teen pregnancy story line. Staying Pure by SOROR Stephanie Perry Moore: This is the first of a series with teen spiritual fiction. I was searching for a book for one of my former students and @ convention a soror from Denver Alumnae (the president) who is also a teacher recommended this book to me. Soror Stephanie autographed it for my student but I read it first. Shhhhhh don't tell her. Anyway it deals with the struggles of a popular pretty high school girl whose mom is a SOROR:D who has decided not to have sex before marriage. That decision causes her to lose her first love. It also deals with her friendships with her 3 best friends and a new relationship on the horizon. I recommend for people who work with teens in any capacity, teens, and parents. Soror Stephanie told me that she comes and works with the Charlotte Alumnae Chapter :cool: when they have the sleepover with their debutantes. :D Last one: Granddaddy's Dirt by Brian Egeston, member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. I had the pleasure of meeting Brian in Charlotte @ their conclave with his wonderful wife, a SOROR of DST. . . I finished this book the other day and it was intense. It shows how the sins of the father or in this case grandfather can effect other generations for years and years to come until that sin is confessed and made right. It is set in the state of Georgia during the 70s and 90s. I am currently reading Now You Know Better by Tina McElroy Ansa. . . much better so far than THE HAND YOU FAN WITH from years ago. Do I sound like a book critic? :eek: |
Anyone who wants to read a mentally and spiritually challenging book about the origins of religion, read the following book:
A HISTORY OF GOD by Karen Armstrong. I can promise you it will drop your jaw at least once when you see that the religions being taught today (be it Judaism, Christianity, or Islam) aren't necessarily true to their orginal form. The beauty of the book is that it sticks to analyzing religion, and not spirituality. Because you and I all know that what you feel in your spirit and your relationship with God can not be properly articulated verbally. You HAVE to experience it. And no one could ever tell me what's real about my personal experinces with the Divine. However, this book is still a very good read....by challenging the ideas I always believed, it actually strengthened my walk with God. Holla if you'd like to know more about it ROOOOOOOO |
Just Finished " A Love of My Own",
E. Lynn Harris has done it again.....:) I had it before the official release date and I read it in one night!! |
Hey ladies !
I just finished Eric Jerome Dickey's ' Theives Paradise', it was good but it wasn't as good as his previous books. |
A Love Of My Own Review
Before I start, in case Sphinpoet comes by, I saw Omar Tyree's newest book today in a black bookstore. But I forget the title though.:(
Okay anyway on to the goods, Ijust finished reading E. Lynn's newest and would have been finished had I not acted like I was a baller this weekend. Without giving away the plot, GO READ IT!! :D Raymond is back and looking for love. Zola is doing the dang on thang with 2 men, one married but the other isn't. Zola's best friends are also looking for love in all places. . . I loved the infusion of not only 9/11 but Oscar night, Aaliyah's death, Soul Food, music, Lion King, Dreamgirls, etc. etc. |
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And the title of Omar Tyree's newest book is Leslie. I believe that it has a lot to do with murder. Hopefully it's better than Just Say NO! |
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Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: Coming to terms with America’s terror attack on Black America
08/05/2002 11:45 AM EDT By RolandS. Martin BlackAmericaWeb.com rolandm@blackamericaweb.com Tim Madigan would be the first to tell you that when it comes to issues involving race in America, he was clueless for more than half of his 44 years on this earth. A self-described white male from a “white bread, upper-Midwest, middle class working” family, Madigan says he grew up never having seen a black person until much later in life, adding that the multitude of racial issues confronting African Americans have been “completely irrelevant” through his childhood and young adulthood. “And as a result,” he said, “(I am) someone who is wholly ignorant of the history of African Americans in this country.” But all of that began to change about two years ago when an editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he is a features writer, asked Madigan to write a story on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The devastating attack on the town’s black community by a mob of whites gained national attention when the state of Oklahoma officially began to examine what took place on that deadly night where nearly 300 blacks were killed, and the famous “Black Wall Street” of Tulsa was burned down and destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "What happened in Tulsa would have done Nazi Germany proud...We’re talking about white mobs blowing the locks off the homes of old black people, and as they knelt in prayer putting guns to the back of their heads and shooting them. We’re talking about a gang of whites driving up to a house with three young children, going in and shooting them. We’re really talking about the most evil human conduct imaginable. Not in the Balkans, not in Nazi Germany, not in Somalia, but Tulsa, Oklahoma. " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was in doing the research for that story that Madigan began to learn about the atrocities committed by white Americans since the Civil War against their fellow Americans, albeit of a darker hue. That story eventually led him to delve deeper and publish a book on the subject, The Burning: Massacre, Destruction and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Yet he also said the experience, which he called a “life changing” one, led him to re-examine his own personal views of race. “I had often wondered as things would happen through the course of time such as the O.J. Simpson verdict or things where black people and white people seemed to see things so differently and that there seemed to be this huge cultural chasm between us,” he said. “Before it was more of a curiosity for me because it really didn’t seem to be terribly relevant to my life. But now I’ve learned that what happened in Tulsa was not some terrible historic accident but it was, if anything, a metaphor for what happened to blacks in this century after the Civil War ended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We are guilty of the same sort of evil against our own people as Osama bin Laden was and his band who flew those airplanes." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And I was just stunned and appalled and somewhat awestruck to learn some of these things; to learn how the Birth of a Nation motion picture gave rise to the new KKK, and how it wasn’t just a Southern phenomenon. How this movie that relied upon the most vile of racist stereotypes and celebrated the first KKK – and played in New York City for 27 weeks alone – was celebrated in Chicago and across the North, and how President Harding was a member of the KKK,; and how in the 1920s, odds are that you were a member of the Klan if you were in public office, and on and on and on; Jim Crow and lynchings reported in papers like box scores; and this sort of treatment often endorsed at the highest levels of white society. It was absolutely astounding to me.” Madigan says not only did the book allow him to question the inherent racism that seems to be at the core of America, he also had to turn the mirror on himself and ask the difficult question, “Where would I have been in Tulsa in 1921?” “Where would my grandfather have been? And I can’t say with any certainty that A, I would not have been part of the mob; B, that I would have done anything forceful to try and prevent that from turning into what it eventually resulted in. “So, I think I say in the book that I can’t look at a black person the same way again. And that is not an overstatement. And my hope is with this book that more people like me will learn a little bit about the history; a little bit about why this chasm exists; and can somehow contribute to true healing in this country. I don’t think you can heal from things that you don’t know about. I think the first step to healing is knowledge and I hope that this book contributes to this knowledge somehow.” He later said, “I have no problem admitting that I was or am a racist. I think we all are. It’s just a matter of degree. And I can say for a fact that I am less of a racist now than I was three years ago when I wrote this book because I think I understand black people much better; because I understand their history, and this is why history is so important.” At times solemn and other times angry, Madigan comes across as someone who was genuinely affected by the research and subsequent book. He speaks in a quiet yet measured voice. He doesn’t come off as an apologist for all of white America, but also one who isn’t an unabashed liberal, down with the cause of black America. But he also isn’t afraid to take on America, namely white America, for its refusal to confront the history of Tulsa and its own violent attacks on its own citizens. That is especially the case with the first year anniversary of the deadly attacks on September 11 being just a little more than four months away. Ever since last year Americans have lashed out at the attackers, asking how someone could commit such atrocities against innocent civilians. Echoing what Vernon Jordan and other African Americans have said about black Americans having to live with terrorism for years, Madigan says Tulsa should be viewed in the same way as September 11. “After September 11 and even before, we Americans tended to congratulate ourselves on civility and sophistication, but what happened in Tulsa would have done Nazi Germany proud,” Madigan said. “It would have done anything in the Balkans proud. We’re talking about white mobs blowing the locks off the homes of old black people, and as they knelt in prayer putting guns to the back of their heads and shooting them. We’re talking about a gang of whites driving up to a house three young children, going in and shooting them. We’re really talking about the most evil human conduct imaginable. Not in the Balkans, not in Nazi Germany, not in Somalia, but Tulsa, Oklahoma. “And after September 11 blacks and whites were absolutely appalled, equally, in some ways. But inevitably we tended to say as part of our own attempts to come to terms with that that we would never do something like that. But we have. We have done something like that; over and over again. Not just in Tulsa, but in cities and towns across the United States…we are guilty of the same sort of evil against our own people as Osama bin Laden was and his band who flew those airplanes. “But again, it’s hard to look at that and it’s hard to acknowledge it. It’s hard to acknowledge our own potential for evil. But again, it’s my opinion that unless you do we are much more vulnerable or likely to engage in it.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I have no problem admitting that I was or am a racist. I think we all are. It’s just a matter of degree. And I can say for a fact that I am less of a racist now than I was three years ago when I wrote this book because I think I understand black people much better; because I understand their history...” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Burning can be a tough read for anyone, especially for African Americans. Yet Madigan, in revealing and graphic detail, is able to put the reader in the houses of the individuals who were killed, as well as paint a vivid portrait of the pain and heartache Tulsa’s African Americans must have felt as they were tormented, tortured and killed. “Reading about Tulsa can be very unpleasant,” he said. “And what I tried to do is make this story, from the narrative standpoint, a page turner; make it as compelling as possible and make it as human as possible so that as odious as some of this stuff is, the reader – white or black – can keep moving forward and read the whole story. But it’s not easy and there is a tremendous amount, especially among older white people…to say that’s in the past and why bring that up now and why do we need affirmative action. There is this whole kind of maelstrom of debate and feeling that goes on in this country, part of which stems from the fact that it is an ugly history. But the benefits are that, I think true healing can occur.” Madigan admits that he doesn’t know in what form the healing can take place. It might be a study of reparations or it even could be an apology, but he says something must be done to address what he considers to be an oversight by white America. “We put the cart before the horse,” he said. “The first thing needs to be an apology. For what? For this – XYZ. And then the amends part comes. Then comes affirmative action; then comes the holidays. “It haunts me after working on this book how there is this piece missing. It’s like we’re going to try to do it, the very least we can to try to make this right without it getting too painful. So we are going to have the Voting Right Act; the Great Society; we’re going to have Martin Luther King holiday, but we’re not going to go back and look at what really happened. We’re not going to go back and look at why affirmative action is necessary. My belief, and maybe I’m wrong, but unless we do that, all this other stuff is window dressing.” Roland S. Martin is editor of BlackAmericaWeb.com and news editor of Savoy Magazine. He is author of Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/image...heburning2.jpg |
More books....
I've finally gotten a chance to buy and read "Cheaters" and I liked it a lot. I'm glad Darnell pursued what made him happy and that Stephan got the chance to try to leave his old doggish ways behind him. I've also read "Beloved" and I thought that this was also an excellent read. I did have to try to read everything twice to make sure I completely understood it. Now, I'm reading "Having Our Say" by the Delany sisters. So far, it's great. :D When I'm done, I'll let you know how it is.
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Growing Up X
I read this book (by Ilyasah Shabazz) this weekend, and I really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it.
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I finally got a chance to read "Addicted" by Zane, and was not all that impressed. Don't get me wrong, the book kept my interest, but I ranked it as an "okay" book.
I'm currently reading "God Don't Like Ugly". So far, it's good, but I'm only halfway through it. |
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"Having Our Say" by the Delany sisters, Bessie and Sadie. I have to say that I truly enjoyed it and would recommend it to everyone here. This book has a lot of wisdom that they impart and anyone can follow it.
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I am currently reading "Sex and the Single Sister" by Maryann Reid. It is pretty good! I enjoy each of the different stories of Black women and dating. I found it also realistic because some of the issues these women are going through are sometimes self inflicted and some not. I like books that paints people as flawed. Check it out!
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I have recently finished:
Cubicles-Soror Camika Spencer Thieves Paradise-Eric Jerome Dickey Leslie-Omar Tyree All 3 were great!!!!!!!!!!!!! The ongoing reading is The Sex Chronicles-Zane...I just can't read it like a regular book...it leaves nothing to the imagination....:) |
I read Connie Briscoe's book yesterday -- started at the hair salon while getting doobie #7:rolleyes: (TC that's for you:p)
It is a good book and I enjoyed it thoroughly. There was a cast of characters that lives were connected on several levels. Affluent African-Americans are the protagonists of this entertaining novel, a gossipy tell-all that goes behind the scenes of suburban life to reveal the secrets of the inhabitants of Silver Lake, an exclusive enclave of Prince George's County, a Washington, D.C., suburb. Through the eyes of five women, readers learn that even in this so-called exclusive community, residents are still fighting to be judged for who they are rather than what "class of society" they represent. Barbara, the grand dame of Silver Lake, is a recovering alcoholic married to Bradford Bently III, multimillionaire and womanizer. She's struggling to regain her self-confidence and to save her 30-year marriage. Jolene, married to hardworking Patrick, is a high-ranking civil servant blinded by revenge and greed and willing to do whatever it takes to move up the social ladder. Pearl, a divorcee, is a successful beauty-shop owner, living on the outskirts of the community. Candice is an aging white flower child, living with her second husband and two daughters and coming to grips with an old family secret that, if revealed, may tear her family apart. Lee, a runaway teenager, looking for a father who doesn't know she exists, comes to Silver Lake armed with one clue, the nickname Smokey. Though the story is a stereotypical smalltown drama, Briscoe (Sisters and Lovers) uses her skill as a talented storyteller to deliver just the right touch of intrigue. |
Zane hasa new book
and HOW COME Charlotte Public Libraries does not carry any of them. :mad:
In case you did not know, here are all of her book titles, starting with her most recent: Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II The Heat Seekers The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth Addicted |
No More Mr. Nice Guy by C. Kelly Robinson
I like this book. I think Robinson did a good job of portraying the male/female relationship from the Nice Guy's point of view. Now I am looking for a few good (I think I mean bad) men to teach ME how to be a dog. Know of any good teachers?
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I just got done reading Invisible Life and I must say that book was the Bomb! I am going to read the next book in the series! I went to Barnes and Nobles today and started to read it (I know that is ghetto) but I need to know what I might purchase!
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An e-mail from Kimberla Lawson Roby
Hello,
I am writing for two reasons. First, I want to thank each and every one of you for all the love and support you have shown me since the beginning of my writing career. There is certainly no way I could have come this far without you. Secondly, I wanted to let you know that my fifth novel, A TASTE OF REALITY, will begin shipping to bookstores December 17th and will arrive sometime between then and January 7, 2003. I will then be starting my tour somewhere around January 14. The tour schedule will be forwarded to you in late December. The story line centers on racial discrimination in the workplace with subplots exploring gender discrimination, friendship betrayal, and marital infidelity. Also, If you would like to pre-order your copy, please click on the following link for Amazon.com and do so. Amazon.com: buying info: A Taste of Reality I do hope to see all of you out on the road, and I look forward to hearing your comments regarding the book once you've had a chance to read it. Thanks again, and please stay tuned for additional promotion in the coming weeks. Love and blessings, Kimberla Lawson Roby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Summary Kimberla Lawson Roby, the #1 Blackboard Bestselling Author of CASTING THE FIRST STONE and IT'S A THIN LINE, returns with another moving and triumphant novel about a woman who against all odds, almost single-handedly 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. |
Another good book that I just skimmed through at the bookstore was Yo Yo Love by Daaimah S. Poole. She is a young writer (23), the first chapter was like something that could happen on my campus! I think I might have to buy that book also. All these good book not enough money!
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Yasava's Book List...
Books I've read recently that I enjoyed:
Child of God -- Lolita Files (actually, I like all of her books) Leslie -- Omar Tyree The Prodigal Husband -- Jacquelin Thomas Shame on it all -- Zane I Know Who Holds Tomorrow -- forgot the name, sorry! That's all I can think of now. I'm a book junkie, so I won't list everything, it'll be too much. On the non-fiction side, I'm currently reading Learning While Black by Dr. Janice Hale...so far, so good. I agree with whoever said that Addicted by Zane was okay. Usually, once I get started on a good book, I don't put it down until it's done. With Addicted, it took me a few days. Also with Theive's Paradise by EJD, that wasn't as good as the others, too. I usually coast through his books in a day. I had a little trouble getting started with this one. I was a little disappointed b/c I love his writing. :( |
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I want to read Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II by Zane, but I'm going to have to wait until it comes out in the library or I can buy it used. I also read After Hours: A Collction of Erotic Writings by Black Men Edited by Robert Flemming. There are short stories featuring Brian Egleston, Brandon Massey, Colin Channler, Kenji Jasper, Earl Sewell and many more. The collection is tight, but on a sensual level (READ: you can read some of the stories to that woman in your life fellas!) |
I have just started reading Michael Baisden's new book 'God's GIft to Women' and it is pretty good so far pick up a copy!
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I just finished reading Never Again, Once More by Mary Morrison. It was pretty good. I have reserved A Taste of Reality at my library and I'm dying to read P.G. County by Connie Briscoe and the Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter. Darn, the library reserve lines are so long, you almost have to reserve a book as soon as you hear about it, and even then you still wait forever to get it!!!! But this is what I have to do b/c I'm too broke to buy all the books that I want to read!!!
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I finished Reading YO Yo Love the other day and I can say that I was asking for more when I got to the end if this book was a series I would probably watch every day!
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I'm reading The Coldest Winter Ever right now. That book is the BOMB! OMG that book is so good. I started it yesterday and I'm about halfway thur it
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You all are so well read and I'll admit I've read almost all of the books you've already mentioned. Have a question - hope to get some help with this.
I mentor a 15 year old girl who loves to read - her foster mother doesn't monitor what she reads she is just happy that she reads (can you see where I'm going with this?)...however I have a BIG problem with some of the books that she reads - I don't want to discourage her but I'm racking my brain to get good books for her to read that are age appropriate (Lord I sound like my mama). English is her favorite subject but she feels the teacher is picking on her when she corrects her ebonic filled homework (I've seen her work - she is lucky to get the C). I was kind of a nerd in HS so the books I loved as a teen are above her head right now - I'm really looking for suggestions of books preferably from black authors that are not the "flava of the month" romance tales... She's given me a couple of the books she has read..they are good books per se...just not what I think a 15 year old should be reading. To be fair I'll admit I read some books that I probably shouldn't have at that age but there was a definite balance and (I think) there is a big difference between the romance books I read and the graphic nature of some poplular books today. Any suggestions? BTW - a couple of pages back someone wrote they did not like The Seasons of Beento Blackbird..I loved that book - most people that said they didn't like the book really didn't like the main character or the subject of polygamy - if you get past the American view of this you will definitely appreciate the way the author lyrically wrote the story. |
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Sharon Draper (BLACK Teacher in Cincinnati) * Tears of a Tiger * Forged By Fire * Romiette and Julio * Darkness Before Dawn I also recommend The Coldest Winter Ever -- I have never met anyone who HATED this book. When I think of more I will be sure to let you know. |
New Book
What is up Delta Room. I am now reading "A Man Most Worthy" by Marcus Major and I am enjoying it so far. I think that Marcus Major is a good writer and makes a lot of references to greek life in his books. Go Check out some of his works he is worth the money IMHO!
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I just finished reading "Black Coffee" by Tracy Price-Thompson and I must say that the book was great...this was Thompson's first novel and I am really impressed with her style and presentation...the dialogue was real and very believable and so were the characters...I was in the military and the book was right on point with the military aspects also...it was two thumbs up all the way around!!!
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