Has anyone read any good books ?

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by lil_sunshine
Since the summer began (actually, about a month before), I've been reading different books. The books I've read so far are:

1. Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy (good book; he really did his research) There's an interesting anecdote about Tiger Woods which may explain why he wants to be referred to as a Cablinasian....
2. Sister, Sister by EJD (great read!!! )
3. Milk in My Coffee by EJD (good read)
4. Liar's Game by EJD (good read, but didn't like the ending)

I just bought three more books from the Black Arts Festival in ATL. They are:

1. Cheaters by EJD
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (read it already; excellent read)

Books I enjoy reading over & over are:

1. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
2. Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan
3. Mama by Terry McMillan (I LMAO each time I read it)
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
5. Sister, Sister by EJD

Those are my rays of sunshine. Until next time, people!!!

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)

[pinkey08]

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 !
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VERMONT MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

[flyygyrl1908]

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.

[AKA2D '91]

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

[flyygyrl1908]

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

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by flyygyrl1908
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

[flyygyrl1908]

Originally posted by sphinxpoet


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.

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by flyygyrl1908


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.

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by flyygyrl1908


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!

[OneOneTwo]

... 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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[RedefinedDiva]

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.

[OneOneTwo]

...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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[cleopatrajones]

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!

[SeriousAKA]

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?

[thesweetestone]

Originally posted by SeriousAKA
Ihave been a reading fool this summer! I've finished Married Men by Carl Webber and LOVED IT!!

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