Book Club

[InkyP1]

Anyone interested in starting a book club and list information on current book findings. List your favorites and new editions that youve found. In the club you could give opinions on the books that have been read. Also give information on your favorite authors and their work. Let me know Im going to list a few new books here that have just came out. Peace

[Zoley!]

Good idea, i like reading but dont do as much as I used too. I like mysteries and fiction books. i will check you on this one. :)

[Pondadat]

I have a link for a magazine. Sister 2 Sister. I was just reading a few articles in there one in particular Baby Daddy Drama when a mother loses custody of her child! and another one J.L. King's Graphic story of Life as a man on the Down Low. Found these two articles interested. Here is the link for sister 2 sister mag. check out these articles.


www.s2smagazine.com

[InkyP1]

I have alot of authors that I like and I think I will make a list and put them here so everyone will be able to check them out. An alphabetical list of authors. My favorites authors Hmmm. I like Sue Grafton she is a mystery writer. I like poetry writers Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelo, Nikki Giovanni.
My favorite all time writer, now this is a classic is James Baldwin. Now James Baldwin wrote Native Son. There is a new book out called "Native Sons." This Book is written by veteran writer and editor Sol Stein. It is a book about the friendship of Stein and Baldwin. Which includes correspondence between these two men. It also includes two versions of a drama they wrote together based on one of Baldwin's essays. It sounds interesting and i will try and get more information on it. I havent read it, so I dont have all the details to review it. But I love Native Son, by James Baldwin if you havent read it you might pick it up. Its a good book.

[InkyP1]

I was thinking about Classics and a classic came to mind. So I looked it up.

The Three Musketeers, by Alexander Dumas. His biography is interesting and tells his life and how he went broke building Monte Cristo. For people who like to go back in history this is a good book.

www.readbookonline.net/read/87/3362/


I read a book last year called; Black On Red, by Robert Robinson, My 44 years Inside the Soviet Union. This book chronicles the life of Robert Robinson who is black and his years in the Soviet Union. It was difficult book for me to read because of the lack of companionship for him in this country. It gives some history of how began to live there and how he struggle to get out of the Soviet Union. It's a good book.

The Negro of Peter the Great (1827) This is about Alexander Pushkin living back on those times. Alexander Pushkin was a poet and a black. The link will give you more detail into his life and how he came about.

www.uncg.edu/gar/courses/ahern/moor.htm

Happy Reading :)

[Zoley!]

Good links looking forward to more. sorry I dont have any right now. :icon_neut :) But I like yours.

[InkyP1]

Here are my latest Book picks and Bestsellers.

(Fiction) Paperback

THE TEETH OF THE TIGER-by Tom Clancy
A private vigilante corps wages and ambitious campaign
to protect U.S. interests worldwide.

BLEACHERS- by John Grisham
A former high school football star returns to his hometown
when he learns that his old coach is dying.

BEACH GIRLS- by Luanne Rice
The accidental death of one of title characters leads to grief
and the revelation of some unsettling secrets.

THE SINNER- by Tess Gerritsen
A vicious attack upon two nuns brings to light a sinister,
long-buried mystery of a Boston convent.

(Non-Fiction/General)

DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE
by Barack Obama
Memoir by the rising politician.

BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE: THE INSIDE STORY OF SIX M.I.T.
STUDENTS WHO TOOK VEGAS FOR MILLIONS
by Ben Mezrich. Winning at blackjack

DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? by Michael Moore
An evaluation of the current administration, topped off
with election strategies.

(Fiction) Hardcover

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
by Mitch Alborn
A parable illustrating the importance of life's smallest
acts.

WHITE HOT - by Sandra Brown
Sayre is aghast when she learns of here brother's
death- more so when all signs point to murder.

LOST CITY- by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos.
A protein found in the ocean's depths, able to extend
life, is key to a plot of world domination.

(Non-Fiction/General)

My Life- by Bill Clinton
The former president's lengthy reminiscences about his
tumultuous childhood and political achievements.

SHADOW DIVERS- by Robert Kurson
A pair of American diver's near-obssive effort to
identify a submerged WWII U-boat.

(Miscellaneous) Paperback

1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE-by Patricia Schultz
Finding those travel destinations beyond the tourist-trap
hoopla.

(Hardcover)

THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE- by Rick Warren
A 40-day series of readings offering doses of wisdom
and inspiration from biblical sources.




Check your bookstore or library for these latest bestsellers.

Examinez votre librairie ou bibliotheque pour assurer ces
derniers best-sellers.

[Cocoa]

Here are a few to read too....

Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry
I don't remember the author.

Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid

A Child Called It

I will have to update the information.

[InkyP1]

Here are a few to read too....

Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry
I don't remember the author.

Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid

A Child Called It

I will have to update the information.

Ja' who is the author on the last one. Can you give us a review for these books. Im glad you posted them inside the book club :icon_mrgr for everyone to see. keep em coming.

[Zoley!]

I was thinking the same thing to look it up. Get the name of the author. I was thinking that we should pick a book to read. Thats what most book clubs do any everybody reads it. And around the 2nd or 3rd chapter we right how we think the books going. Until we get to the end. Ok I think a paperback and not to long of a book. And give us sometime to read it. Because we all have other things to do. let me know what you think. :)

[Cocoa]

UPDATES

Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by: MIldred D. taylor
This is a story of physical survival, but more important, a survival of the human spirit.This is Cassie's story- Cassie Logan,a girl raised by family determined not to surrender their independence or their humanitysimply because they are black. Cassie has grown up protected, strong, and so far unaware that any white person could consider her inferior- or force her to be untrue to herself. It takes the events of one turbulent year to turn her safe world upside down.
March 1977.

Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
The story of a young girl who faced puberty and struggles in life alone and innocently with ignorance to issues and the hope of clarification. (if I remember correctly)

A Child Called 'IT' by Dave Pelzer
This is th eaccount of the most severe child abuse cases in California History. It is the story of Dave Pelzer who plaed torturous , unpredictable games- games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him as a son , but a slave; and no longer a boy but an 'it'.
His bed was an old army cot in the bashment and his clothes were toen and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew of his living nightmare. He had nothing and no on to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive- dreams of someone taking care of him and calling him their son.
Though each struggle you'll find enduring his pain, comforting his loneliness and fighting for his will to survive. This compelling story will awaken you to the truth about child abuse- and th eability we have to make a difference.

A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George
Genuine peace and joy comes when women follow God in every area of their lives- and become women after His heart. With warmth and grace, this book is practical, scriptural insights on how you can pursue God's priorities concerning:
*your husband-foster a deep commitment to serve and honor him
*your children- pray faithfully for them and teach them God's Word.
* your home-createa nurturing atmosphere and a tapestry of beauty
*your walk with the Lord- grow through love of scripture and in discipleship
*your ministry- learn to reach out and become an encourager

(Good books by the way)
{More to come...}

[Zoley!]

These book by Alexander McCall Smith are great. I fell in love with the stories. As i love African stories in was an easy read i didnt want to put the book down.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith


The No. 1 BOOK

A far cry from the fast paced, violent nature of the Walter Mosely mysteries, Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency opens on the doorstep of a calm, warm afternoon in Botswana, Africa, with Precious Ramotswe sipping tea on the porch of the detective agency that she opened with the money from the inheritance bequeathed to her by her beloved father. She lives a difficult life, facing the loss of her mother at an early age, betrayal by her husband, the death of her child, and the death of her father.

Initially the townspeople are skeptical of her agency because of her gender, but she repeatedly proves that her wisdom and her instincts are invaluable to the successful resolution of cases dealing with various types of charlatans, disappearances, and crimes. Through the pure, limpid quality of straightforward storytelling, we see that she becomes a community confidante, a "fixer of lives" conducting herself with dignity and grace, yet doing what she must do to put those lives back together when they fall to pieces.

On a continent faced with impending changes due to exposure to the modernity of the western world, Mma Ramotswe represents a passionate tribute to the beauty of the old Africa, recording the "unrecorded voices" of those who still follow the old traditions and reminding us that, when thought gets you nowhere, you still have to eat your pumpkin.



A Pleasure to Discover and Read!!!

Alexander McCall Smith has written over 50 books, from such specialized works as The Criminal Law of Botswana, Forensic Aspects of Sleep to Children's books. He currently is a Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh University.

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series introduces us to the delightfully intuitive and enormously likable Precious (Mma) Ramotswe, who sets up the first, and so far, only Detective Agency in Botswana! She is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives." Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witch doctors.
If you are used to morgues-full of bodies generated from unknown and suspicious methods you're out of luck! Mma Ramotswe is layed back. Learning everything she knows as she goes along. This book is best described as "peaceful". It makes you yearn for a more simple life, a roof over your head, enough to eat, and a little white van that runs.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of
the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book for it's unique and likable characters and exotic setting. The uniqueness of the mysteries reflect a simpler lifestle than many of us live and especially expect in a "mystery". TOTAL ENJOYMENT!
John Row



Not so much of a detective as a loving description of Africa

After the death of her father Precious Ramotswe uses the inheritance to buy herself a house and an office from which she starts the first detective agency in Botswana. Business starts slowly, but she gets a number of clients with problems ranging from missing husbands to fraudulent employees and she starts to build up a reputation leading to new clients. The book describes some of the cases that Mma Ramotswe solves, but the real star of the book is Africa: there are long, loving descriptions of the nature, the people, the culture and the life in Africa and anybody who has been to Africa (and subsequently loves the continent despite all its problems) can use this book to refresh their memories and long back to those real African nights. Don't read this as a detective but as a book about Africa.


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[ivurie]

I haven't been in here for a while and it is very interresting to see all you readers, i love to read, anything that could be deemed interesting. At the moment i am reading "HARRY POTTER" by J. K. Rowling. This summer i read "I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE" by Wally Lamb. Its a very interesting book about twins and should be read by all, over 700 pages but worth the read. :cool:

[Leina]

i love cronica de una muerte anunicada, la lluvia amarilla, ti-jean and his his brothers, the lunatic and the notebook

[Manu]

My god woman.....you are a spanish fanatic. I love Chrysallids

[nuhsenutten]

My god woman.....you are a spanish fanatic. I love Chrysallids
good read man ......some weird things happen in it thou........... :icon_eek:

[Leina]

My god woman.....you are a spanish fanatic. I love Chrysallids

For CAPE Spanish we had to do Spanish Literature so i just got hooked.love Chrysallids too i like Micheal the most.

[Manu]

Oh zeen.....good for you....CAPE spanish....lol...mad props to you babes!!!!

[Blindz]

currently reading the hichhikers guide series, but its 5 books and I think I have yet to half the first one, and liking the Harry Potter series

[Manu]

\I liked the Harry Potter series but my folks beg and beseeched me not to contine reading as it has subtle suggestions about the occult. I may still see the flick though:eusa_whis
Hermoine is cute!

[prodmaster]

Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid


This book bring back a lot of memories this book was part of the curriculum back in High School for Literature. :) That girl wanted freedom that stands out a lot.

[nuhsenutten]

\I liked the Harry Potter series but my folks beg and beseeched me not to contine reading as it has subtle suggestions about the occult. I may still see the flick though:eusa_whis
Hermoine is cute!
u a one of dem too....eyeing off the little underage chick...... :eusa_snoo .......expected better:)
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look good fi true yute :)

[Manu]

u a one of dem too....eyeing off the little underage chick...... :eusa_snoo .......expected better:)
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look good fi true yute :)

Who tell you she is underage? LOL....she bout 16...so it's legal to look!

[Blindz]

lmbo, dem yute ya serious, me naw sey no, cause yeah she look good but... but... come on man

[Leina]

This book bring back a lot of memories this book was part of the curriculum back in High School for Literature. :) That girl wanted freedom that stands out a lot.
Kill mi dead she was a lesbian

[nuhsenutten]

:icon_lol:
Who tell you she is underage? LOL....she bout 16...so it's legal to look!
u neva like her b4 she turn 16???????????een so it was illegal then :icon_lol:

[Manu]

:icon_lol:
u neva like her b4 she turn 16???????????een so it was illegal then :icon_lol:

Exactly.....had to wait till she "busted" her chest!!!

[ivurie]

:eusa_clap I just read "Lethal Seduction" from Jackie Collins and it was totally worth the read, i spent a day and a half to read it all i just could not put the book down. It's about three college friends successful in life but not in there relationships, their wild sides. The lesson i learn from this fictional book is that no matter how bland your life or relationship seems never envy another.

[ramesh]

Just finished Siddartha. Excellent book - a must read!

I just started reading MAGUS. I heard it was good, so I'll give my opininion in a few days time. :)

[Cocoa]

Just finished " I did it in the Name of Love" By (Pastor) Johnathan Mcknight.

Excellent book that digs deep and gives new meaning to the word LOVE.

[AngelsKiss]

I am currently reading a JD Robb (aka Nora Robberts) novel the latest one on the market..."Origin in Death" This book is one of her series about police investigator Eve Dallas.

Not a bad book, but I wish she would leave the tech/futuristic part out of it since I don't think she does that great a job of it. Other than that the story isn't too bad.

This weekend past I read 2 new books by 2 of my favourite authors:

Catherine Coulter - from her FBI series featuring the 2 FBI agents Savich & Sherlock (married couple)
Stuart Woods - from his Sotne Barrington series about a former police turn lawyer.

[flirt]

I am finally going to finish readin six degree of separation

[Bahama Mama]

I just moments ago finished the novel 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden. Its a great book that is part documentary, part historical piece, and part love story. I love books like this that have so many facets to the story line. Its a great read and I would recommend it.

[Izemi-Clem]

Hail


Just finished Siddartha. Excellent book - a must read!

I second that Maha-Ramesh, Herman Hesse is/was an awesome writer, Siddartha is a classic, I've that book three times already.

Izemi-Clem

[tiffany]

Here are a few to read too....

Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry

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I read this book.. and I highly recommended it..Also,

If you love a good chase, and psychological warfare, you'll love The Lion's Den , by Nelson DeMille.. It tells the tale of an FBI agent who is chasing after a vengeance fueled serial killer from Lybia..


If you love a romave novel without the raunch, you'll love The Judas Kiss..by Victoria Holt.. It's set in.19th century Europe, and tells of a tragic love story, and a sister's quest to find answers...This is a very good read

Check 'em out guys:icon_idea

And, I'm currently, reading The Patient by Michael Palmer..It beginning of the book was a bit of a droan, but it's developing nicely..

[Izemi-Clem]

Hail

Although you shouldn't really compare the two categories as they are written differently and require separate levels of technicality with respect to how they are written, I prefer reading Non-Fiction to Fiction.

Even though I've been reading a lot of fiction lately, it certainly cannot replace the urge to read more in the other category. I realize I read each category of books for different reasons and this creates a balance.

Which category do you prefer to read ??

Izemi-Clem

[tiffany]

I prefer to read fictional books. I love when someone is able to come out of oneself and just create..

[Izemi-Clem]

Hail


I prefer to read fictional books. I love when someone is able to come out of oneself and just create..

True, it is an awesome art form, the writers talent delivers the ability to create imagery and pull the reader into his/her world. This provides the ultimate element of escapism and is itself therapy for this modern livity.

I find the Non-Fiction serves more to stimulate, inform, challenge and inspire. The impact on the individual has more far reaching consequences and even gives the individual some sort of responsibility to pass on whatever know-ledge and to inspire others to learn more.

Izemi-Clem

[flirt]

I just moments ago finished the novel 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden. Its a great book that is part documentary, part historical piece, and part love story. I love books like this that have so many facets to the story line. Its a great read and I would recommend it.


i read that book 5 yrs ago....:rolleyes:

still have the book too..it was gr8..mayb i give it a second read..why not

[Bahama Mama]

i read that book 5 yrs ago....:rolleyes:



Okay................................:icon_ques

[flirt]

im an avid reader...wat can i say :p

[Brownsugar]

Okay, so besides readin the weekly t.v. guide(do dat count?) I finally finished "The Oprah; Live Your Best Life" and "Women Who Love too Much" by Ribon Norwood! Great books!

[ramesh]

Still reading "The Magus". It's taking a long time to read, because I only have reading time on Sundays and some of that is being taken up by repairing computers. :(

I've seen the movie already so I know how it ends, but the book is so much more interesting. :)

Uozo, anyone? ;)

[Gwadinka]

As I'm on holiday I can finally read the books that I please so I'm starting a book of short stories by René Depestre and later I'll go on with Le mat de cocagne by the same writer. If it translated, I really encourage you to read what this man makes because it is truly Caribbean and that's pretty rare.

[Brownsugar]

MAMA by Terry McMillan! Great book. Excellant depicition of a soul America! Great author off hand!

[Gwadinka]

I am reading Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry again.

[Brownsugar]

Currently on,"How to get what you want and want what you have"
by
John Gray

[Brownsugar]

Lovers & Players
By: Jackie Collins

Its on cds!

[Gwadinka]

I finally finished Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. It's a good book on the Second World War and how the nazi invasion influenced people in France. She depicted people so accurately, it is simply amazing. But it is so sad also because the author did not get the chance to finish her novel. She was Jew and the nazis got her before she could write the other three parts of the book.

Now I am reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

[Foxy Kay]

My brother got me 5 novels for my birthday (I don't mind cause I love reading), one of which I read already. I haven't start reading any yet because I'm too busy with other stuff. I will read Map of Bones by James Rollins first...

[RachieBabie]

ok... i'm inna reading mood... gues i got a lot of free time on ma hands these days.... read six just this week ( still stuck on jane eyre tho... it reeli not wrkin out, cyaa seem to get anywhr with tht one)

ive borrowed up most of wht i can get ma hands on... guess its time to go shopping now... whts suggested to get?

[tiffany]

right now i'm reading "Tell me Lies".. its not that well written and it's nothing new n compelling.. but i'm bored.. whatever.

[ramesh]

Still reading "The Magus". It's taking a long time to read, because I only have reading time on Sundays and some of that is being taken up by repairing computers. :(

I've seen the movie already so I know how it ends, but the book is so much more interesting. :)

Uozo, anyone? ;) I realise I never told how much I liked this book, it's well worth reading. It's the first book written by John Fowles (The Collector, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower).

It's mostly set on a Greek island post WW2. The story is about a young Oxford graduate who gets a teaching job on the island. He is also avoiding commitment issues with his new girlfriend Alison so he sees this job as a convenient way to get out of the situation.

While out on a walk contemplating suicide, he stumbles upon the house of a wealthy Greek recluse Maurice Conchis who apparently lives alone. He becomes drawn into Conchis' strange psychological games and soon reality becomes very blurred. Not knowing what is real and what is being manufactured he descends into a web of lies deceit and sex.

All this time he feels manipulated, that he is being controlled by Conchis, instead of realising that he is being presented choices for which he is constantly making bad decisions right up to the end of the book.

I recommend this book to anyone considering "Free Choice" versus "Predetermined Destiny". :icon_mrgr

[Gwadinka]

RachieBabie, if Jane Eyre is too tough then drop it just the time for you to read Wide Sargasso Sea by Rhys. She wrote this as her version of the beginning of Jane Eyre and how the lady in the cellar became the lady in the cellar. It's really nice because there are so many references to he West indies as it is where the whole action takes place. Then maybe Jane Eyre will be easier.

[RachieBabie]

ok... so i've got this new book called 'The Secret' .... any one know bout it? and the movie?

it's one of those mind over matter self fulfillment books for which a movie was made.


the website for it it:
www.thesecret.tv

i'm still in the early pages of it tho......

[AngelsKiss]

ok... so i've got this new book called 'The Secret' .... any one know bout it? and the movie?

it's one of those mind over matter self fulfillment books for which a movie was made.


the website for it it:
www.thesecret.tv

i'm still in the early pages of it tho......

I saw the movie...it's ok...a bit overrated IMO.

[AngelsKiss]

I am currently reading Rogue State (A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum. I think everyone should read this book.

It chronicles America's lust for power (pre-9/11), resources and their attempts to overthrow governments and assassinate prominent foreign individuals, including former Prime Minister Michael Manley. It also briefly mentioned how the CIA aided the South African government in the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela.

What is particularly good about the book is not bias against any of the political parties.

[tiffany]

I'm now reading The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love. It's just an all 'round fun book. look it up n check it out