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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3250
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 02:28 pm: | 
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The Prince by Machiavelli
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Life of Alexander the Great by Arrian |
Emanuel
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Username: Emanuel
Post Number: 265
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 03:14 pm: |
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Currently Reading "A Sin and A Shame" by Victoria Christopher Murray. (Met her in Detroit. Great personality. See my pics on MySpace at www.myspace.com/emanuelcarpenter/.)
Up next is "First Fridays" by Cherlyn Michaels, "The Inhabited World" by David Long, and "The Power of Nice" by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2702
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 03:17 pm: |
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How To Make A Million In Second Life. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6390
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 03:42 pm: |
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"Life After Death" by Deepak Chopra. |
Bookgirl
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Username: Bookgirl
Post Number: 113
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 05:33 pm: |
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The Seduction of Mr. Bradley by Minnie E. Miller
This is her second book and she writes outside of the box. An energized senior at 70; she may well be the Dorothy West of our era.
Check her out at: www.millerscribs.com
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Enchanted
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Username: Enchanted
Post Number: 439
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 05:45 pm: |
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That sounds good Bookgirl I will have to check out Minnie because I never read her work before.
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Jmho
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Username: Jmho
Post Number: 174
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 06:15 pm: |
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Just started reading "Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories" by J. California Cooper. |
Libralind2
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Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 420
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 11:19 pm: |
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I just read a childrens book I have to write a review for called Martha Ann's Quilt For Queen Victoria by Kyra E Hicks. Very nice children's book for ages 7-9 and up. I'll post my review once I write it.
LiLi |
Babygirl
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Username: Babygirl
Post Number: 311
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 10:35 am: |
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The Other Side of War: Womens's Stories of Survival and Hope by Zainab Salbi
Cold Running Creek by Zelda Lockhart
Chasing Sophia by Gabrielle Pena |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3259
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 11:39 am: |
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There isn't a lot of recent Black lit on here--is there a reason? (For myself I am going to read Edward P. Jones All Aunt Hagar's Children in the next week or two--other than that the reason I am reading Dead White Men is because no recent Black book has tickled me fancy. |
Crystal
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Username: Crystal
Post Number: 294
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 02:20 pm: |
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Not "new" Chris but I enjoyed Tananarive Due's Joplin's Ghost and just started a book I was given: Somebody's Someone by Regina Louise. It's a black girl fighting to get out of the foster system intact story. The writing in the first few pages seem to be "real" - I'll let you know how it is.
I read a couple of the stories in All Aunt Hagar's Children but didn't really get into them so I put it down for a while.
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Urbanreviews
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Username: Urbanreviews
Post Number: 31
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 06:15 pm: |
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I'm reading What A Woman Wants by Brenda Jackson |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1527
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 02:21 pm: |
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You were right, Chris: I am very much enjoying it. |
China_b
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Username: China_b
Post Number: 13
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 02:16 am: |
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Currently on my nightstand:
"When Affirmative Action was White" by Ira Katznelson
This book details how Black Men where screwed out of receiving GI Bill privileges after WWII, and how those very benefits contributed to the wealth that many whites enjoy today.
Currently in my travel-bag:
"State of Emergency" by Right-Wing Redneck Pat Buchanan
This book details how illegal immigration is ruining our nation.
By my hot-tub:
"White Men Can't Hump VOL. II"
Which discusses stereotypes, music, uncle toms, and how to make a woman feel all warm & fuzzy inside.
(W.M.C.H. VOL. I is too deep for tub-side reading) |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 503
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 03:06 pm: |
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I'm embarrassed; I have not read a novel since my labor day vacation. Those novels were The Legend of Quito Road by Dwight Fryer which was nominated for a 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work from a Debut Author.
I also read another very decent book They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black
Lately I've been skimming non-fiction works and other books I've been sent in the mail.
China-b my wife and I have so many books on our night stand -- she just brought a book shelf for our bed room.
Cynique what do you think about Life After Death?
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6970
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 08:41 pm: |
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In answer to your question, Troy, Deepak Chopra is a very brilliant guy and he breaks down all of these quatum physic theories and merges them with the mystical aspects of the the Eastern religions, throwing a little reincarnation in the mix and makes a very plausible case for life being eternal in some form and on some level, as in water, ice, and vapor all being different forms of the same thing. Everything he has to say resonates with me. This book really has no beginning or ending so I just treat it like a bible and read chapters of it every time I feel like it. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 504
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 08:39 am: |
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Sold! Cynique, I'll pick one up today and make the time to indulge. Thanks.
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