APOOO’s October 2008 Book List
By APOOO • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: Book Club of the Week •
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Provided below is a list of books that APOOO members plan to read during the month of October. Feel free to join us and read any of them…as someone will be available to discuss them and talk about them with you.
Bitch, Bitch Reloaded Part II, Bitch is Back Part III by Joy King
Bite the Bullet [Crimson Blood Novel #2] – L. A. Banks
Black and White – Lewis Shiner
Blood Colony- Tananarive Due; Yasmin
Casnegra – Blair Underwood Nicole, Lena
Controversy By Adrianne Byrd
Dare - Abiola Abrams Jnette
A Dead Rose By Rhonda Lawson Jennifer
Diamond Revelation – Sheila Copeland Jnette
Dirty Girls On Top – Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Don’t Ever Tell – Brandon Massey Jnette
Evening is The Whole Day – Preeta Samarasan
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steig Larsson
Going Down South by Bonnie Glover–Yasmin
“Got” and “Cake” by D–Beverly
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family – Annette Gordon-Reed 
Her Little Black Book- Brenda Jackson
Holding Pattern: Stories – Jeffrey Renard Allen
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper Ms. Mary, Lena,Dera, Yasmin, Rosa, Jnette
In the Night of the Heat- Blair Underwood, T. Due, S. Barnes Dera, Phyllis, Jnette, Beverly, Linda
The Island Of Eternal Love
Just To Good To be True By E Lynn Harris Ms. Mary
Kissed by the Devil by Dashawn Taylor
Laying Down My Burdens by Brenda L. Thomas Jennifer
Lean Mean Thirteen – Janet Evanovich Jnette
Midnight – Sister Souljah
The Millon Dollar Deception – RM Johnson
Officer Down by Mo Shines
Outside Child by Alice Childress
Palace Council – Stephen L. Carter
The Paperbag Principle
Pecking Order – Omar Tyree
Second Chance – Jane Green Jnette
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd–Priscilla, Dera, Jennifer, Yasmin
Shadows of the Blues- Whitney LeBlanc Dera
Sherri’s Song by Tonie J. Short Jennifer
Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II – Douglas A. Blackmon
Song Yet Sung by James McBride–Yasmin
Stand the Storm- Breena Clark–Yasmin
Street Judge – Judge Greg Mathis
The Story of the Cannibal Woman – Maryse Conde
Sex and the Single Braddock By Robyn Amos
The Slave Ship – Marcus Ridecke
Some Other, Some Place, J. California Cooper–Lena
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Taste by B. Sharise Moore–Jennifer
Them by Nathan McCall Nicole, Lena, Rosa
The Turnaround – George Pelecanos
Twisted -Tracy Brown Jeanette
Yellow Moon by Jewel Parker Rhodes
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DISCUSSION QUESTION
What OCTOBER 2008 books have you read and enjoyed? Share your list via the comments section.
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I’ve read and enjoyed the following books:
Yellow Moon by Jewel Parker Rhodes–4.0
Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke–3.5
Them by Nathan McCall–4.5
Looking forward to reading a few other ones on the list.
From the list written above, I’ve read the following:
Blood Colony- Tananarive Due – 5
Casnegra – Blair Underwood – 4
Don’t Ever Tell – Brandon Massey – 5
Her Little Black Book- Brenda Jackson – 5
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – 2
Sex and the Single Braddock By Robyn Amos – 4.5
Some Other, Some Place, J. California Cooper – 4
Them by Nathan McCall – 4
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Hey Shelia…what didn’t you like about the Secret Life of Bees?
Read HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK by Brenda Jackson. If you enjoy Brenda’s single titles, you’ll love this one too.
I’ve got PECKING ORDER by Omar Tyree and MILLION DOLLAR DECEPTION by RM Johnson on the TBR pile, along with a couple of romantic suspense stories and a host of Christian fiction. Will likely read both this month.
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From the list in my TBR pile:
Kissed by the Devil by Dashawn Taylor
Laying Down My Burdens by Brenda L. Thomas
Officer Down by Mo Shines
Sherri’s Song by Tonie J. Short
MY OCTOBER 2008 BOOKS THAT I ENJOYED WAS THE FREEDOM WRITERS BY THE FREEDOM WRITERS WITH
ERIN GRUWELL.
DEFINATELY THE BOOK, ON THE RUN WITH LOVE BY J.M. BENJAMIN
RENE FLAGLER’S SEQUEL TO MOUNTAIN HIGH VALLEY LOW, NEW BOOK,IN HER MIND BY RENEE D. FLAGLER
WAR OF THE BLOOD IN MY VEINS BY (2008 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY AWARD WINNER)DASHAUN “JIWE”MORRIS
ON MY TO READ PILE: PECKING ORDER BY OMAR TYREE!
LOVE THY SISTER…WATCH THY BACK BY DENISE CAMPBELL
SO GOOD IT HURTS…THE PAIN, THE FIGHT, THE LOVE BY NA’KISHA CRAWFORD,M,Ed.
OFCOURSE I LOOK FORWARD TO READING “MIDNIGHT” BY SISTER SOULJAH WHEN IT COMES OUT NOVEMBER4TH
October list I’ve read -
Casanegra by Blair Underwood
Five Star Church by Toler & Nelson
Tempest Rising by Diane McKinney Whetstone
Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice
Up Pops the Devil by Angela Benson
Daddy’s House by Azarel
Upcoming reads -
Rhythms of Grace by marilyn Griffith
Up At College by Andrea Smith
The Tribe by Gregory Townes
Missy share your thoughts regarding Up Pops the Devil…I just finished reading that one this weekend…and how did you get Up at College by Andread Smith…is that a review book…I loved The Tribe by Gregory Townes.
I’ve read:
Casanegra by Blair Underwood
The House at Sugar Beach
Sometime, Some Other Place by J. California Cooper
Them by Nathan McCall
The Secret Life of Bees- Sue Monk Kidd
Blood Colony- Tananarive Due
In the Night of the Heat- Blair Underwood, et al
Shadows of the Blues- Whitney LeBlanc- almost finished
Don’t Ever Tell- Brian Massey- in the next week
Stand the Storm- Breena Clarke- in the next week
Stand the Storm- Breena Clarke
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Dera -
Are you re-reading the Secret Lives of Bees? For some reason I thought we all read it in APOOO or RAW in 2002 or something like that???? I loved that story and cannot wait to see the DVD. I see you have the 2nd installment of the Tennyson Hardwick stories listed. Did you read Casanegra?
Hey Yas??
Hey Missy…whassup….whatchu reading…anything good?
I just finished Song Yet Sung by James McBride…if you like historical fiction I highly recommend it.
Just relaxing after church and thought I would log on to complete my review of Wicked Ways by Donna Hill. I’m reading Five Star Church by Toler & Nelson and London Reign by AC Britt.
I’m reading ministry discussion book and book club read. I don’t think I would like historical fiction but then again I’m not sure what it is….lol
Hey Missy historical fiction books usually disperse a time frame/period in history within a novel…Song Yet Sung is about slavery and set against the Maryland Eastern Shores.
I did read
Second Chance by Jane Green
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Thanks Jnette.
I always make a monthly list fully intending to stick to it but life gets in the way. LOL, I read eight books in October which isn’t too bad. I needooks. to amp it up to reach my goal of over 100 books by the end of the year.
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