Read Any Good Books Lately?

[candygirl]

Souls of My Sisters
Dawn Marie Danials and Candace Sandy

When Chicken-heads Come Home to Roost
Joan Morgan

Both books are wonderful for the enlightenment(is that a word?) of black women. Especially young black women.

[SweetestDiva]

Originally posted by NYPrincess:


The Following are books that I bought but I haven't read yet. If you have any suggestions on which one I should tackle first, let me know.

Eric Jerome Dickey
Liar's Game
Friends and Lovers

Hunter Hayes
Shoe's on the otha' foot

I haven't read Liar's Game, but Friends & Lovers was the bomb.

As far as Shoe's On the Otha Foot...read it if you want to get a good hoot out of someone's poor writing skills. I mean DAYUM. This child could not develop a plot if it her life depended on it. The characters and storyline were shallow, the writing SUCKED, and there were more than a few grammatical and spelling mistakes throughout. Seriously, I don't come down this hard often, but this is SUCH a waste of money.

I don't know about the collab with EJD, Marcus Major and the rest, but I just finished Good Peoples by Marcus Major - it's his "solo" debut, so to speak. It was okay... I'll give him a little time to develop. Worth reading though.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by SweetestDiva:
As far as Shoe's On the Otha Foot...read it if you want to get a good hoot out of someone's poor writing skills. I mean DAYUM. This child could not develop a plot if it her life depended on it. The characters and storyline were shallow, the writing SUCKED, and there were more than a few grammatical and spelling mistakes throughout. Seriously, I don't come down this hard often, but this is SUCH a waste of money.

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I totally Agree. I thought DAYUM you Suuuuuuck!! What was with the bold print and all of that other Garbage. Some of these authors that are coming out seem like they just wrote just to say they wrote a book. The ending SUCKED. You mean to tell me you took me through all of that MESS just just just just (NO TYPO) to decide you could not be with him

Now I love EJD, love him love him love HIM.
My favorites in order
1. Friends and Loves
2. Cheaters
3. Sister, Sister
4. Milk in My Coffee
5. Liar's Game

#3 & #4 were tied for me but it is without a doubt that Friends and Lovers was, is, and will be my favorite. The dynamics, the writing, My favorite passage (dang it IDEAL08, I need the book to do a direct quote ) is No matter how good of friends we are, only one of us can be the pallbearer at the other's funeral. Simple truth but it smacked me in the face.

I thought Marcus Major's first effort was okay. His new book will be out this spring but his short story in Got To Be Real was really good and would make a good novel so I can find out what happened.

I am currently reading Grace F. Edwards mysteries and although I am not a mystery reader, NOW I AM

[Miss_Nik]

Originally posted by SweetestDiva:
I haven't read Liar's Game, but Friends & Lovers was the bomb.

Now, I love some Eric J., but I enjoyed Cheaters more than Liar's Game. Just starting on Milk in My Coffee. So far so good.

Miss_Nik

[NYPrincess]

You'll should read Men Cry In The Dark by Michael Baison. When I saw the movie "The Brothers", it reminded me of the book.

READ IT! It is great!

I am going to start on Friends and Lovers tonight. Thanks for the recommendation, Sweetest Diva

*Princess*

[SweetestDiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4:
I totally Agree. I thought DAYUM you Suuuuuuck!! What was with the bold print and all of that other Garbage. Some of these authors that are coming out seem like they just wrote just to say they wrote a book. The ending SUCKED. You mean to tell me you took me through all of that MESS just just just just (NO TYPO) to decide you could not be with him

I forgot about that stupid ending. Oooh, that irked me. "There is somebody out there who I know will always love me and I will probably always love him." Or something like that, but you get the gist. I'm glad you felt the same way, CT4.. I didn't want to think I was being too critical.

[SweetestDiva]

Marcus Major's 2nd novel just hit bookstores - it's called "Four Guys and Trouble". I read the back and it sounded like it might be the bomb.. but it's only in hardback so far, which is $24.95. And I'm in college. And poor. So I guess I'll have to wait, but if any of y'all get it, tell me what you think!

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[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by SweetestDiva:
Marcus Major's 2nd novel just hit bookstores - it's called "Four Guys and Trouble". I read the back and it sounded like it might be the bomb.. but it's only in hardback so far, which is $24.95. And I'm in college. And poor. So I guess I'll have to wait, but if any of y'all get it, tell me what you think!

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It's out already. COOL!! Guuuuuuurl you betta recognize and order it from the FREE BOOKSTORE -- The Library

Let me go order mine now Thanks for the Heads up Diva.

And Yes Shoe's on the OTher foot gets the THUMBS DOWN. I was looking forward to a story aboout a 21 year old virgi n talking about how hard it was to hold on to it or something.

[kiml122]

Originally posted by NYPrincess:
You'll should read Men Cry In The Dark by Michael Baison.
READ IT! It is great!
*Princess*

I thought that book was so good too!!



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Peace
KL

[CONTENTASCANBE]

I have recently read:

EJD
Sister,Sister
Friends and Lovers

Brenda Jackson
One Special Moment (BET Movie)

This is also a good book.
Caught Up In A Rapture By Sheneska Jackson

My next reading will be Fly Girl, Cheaters, Milk in my Coffee, and the new Terry McMilliam book whenever I get free time from summer school because Organic Chemistry is kicking my $$$.

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[kiml122]

I read Skin Deep by Kathleen Cross last summer. Has anyone else read this book?
If you have not read it, pick it up.

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KL

[alumNYC]

I just read All About Love by Bell Hooks.
Ms. Hooks hits on some major points that all women need to analyze and implement into their lives. I highly recommend this book..
Now I am reading The Art of War - Sun Tzu.
Written 2500 years ago, but very useful for aspiring leaders today.

[Imperial11]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SweetestDiva:

As far as Shoe's On the Otha Foot...read it if you want to get a good hoot out of someone's poor writing skills.

Girl, you ain't neva lied!!! I didn't even finish it, because I know that I'm no literary genius, but something kept telling me that "This book stinks!" so I decided to just put it down.

Also, I love EJD too, but Liar's Game could've been much better.



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Columbia College
4/12/01

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by kiml122:
I read Skin Deep by Kathleen Cross last summer. Has anyone else read this book?
If you have not read it, pick it up.

This was a top notch read.

CONTENTASCANBE If you like Caught Up in the Rapture, you will love her other 2 books: L'il Mama's Rules and Blessings.

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[1Babygirl2000]

I'm a little late with this post, but I just picked up this book. It's very interesting reading, and I definitely agree with you that it is good reading!

Originally posted by The Negotiator:
Sorors and SFs,

I am in the process of reading the book "Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class," (the title is self-explanitory therefore I won't give you a summary) and I am really enjoying it. I was wondering what good books you all have read recently and what makes them so good?

The Negotiator
Delta Sigma Theta
Mu Alpha
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