Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life had me at hello. I said to myself when I saw this title, shit, I am all of those things! McLarin’s Womanish is a collection of essays that read like a thrilling roller coaster ride. First, we’re up high and squealing; the next minute we’re… Read More Womanish
The follow-up to Diamonds and Pearl, The Diamond Empire, will be released in October. The Diamond Empire is full of savagery, deception, backstabbing, and yes, a bit of black magic. I enjoyed it, as this book is full of twists and turns. I thought I knew what was going to happen but was fooled in… Read More The Diamond Empire
Gideon fans, link up! I am currently reading Eric Jerome Dickey’s Finding Gideon. I am also reading a few others, including new novels by Tayari Jones and J. D. Mason. I’m reading The Mothers as well, and I hope to have a post about that soon. Anyway, what I will say about what I have read… Read More Finding Gideon
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited has lots of urban fiction/street lit books available to read, which is great if you’re like and love a good hood book and is a fast reader. However, with the many books available, it’s easy to run up on a book or two that just makes you roll your eyes and ask what the… Read More Kindle Unlimited Urban Fiction Finds Vol. 1
This book snatched my edges. I have looked myself in the mirror and have finally said it. Yes. I admit it. I hoard books. I have them everywhere. Boxes and boxes full of books. Ugh. They need to go! Well, many of them. For those of us with clutter issues and so-called collections, check out… Read More Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
Where in the world have I been, y’all? I thought I had read all of Mary B. Morrison’s books but nope! According to reviews on Goodreads and Amazon, you’ll either like or dislike this book. I liked it. Shrugs. I’m not going to go deep with this one since it’s been a long while since… Read More The Eternal Engagement
For those of us with short attention spans (and time), it’s drive-by post time! Kiki Swinson fans will enjoy this new novel. It is fast-paced, written in first person narrative, and suspenseful. And, the cover is cute. If you need a quick read, check it out. I received this book from Netgalley for my… Read More The Score (Drive-by post)
This book is everywhere I turn. It is the book club pick at both of my jobs, and I am constantly asked if I’ve ever read this book and what I think about it. So let me tell you what I think… The characters suck. I didn’t give one frack what happened to either of… Read More Gone Girl
I have read plenty of Donald Goines but none of Iceberg Slim until now. I was going to write this long, thought out review, but changed my mind. Just read the book. This story is sad, yet enthralling. It’s like watching a horror movie; it’s scary but I couldn’t stop reading. And trust, I had… Read More Black Mama Widow
Hello folks! Since I’ve read lots of books within the last few days and really don’t have the time to do extensive reviews, I thought it would be cool to do what we are doing at work: annotated reviews. We are making annotations of 150 words or less, but what I’m going to do here is a… Read More A Wanted Woman
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