NEW BOOKS for the SPRING/SUMMER
 

For all my book lover friends, wanted to pass this info on to you:


Satisfy My Soul (Aug., $19.95) by Colin Channer. A charming womanizer's life
is changed when he meets Frances Carey in Jamaica. Ad/promo. 6-city author
tour.

Any Way the Wind Blows (Is Cool with Me) (July, $19.95). E. Lynn Harris
returns with a short novel featuring Basil Henderson.

Between Lovers (July, $23.95) by Eric Jerome Dickey pictures love and lust in
San Francisco. Ad/promo. Author tour.

The Wind Done Gone (June, $23) by Alice Randall views the world of Gone with
the Wind from an African-American point of view. 25,000 first printing.
Ad/promo. 8-city author tour.

Renee and Jay (July, $23) by J.J. Murray. Saucy sistah Renee finds love with
an Italian pizza maker.

Forever (Apr., $22) by Timothy B. McCann. New complications and burdens face
the protagonists of the earlier novel, Until.

It's a Thin Line (May, $22) by Kimberla Lawson Roby. After their mother's
stroke, three siblings find stability in their relationships with one
another.

I Wish I Had a Red Dress (July, $24) by Pearl Cleage brings back Joyce and
Ava, the two sisters whom readers first met in What Looks Like Crazy on an
Ordinary Day. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 7-city author tour.

Just Say No! (Aug., $24) by Omar Tyree. Two male friends grapple with sudden
superstardom and the competition that results. 125,000 first printing.
Ad/promo. 13-city author tour.

Not a Day Goes By (June, $6.99) by E. Lynn Harris.

Reprint: Casting the First Stone (July, $13) by Kimberla Lawson R! oby.

Every Bitter Thing Sweet (Aug., $14) by Roslyn Carrington. The younger
generation of characters from A Thirst for Rain seek self-knowledge and good
relationships with their parents.

Reprints: Cheaters (May, $12.95) by Eric Jerome Dickey

Show & Tell (May, $12) by Nelson George. A mysterious woman inducts a New
York TV producer into a realm of sexual adventure. Advertising. 9-city author
tour.

The Hearts of Men (May, $13.95) by Travis Hunter introduces three
African-American men at very different stages in their lives. Author tour.

Shades of Jade (June, $13.95) by Gloria Mallette. Marissa is dating four
married men, and one of their wives seems to want her dead. Author tour.

Everything to Gain (Mar., $5.99) by Marilyn Tyner. Teacher Caroline Duval had
put her breakup with Derek behind her, until a chance encounter reignited
passion.

Her 1-800 Husband (Apr., $5.99) by Shirley Hailstock. Fed up with her
meddling family, Catherine decides to find a man who will marry her, then
divorce quickly.

Know by Heart (May, $5.99) by Angela Winters. After a disastrous
relationship, reporter Jesse Grant hopes she'll find a new life in Silicon
Valley.

Through the Fire (June, $5.99) by Donna Hill. After the loss of his wife and
the discovery of his son by a former lover, Quentin Parker must find a way to
pull his life together.

Scarlet Woman (July, $5.99) by Gwynne Forster. According to her late
husband's will, a young widow must marry within a year or lose her
inheritance.

Surrender (Aug., $5.99) by Bren! da Jackson. Netherland Brooms has found the
perfect man except for one flaw--he's a U.S. marine.

Reprints: (Apr.): Commitments ($5.99) by Carmen Green; (May): One Special
Moment ($5.99) by Brenda Jackson.

Gotta Get Next to You (May, $5.99) by Lynn Emery. In this African-American
romance, intelligent, beautiful and newly divorced Andrea Noble comes to her
small Louisiana hometown to rebuild her life. 75,000 first printing.
Ad/promo.

Crazy Thing Called Love (Aug., $6.50) by Cindi Louis. Still reeling from a
vicious divorce that left her reputation in tatters, Jayde Tillman just wants
to start her life over in this African-American romance. 60,000 first
printing.

The Turning Point (Apr., $6.99) by Francis Ray. A woman finds the courage to
walk away from an abusive marriage.




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Black is a mystery, and part of my history. Black is bold and worth a hell of a lot more than gold.

Soror, thanks for the great list. I have to print this one out and take it with me to the bookstore!

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MCCOYRED

Dynamic
Salient
Temperate

Mu Psi '86
BaltCo Alumnae

Thanks for this book list and all the others that have been posted here in the past. I have purchased a few books that I've seen on this forum.

Thanks for the list Soror, my chapter has a book club and we are always looking for books to add to our list!

CrimsonTide4,

I have been a little busy and I am just getting around to reading some of the post in this forum, and I must say that this is a fantastic list of books. Thank you so much.

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Peace
KL

I wanted to bring this back to the top as well as point out some other new reads

*DARK SECRET by Elizabeth Atkins Bowman

*White Chocolate by Elizabeth Atkins Bowman

*Like Boogie on a Tuesday by Linda Dominique Grosvenor

*Yo Yo Love by Daimah Poole

*The Haunting of Hip Hop by Bertrice Berry

I have read Dark Secret, interesting and captivating read, deals with several issues include interracial relations, politics, biracial identity.

Okay, i know that I have asked this before, but could someone PLEASE post the order in which E. Lynn Harris' book were released, I think I skipped one! Also, what about Eric Jerome Dickey?

Thanks in Advance

E. Lynn's BOOKS in ORDER:
1. Invisible Life
2. Just as I am
3. And This Too Shall Pass
4. If This World WEre Mine
5. Abide with Me
6. Not a Day Goes By

ERIC JEROME DICKEY'S BOOKS
1. Sister Sister
2. Friends and Lovers
3. Milk in my Coffee
4. Cheaters
5. Liar's Game

Thank you so much for posting this list!!!


This past Friday, I decided that since my job is paying me to sit on my behind and answer phones that don't ring after a certain time, I might as well do something productive, yet discreet! I've already finished two books in two days! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

PrettyPetite

Some of these books should be on their way to a bookstore near you anytime soon.

HAPPY READING!!

Also I recently read BUTTERSCOTCH BLUES by Margaret Johnson-Hodge. It is an excellent read.

Another interesting read is NAPPILY EVER AFTER by Trisha Thomas.

[This message has been edited by CrimsonTide4 (edited April 19, 2001).]

Just wanted to bring this back to the top now that a lot of these books are either out or on their way.

Also, FYI: PAM GRIER bought the rights to the book, NOT A DAY GOES BY by E. Lynn Harris, to become a movie.

If you are an E Lynn Harris Fann, check these two books out as well!
They are available on Amazon.com for the listed prices.


Got to Be Real : Four Original Love Stories
by E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, and Colin Channer

$11.20 New (paperback)
$8.96 Starting at this price for a used
book.


"Any Way The Wind Blows" (hardcover)

$15.96

or an older book of his released in 1992

"The Mystic Spirituality of A.W. Tozer, a Twentieth-Century American Protestant"

$79.95

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I am currently reading "A Day Late And A Dollar Short, by Terry McMillian and Sorors and Sisterfriends the first couple of Chapters are Really Slow, but my friends tell me it does pick up!

I have recently finished:

This Side of Eternity, by Rosalyn McMillian, (yes Terry Sister) Excellent!

The Harris Men, by RM Johnson (Maya Angelou son)! Excellent

After I finish my current book I will be reading: Zachary's Wings!

I thought that " A Not a Day Goes By", could have been a lot better! I excepted more!

Anyone feeling me on that????




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22-IN-F99
MISS P.R.I.S.S.
OOOOOO-OOOOOOOP!!

I was a tad bit dissappointed. I was expecting more drama! It was till a good book though.

I have read all of Rosalyn's books and have yet to encouter a book called This Side of Eternity. Her most recent book came out last summer and was titled Flip Side of Sin. When was this book published?


AAAAAAH I just went to Amazon and now am on my way to order it through our library's webpage. Thank you soror for the tip on Rosalyn. I love her writing. If you have not read her other books, they are a must read:
Knowing
One Better
Blue Collar Blues
Flip Side of Sin

Also DAY LATE DOLLAR SHORT is a great read.

I am now reading IT'S A THIN LINE by Soror Kimberla Lawson Roby and it is a book that has a Soul Food/Day Late Dollar Short vibe. I love her writing so I definitely recommend.
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Omicron Theta
Wittenberg University////__\\\\
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He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Rain does not fall on one roof alone.

Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.

Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.



[This message has been edited by CrimsonTide4 (edited May 26, 2001).]

Get ready E. Lynn Harris fans, his new novel Any Way the Wind Blows will be
in stores July 10, 2001. Harris brings back a mix of characters from his
previous best sellers, focusing on John Basil Henderson, who's glad to break the hearts of bothwomen and men. When Basil finds his life swinging out of control, he wonders
whether former fiance Yancey and her bombshell mom, Ava, are after him
again.
Now, in ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, Basil, good-looking gadabout and homme
fatale is back at the top of his game (razzle dazzling both the women and
the men) and hanging out with his new friend, and rogue's rogue Bartholemew
(aka "Black Bart,")a handsome hunk of a man who stands to make Basil look
like a choir boy. All is well until Basil's picture perfect life starts
to unravel... Is someone out to get the unsinkable John Basil Henderson?

My Soul to Keep by Tannarive Due (black female horror book writer). EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!! It will have you deeply involved from front to end. It is in the horror genre but it really deals with supernatural beings. It really isn't horror even though there are some horrific parts. A definitet MUST READ!!!

I just finished "The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Amy Tan. She also wrote the Joy Luck Club. This book is so good. It's about those deep dark family secrets you don't want to tell nor forget. I advise anyone to pick it up.

Has anyone read that book called Sisterhood? If so how was it?

Kay

I don't know exactly when it was published, I was shopping at Wal-Mart and I picked it up! It was a lot better than her sisters book! I was too drawn out...I also have read all of Rosalyn's books..She is a better writer than Terry to me..

shannieglass
Junior Member posted June 07, 2001 05:57 PM
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Hey all..Just had to let you know about a book that's out...the name of the book is: The Broke Diaries, the author is Angela Nissel..and you have all GOT to get it!!
toodles!!

Eric Jerome Dickey has a new book coming out this summer titled BETWEEN LOVERS and he'll be doing his tour as well-check out his website @ www.ericjeromedickey.com for the cities.


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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
*Classy_Diva5*

I hope this one is better than Liar's Game, I was a little disappointed with that one.



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Holla - 2001
KL

BOOKS -- New Releases
 

http://www.plaudersmilies.de/party/luxhello.gifTonight I was on Amazon and saw some new books http://www.plaudersmilies.de/party/luxhello.gifso I decided to share the titles and authors:

1. The Ties that Bind by Electa Rome Parks

2. All That and a Bag of Chips by Darrien Lee

3. Hand Me Down Heartache by Tajuana "TJ" Butler

4. Taken for Granted by Earl Sewell

5. RIP. . .Til We Meet Again by Sonya Senell Wash

6. Saturday's Child by Gayle Jackson Sloan

7. Near Perfect by Sharon Mitchell

8. Tangled Web by Pamela Williams-Guinn

9. The Upper Room by Mary Monroe

10. 10 Minutes Past Too Late by Anika Malone

11. Six Days in January by Frederick Cooper

12. For Love's Sake by Michelle McGriff

Ones that I have read within the past month:

1. A Chocolate Affair by Sheila Copeland (sequel to Chocolate Star)

2. Sister Sister -- 3 novellas about sister sister relationships

3. Ever After by Edwardo Jackson (in progress, so far it is OKAY)

4. Child of God by Lolita Files (Hamlet type plot, very interesting)

5. What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell (she signed it for me last month :) and it was an EXCELLENT read)

**I forgot that I have read The Sisters of Theta Phi Kappa by Kayla Perrin while it was a good read, it could have been told without the characters being in a sorority. I think her making them sorority members was a marketing ploy to attract members of the literary population who are in a sorority.

How do you have time to read so much? I'm in a book club and I barely get through my one a month. We just read BeBe Moore Campbell's What You Owe Me and it was excellent. I want to get the TJ Butler book because her first one was good.

I just make the time
 

Sometimes I would rather read. I am a reader, a fast one at that. Plus I am single :( so a lot of times I curl up in bed with a book.

I am not an avid fan of Omar Tyree, but blackexpressions keeps sending me these books every week (which I will be sending back, after I read them :D ); anyway, his newest novel "Just Say No" is actually pretty decent, if you get the chance, read it. And let's not forgot that the 9th book of the Left Behind Series came out yesterday...

Desecration (book #9 to the Left Behind Series) is now available By Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins ~ I think those are the authors names

I called Blackexpression and asked them to put me on the Don't Reply Don't Send List! And so far if I forget I do not recevie something I did not want!

Has anyone read any books by Zane.
I keep seeing her/him (not sure gender) every where I go, and I don't know anything him/her.

Child of God
 

...is an excellent read!!!!! I just finished it.
I will be reading more of Ms. Files' work SOON!

:D

Pledge Brothers
by Walter "Big Walt" Anderson

Book Description
Inspired by actual events -- Pledge Brothers is a shocking tell-all book about friends that possess a burning desire to pledge a glorified fraternity. Willie Thompson bonds and embraces friendship with four guys (Harry, Noble, Timothy and Nick). Initially, Harry is the only one to get accepted to pledge the fraternity then he betrays his friends. The fraternity eventually opens its doors to Willie and the others due to Harry's whim, which is to make his ex-friends suffer. The Pledges survive the first night of living HELL, followed by weeks of unexplainable horror, all while encompassing a humorous aspect at times.

I read Addicted by Zane this past month for my book club. Zane is a woman. The Sigma Gamma Rho forum started a thread about it this morning I believe.

Also here is her newest book called Shame on It All:
Book Description
If you have ever observed the behavior of a close friend or family member and wanted to scream out "Shame on you!" then Shame On It All is the novel for you. Harmony, Bryce and Lucinda a.k.a. Lucky Whitfield are sisters in the truest sense of the word. They argue and they get on each other's nerves but when it comes down to the wire, they are extremely protective of one another. Shame On It All is a dramady about their adventures, their friendships, their love lives, and their outlooks on situations facing the majority of African-American women in today's society.

Jam-packed with unpredictable, unbelievable, and just downright crazy situations with a few surprising twists thrown in for good measure, Shame On It All is as wild as they come.

At a time when much of African American fiction has fallen into formulas and mediocrity, Zane has lifted the bar of literary standards again with this insightful, often hilarious work, which showcases her talent for satire, irony, penetrating analysis and downright hijinks. The sista can write! This book is a complete departure from her earlier efforts and one that should bring her the notoriety she so deserves. If you loved Addicted, then Shame On It All will give you a whole different view of this woman's immense talent.
Robert Fleming
Author of Wisdom Of The Elders and The African American Writer's Handbook

Thanks to my local library
 

These are new releases for the months of November through February.

November New Releases
1. The Harris Family by R. M. Johnson
2. Joy by Victoria Christopher Murray
3. Meeting of the Waters by Kim McLarin
4. Red on a Rose by Patricia Jones

December New Releases
1. Bittersweet by Freddie Lee Johnson III
2. Color of Justice by Gary Hardwick
3. Colored Sugar Water by Venise Berry

January New Releases
1. Black Coffee by Tracey Price-Thompson
2. The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate
3. Satisfy My Soul by Colin Channer

February New Releases
1. Hit Time by Ardella Garland (Soror Yolanda Joe's pen name)
2. Say You Need Me by Kayla Perrin
3. Shackling Water by Adam Mansbach
4. This Bitter Earth by Bernice L. McFadden
5. When Twilight Comes by Gwynne Forster

ROFL
 

This book had me on the floor! The crazy situations and even crazier sistas. There is a lot of profanity and very explicit sexual situations but I would recommend it.

If you don't know, now you know
 

I read this back in the November/December era. This is a sequel to SORORITY SISTERS but focuses less on the sorority aspect and more on finding work after graduation from college :o and family issues/secrets. Good work SF Tajuana!!:D

I just bought this one
 

Hello Sorors and Sisterfriends....

Politics intrigue me and most, if not all of the books I own are politically-oriented. There is a new book out that I would like all of you to take a look at....

It's called Stupid White Men by Michael Moore.

I don't know if you are familiar with his work but he is constantly calling our attention to corporate corruption and the stranglehold companies have on our political process.

He specifically mentions ENRON, of course. Hope you check it out.

Ced's Book
 

Today I was in Media Play for Triple Replay and wanted to buy my BOONDOCKS books but alas they were out. :( However, CEDRIC the ENTERTAINER has a book called GROWN @$$ MAN that I purchased. Don't know when I will get to read it -- certainly not tonight but oh well.

KIMBERLA LAWSON ROBY is the WOOOOOOO MAN!!

She is also a WOMAN of DEEEEEEEELTA SIIIIIIIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.

Her other books FYI --
1. Behind Closed Doors
2. Here and Now
3. Casting the First Stone
4. It's A Thin Line

FYI -- several book threads on GC in DST and I have listed a lot of books that I have read and others have done the same so if you need some reading material, we have tons for you.:D