Archive for November, 2008

The Love Child’s Revenge by Nicole Bailey-Williams

By • Nov 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Shy and awkward, ruthlessly ridiculed by other children and carelessly treated by adults, Claudia Fryar flees her hometown of Philadelphia after her father’s death.



Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney

By • Nov 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Claudia Mair Burney is the author of Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man and Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz, both titles in the Amanda Bell Brown Mystery series. She lives in Michigan with her husband, five of their seven children, and a rabbit. Visit her blog at ragamuffindiva.blogspot.com.



Sunday Salon from APOOO, Fast Forward/Rewind November 2008

By • Nov 30th, 2008 • Category: Sunday Salon

Share with us the books you read during the month of November. 42–God Gave Me Some Bad Advice by Byron Harmon–4.0 43–Whiskey Road by Karen Siplin–3.0 44–Rhythms of Grace by Marilyn Griffin–3.0 45–Ms. Etta’s Fast House by Victor McGlothin–3.5 46–The Naked Truth by Marvelyn Brown–4.0/4.5 47–Sinful Too by Victor McGlothin–4.0 48–Book of Lies by Brad [...]



Original Sin by Bridget Midway

By • Nov 30th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

The exciting sci-fi saga is now bound in one thrilling volume, featuring expanded versions of reader favorites! Adam and E-V-E: E-V-E, or Emergency Violator Equalizer, is an enhanced woman with a computer chip in her head that makes her the ultimate fighting machine. When faced with a Cerillion robot, she’s more than annoyed to have to fight along side an unenhanced human…especially one who brings out her human side.



The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive by Marvelyn Brown

By • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

At nineteen years of age, Marvelyn Brown was lying in a stark white hospital bed at Tennessee Christian Medical Center, feeling hopeless. A former top track and basketball athlete, she was in the best shape of her life, but she was battling a sudden illness in the intensive care unit. Doctors had no idea what was going on. It never occurred to Brown that she might be HIV positive.



Talk to Me by Pat Simmons

By • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

  Author Pat Simmons has written a beautiful Christian Fiction story that takes us into the life of the deaf, a place that is not easily understood by those who have been blessed to hear. As a teen, a terrible accident robbed Noel Richardson of his hearing and changed his life and the lives of [...]



Indentured Scholars by W. Ivan Wright

By • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Indentured Scholars, is a suspense/thriller that creatively explores the ongoing social dilemma of urban education. A long-secreted academic academy has been discovered by Synthia Godbold, an ambitious, yet hesitant, anchorwoman. The problem with this highly successful preparatory academy is that, for almost ten years, it requires total separation between child and his or her family. Disadvantaged children are propelled into intellectual leadership and financial success, but the social “trade-off” remains highly controversial.



Thank God for a Book Giveway, Black Friday Special (Day 10)

By • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Thank God for a Book Giveaway

In honor of Black Friday, APOOO is giving away not one but two books today. DRUMROLL please…the books are: Midnight by Sister Souljah and Sin No More by Kimberla Lawson Roby.



Friday Fill-Ins, November 28, 2008

By • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Free Flow Friday, Friday Fill-Ins

And…here we go! 1. My stomach _____________. is full; I just ate lunch.  Yum yum. 2. _________ is what I ate the most of on Thursday. Dressing…yum, yum…I said that before…right…lol. 3. The yard __________. is well maintained because of my hubby. 4. _____________ is where I’d rather be at any given time.  On a [...]



Tattoo You by Djuanna Brockington

By • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Musings of a Mid-Life Diva

A few weeks later, The Man comes over with all this information on a local tattoo shop. We take a little field trip to check the joint out, and speak with the tattoo artists, and then set a date.