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     Whistlingwoman Veteran Poster Username: Whistlingwoman Post Number: 73 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
What are you folks reading these days. I have a big pile that I am picking through. Any good recommendations? Life of Pi - Yann Martel (I missed this the first time out) Cinnamon Kiss - Walter Mosley (I'm not getting into this one as fast as I usually do). Baby Brother's Blues - Pearl Cleage (just cracked this one open) The Key To My Neighbors House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rawanda - Elizabeth Neuffer The Closers - Michael Connelly (furthest along with this book). What's on your nightstand? | ||
| Sisg "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Sisg Post Number: 242 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Hi Whistlingwoman, I'm reading Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler and liking it, alot. Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan - got a slow start, but i will finish this next. The Beach House by Kenny Blue - up next. | ||
| Bimsha Regular Poster Username: Bimsha Post Number: 47 Registered: 02-2004 Rating: N/A |
Well let's see - I have on que: The Untelling (Tayarie Jones) Nowhere is a Place (Bernice McFadden) 1996 (Gloria Naylor) ..Whistling Woman - I LOVED Life of PI! | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3816 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
I liked "Life of Pi", too! It was really an interesting change of pace. I faltered in my attempt to make my way to the end of the massive biography of Sam Cooke. And in my ongoing affinity for non fiction and biographies, I am currently into - I am sheepish to admit - the autobiography of 50's icon Tab Hunter. Back then, he was the Brad Pitt of his day, and to now find out that he is gay and has written a book revealing all the juicy details of the liaisans betweem him and other macho movie stars who were secretly gay is just too tantalizing to resist. | ||
| Shevi Newbie Poster Username: Shevi Post Number: 22 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
I just finished Caucasia by Danzy Senna last night, very good read. Next up is Nowhere is a Place by Bernice McFadden. | ||
| Urbanreviews Newbie Poster Username: Urbanreviews Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
I'm starting Baby Brother's Blues by Pearl Cleage today. | ||
| Emanuel "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Emanuel Post Number: 149 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A |
I'm on a non-fiction kick these days. I'm currently reading "Get on TV" by Jacquie Jordan. I've been hearing good things about "So you call yourself a man" by Carl Weber and "Changing Faces" by Kimberly Lawson Roby. I wouldn't mind checking these 2 titles out as well. | ||
| Miguel Newbie Poster Username: Miguel Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2005 Rating: N/A |
Hi Whistlingwoman, I just finished "Erasure" by Percival Everett and I really enjoyed this "coded" work. Next up is Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet B. Stowe, yet another book I've been meaning to read but never got around to. Because of the positive reviews here for Life of Pi, I'll probably move to that after UTC. | ||
| Urbanreviews Newbie Poster Username: Urbanreviews Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
So You Call Yourself A Man is really good. So is Changing Faces. | ||
| Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 1858 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A |
A biography of Frederick Douglass. I am up to when he reached age 16. This is very tough reading. I can do only a few pages and have to put it down. | ||
| Libralind2 "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Libralind2 Post Number: 319 Registered: 09-2004 Rating: N/A |
Who is that by Chris..? I finished The Hunted & The Bitten LA Banks,Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Dr Joy DeGruy Leary and Los Morenos Shelly Halima. Im now reading Third Girl From The Left Martha Southgate LiLi | ||
| Kaotic Newbie Poster Username: Kaotic Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
I have just started reading: - Blink: Malcolm Gladwell - The Color of Water: James McBride Has anyone read these yet? and if so how was it? | ||
| Kaotic Newbie Poster Username: Kaotic Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
Cynique says: the autobiography of 50's icon Tab Hunter. Back then, he was the Brad Pitt of his day, and to now find out that he is gay and has written a book revealing all the juicy details of the liaisans betweem him and other macho movie stars who were secretly gay is just too tantalizing to resist. Kaotic: that one sounds interesting - I might have to look into this one a little further | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3882 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
I'm about a quarter way through Tab Hunter's autobiography, and although it is revealing, so far it's not really that juicy. Oh well. | ||
| Kaotic Newbie Poster Username: Kaotic Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
Cynigue says: I'm about a quarter way through Tab Hunter's autobiography, and although it is revealing, so far it's not really that juicy. Oh well. Kaotics says: when you are finished give a heads up on how you liked - it might pick up - ya neva know | ||
| Urbanreviews Newbie Poster Username: Urbanreviews Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
Kaotic- The Color of Water is very good. I read it a few years ago. | ||
| Yvettep "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 870 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: |
Besides my dissertation proposal (not exactly "pleasure reading" right now LOL) I am enjoying Patricia Williams' "Open House." I keep going back to the novel of the Haitian revolution I may have mentioned here before, "All Souls Rising" but I can't seem to go through that as quickly as I usually do w/fiction. Next up is a couple of Zadie Smith books and "All ALone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated." And, thanks to you all, a buncha other titles to be added! | ||
| Yukio "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Yukio Post Number: 1192 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Kite Runner | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3897 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
I see you, Yukio. Don't be trying to hide. Where ya been, guy? | ||
| Yukio "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Yukio Post Number: 1193 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
I've been around. Just tryin to getting some reading done. | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3923 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
What is "Kite Runner" about? I think I've heard that title before. | ||
| Yukio "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Yukio Post Number: 1194 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Kite Runner is a coming of age story of an Afgan who confronts his own class, religious, and caste issues during Russian occupation. Or, as friend of mine says, an explanation of Afgans to the West, aka white people. | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3957 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Hummm. I can't say that this books sounds interesting, but what's educational isn't always interesting. | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3961 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Yooo-Hoooo, Sisgal. Your book is next on my list I'll be starting it Monday. | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3962 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Kaotic: You asked me to get back to you on that Tad Hunter autobiography. I was kinda disappointed in it. Not a lot of dirt. LOL But an interesting chronicle about Hollywood during the 1950s and early 60s. What I was surpised to learn was that Tad carried on a long term secret affair with Anthony Perkins - who played Norman Bates in "Psycho." The interesting thing about Perkins was that after about 20 years, he decided he wasn't gay and ended up getting married and having children. Too late, alas, he later died from AIDS. | ||
| Anita Regular Poster Username: Anita Post Number: 33 Registered: 02-2004 Rating: N/A |
Brass Ankle Blues-Rachel M. Harper Nowhere is a Place-Bernice McFadden Awaiting the publication of Neecy's Lullaby by Cris Burks (March) and Chasing Sophea by Gabrielle Pina (October) | ||
| Kaotic Regular Poster Username: Kaotic Post Number: 26 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
Cynique Thanks for the update.... That Tad Hunter Bio seems 50/50...I will still look into it.... What a tuff break to die from Aids after you have finally established a family....... Life's a bitch! | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 3991 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Yes, Kaotic, and just think of the legacy Tony Perkins left his children to deal with. But as long as they know he loved them, I guess that will make up for a multitude of sins. BTW, I love your screen name. It fits right in with the atmosphere. LOL | ||
| Kaotic Regular Poster Username: Kaotic Post Number: 28 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
U R absolutely right..... I hope the kids are strong enough to withstand the legacy of their father.... As for my name..... Yes....Kaotic is the story of my life and probably why I was drawn to this board! There is always something jumpin off, crazy catfights and sexual inuendo's and I am lovin every minute of it! I do get ticked off from time to time when the board strays and turns the thread into skin color issues..... but....I deal with it because overall the people here are generally intelligent individuals that's passionate with what they have to say. I love dry sarcatic humor and I can always count on someone to bring it! ...who can ask for anything more? LOL | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 4032 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Hey, SisGal! I finally finished your book. I say finally, because this was kinda a long-ass book, girlfriend, and you know ol Cynique has a short attention span. Anyhoo, it was a pretty good read. You definitely have writing skills; you're a good storyteller, your characters were believable and you have a great ear for dialogue, all of which is why I think you're more of a Danielle Steele than a Michael Criterton. Yes, your style flowed, but this is what also robbed it of the taut urgency that I look for in the "thriller" genre. But, what do I know? I'd give it 3 stars. | ||
| A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon Post Number: 1307 Registered: 05-2004 Rating: N/A |
HEY SISG! I didn't know your book was out. That's what I get for not hangin out much anymore. WHERE CAN I GET IT? I really want to read it. Can it be ordered from your website? | ||
| Sisg "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Sisg Post Number: 244 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Hey Cynique, 3 stars are better than none at all.. (smiling)...hey, the trouble with genres is most publishers and others perceive it to be...it is often hard for me to put my writing in a certain genre..i started off thinking i was writing a mystery...sooooo..ima just keep writing and yet you readers determine...thanks again for the purchase and the review...good storyteller, believeable characters and a style that flowed...all positives...i guess to write in that Thriller category..i'm gotta work on that taut urgency. Hey A_womon, where u been hiding? its available via amazon, barnes and noble.com, booksamillion.com, walmart.com....your choice girl and just like Cyn, don't forget to holla. | ||
| A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon Post Number: 1309 Registered: 05-2004 Rating: N/A |
Wonder if I could just run up to walmart tomorrow and get it? I hate to wait!! Let me know otherwise, I will go online tonight and order. Did you go through Kola's publisher? What happened to chris's book? I know I know Im LATE! fill me in, please. And I will most def let you know when I finish what I thought! IM PULLING FOR YOU!! AND IM HAPPY FOR YOU! | ||
| A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon Post Number: 1310 Registered: 05-2004 Rating: N/A |
ps where ive been is workin on revisions to my 1st novel and finishing three others, AND hooking an agent!! | ||
| Sisg "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Sisg Post Number: 245 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
AW, Yes, i published through Door of Kush and as far as i know Chris's book is still available for purchase...i recently saw it on amazon.com. I don't know if Walmart will have it on the shelf, so if you are probably better off ordering off of amazon or one of the other online bookstores. Congrats on the agent and girl i hear you about the revising and writing...i am trying to finish up another book myself...while shopping another one. I'm also busy publishing another writers book, got my own publishing company now, starting small but shooting for the stars...if you know what i mean. Like now, i should be writing, and here i am again surfing...(lol) Stay in touch! | ||
| A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon Post Number: 1311 Registered: 05-2004 Rating: N/A |
I WILL and good luck on the PC! The field is ripe for it! Thanks for the warm wishes Sisg! Take care! PS.S. what ever happened to MR. CAREY and THUMPER? | ||
| Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 4033 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Wow, SisGal! Your own publishing company? I'm impressed. That's what I call having vision. |
