Archive for January, 2009

All About Love Virtual Blog Tour, February 2009

By • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: All About Love

Experience love first hand from a black perspective because there’s nothing like black love. When it’s on, it’s good, it’s real good. In February, join APOOO and find out what are the love interest of some of today’s hottest African American authors.



Book Trailer for Chante’s Song by Donneil Jackson

By • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Book Trailer

Chante Chambers is a self-proclaimed princess. She has it all: looks, a body women would pay for, a great career, all the material items a girl could want plus some…all of this maintained by her ex, Jason. Whatever mama wants, Jason makes sure mama gets.



Illusions Virtual Book Tour with Wanda B. Campbell

By • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Virtual Book Tours

We invite you to visit APOOO on February 4, 2009 to meet the author of Illusions, Wanda Campbell. Visitors can expect to delve into the story of Pastor Bryce Hightower and First Lady Denise Hightower. There story, though fictional, is sure to create a much needed discussion. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts about the book.



Friday Fill-In, January 30, 2009

By • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Free Flow Friday

And…here we go! 1. I’d really like _____ right now. to be finished with the work week 2. _____ is the word you’d most often hear me say if I stubbed my toe.  dayum, dayum, dayum 3. Possession is _____. nine tenth of the law. 4. _____ Captain Jack Sparrow.  Johnny Depp is 5. Marshmallows [...]



A Winner Predicts a Winner!

By • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Thinking Out Loud

And the Super Bowl winner is the Pittsburgh Steelers! Okay, wishful thinking, lol, but I’m hoping we clinch the championship on Sunday? What about you, who are you rooting for?



Diva Does Dessert by Djuanna Brockington

By • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Musings of a Mid-Life Diva

It’s 8:30 in the morning and I am already thinking about dessert. I’m not hungry. I had a good breakfast- bagel and OJ. I’ll have yogurt and granola for a snack, and leftovers from last night’s dinner for lunch. I’m all set.



Don’t Wave or Nod or You Might Lose Your Job

By • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Thinking Out Loud

When did it become inappropriate to display public courtesy? If someone shows a public displayof friendliness, should you just ignore them? Even if it is the President of the United States?



Raw by Shay

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Book Review

Chastity Jones is the real thing. She’s beautiful, she’s classy, and she’s got money to spend. Other people’s money. As long as there are men around, 19-year-old Chastity will be rolling in their dough. It wasn’t always like that her father was sent to prison when she was 16, and after being placed in a foster home, she was brutally raped. She runs away, and starts stripping at a men’s club.



A GIRL LIKE ME by Ni-Ni Simone

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

She’s got a voice like Keisha Cole, attitude to burn–and is the body-rockin’, Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her high school wants to be…or be with. But in real life, sixteen-year-old Elite has a crack-addicted mother, no father in sight, and is secretly raising her sister and two brothers on her own.



Out With the Old, In With the New

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Out With the Old In With the New

It’s another APOOO African-American Literature book giveaway. You can win up to seven books in this contest. Interested in more details? Click on the title bar and read further.