Rewind/Fast Forward List December 2008 Reads (15 books) 57–Something Like Beautiful by asha bandele 58–The Some Day List by Stacy Hawkins Adams 59–The List by Sherri Lewis 60–Midnight by Sister Souljah 61–Best of Everything by Kimberla Lawson Roby 62–Red Light Green Light by Margaret Johnson Hodge 63–Too Much of a Good Thing by JJ Murray [...]
Before we get too far into the New Year I though it would be a good idea to recap 2008 and talk about our reading ‘goals’ and wishes for 2009. So, please spend about five minutes with APOOO by answering the questions posted below. Please post your answers in the comment section…
A high-profile lawsuit erupts into chaos, revealing its place in a larger spree of violence in this scandalous tale of lust, lies, and vengeance.
Adrienne Baxter is a brilliant young architect on the fast track to the top of her field. When Adrienne reunites with Brian Stevens, a college sweetheart, she’s ready to begin a new chapter in her life. Brian is steady, dependable, and successful and seems to be everything Adrienne wants and needs. She convinces herself that she and Brian are meant to be together. Then Dexter Hughes walks into her life. Dexter was not supposed to happen!
Darrin Bainbridge is your typical playboy in need of love, but not yet ready. He is a freelance journalist trying to break his big story. After a visit from his mother, Darrin gets an idea. He has heard all kinds of stories about “Hollywood” ministers who hold their church services on television, live in nice houses, drive nice cars, and have lots of money and women.
After initiating a separation from her husband—whose repellently named invention, the splotch-catching hot dog diaper, has bankrupted them—Ellen Flanagan, faced with supporting two young daughters, makes the levelheaded decision to sell the family home in the suburbs of Portland, Ore., to pay off debts and keep her business (a smalltown coffee shop) afloat.
Too often, the stories of many men of color’s lives today are full of waste, violence, struggle, and self-destruction. But there are many men who grow up in challenging circumstances, with all odds against them, and still find success. God Gave Me Some Bad Advice tells of one such success story.
Honey Harlow is a daring lingerie designer who becomes intrigued when Etienne Marais better known as Mr. Luxury Goods, shows interest in her business.
Half Black and half Brazilian, Chaos life has been a whirlwind since the day her mother gave her up for foster care at the age of five. She grew up in the hard streets of the Bronx, New York, but left home at an early age to start up a new life in Philly with a pimp named Crown.
Kathleen Kent is a tenth generation descendent of Martha Carrier. She paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family’s deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.
