Book Review | Color Me Butterfly
Color Me Butterfly by L.Y. Marlow
Amazon Rating: 4
by Tavares S. Carney
A Blessing and A Curse
In this no-holds barred memoir, L.Y. Marlow does an excellent job of drawing readers into the pain of her past. Color Me Butterfly is filled with vivid scenarios entailing physical and emotional abuse at the hands of the men in her grandmother’s, her mother’s, her own and her daughter’s lives. While stories such as this are not unheard of, Ms. Marlow does a good job in sharing with readers her family’s particular story.
Learning About God Through Lessons of the Past
LEARNING ABOUT GOD THROUGH LESSONS OF THE PAST
Civil Rights Heroes are Front and Center in New Multi-Cultural Resource, “Walk It Out: Together in the Way of Jesus”
Nashville, TN (BlackNews.com) – In a day when too many young people believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. “freed the slaves,” Abingdon Press presents Walk It Out: Together in the Way of Jesus to introduce participants to some of the pillars of the Civil Rights movement and to demonstrate how God uses people to promote the beloved community of Jesus Christ, then and now.
Book Review | The Things We Do For Love
The Things We Do For Love by Xavier Knight
Amazon Rating: 4
Review by Tavares S. Carney
“As We Lay”
If I had to give a one-line summation of Xavier Knight’s The Things We Do For Love it would be “What we do in the dark will definitely come to light.” With his re-entry to the literary game, C. Kelly Robinson, under pen Xavier Knight, delights readers with this uncloaked story of two couples, Jesse and Dionne Law and Coleman and Suzette Hill. Knight introduces readers to the playboy, Jesse, who eventually turns his life over to God after having lived a whirlwind, fast lane life in the secular music industry; innocent church girl, Dionne; perfect husband, Coleman and wife, Suzette. The seemingly happily married couples, at surface, have dark secrets that lie beneath. Through primary supporting characters, Vanessa, Adrian and Earl, readers are taken on a reading rollercoaster as they discover “the things people do for love.”
BOOK REVIEW | He’s Saved But Is He For Real
He’s Saved But Is He For Real by Kimberley Brooks
Amazon Rating: 5
Review by Tavares S. Carney – Inspire, Motivate & Encourage
Wait For Love, You’ll Get Your Chance
This is the continuation of Kim Brooks’ He’s Fine But Is He Saved?, where friends Michelle, Liz and Sandy continue their quest for love. In He’s Saved But Is He For Real?, Brooks allows her readers to accompany these three women as they continue their respective searches for “the one.” Complicating matters in each of their respective searches, Michelle is in a relationship at the time “fine as ever” Pierre Dupree resurfaces, begging her back in his life after having duped her at the alter two years ago. Liz finds herself vulnerable and insecure in her new relationship; later finding that something from her past is withholding her from truly being able to love like God intended. Sandy is still falling for the same old tricks, not only does she continue hurting herself, she hurts those closest to her.
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