Welcome to Weekly Update #4 for the Second Quarter 2009 African American Reading Challenge! How’s the reading coming? Are you on track?

Welcome to Weekly Update #3 for the Second Quarter 2009 African American Reading Challenge! How’s the reading coming? Are you on track? Share with us the book you just read as well as the book you plan to read next.

Welcome to Weekly Update #2 for the Second Quarter 2009 African American Reading Challenge! How’s the reading coming? Are you on track? Share with us the book you just read as well as the book you plan to read next.

Each week (usually on Sunday), a new Reading Challenge blog will be posted for you to stop by and share the books you’re reading. Remember we’re all in this together so hopefully you will stop by weekly.

Hey everyone…time to wrap up the First Quarter 2009 Reading Challenge. So…how did you do? Share your thoughts…answer the questions below in the comment section.

Counting down to the Second Quarter 2009 African American Reading Challenge. Won’t you join us?

Last week, I read and FINALLY finished The Black Girl Next Door by Jennifer Baszile. It’s a coming-of-age memoir about a black girl growing up in the 70s/80s in Palos Verdes, CA, a predominantly white neighborhood.

Congratulations to Balinda the latest winner of the In With the New African-American Book Giveway. Stop by and check out what books Balinda won; and stay tuned for APOOO’s next giveaway.

Last week, I read nothing from my list…but I did read a couple of books including Finding Me by Darnella Ford. Great premis…strong beginning…saggy middle…and just so-so finish…but it’s a book that’s different enough that I recommend to others (too bad it wasn’t on my reading challenge list…lol).

If you have not won any books in this contest yet, you can select up to five books from the list below until they are all gone. Hopefully you will see something you like if so post your book request in the comment section along with your email address (ie apooo4uATyahooDOTcom).