Favorite Books Reviewed in 2008
By APOOO • Jan 11th, 2009 • Category: Weekly Recommendations •
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Provided Below is a list of books reviewed and recommended by APOOO Reviewers during 2008.
A Man of His Word by Melvin Williams (Ratasha)
Baptism by Fire by Michael Stanton (Ratasha)
The Beautiful Struggle by Coates (Priscilla)
Better Than by Leslie Esdaile (Chantay)
Bite the Bullet by LA BANKS (Chantay)
Color My Butterfly by L Y Marlow (Donnica)
Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon (Phyllis)
Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney (Donnica)
Friends ‘Til the End by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Angelia)
From Dusk to Dawn – N. Brown Davis (Priscilla)
From Harvey River by Lorna Goodison (Phyllis)
How to Kill a Guy in 10 Days – K. Perrin (Priscilla)
Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray (Donnica)
Going Down South by Bonnie Glover (Phyllis)
The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent (Angelia)
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Dera)
How to Hustle and Win by Supreme Understanding (Darnetta)
Indecent Proposal – AC Arthur (Priscilla)
It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr. (Darnetta)
Jewel – Beverly Jenkins (Priscilla)
The Law of Desire by Gwyneth Bolton (Priscilla)
The Legacies by Michelle Larks (Jennifer)
Lil Sister by Ana’Gia Wright (Chantay)
Messalina by Zetta Brown (Darnetta)
METHOD Man by Method Man (Ratasha)
Midnight by Sister Souljah (Cheryl)
Naked Love by Darnella Ford (Ratasha)
One Ain’t Enough by Mo Flames (Jennifer)
One In a Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Donnica)
Orange Mint & Honey by Carleen Brice (Dera)
Phaze Fantasies, Volume I by Alessia Brio, Bridget Midway, Leigh Ellwood, Ann Regentin (Chantay)
Rhythms of Grace by Marilynn Griffith (Jennifer)
Rivers and other blackness btwn us by D’Bi Young Anitafrika (Ratasha)
Schae’s Story: A Woman’s Transformation by Angelia Vernon Menchan (Jennifer)
Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman (Dera)
Seen it All and Done the Rest by Pearl Cleage (Angelia)
Shameless Hoodwives by Meesha Mink and Denesha Diamond (Darnetta)
Simply Wicked by Lisa G. Riley (Chantay)
Six O’Clock – Katrina Spencer (Priscilla)
A Special Summer – V. Wells (Priscilla)
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller (Dera)
Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke (Phyllis) (my favorite book cover for 2008)
Testimony by Anita Shreve (Angelia)
Thug Politics by Dutch (Darnetta)
Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray (Donnica)
Trouble in My Way – M. Stimpson (Priscilla)
Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive by Marvelyn Brown (Angelia)
We Take This Man by Candice Dow and Daaimah S Poole (Donnica; 2009 Release)
All of the books have reviews listed on the Web site. To find a review just type the book title into the search box (at the top of the page, in the right hand corner).
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Wow, this is a nice list. Alot of books I need to read. Thanks APooo for the list.
Hey Token you are welcome…with 15 reviewers…many who have different taste…I thought it would be good to try and showcase all of our taste…and the different books we enjoyed reading and reviewing last year.
This is one list I will refer to.