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12-04-2003, 12:59 PM
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Lil Sunshine, I enjoyed Thieves Paradise too.
Right now I'm reading B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy--will keep you posted!
I'm also reading What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell.
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12-04-2003, 02:03 PM
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I'm baaaaaaack......
Since I last posted, I finished "Finding Fish" and "Growing Up X." Both were great reads, and I almost cried during "Finding Fish" b/c of how he was treated during his childhood. As far as "Growing Up X," I really felt for Ilyasah and how she felt about growing up without her father, as well as other events. If you haven't read either book, what are you waiting for???
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12-04-2003, 03:03 PM
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And I STILL haven't read Hillary's book. I forgot I had it.
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LOL...me too!!!!! I still haven't finished the James Forten bio. I might have to sit it down for awhile. My pitiful, unemployed self is off to EsoWon to hit up the discounted books.
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12-04-2003, 03:03 PM
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I'm starting "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. I really enjoyed watching and reading "The Joy Luck Club" so I'm looking forward to reading this one.
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12-09-2003, 02:16 PM
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Right now, I'm reading "The Complete Stories" by Zora Neale Hurston. This is a collection of published and unpublished short stories she's written throughout her career between books. I just finished re-reading "The Coldest Winter Ever." I still really don't like Winter too much, but I loooove the book.
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12-09-2003, 04:01 PM
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Choosing Truth by Harriette Cole
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12-09-2003, 04:21 PM
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Lil Sunshine, I enjoyed Thieves Paradise too.
Right now I'm reading B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy--will keep you posted!
I'm also reading What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell.
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Ok, I just libraried (bootleg word for today) Thieves Paradise and Married but Still Looking.
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12-10-2003, 05:11 PM
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Ok, I just libraried (bootleg word for today) Thieves Paradise and Married but Still Looking.
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How's Married but Still Looking? Or have you not started yet? You get a holy rub for the ghetto word...LIBRARIED!
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12-10-2003, 08:08 PM
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I know everybody has already read the "Coldest Winter Ever" but I have just finished it and on a challenge I'm currently reading "BMore Careful" by Shannon Holmes. Very similar to Coldest Winter but a lot more violent in my opinion.
Most recently I have read
Nigger by Randall Kennedy
Envy of the World by Ellis Close
The Great Investment by TD Jakes
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12-11-2003, 04:03 PM
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Finished Reads
I just got finished reading Soulstepping by Elizabeth Fine. It's all about step shows including its origins as well as some social aspects of stepping. It was excellent!
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12-15-2003, 10:58 AM
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The Winter Break Reading Binge
Currently reading: - Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - I'm not usually into fantasy/sci fi, but this came highly recommended
On deck: - Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
- The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter (has anyone else read this?)
- Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask - Jim Munroe: described as a "superhero story for culture jammers".
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12-15-2003, 11:02 AM
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I just finished a couple of Octavia Butler's sci fi novels Dawn, adulthood rites, and Imago
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If you like Octavia Butler, try to pick up some stuff by the African-Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson. She's more of a fantasy/magic realism author, but her work is interesting because she writes a lot of from a Caribbean/African point of view. I read her collection Skin Folk and I highly recommend it.
For more on Nalo Hopkinson: http://www.sff.net/people/nalo/
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12-15-2003, 02:21 PM
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Originally posted by lil_sunshine
Right now, I'm reading "The Complete Stories" by Zora Neale Hurston. This is a collection of published and unpublished short stories she's written throughout her career between books. I just finished re-reading "The Coldest Winter Ever." I still really don't like Winter too much, but I loooove the book.
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I stopped reading ZNH's "The Complete Stories" b/c I felt too distracted (I'm up to "The Six-Gilded Bits"). I'm now reading "The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man" by James Weldon Johnson. I just started reading it today and should be finished by tomorrow. After I finish this one, I'll be reading, "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned" by Walter Mosley. Stay tuned.....
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12-15-2003, 02:23 PM
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The most recent book I read was "Bringing Elizabeth Home: The Elizabeth Smart Story" Great book! Highly recommend it!
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12-21-2003, 04:50 PM
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I read Black Greek 101...good book, very informative
Now reading Jenoyne Adams, Resurrecting Mingus...so far, so good
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