HEAD OF THE CLASS…AND THE WINNER IS…
By APOOO • Oct 18th, 2008 • Category: APOOO Features, Head of the Class •
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Thanks to everyone who participated in APOOOs HEAD OF THE CLASS feature during the month of September. The participation and conversation was lively and contagious…and it was fun to watch the book clubs get excited and draw others in. Wish APOOO could do a HEAD OF THE CLASS spotlight/feature every month…but hmmm it would probably be difficult to come up with so many prizes! Speaking of prizes…WE HAVE WINNERS.
Due to the generosity of Hatchette Books, we were fortunate to have enough books to award to not one but TWO book clubs! These two book clubs were both deserving as both of them rounded up their troops and got them to come out and support them. And many of their members cheered on and promoted other book clubs as well. I hope to meet both of these groups one day as they both appear to exemplify what book clubs should be about–love of reading, love of fellowship, friendship, warm spirit, compassion and exuding positiveness!
WINNING BOOK CLUBS…
GRAND PRIZE–Positive Minds Book Club, Macon, GA
FIRST PLACE–OOSA, Online
Books available to book club winners include Sinful Too by Victor McGlothin (HOT OFF THE PRESS) and Things We Do for Love by Xavier McKnight. Grand Prize winner gets first choice of title.
WINNER WHO PARTICIPATED EVERY DAY
This one was a close call…but in the end…Nardsbaby aka Crystal pulled away from the pack and won. She’s the winner of a $30 gift certificate to amazon.com. Congrats Crystal and please email me for more details.
WINNING PARTICIPANTS/DAY-BY-DAY
DAY 1–Tangela/Home Wrecker by Dwayne Joseph
DAY 2–Missy/Darkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia Walker
DAY 3–Dera/Slow Burn by Ebony Farashuu
DAY 4–Mary/Living, Breathing Lies by Gloria Mallette
DAY 5–Debra
DAY 6–Patricia Crowe/January Girl by Goldie Taylor
DAY 7–Nardsbaby
DAY 8–Kenae/Unexpected Interruptions by Trice Hickman
DAY 9–Marie
DAY 10–Kdgrogan
DAY 11–Williams
DAY 12–Dorothy/Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray
DAY 13–Alisha
DAY 14–Tasha/The Air Between Us by Deborah Johnson
DAY 15–Beverly
DAY 16–Latrice
DAY 17–Angelia
DAY 18–Ms. Toni/One Life, One Night by Jerald Howard
DAY 19–Zephanie/Keeping Misery Company by Michelle Larks
DAY 20–Priscilla
Day 21–LaShonda/Keeping the Faith by Faith Evans
I apologize but life got in the way and I’m behind on mailing out book prizes. However, I plan to mail all books by the end of next week. If you have not claimed your prize, please email me for details. All prizes must be claimed by October 31st; any prizes not claimed by that day will be raffled off in November and December. CLICK HERE for details regarding prizes and winner determination.
Thanks to everyone who visited during the month of September and left comments and CONGRATULATIONS to all of the winners. Because of your participation, September was an eventful and exciting month for APOOO.
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Congrats to all the winners! Ya’ll were a faithful crew.
That was a great month and great idea to feature book clubs. What I found out is there are many, many African American book clubs. We didn’t even scratch the surface.
Dera´s last blog post..Fall into Fiction 2008
We would like to thank APOOO! This was not just a chance to showcase book clubs, but for us to all get better acquainted. Yasmin it’s been said repeatedly, but this was definitely a very good look! We’ve enjoyed laughing, joking and getting to know a lot of people that we met as a result of ‘Head of the Class.’
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone!!!
The Ladies of OOSA
Nardsbaby´s last blog post..OOSA Online Book Club gave 4 stars to: Another Woman’s Husband
CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS! I FEEL SO PROUD FOR YOU SISTAHS FOR HOLDING IT DOWN. AS FOR YOU JASMINE, I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR PROVIDING A SITE WHERE BOOK CLUBS ARE FEATURED MONTHLY
AND BEST YET WE GET TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER!!!!!I LOVE THAT VISION THAT YOU FANTASTICALLY MADE A REALITY!!!!! PLEASE WINNERS GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!!!! REMIND FAMILY FRIENDS, TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. THIS IS A VERY,VERY,VERY SERIOUS ELECTION!!!! INORDER FOR US TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSILY WE’VE GOT TO TAKE THE PROCESS SERIOUSILY AND BE DETERMINED MORE THAN EVER TO PARTICIPATE BY VOTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS ALL THE WINNERS! I WISH YOU THE BEST!!!!!!!!
AS FOR YOU YASMIN, YOU ARE MUY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE, HARD WORK AND CONSTANT SUPPORT IN THE LITERARY COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!!!
WE LUV YA TO DEATH,GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUGAR AND SPICE VICE- PRESIDENT
SORRY EVERYONE! THE SECOND LINWE SECOND WORD SHOULD BE YASMIN, FOUNDER OF APOOO BOOK CLUB’S,
HEAD OF THE CLASS.(TYPO)
LINE 10-(MUY) SHOULD BE THE WORD “MY”
Thanks Judi Belle…your words helped to brighten my day!
xoxo
Yeah and much thanks coming from Positive Minds. It was really fun to read all the responses from everyone and to also get a inside look and communicate with other bookclubs. We really appreciate being featured and it introduced this site to a lot of other people outside of the bookclubs so now they know what most bookclubs are all about.
Congrats to all the winners. Yasmin, thanks so much for all the great work that you do. It’s a wonderful thing to spotlight African American Book Club. I would like to stay in touch with you guys. So please feel free to email me anytime. And Yasmin please stay the blessing that you are.
Greetings All
I am so impressed with the particiaption of everyone. I have allowed life to just take over, but I’m ok now. Books and reading are so important. My kids laugh because I have books in the car, in the kitchen everywhere. Now it’s not clutter, but I always have some type of literature. My books have always been my best friends, my travel companions, my escape. My favorite book is the Holy Quran.
Haved a Blessed Day
Peace
Gwen
congrats to all the winners. I just want to mention my club that is about 7 months old but have not been strong in participation yet. we are the ASOL book club which stands for A Salon Of Literature. we are reading K’wan’s book HoodRat and will follow up with the second part Still Hood.
Peace and Blessing
Danita
Hello Danita and thanks for telling us about your book club. Many blessings to your group.