Meet Prominent Women of Color Book Club, September 23rd

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PROMINENT WOMEN OF COLOR BOOK CLUB*

TAKES FIVE WITH APOOO
Location:  Georgia
When Founded:  June 1999
Number of Members: 15 

FIVE genres that your book club reads regularly.
Romance, Mystery, Christian Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Self Help. 

FIVE authors whose books your book club enjoys reading together.
AlTonya Washington
Victoria Christopher Murray
Brenda Jackson
Gloria Mallette
Walter Mosley

List the FOUR BEST books that your book club has read this year.
Girl Naw! by Lacricia A Peters
Secrets of A Sinner by Yolanda T. Sanders
Consequence by AlTonya Washington
A Lover’s Worth by AlTonya Washington

List THREE books—the last book your club read, the current book your club is reading, the book your club plans to read next.
July: Secrets of A Sinner by Yolonda Tonette Sanders
August: A Lover’s Regret and A Lover’s Worth by AlTonya Washington
September:  Saving Our Last Nerve (The Black Woman’s Path To Mental Health) by Marilyn Martin
Crabs In A Barrel by Byron Harmon

TWO tips for a successful book club meeting.
1. Begin each meeting with a prayer.  
2.  End each meeting with a hug and by saying I love you.

If your group could have dinner with ONE author, who would be your group’s choice and why?
Any author with whom we could let go and have fun. 

GOTTA RUN…BUT BEFORE WE DEPART:  
What makes your book club unique and different from any other book club? 
In addition to book discussions, we worship, travel and attend literary events together.  We have members whose mothers have been called to glory, but we have the luxury of sharing the mothers of our other members.  Each of us has a special gift which we share with each other. 

Is your group currently accepting membership? No   

How can one reach your group on the Web?  We do not have a web site. However, we do review books and author’s who are interested in having their books read/reviewed, can reach us at: Bonita at tds dot net;   place Review Requested in the subject line.

APOOO welcomes the members of  Prominent Women of Color Book Club and we thank them for taking time out of their busy schedules to chat with us and  special thanks to Toni Bonita for coordinating interview.

*Photo:
Front Row: Tracy, Ms G,
Second Row: Nellie, Toine F, Toni Bonita
Third Row: Gwen, Linda, Lynn
Top Row: Thomasina, B. J. Marcia, Vanessa
Not Pictured: Cynthia, Tasha, Audrey

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9 Responses »

  1. GravatarDera on September 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 am:

    Hey Toni Bonita, so good to see your book club. I’m sure I have met some of you at Slam Jam. It has been so enlightening this month to see do many black book clubs advancing literature in general, and upholding black literature in particular. Keep up the good work!

    Dera’s last blog post..I’ve Been Called Out

  2. GravatarNardsbaby on September 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 am:

    Hello Prominent Women Of Color,

    ;) I don’t know if it’s the hugs, prayers or the sharing that I love the most about PWOC! Not to mention you’ll have been together ten years. That is wonderful. I am so happy to see you’ll featured here. Being able to meet and read about other book clubs and share in their experiences, especially one as rich as yours, is such a great idea.

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!
    Crystal
    OOSA Online Book Club

    Nardsbaby’s last blog post..Nardsbaby gave 5 stars to: Nan

  3. GravatarAngelia on September 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 am:

    I love your two tips, prayer and hugs, works for me!

    Blessings,
    angelia

  4. GravatarBeverly on September 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 am:

    Congrats to your bookclub.

    I think the prayer and the hugs is a wonderful idea!

    Keep reading

  5. Gravatar'Cilla on September 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am:

    Sending Praises to such a wonderful group :-)
    I love the idea of starting each meetign with prayer. congratulations on being featured in APOOO !!!

  6. GravatarTangerine on September 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am:

    Hey Prominent Women of Color,

    Such a wonderful name, its nice to meet you ladies….congrats on your feature today. Pray is a beautiful thing, stay blessed.

    Tangerine
    Reader’s Paradise Book Club

  7. GravatarLashonda Silver on September 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm:

    Hello ladies. Congrats on having such a lasting, close knit club.

  8. GravatarJeanette on September 23rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm:

    Hi Ladies,
    I think it’s a wonderful way to start and end a bookclub meeting.I must pass this tidbit of informaiton along to my group.

    Jeanette
    Motown Review Bookclub

  9. GravatarOOSA Online Book Club on October 1st, 2008 at 9:11 am:

    Thank you, thank you, thank you to Prominent Women of Color for opening up the cyber doors and giving us a glimpse into your book world. Book clubs make the world go ‘round. Congratulations on the success of your book club.

    OOSA Online Book Club´s last blog post..OOSA Online Book Club gave 4 stars to: Preacherman Blues

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