Kidd is an eloquent writer. I enjoyed each character’s uniqueness and appreciated the care taken to develop them that well. I loved the connectedness of the story and semi-flashbacks strategically placed reminding the reader of small, but important details.

DISCUSSION QUESTION
SHOULD APOOO REVIEWER FIGHT BACK?
Assume you are a reviewer.  You recently reviewed a book for one of your favorite authors and while it was a good read, it was not an exceptional read and your amazon rating was a 3.  The author calls out your review in one of her newsletters.  Specifically, she asks [...]

 
James McBride’s Song Yet Sung is a great addition to the genre of African American literature. McBride weaves a complex story that begins with runaway slave, Liz Spocott. Liz is near death when she is captured by a slave trader. She finds herself imprisoned with a small group of slaves. In this group is a [...]

“All In the Family”
 
In Daughter Denied, Alretha Thomas’ first novel, readers are drawn into the world of the Rivers family.  The story, told through the eyes of a young African-American girl, Tina Ann Rivers, is an emotional story of a family living in poverty.  The plot has several scenarios that offer causes, effects and solutions [...]

Words of Inspiration: A Collection of Poems by Robert Sells

 
The best way to find your true soul mate is with the help of God. A relationship bond through God before the actual wedding ceremony is a bond to last forever through all of time. Words of Inspiration: A Collection of Poems for the One You [...]

Currently, we are buzzing about the May 2008 BOM, Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice.
Here’s what book club member, Dera Williams, had to say about this book.
Carleen Brice, an author of such nonfiction titles as Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number makes her fiction debut with Orange Mint and Honey. Shay Dixon is a [...]