Rewind/Fast Forward List
Rewind/April  2009 Reads (10 books)
35. African American Heiress by Angela DeMola
36. Hand of God by Kotanya Kimbrough
37. The Shack by William Young–5.0 (Top 10 Read)
38. Sisters and Husbands by Connie Briscoe
39. Rush Home Road by Lori Larsen
40. Ex-Terminator by Suzetta Perkins
41. Life is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper
42. Love and Other [...]

Some 2009 releases (and other books) that APOOO book club members are reading.  As you can see our list is pretty eclectic and diverse.  Come join us and discuss them.
African American Heiress by Angela DeMola-Marcano
The Bishop’s Daughter by Tiffany Warren
Breakthrough – Gwen Ifill
The Color of Lightning – Paulette Jiles
Divas of Duchess by Erica-Faye Nicole Williams
God Only [...]

Some 2009 releases that APOOO book club members are reading.  Come join us and discuss them.
Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
The After Wife by Lexi Davis
Basketball Jones- E. Lynn Harris
The Bishop’s Daughter by Tiffany Warren
The Black Girl Next Door by Jennifer Baszile
Bring on the Blessings- Beverly Jenkins
The Company We Keep [...]

Rewind/Fast Forward List
Rewind/February 2009 Reads (15 books)
9.  Sticks and Stones by Eric Pete–4.0
10. Where There’s Smoke by Terra Little–4.0/4.5
11. Not Even If You Begged by Francis Ray–3.0
12. Lovers and Liars by Denine–3.5/4.0
13. Up to No Good by Carl Weber–3.5
14. Deadly Charms by Claudia Mair–3.5
15. Triptych by Wanda Coakley-Thompson–3.0
16. The Ties That Bind by Bertice Berry–3.0
17. [...]

Rewind/Fast Forward List
Rewind/January 2009 Reads (8 books)
1.  Schae’s Story by Angelia Menchan
2.  The Chosen by Patricia Haley
3.  Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
4.  The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
5.  Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
6.  The Bishop’s Daughter by Tiffany Warren
7. What Doesn’t Kill You by DeBerry and Grant
8. In Love [...]

Rewind/Fast Forward List
December 2008 Reads (15 books)
57–Something Like Beautiful by asha bandele
58–The Some Day List by Stacy Hawkins Adams
59–The List by Sherri Lewis
60–Midnight by Sister Souljah
61–Best of Everything by Kimberla Lawson Roby
62–Red Light Green Light by Margaret Johnson Hodge
63–Too Much of a Good Thing by JJ Murray
64–Red Light Special by Risque
65–The Cradle by Patricia Somerville
66–Run [...]

 
First, There was BLACK FRIDAY
(How to Spend Money We Don’t Have 101)

Then there was CYBER MONDAY
(How to Spend More Money We Don’t Have 201)

Followed by a Very Sobering BLACK WEDNESDAY
(Now That I Don’t Have a Job, I Wonder If I Can Return Some of the Stuff I Just Bought…Sigh)

On Wednesday alone, Simon & Schuster eliminated [...]

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 Metzer–4.0/4.5
49–The Smart One and the Pretty One [...]

How’s everyone today?  Me?  I’m worn out.  Yesterday was action-packed, busy from 7am – midnight.  I’m so happy that I’m on vacation this week, as if I were not, I’m not sure I would be able to go in tomorrow.  LOL.  I’ve been up since 9am today and have done very little of much.  Oh, [...]

I enjoyed the extra hour we got last week…but nothing ever comes without a cost.  I hate Daylight Savings Time.  I would much prefer if we never changed the clocks.  Period.  I wouldn’t have to worry about springing forward or falling back.  And…therefore when the time changes there’s no losing sleep or feeling like the [...]