I Wouldn't Recommend THAT Book To My Worst Enemy

[soulfulremix]

Originally posted by Eclipse

As much as it pains me to say this, I would not recommend the Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Graham.

I have to agree with you, eclipse. The story did not seem to get anywhere and I was almost finished when I put that book down.

I'm all about supporting authors that look like ME, but dang, he made it difficult. So did Omar Tyree with For The Love of Money.



soulfulremix

[kiml122]

Originally posted by Shelacious


Just goes to show ya...one (wo)man's trash is another (wo)man's treasure: I absolutely LOVEDTumbling, although it was a slow start in the beginning. Because of that book, as well as her other novels (although I didn't like them quite as much), I rank her as one of my favorite authors.

I liked her last 2 books, but Tumbling was just way to slow for me. Actually I know that I am in the minority with not likeing this book. My mom is the one that recommended the book and I usally like most books that she tells me about, but this one I'm sorry, it just didn't do it for me.

[ykimber]

Originally posted by prospectiverushee
I read so much it's hard for me to pick just one book. Here's my list so far:

Milk in My Coffee- I love me some EJD,but that's just one book I never could get into. I feel the same way about Liar's Game. Those two books just don't have the same quaility about them as his earlier books

Men Cry In The Dark by Michael Basiden- Just blah.

Ok I have to disagree with you on this one, these books were the bomb! I wanted to continue reading them even after I was done! I got so wrapped up in the characters I felt like I knew them in "Real" life!

[Afrochic]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I agree with Shelacious, Diane McKinney Wheetstone is a fantastic author but TUMBLING truly was the best. Her other books were TEMPEST RISING and BLUES DANCING. I liked the last 2 but BLUES DANCING was a wee bit different to me.

I've never read any of her books, but I remember seeing her name on this board, that's why I picked up her book today. Actually all her books were on the five dollar wall, but I picked Blues Dancing. Does she have an order to her writing like E. Lynn?

CT4, what was different about Blues Dancing to you? Was it different in a good way or bad, or was the writing just totally different from her previous works in your opinion?

[CrimsonTide4]

Well Afrochic,

Tumbling was just this great book that hooked me from jump as did Blues Dancing. Her books are almost lyrical to me. They all deal with relationships but this one deals with relationships formed out of need and not love. I highly recommend it, don't get me wrong, but well I think you just have to read all 3 of her books and see if in your mind, the books make a difference to you.

I will be interested to see how you like the book when you finish.

[Afrochic]

I'll let you know how I like it. Blues Dancing will be my next book. And since I can get the books so cheap I'll buy her others also. Right now I'm reading Child of God and it's taking me a while to read because it's a little different from the old Lolita to me.

[jetsetter1913]

Addicted by Zane came highly recommended by three people I know, but I think it is pure crap!! The writing is horrible and unrealistic. It has taken me over a month to read this book, and I am not finished. I am hoping it will get better, but I am on page 273 (there are 326 pages), and don't think it will. It reminds me of those cheesy romance novels with Fabio on the cover, but there isn't much romance...just fake sex and fake situations.

I love Bebe Moore Campbell's books.

Anyone else read Addicted?

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by jetsetter1913
Addicted by Zane came highly recommended by three people I know, but I think it is pure crap!! The writing is horrible and unrealistic. It has taken me over a month to read this book, and I am not finished. I am hoping it will get better, but I am on page 273 (there are 326 pages), and don't think it will. It reminds me of those cheesy romance novels with Fabio on the cover, but there isn't much romance...just fake sex and fake situations.

I love Bebe Moore Campbell's books.

Anyone else read Addicted?

Well Soror, we have talked about it in the other book thread but I agree with you. . . Addicted had a good premise but it drags and the ending BITES, SUCKS, BLOWS, etc. etc.

The book could have been more realistic without the following:
* husband's reason for being "methodical" about sex
* protagonist's reason for being INTO sex
* protagonist become best friends with her therapist

Keep reading and then we can talk in a more detailed fashion.

[Afrochic]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Well Afrochic,

Tumbling was just this great book that hooked me from jump as did Blues Dancing. I will be interested to see how you like the book when you finish.

I finished Blues Dancing earlier in the week and I must say it was a good read...even though Rowe got on my nerves with his obsessive parent type of relationship he had with Verdi Mae...what a name. Actually I like Blues Dancing better than Child of God which was what I was reading when I purchased Blues Dancing. Child of God has to be the book I liked the least from Lolita Files.

I finished Addicted in two days. I thought her husband had a better reason for his feelings about sex. Not that his situation wasn't unfortunate, but I was looking for something else that could have made me say "oh I see." Since I've read that some of Zane's writing can be quite unrealistic, wouldn't it have been funny if her husband and Quinton "met" at the unveiling of the mural? The mural could have been unveiled and the nacho cheese movie theatre scene was the mural to the surprise of all the onlookers.

I don't know if I've overlooked it, but for those that have read Zane's HeatSeekers, what is your take on it before I buy it, or should I check out those Sex Chronicles first?

[Gina1201]

Originally posted by Afrochic
I don't know if I've overlooked it, but for those that have read Zane's HeatSeekers, what is your take on it before I buy it, or should I check out those Sex Chronicles first?

Well, I've read The Heat Seekers, which I liked much more than Addicted, and I'm reading The Sex Chronicles now, and I'd say go with The Sex Chronicles! All I can say is that some of those stories made me go But to me, it's a good book!

Now I have to go out and buy The Sex Chronicles Part 2!

[Diva_01]

I don't care for sex chronicles. Zane is not very creative. She ends every other short story the same, we are so much in love now, we are married now, I am pregnant now,blah,blah, blah...
There are only so many ways to describe oral sex. Some of the stories are good, but most...monotonous...

[DOVE1920]

"Leslie" by Omar Tyree. It was a horrible attempt at a "ghetto" horror story.

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by DOVE1920
"Leslie" by Omar Tyree. It was a horrible attempt at a "ghetto" horror story.

That is the funny thing with Omar Tyree, he has written my all time favorite Novel - A Do Right Man and then there are books that leave me scratching my head.

Sphinxpoet

[Tru Blue Lady]

Originally posted by ykimber
I would not recommend Hot Johnny, that book did not hold my attention at all. The book started to drift off on to many different stories, it just was not structuted right.

I thought I was the only one who thought Hot Johnny was a Hot Mess !!!!!!!!!!

[ykimber]

I read Do unto Others by KRISTIN HUNTER LATTANY about a years ago and to this day I can't believe I finished that book. It just made me sick everytime I picked it up. The main character was so naive I just wanted to smack the dog mess out of her! Just a side note, if anyone want's to read this book I am selling it on half.com for $2.00 (check my sig for the link)