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lola86
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   Posted: 23 Feb 2008 at 12:10am |
The Coldest Winter Ever
Away by Amy Bloom (It was sooo good)
The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
The Bluest Eyes
Bless me, Ultima
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
All Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde
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tatee
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 10:47am |
Originally posted by cheekyfa1The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Both by Khaled Hosseni
i just finish The kite Runner. its really good. i'm going to pick up A Thousand Splendid Suns next.
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keisa
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 6:50pm |
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Hurry Sundown Volumes 1 & 2
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KinkyCurl
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:34pm |
I love these books:
Naked : Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts.
The Color Complex : Totally dissects the origin and history aswell as the continuation of Color struck people.
The Darkest child :Still reading it, not completley about color or hate because she is dark; it is a Southern Based Pre-civil rights era setting. It a great read and I don't want to spoil it for anyone.
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Hair type: Thick; 4a
Current Hair Style:TWA
Front/Length: 1 in.
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Afrocentchic
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Posted: 07 May 2008 at 12:57pm |
Memiors of Geisha- Trust me the book is way, way WAYYYY better than the movie. I read the book before I saw the movie and felt the same way as I did after watching Waiting to Exhale vs the book: ROBBED. The plot is about more than just a love story. The scenes are so vivid...::sigh::
When the Wind Blows-James Patterson. This was an unexpectedly good read for me. I couldn't put it down.
Lake House- James Patterson (the sequal to When the Wind Blows) It's a good read, especially if you liked the first. But like most sequals to me it fell kind of short. But not horribly. I'd give it a B-
Body Farm- Patricia Cornwell If you like CSI you'll love Patricia's cornwell's books!!! Body Farm was an awesome crime scene triller. The plot twists for me were great. I've read most of her novels though and they are all worth the read.
Jubilee- Margaret Walker It's a wonderfully written pre to post civil war novel depicting the life of a house slave. I'm a total American/ Black history nerd so I loved it. It's a huge book but every page is worth turning.
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Rep your set.
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Virtopia
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Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:59pm |
I have to agree with that Naked book above . . . I've read it 3 times already.
But there are 4 books that I'd recommend ALL black women to read:
Longing To Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy (I've read it 3 times already and I will be starting it again soon)
Sometimes Rhythm, Sometimes Blue: Young African Americans on Love, Relationships, Sex and the Search for Mr. Right
Sister Gumbo: Spicy Vignettes from Black Women on Life, Sex, and Relationships
Mister Gumbo: Down and Dirty with Black Men on Life, Sex and Relationships
Other than that, I loved the whole Brown Sugar series, anything from Erica James and Lesley Lokko.
My favourite book of all time though is Someone to Catch My Drift from Jacqueline Powell . . . wonderful read.
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My Target Dress for Summer 2009 . . . The streets of Toronto better watch out.
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MrsLT1109
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Posted: 08 May 2008 at 9:59pm |
You guys have mentioned a lot of my faves.
I'll just add
Jennifer Weiner books
I LOVE Pearl Cleage, everything she writes is wonderful.
I used to love EJD, can't wait till he lets this erotica phase go.
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Groove, let the madness in the music get to you. Life aint so bad at all. If you live it off the wall
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Steph
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Posted: 11 May 2008 at 3:47pm |
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Bmore careful is a good book, i read it years ago... Its by shannon holmes(i think i spelled it right)
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Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.
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Dehinds
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Posted: 20 May 2008 at 5:31pm |
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1984 by George Orwell
Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger
A Season In Hell by Arthur Rimbaud
The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud
Howl by Allen Ginsberg
Malcolm X
Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde
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You are free and that is why you are lost.
-Franz Kafka
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shaynicb25
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Posted: 24 May 2008 at 11:39pm |
I am going to go with "The Coldest Winter Ever". I read this book and I have not stoppes since. There are so many great books out there. Another great book is "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown.
P.S. - The follow-up to "The Coldest Winter Ever" is due out end of summer ("Midnight")
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yellalady08
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Posted: 25 May 2008 at 9:33am |
I bought "THE MILLION DOLLAR DIVORCE" on yesterday evening, and I finished this morning @ 12:30. I couldn't put it down....It was a great book! Now, I gotta go get another one today!
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Ms.Tee
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Posted: 08 Jul 2008 at 11:54am |
Wow..there are a lot of good books here!! My faves include:
The Coldest Winter Ever
Afterburn - Zane
Sleeping in the Bed You Made - Virginia Deberry & Donna Grant
Sister, Sister - Omar Tyree
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Never argue with an idiot...people watching might not be able to tell the difference!
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