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Thumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 12:32 am: | 
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Hello All,
I was just wondering, what book are you all looking forward to reading this fall/winter season? It doesn't have to be a newly published book.
You all already know that I'm looking forward to the new Toni Morrison novel, as well as the new Alice Walker novel. I wonder if there is any new dynamic male authors out there, coming down the pike. |
BLM
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:12 am: |
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I'm also looking forward to "Love." -- I just finished Paradise (after eight attempts) - Alice Walker has a new one coming too? Well then I'm looking forward to that one as well - two of my favorite authors publishing within months of each other -- hey, does it get any better than that? |
Cynique
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I'm also layin' back in the cut, waitin' on Toni. |
Soul Sister
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Hey all,
I am waiting for the new one by Diane McKinney Whetstone, Leaving Cecil Street. I have never read Toni's stuff and will take Thumper's suggestion starting at the beginning
For those waiting on Toni -- check out Essence with the Oprah cover -- there is an excerpt and interview with Toni by Diane McKinney Whetstone. Peace out |
Sharon
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Soul Sister
Diane Mckinney Whetstone has always been one of my favorites! I will make it a point to be on the lookout for her novel, her characters are fabulous.
Thumper
Although he isn't a new writer. One of my favorite authors Franklin White is back with another book as well that I can't wait to pick up. I think it's going to be one of those book reading seasons that I love to sit back and enjoy with my tea! |
Sese
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:46 am: |
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Hello All:
This is my third attempt to post this message, because of problem, I will post this message in two sections.
On page 214 of 284 pages of OSCAR WILDE DISCOVERS AMERICA (Louis Edwards). This is really a BAB disguised as a SAB in small print.
This story should satisfy the needs of those interested in something different that can be classified as literary fiction.
It is the story of (Traquair),a black valet raised with the son and in the household of his father's employer. The boys grow up together, establish a strong bond, but attend different colleges. Baxter (white boy) goes to Europe after college and Traquair become the valet of Oscar Wilde oon his lecture tour of America in 1882. The relationship of Traquair and Wilde appears more as equals and less as seervant and master. The bond between Traquair and Baxter is maintained through letters, and through travel, plannned and chance meetings Traquair uncovers family secrets.
This is a complex story, but easy to understand and follow. Some portions appear irrevelant , but learned that there are nuggets in my usual skipped page s and paragraphs that move the story forward and clarify something that come later |
Sese
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 09:58 am: |
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I am really awed by the artistic skill o the writer, evidenced by the quality of the work, reasearch and the ability to blend fact and fiction necessary to develop this absorbing story.
BTW this is a hard cover book, jacket art work is reflective of the story, not a colorful caricature cover that I WILL NOT LOOK AT OR BUY.
If anyone has read this work, please share you r thoughts.
Peace
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Carey
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 05:25 pm: |
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Hello Sese
I just wanted to say hi to you. I didn't think you were still visiting. it's good to see that you are  .
I'm thinking about reading the book that Thump has been raving about, the one in which blacks owned slaves, I think I can get into that. On the surface there appears to be so many angles, so many issues the book could cover. Yep, I think this is the one for me.
It sounds like the book you are reading is a good one.
Carey |
Daniecia
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 05:40 pm: |
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OOPS
I posted the books I'm looking forward to this fall on the wrong thread!
LOL
Well anyway. I want Terry McMillan's new one, plus happy about the rumor of Gloria Naylor's new one for next summer. And CAN'T WAIT for "Flesh and the Devil" in February.
BTW...I read KB's new short story in the anthology POLITICALLY INSPIRED which came out today. Took my breath away! Her story was better than Z.Z. Packer's. Both women are great writers, but KB is "touched" by magic. The whole book is off the chain actually. Young, hip and funny.
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Crystal
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The only one I'm REALLY interested in is Tananarive Due's new one. It's already out so I can get my fix on early!
Carey - I think you'll like The Known World. Lots to think about in that one. |
Daniecia
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Crystal,
Tananarive Due's book is REALLY GOOD!!! It's like The Shining!
I loved it.
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Carey
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Hi Crystal
Give me a "little" something to wet my teeth. How about the slaves quarters? Then again, I might be asking too much, I don't know if they owned a family or several slaves. When I think of slaves, I see the traditional wood shack with the tin roof. By the way, What time period is it? |
Thumper
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Hello Carey,
The time period of the novel is from the early 1800s to after the Civil War. Henry Townsend owned several slaves, traditional wood shack and all. The book will definitely give you something to think about. |
yukio
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 11:57 am: |
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thumper and carey:
what is the title of the book about blacks owning slaves...and is this a novel or history? |
Crystal
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Yukio: the book is The Known World by Edward P. Jones and it's a novel sometimes written like a history. Very good. There's a thread about it a little bit above.
Carey: just read the dang thang! |
yukio
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 01:45 pm: |
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thank u...sounds long, though....and i'm a bit suspicious when i hear that a white person treated a black person equally in general, and especially during slavery. I know, perhaps, too much about slavery to assume or even to be convinced of "equal," or something comparable, afffable treatment. I do, however, know the case of black slave owners and this is well documented.....anyways.....this is more than you've acked for, no? lmao! |
Crystal
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Yukio: this story is more of a black people treating other black people like a white person would - but not quite. However, bondage is bondage and a slave is still a slave.
I found it a quick read and it didn't seem long at all.
Like I told Carey: just read the dang thang! :-) |
akaivyleaf
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I'm looking forward to reading Love by Toni Morrison and The Good House by Tannarive Due, they are on my Most Wanted List. |
Anita
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I'm waiting to read Camilla's Roses by Bernice McFadden and The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips. |
Tee C. Royal
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Hmmmmmm, I'm so behind, I just want to catch up, but the books that I'd like to read during Oct & November are below in no particular order:
Trouble Man by Travis Hunter
Minion by L.A. Banks
Slim by Ruth Linnea Whitney
Homemade Love by J. California Cooper
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia
The High Price of a Good Man by Debra Phillips
One Day I Saw A Black King by J.D. Mason
What’s A Woman to Do? by Victor McGlothin
The Honeywell by Gloria Mallette
The Bridge by Solomon Jones
Spiral by Denise Turney
Spanish Eyes by Denise Campbell
And further out, I'd like to read:
God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe
A Journey from Here by Margaret Johnson-Hodge
Until that Good Day by Margorie Kemper
I could go on and on...
-Tee
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AnonymousX
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 08:46 pm: |
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This season I look forward to reading the new books by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Edward Jones and Mat Johnson. And, I may even give Terri McMillan another chance. I haven't decided yet. |
Cynique
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After reading a review of it, I'm getting ready to check out "In Black and White," the latest biography of Sammie Davis, Jr., a new book described as a definitive look at the life of a black man who wanted to be white.... |
Mecca
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Greetings from cali!
I'm looking forward to:
*The good House (just finished...very good) T. Due
*Guy Johnson's sequel, Echoes of a Distant Summer
*Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
*Steven Barnes series, Zulu heart & Lion's blood |
4hiseyesonly
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Here's my list because I intend to keep it moving and entertaining.
Eric Jerome Dickey -Naughty or Nice
Franklin White-Money For Good
They should give me my fill for the holidays! |
InPrint
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 01:28 pm: |
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Here's the ones I wish I had time for (and hopefully someday soon):
Zakes Mda, Heart of Redness
Aaron McGurder, Right to Be Hostile
Edward P. Jones, The Known World |
idrissa
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 03:21 pm: |
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Tee: re: The Seasons of Bento Blackbird is a book that I read a few years back...found it on a dollar table and was happily surprised to find it to be a winner. I loved it. When you do read it; let me know what you thought of it. |
Tee C. Royal
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Shhhhhh idrissa, I'm still trying to slip in The Seasons of Beento Blackbird. It was our Ole School read for Oct/Nov and I've yet to get to it, but I haven't given up.
I'll keep ya posted.
-Tee |
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