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BOOK REVIEW | Seen It All and Done the Rest

May 02, 2008 Comments Off by

Seen It All and Done The Rest by Pearl Cleage Reviewed by Tavares S. Carney for The Culture Clique Book Club Amazon Rating: 5 “Back to Life” Pearl Cleage’s latest release, Seen It All and Done The Rest, is the story of woman searching for her reason for being. Josephine Evans is an almost 60-year [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Guilty of Love

Apr 25, 2008 Comments Off by

Guilty of Love by Pat Simmons Amazon Rating: 4 Review by Tavares S. Carney – Inspire, Motivate & Encourage “Road to Redemption” In Guilty of Love, debut novel from Pat Simmons, readers are welcomed into the life and times of Cheney Reynolds, a self-sufficient, independent, new millennium woman. Having had no empathy from college sweetheart, [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | The Pastor's Wife

Apr 18, 2008 Comments Off

The Pastor’s Wife by ReShonda Tate-Billingsley Reviewed By: Idrissa Uqdah for The Culture Clique Book Club Amazon Rating: 4 ReShonda Tate Billingsley is one of the most popular authors in the Christian fiction genre and she has truly earned this distinction. She never fails to delight her readers with her stories about real church folk [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Praise Your Way Through

Apr 11, 2008 Comments Off

Praise Your Way Through By Iris Celeste Amazon rating: 3.5 Reviewed by Wanda B. Campbell for The Culture Clique Book Club Love is Worth Fighting For After years of meaningless relationships, Tamara, a successful and independent 35-year old, literally bumps her way into love with Samuel. He’s everything Tamara desires in a man, but had [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Women What The Hell Are You Thinking: An Inspirational Guide to Becoming A Virtuous Woman

Apr 04, 2008 Comments Off

Women What The Hell Are You Thinking: An Inspirational Guide to Becoming A Virtuous Woman by Cheryl Lacey-Donovan Reviewed by Wanda B. Campbell for The Culture Clique Book Club Amazon Rating: 3 Nowhere to Hide Author Cheryl Lacey-Donovan leaves no stone unturned in Women What the Hell are You Thinking. Skillfully, Lacey-Donovan pills away superficial [...]

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Book Review | Happily Even After

Mar 28, 2008 Comments Off

Happily Even After by Marilynn Griffith REVIEWER: Tyora Moody Marriage, Motherhood and a Monster-in-Law. What a cool tag line and story!  How many times do women get caught up in trying to please other people instead of just sticking to being themselves?  In the third and final book  of the Sassy Sistahood series, author Marilynn [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Love Like Hallelujah

Mar 21, 2008 Comments Off

Love Like Hallelujah by Lutishia Lovely Amazon Rating: 3.5 Review by Tavares S. Carney – Inspire, Motivate & Encourage “Two and sometimes more to tango” Lives are intertwined with more church drama than a little bit in Lutishia Lovely’s Love Like Hallelujah. First, there’s King and Tai, a married pastor and first lady who have [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Expectations

Mar 14, 2008 Comments Off

  Expectations By Toni V. Lee Reviewed by Wanda B. Campbell For The Culture Clique Book Club Amazon Rating: 4 stars "All Things Work Together for Good…" Daria Simpson is a strong devoted Christian with a rewarding career and loving Aunt Lenore, who has reared her since age eight after the death of her parents. [...]

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