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BOOK REVIEW | The Someday List

Apr 19, 2009 Comments Off by

The Someday List by Stacy Hawkins Adams Reviewed by Tavares S. Carney Happy With Me Stacy Hawkins Adams offers us a realistic view of a woman living her life according to society’s rules and not her own with The Someday List’s main character, Rachelle Covington – wife, mother, daughter, niece, sister and friend. These very [...]

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Book Review: Married Strangers by Dwan Abrams

Apr 09, 2009 Comments Off by

Married Strangers by Dwan Abrams Review by Tavares S. Carney You Think You Know But Really Have No Idea Author, Dwan Abrams writes about relationships in Married Strangers. Three couples, at different stages in each of their respective relationships, learn through various occurrences, that communication is a key factor when it comes to having a [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Talks Your Dad Never Had With You

Mar 21, 2009 Comments Off

TALKS YOUR DAD NEVER HAD WITH YOU by Dr. Harold D. Davis God created fathers to love, protect, support and encourage their daughters to live a life of integrity and purity. However, many fathers have failed in their responsibility. The father/daughter relationship is especially crucial in today’s society. Across the country many young ladies suffer [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Believing in Hope

Mar 14, 2009 Comments Off

BELIEVING IN HOPE by Stephanie Perry Moore In this second book of the Yasmin Peace series family tensions and school unrest sore to a fever pitch. A school counselor starts a club for 8th grade girls: The LIGHT club, which deals with major issues: gangs, depression, teen suicide, self-esteem, etc. Yasmin discovers that there is [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | The List

Mar 12, 2009 Comments Off

The List by Sherri Lewis The List by Sherri Lewis is the tale of best girlfriends, Michelle, Angela, Lisa, Vanessa and Nicole, on a search for “The One”. All but one of the group has experienced what she believes to be intimate love and the loss that occurs as a result of the relationship ending.

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BOOK REVIEW | Run, Jeremiah, Run

Mar 07, 2009 Comments Off

Run, Jeremiah, Run by Mabel Elizabeth Singletary Nine year old Jeremiah Jones is a born runner. He runs faster than most boys his age. Trouble is ever since his grandmother’s passing his running has been getting him in trouble. When he’s sad or stressed, he runs. His running helps him cope with the loss of [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Talk to Me

Mar 05, 2009 1 Comment

Talk to Me by Pat Simmons In the novel Talk to Me by Pat Simmons, the author introduces readers to Noel Richardson, an independent, wealthy and spiritual businessman with strong family values. His only perceived setback, and to varying degrees, according to supporting characters Mackenzie and Valerie, is Noel’s inability to hear. The author intertwines [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Freedom's Pen

Feb 14, 2009 Comments Off

Freedom’s Pen by Wendy Lawton Young Phillis began life in an African village as a curious and imaginative little Janxa. Then without warning Janxa gets captured by slavers and shipped to the New World with her father. She’s unable to fully comprehend the reasons for the inhumanity she witnesses on the journey. She soothes herself [...]

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