Archive for June, 2009

Lady Jasmine by Victoria Christopher Murray

By • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

With her own lies, she nearly destroyed her marriage to Pastor Hosea Bush. Why, Jasmine was forced to reveal every secret she’d ever kept from her husband, right down to her real age, weight, and shoe size! She thought she had told Hosea everything.



The Way We Roll by Stephanie Perry Moore

By • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Discussion Guide

The Way We Roll b y Stephanie Perry Moore Discussion Questions   1. Malloy Murray does not want to pledge a sorority.  Do you think her mother, the National President of a sorority, understands why? Why do you feel some people are against being in sororities and fraternities? 2. Malloy is mad at her mom [...]



Drama High: Keep It Movin’ by L. Devine

By • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Discussion Guide

Drama High: Keep It Movin’ #8 by L. Devine DISCUSSION QUESTIONS   1. If you were Jayd would you get close to Rahima? Why orwhy not? 2. Do you think it was fair of the school to ask Mickey to leave until after the baby’s born? Would you have done the same thing as Mickey? [...]



A Price to Pay by Angela Winters

By • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

I had not read the other books in the Chase saga, but, it did not stop me from understanding and enjoying the storyline.



How Can I Get A Young Black Male To Read? by Rambling Raven

By • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Rambling Raven

My nephew is the typical teen. He has a cell phone, a computer, the latest game system, an iPod and television with cable. So when he stated to me the other day that he was bored, all I could do was laugh.



Cinnamon Girl Blues by Wilma Brockington

By • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

In Wilma Brockington’s CINNAMON GIRL BLUES, Beverly, Sasha and Regina journey through life with trials and tribulations. But their friendship is the key to helping them make it



The Barbershop Sessions by Shawn A. Lewis

By • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Nine becomes a shell of the man he used to be after his third great love goes bad. Hopefully, The Barbershop Sessions can give him new meaning and the faith in life to be capable of loving again.



I Didn’t Work This Hard Just To Get Married by Nika C. Beamon

By • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

In I Didn’t Work This Hard Just to Get Married, through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, Nika C. Beamon explores the challenges facing single black women who defy expectations.



Bayou Blog Tour Featuring Author Patti Lacy

By • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Virtual Book Tours

Segregation and a chain link fence separated twelve-year-old Sally Flowers from her best friend, Ella Ward. Yet a brutal assault bound them together. Forever.



Brain Surgeon by Keith Black

By • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009

Welcome to tiger country: the treacherous territory where a single wrong move by a brain surgeon can devastate-or end-a patient’s life.