Meet Sophisticated Souls Book Club
By APOOO • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: APOOO Features, Head of the Class •
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Sophisticated Souls Book Club
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Location: Memphis, TN
When Founded: April 2001
Number of Members: 15
Name FIVE genres that your book club reads regularly.
Romance, Erotica, Mystery, Street and Contemporary Fiction
Name FIVE authors whose books your book club enjoys reading together.
E. Lynn Harris., Zane, James Patterson, John Wooden and Kimberla Lawson Roby
List the FOUR BEST books that your book club has read this year.
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris, Killing Johnny Frye by Walter Mosley, MVP
List THREE books—the last book your club read, the current book your club is reading, the book your club plans to read next.
Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris
My Husband’s Girlfriend by Cydney Rax
Sail
Offer TWO tips to consider before starting a book club. Make sure everyone has the understanding that it is a book club and not social club…Just enjoy yourself.
If your group could have dinner with ONE author, who would be your group’s choice and why? E. Lynn Harris–We have had dinner with him before and would love the opportunity to do it again. He is such a breath of fresh air.
GOTTA RUN…BUT BEFORE WE DEPART:
What makes your book club unique and different from any other book club?
We aren’t afraid to go outside our comfort zone when it comes to reading.
Is your group currently accepting membership? If so, whom should we contact? Sherita Nunn– sophisticatedsoulsbookclub@yahoo.com
How can one reach your group on the Web?
http://sophisticatedsouls.tripod.com or www.myspace.com/sophisticatedsouls
APOOO welcomes Sophisticated Souls Book Club to the third week of the HEAD OF THE CLASS BookClub spotlight. Sophisticated Souls founder/president and APOOO’s founder have known each other for almost as long as we’ve been online. We met years ago via SisterFriends. Six degrees of separation is so apropo. 
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Let’s Talk About Books…
Are you anal about taking care of your books or do you dog-ear them, write notes in them , mark/highlight certain passages? Do you treat your books as prized possessions or treat them any ole way because after all they are books. Just how the heck do you treat your books? LEAVE a comment and be entered to win a FREE BOOK.
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Congrats on the spotlight ladies…..
Looking good ladies, Congrats.
Congratulations!!!!
Hello Sophisticated Souls. As always it’s a pleasure meeting another book club. CONGRATULATIONS on your spotlight!!!
Are you anal about taking care of your books or do you dog-ear them, write notes in them , mark/highlight certain passages? Do you treat your books as prized possessions or treat them any ole way because after all they are books. Just how the heck do you treat your books? It depends on the book. Sometimes you can’t even tell that the book has been read. Especially if it’s an autographed copy. HOWEVER, others are a little beat up. In some cases the books become a little of everything, a note pad, calculator as well as a calendar. Other times I’m simply writing the title of the review I’m going to use and paper is not available so I may put it in the cover. Another thing I do, when I buy a book for people I write their name and my name in it, I want to make sure that they don’t forget that I’m fueling their reading habits!!!
Crystal
OOSA Online Book Club
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I understand…now about using books as a note pad, calculator, calendar…gurl show some respect…hehe.
Shoot it’s hard. I have two little ones and I’m always on the go and sometimes all I have is a book!!! BUT I am getting better with it. I’ve been using receipts and napkins now.
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Hey Sistahs..you ladies look marvelous!! Happy reading
Congratulations on the spot light in APOOO
You go ladies! Everyone looks so good. Continue the sucess.
Patricia
LADIES OF COLOR TURNING PAGES
Hello Sophiscated Souls Book Club,
Nice to meet you ladies, love the picture. Continued success on your endeavors.
And to answer the discussion question. I am very anal about my books, I don’t like them to look any ole kinda of way. I prefer hardbooks but I know some books don’t come in hardbacks, when I purchase hardbacks I will take the cover off while reading so it wouldn’t get messed up. I also place my name in all my books. If I loan my books out and they come back looking rough and raggly, I will charge for a brand new book and I won’t let them borrow again. And if it happens to be an autography copy, I don’t let those them the house. All the books I accumulate I keep, I’m trying to build a library.
Tangerine
Reader’s Paradise Book Club
I want to thank everyone for the shout out!! It is truly a blessing to be in the spotlight on APOOO
apooo thanks for the spotlight. looking good ladies
well done ladies
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you go girls
Hello Ladies!!!!
Congratulations on your spotlight…You all are looking good!! especially the president!!
I AM GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS SHOUTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GLAD TO HELP SOME GOOD SISTERS OUT
Thanks everyone for the love you are showing our book club. As the vice-president, it a joy to meet with these ladies every month and discuss African American authors and the friendship that we have.
Thanks APOO for the spotlight…
Hello Sophisticated Souls
Congratulations on the Spotlight!! Keep reading!!
Hey Ladies
Congratulations on your spotlight!! It was such a pleasure meeting all of you!!
congratulations!!!!!!!!
Hey ladies glad to see you all are still at it.
I miss you all, keep up the good work.
This is the Greatest Book Club ever.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
Betty S.
I’m very happy to be a member of this book club as well as the secretary. Truly a classy, and nice group of ladies. Thanks for our spotlight and to all those who responded.
Hey ladies!! I work with Tamera, and she is always reading on her lunch break. It sounds like you all have a blast with your book club. Keep up the good work!!!
Congratulations Ladies!
Tamera and I are best friends so I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of you. Very nice group of ladies I must say! Love the picture you’ll look great!
Hey Sophiscated Souls Bookclub. Nice picture. It good to see another bookclub.
to answer the discussion question.
I am not anal about my books, unless they are one of my Brenda Jacksons, Pearl Cleage, or Beverly Jenkins books. I must admit I do dog ear my pages, though I have tons of bookmars, I just forgot to use them. Since I am usually reading while eating luch, I try not to make a mess, but have been known to spill something on them. I never write in or highlight in my books.
Our club has a book police. She will get on us when she sees us dogearing our pages or mishandling a book. She can read a paperback and never make a crease in the spine.
What I am anal about is other people borrowing my books. No matter what shape they are , it is a no-no. I let very few people borrow my books and when they do, I usually hound them until they give them back.
I am pretty anal about my books, they always look new, I will purchase a book for someone before I allow them to read a favorite and usually I give and never loan. I have a stamp with,
Library of Angelia Menchan on it…
angelia
i too am a member of the Sophisticated Ladies of Soul Book club. We are a sincere group of ladies who love to read, fellowship, and get in our community hours. Thank you all for your comments.
My big sister Sonja is in this book club. She shares her books with me after you all have read them. She is always talking about the book club meetings. If I lived in your city I would want to be a member.
Go SIS!
What’s up Sis!!!My sister Sonja is a member of this book club. When she was visiting me in DC, we had to get by the book so that she could get her book for the month of July. To bad you all are in Memphis. If you were in DC, I would definitely want to join.
CC
Hey Sophisticated Ladies and thanks for participating in APOOO’s Head of the Class spotlight. It’s been my pleasure to host you! Now, can someone tell me who everyone in the picture is…better yet…would each of you stop back and let me know which person is you. Thanks!
Make sure everyone has the understanding that it is a book club and not social club…Just enjoy yourself.
some people get lazy and forget what brought us together in the beginning. I’ve often had to have this discussion and unfortunately, it’s even resulted to a member (cousin) leaving…LOL to start her own social club.
Are you anal about taking care of your books or do you dog-ear them, write notes in them , mark/highlight certain passages? Do you treat your books as prized possessions or treat them any ole way because after all they are books. Just how the heck do you treat your books?
I am very anal about my books. I purchase all hardcover books and this can be costly so I treat them with the respect they deserve. I don’t mind lending out any of them. A requirement to borrowing any is to know up front how I feel. I have one friend that doesn’t feel the same way and she always wants to borrow my books. When I see her with them and the pages are bent that just does something to me. Makes me want to SCREAM!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to Sophisticated Souls Book Club 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.
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