Book Buzz Tag: African American Literature

By APOOO • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Book Buzz Tag • Email This Post Email This Post • Print This Post Print This Post

Okay, I saw book lovers around the blogosphere during this tag/meme and it looks like fun, so I decided to borrow it and join in the fun–APOOO/African-American style. :)

Here’s the idea (you can copy this paragraph to use in your post):

I am going to list three categories of books. 5 MUST Read Books, 5 Books on Your Nightstand, and 5 Look For These Soon. Keeping with the theme, I am going to tag at least 5 bloggers. They should put these same lists on their blog but SUBTRACT one book from each list and ADD one of their own. Then they should tag at least 5 more bloggers. It will be fun to see how the lists change as it goes around the blogosphere. Please come back to this post and leave a comment so I can see how the lists are changing as they go around the blogosphere. Since this is Book Buzz…please keep your lists to titles released in 2007-2009.

5 MUST Read Books:
Them by Nathan McCall
Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
Yellow Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon

5 Books on the Nightstand:
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking my Father Home Lise Funderburg
From Harvey River by Lorna Goodison
Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke
Trading Dreams at Midnight by Dianne McKinney Whetstone

5 Look For These Soon:
House at Sugar Beach by Helen Cooper
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
Midnight: A Gangster Love Story by Sister Souljah
Red Light, Green Light by Margaret Johnson-Hodge
Red Light Special by Risque

The bloggers I’m asking to post the lists (and make one book-for-book change to each list if they wish):
Darnetta
Jennifer
Angelia
Djuanna
Shelia Goss

Have fun ladies and don’t forget to leave a comment and let me know when your list is completed.

If you aren’t tagged but want to play, copy the how to paragraph above, make your own list of MUST Reads, Books on the Nightstand, and Look For These Soon and tag away.

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  1. GravatarJennifer C. on August 15th, 2008 at 12:58 am:

    Ok Yas I did it. I tagged:

    Dera Williams (http://www.derarwilliams.blogspot.com)
    Zetta B (http://zettabrown.blogspot.com)
    ChickLitGurrl (http://chicklitgurrl.wordpress.com)
    Discover a.Kai (http://akaisdailyjournal.blogspot.com)
    Ifemme (http://fridaynightbooks.blogspot.com)

  2. GravatarDera on August 15th, 2008 at 3:10 am:

    Jennifer tagged me.

    Dera’s last blog post..I’ve Been Tagged

  3. GravatarDarnetta on August 15th, 2008 at 6:34 am:

    My list is complete! Everybody I know has been tagged so I don’t have five…lol

    Darnetta’s last blog post..I’ve been TAGGED!!!

  4. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 9:21 am:

    Others who were tagged by Dera:
    http://www.eisaulen.com/blog/

    http://www.michellemcgriff.com/

    http://www.anjuellefloyd.com/

    http://sugahoney.blogspot.com/

  5. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am:

    Folks tagged by Darnetta:

    Terra Little
    The Moody Gemini
    Gwenyth Bolton

  6. GravatarDarnetta on August 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am:

    Hey Yas..lol

    I read CWE but I want to read it again so I’ll be in tip top shape when I get the sequel, kwim. How you gone beat me with wet noodles…lol

    Darnetta’s last blog post..I’ve been TAGGED!!!

  7. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am:

    Darnetta–hehe…okay I was thinking hold up…’how ole gurl gone be the ghetto fiction queen and she hasn’t read Sister Souljah’…hehe…I should have known there was more to the story. Hmmm and who is Moody Gemini…QQ. ;)

  8. GravatarAngelia on August 15th, 2008 at 10:41 am:

    I did my list also,

    angelia

  9. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 11:40 am:

    Angelia what’s the link for your blog?

  10. GravatarAngelia on August 15th, 2008 at 11:44 am:

    http://acvermen.blogspot.com

    angelia

  11. GravatarCarleen on August 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm:

    Yasmin, Thanks for including me in the Book Buzz Tag! What an honor!!!

    Carleen’s last blog post..Speaking of balance

  12. GravatarJennifer C. on August 15th, 2008 at 1:15 pm:

    Here’s the link to Angelia’s blog.

    http://acvermen.blogspot.com

  13. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 1:35 pm:

    Carleen–U R welcome.

    Jennifer–ignore my comment…duh I already had her blog link in the body of this post…I was having a CRS moment…hehe.

  14. GravatarGwyneth Bolton on August 15th, 2008 at 1:39 pm:

    What a fun idea, Gwyneth says before she realizes that Darnetta tagged her too… LOL.

    I loved Orange Mint and Honey . I’ll be stalking the book store for Red Light Special like a fiend looking for a hit. LOL.

    Gwyneth

  15. GravatarShelia on August 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm:

    I’m a little late, but here’s the link:
    http://sheliagoss.com/2008/08/15/book-buzz-tag-african-american-literature/

    Shelia’s last blog post..Book Buzz Tag: African American Literature

  16. GravatarShelia on August 15th, 2008 at 1:59 pm:

    Looks like Gwyneth and Angelia have been tagged twice :) Sorry ladies.

    Shelia’s last blog post..Book Buzz Tag: African American Literature

  17. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 2:06 pm:

    Gwyneth–I knew you would be tagged so I decided not to…hehe. Now where’s your list. ;)

    Shelia–I just left you a comment.

  18. GravatarShelia on August 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm:

    Yasmin, I updated–Nowhere is a Place by Bernice McFadden is my choice. After reading the book, it inspired me to stop procrastinating and trace my family history.

    Shelia’s last blog post..Book Buzz Tag: African American Literature

  19. GravatarAngelia on August 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm:

    Actually I was tagged four times and tagged some of the same people, now I am simply confused….giggling…

    angelia

  20. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm:

    Angelia…don’t be confused…it’s not that serious…just enjoy following folks and reading their list…hehe. PS–folks when you tag someone let them know…other folks before you tag someone make sure they haven’t been tagged…lol.

  21. GravatarJennifer C. on August 15th, 2008 at 2:58 pm:

    Hey Yasmin I’m telling on Darnetta. CWE was written a long time ago. I don’t consider 2007-2009 a long time ago, so she needs a new book.

    I love you Darnetta.

  22. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pm:

    Oh my gosh thanks for catching that Jennifer. I was so caught up on her listing it that I didn’t even thing of the year…hmmm Darnetta 50 more wet noodle lashes for you…lol.
    xoxo

  23. GravatarGwyneth Bolton on August 15th, 2008 at 3:23 pm:

    Yasmin ~ I’m gonna do it. But I’m on birthday celebration mode today. That means watch tv, eat birthday cake, repeat, check e-mail, eat cake… lol. I’ll post mine later… ;-)

    Gwyneth

  24. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 3:37 pm:

    Gwyneth…hehe I understand sis I understand…enjoy your special day and I’ll wait until tomorrow to hound you again…hehe.
    xoxo

  25. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm:

    5 MUST Read Books:
    Them by Nathan McCall
    Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
    Yellow Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes
    Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon

    Oops I missed a book…hmmm…how about Slow Burn by Ebony Farashuu…there I have 5 Jennifer…hehe.

  26. GravatarJennifer C. on August 15th, 2008 at 5:18 pm:

    Perfect I have Slow Burn here somewhere to read soon anyway. Now I need to bump it up because you called it a must read.

  27. GravatarAPOOO on August 15th, 2008 at 5:28 pm:

    Yes you do need to bump it up and then you can tell me if you enjoyed it as much as I did. ;)

  28. GravatarJennifer C. on August 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm:

    Ok in about two weeks I will be ready to read it.

  29. GravatarDjuanna on August 16th, 2008 at 9:49 am:

    Hola Yas! I’ve posted on the list on my blog and did indeed make one change per list. This was fun.

    Djuanna’s last blog post..I’ve Been Tagged!

  30. GravatarGwyneth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Book Buzz Tag on August 16th, 2008 at 9:13 pm:

    [...] the blogesphere on my birthday minding my own business and I come across a cool book tag over on APOOO. And I think, “Wow what a cool idea! Let me follow and see how the book list changes from [...]

  31. GravatarGwyneth Bolton on August 16th, 2008 at 9:14 pm:

    Okay, I posted mine. :-)

    Gwyneth

  32. GravatarVivrant Thang on September 6th, 2008 at 11:48 pm:

    Re: Kalisha Buckhanon’s Conception, definitely a MUST read. My review was published in the Summer 2008 Mosaic Magazine. *cheesin*

    Vivrant Thang’s last blog post..Old School Friday: Let’s Groove Tonight!

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