Meet Sweet Soul Sisters Book Club
By APOOO • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: APOOO Features, Head of the Class •
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SWEET SOUL SISTERS BOOK CLUB
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Location: METRO DC/MD
When Founded: October 2005
Number of Members: 9
Name FIVE genres that your book club reads regularly.
Romance, Christian Fiction, Urban Fiction, Street Life
Name FIVE authors whose books your book club enjoys reading together.
Dwayne Joseph, Earl Sewell, Ann Clay, Victoria Christopher Murray, David Rivera
List the FOUR BEST books that your book club has read this year.
Passin’ by Karen Quinones Miller
Home Wrecker by Dwayne Joseph
You Gotta Sin To Get Saved by J. D. Mason
Too Little Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray
List THREE books-the last book your club read, the current book your club is reading, the book your club plans to read next.
The Pastor’s Wife by Reshonda Tate Billingsley
She Had It Coming by Mary Monroe
Unfaithful by Devon Scott
Offer TWO tips for a successful book club meeting.–In order to have a successful book club meeting it is important to start on time and have an agenda prepared in advance.
If your group could have dinner with ONE author, who would be your group’s choice and why?–We have had dinner with several authors, so I guess someone that we have not had dinner with yet, E. Lynn Harris
GOTTA RUN…BUT BEFORE WE DEPART:
What makes your book club unique and different from any other book club?
We are more than just a book club, we are a family and we treat each other with sisterly love and respect.
Is your group currently accepting membership? If so, whom should we contact? We take on membership on a case-by-case basis. We are not advertising, but if someone is interested we allow them to share with us, but it takes time to become a member. You can always reach us through Jocelyn Lawson on our MySpace page.
How can one reach your group on the Web?–Our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/sweetsoulsisters
APOOO thanks Sweet Soul Sisters Book Club for hanging out with us today and we’re looking forward to meeting them at the next National Book Club Conference (NBCC).
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
NBCC–the National Book Club Conference, held in August in Atlanta, GA, has beeen going on for several years. Six of nine members of the Sweet Soul Sisters Book Club attended this year and they had a fantastic time. Have you attended this event, if so, share your thoughts. If you have not attended, please feel free to ask any questions you might have to help you make an informed decision about whether or not you and/or your group would like to attend. NOTE: APOOO will be in the house next year and we hope to meet many of you!
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Hello Sweet Soul Sisters!!!
It is a pleasure to meet you’ll and I love that you all are reppin’ for sisterly love! I am having such a great time meeting and getting to know each and every book club. I added ‘The Pastors Wife’ to my wishlist. I enjoy ReShonda Tate Billingsley writing.
Good to meet you’ll
Nardsbaby
OOSA Online Book Club
Hi Sweet Soul Sisters Bookclub
I have heard so many things about the NBCC. I am glad to hear you all had a good time. My club nor I have attended yet, but hope to do so soon. What was the best thing about the conference for you?
Passin’ was really good: I wrote a blog about it but my son asked me to stop telling people he was passing.
Even though my daughter admits when she’s with him she passes too.
Oh Well.
I think you’ll really enjoy The Pastor’s Wife. It was very funny, even if I did want to Smack That Pastor right upside his head.
I went to the NBCC this year and I had a wonderful time. This was my first time attending and I now feel that I don’t want to miss any future NBCC conferences. I enjoyed each and every session that I attended, the food was good and the authors were so down to earth.
I am glad to hear that you had a good time. I am looking forward to trying to attend next year. I have You’ve Gotta Sin to be Saved in my TBR pile. I see it made your 4 best read books of the year. I am excited to read it.
Hello Sweet Soul Sisters Book Club,
Its a pleasure to meet you lovely ladies. I’m Tangerine from Reader’s Paradise Book Club, out of the Windy City(Chicago). Just coming by to give you ladies some love on your day.
So far on your list I’ve read “Passin” by Karen Quiones Miller and “Gotta Sin To Get Saved” by J.D. Mason I enjoyed both reads….I have “To Little To Late” by Victoria Christopher Murray in my “To Read” pile.
I never attended NBCC before, but plan on attending in the future.
Tangerine
Reader’s Paradise Book Club
Dear Sweet Soul Sistas I enjoy talking to you and listening to you about the books that you have read and I love to read. I have been around other book clubs, but you sistas really know how to capture the young people and thats so important to get young people intrested in reading so I want to say thank you.
The Re-Educator is just passing through to say what’s up to the Sweet Soul Sisters.
HMMM DaviD APOOO does great CYBER meals…hehe…and I have several avid urban fiction and erotic tale readers…so please add APOOO to your book club list for review books…and I also interview authors on my blog talk radio show…I’M booked through the end of this year…but I will start to take guests for 2009 in December.
A kinder bunch of ladies you will not meet…and they feed you!!!
I have a great time whenever I’m with them, they are definitely an author’s best friends.
ac
Hey sweet soul sisters, I have visited a few book clubs and they have all treated me well, but you guys really do pull out all the stops. Every time I see you, you always have something good to say. Each of you have positive feed back when talking about the books that I have written and I enjoy lively discussions with you. Peace
David Rivera Jr. , Author of “Harlem’s Dragon, The Street Sweeper and Playing in the Dark”
If anybody out there has a book club that cooks as well as this one does, please read my books and invite me to where you meet. I’ll travel anywhere for a good meal. LOL.
Website: davidriverajr.com
email: setodavid@aol.com
David Rivera Jr. Author of “Harlem’s Dragon, The Street Sweeper and Playing in the Dark”
The Sweet Soul Sisters are…well, they are just that—a group of wonderful sweet sisters who will FEED you some of the best homemade, melt-in-your-mouth-make-you-wanna-slap-yo-mama-daddy-and-chil’ren biscults in the world, along with collard greens, and fried chicken, BBQ ribs that melt between your fingers. Talk about family…they truly make you feel as if you are a part of their wonderful sisterhood. Keep on reading!
Jessica Tilles
Author & Publisher of Xpress Yourself Publishing
http://www.xpressyourselfpublishing.org
http://www.jessicatilles.com
The Sweet Soul Sisters’ are more than just a book club, they are more like a family. I have known Jocelyn (Jackie) Lawson for 35 years. She is the person who turned me on to reading (Jackie used to babysit me, and I was not allowed to go outside to play. I had to read a book) It was the best thing that could have happened to me. Thanks for all you do Jackie, and the Sweet Soul Sisters.
Wow! I was just reading some of the comments and it really made me feel good. As one of the founding members of the Sweet Soul Sisters I feel truly blessed to be part of such a good group of Sisters/Friends. God has truly blessed us and I know if we continue to keep him first, he will continue to bless us. We will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary next month – time has truly been flying by. Don’t forget to visit us on our myspace page, and if you are an author or a book club in our area and we haven’t contacted you–please contact us, we would love to hear from you. P.S. The Sweet Soul Sisters will be hosting the Romance Slam Jam 2011 in Baltimore in 2011 – Hope to see you there!
Sweet Soul Sisters! What’s goin on? Thanks for all the love and support. You all have to be the most sophisticated and well-organized book club I’ve ever met. Keep up the good work and be sure to keep us authors on our toes! Thanks.
I like your name Sweet Sisters of Soul. Have you met Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley? I really enjoyed meeting both of them in Oakland. I will see VCM on the 26th in the Los Angeles area. Keep up the good work.
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To the Ladies of The Sweet Soul Sisters, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! With flair and grace, class and a bit sass:) you ladies have embraced all writers (both upstarts like myself) and the established voices in the African-American literary community. It has been both my pleasure and honor to have been in your presence, not only at the Baltimore Book Festival, but as a special invited guest at your anniversary celebration. With an abundance of admiration, respect and gratitude, I salute all of you. Thank you for inviting me into the fold:)
Love,
Rodney Lofton
Author of The Day I Stopped Being Pretty: A Memoir
and the upcoming No More Tomorrows: Two Lives, Two Stories, One Love
Congratulations on being featured in APOOO …. Home Wrecker was a really great read!!!
My family!!!! Love all of you! Seems funny, but when you hosted that bookclub meeting and turned the TV on so that I could see my New York Giants play….Hold on.. I think I’m about to cry!! LOL! I was there in my jersey cheering and felt as though I were home! Family! You all are supportive, special, honest and appreciated!!
I met the Sweet Soul Sisters at our bookclub’s literary event (The Woman In Me 2002 Bookclub). I am totally blessed to have met them they are the most sweetest people to be around and I love my big sister Jackie she has been such a blessing to my life. I wish them the most high and awesome blessing from GOD. Be bless and stay sweet.
Your Sister Nalo
What can I say about the Sweet Soul Sisters except that they are some of the most genuine women that I know. I met these young ladies at a time when I was unsure about my writing and they gave me the confidence to keep going. Thank you Ladies for all of your help, support, and most importantly your love. Much success.
Lonnie
Offer TWO tips for a successful book club meeting.–In order to have a successful book club meeting it is important to start on time and have an agenda prepared in advance.
Time is of the essence but how do you get everyone to be their on time? I’ve even done incentives and that didn’t work. Help!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to Sweet Soul Sisters 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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