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Diversity in Reading 2010 (Our Monthly Themes)
Below you will find our reading themes for 2010. If you're an author or have a client with a book which falls under one of our themes, definitely email us so we can share the information with our members and possibly schedule a Black Book Chat or Blog Tour.
Wretched Saints by Marc Lacy and Assuanta Howard (Book Spotlight)
Between these covers may be your spark to eternal life or a ticket to everlasting confusion...depending on how you look at it. For we all have the greatest intentions at heart regardless of whatever we may desire to accomplish. Our faith provides energy and focus during the lifelong scamper down the path of righteousness...
Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13) & Kick-off of E-Book Reading Challenge
In our efforts to promote & share information about e-books, RAWSISTAZ is joining the celebration of Read an E-Book Week on March 7-13 with the kick off of our 8-week E-Book Reading Challenge.
Weepin’ Willa: A Collection of Short Stories (Book Spotlight)
This is a journey of life-altering surgeries, a few romantic disappointments and the death of a caring mother. The latter tragic event pervades each line of these pages of autobiographical elements written from the heart--a heart that forgives life without realizing it needs to forgive itself first.
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Diversity in Reading 2010 (Our Monthly Themes)
We will announce our first set of Book of the Month (BOM) selections for the first quarter shortly, but below you will find our reading themes for 2010. ...
January 2010 – Best of the Best
Our Theme for January is Best of the Best (5 Star Reads from TRR & RAW Members). We’re making it a “free for all” month, so members...
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Dee on Twitter Last month I asked a question on my Facebook profile: If you could give up one social media platform– Twitter or Facebook– what would it be? Most respondents chose...
On No They Didn’t… Tee Speaks Out on BIB
**My apologies, but I didn’t know the Blogging in Black site would be down for maintenance today, so for those who have emailed me, I have updated this post to include the entire...
Selling Out or Making a Sell (Part 2) by Dyanne Davis
This week, we continue with Part 2 of Dyanne Davis’ article, Selling Out or Making a Sell. Be sure to check out Part 1 of Selling Out or Making a Sell if you haven’t already...
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And the Truth Shall Set You Free by Rosiland Crossland (Book Trailer)
And the Truth Shall Set You Free by Rosiland Crossland And the Truth Shall Set You Free is a fiction novelette, and it reminds us that sin is expensive. It is about the sinful engagements...
Sistahfaith Compiled by Marilynn Griffith
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22, NIV) Twenty-five women, including Bunny Debarge, Sharon...
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Black Book Chat with Brenda Jackson (Book: Wrapped in Pleasure)
Today we will be chatting with Brenda Jackson about her book Wrapped in Pleasure, one of our February BOM Selections. WRAPPED IN PLEASURE by Brenda Jackson Mass Market...
Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13) & Kick-off of E-Book Reading Challenge
Read an E-Book Week educates and informs the public about the pleasures and advantages of reading electronically. Authors, publishers, vendors, the media and readers...
Sins of the Mother – After Party Chat w/Carleen Brice
Hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to watch Sins of the Mother, the LMN movie based on Carleen Brice’s book, Orange Mint & Honey. If you haven’t...
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Take Off the Mask Blog Tour with Sonya Visor
Who I’ve Become is NOT who I AM is Sonya Visor’s first non-fiction book. Her passion is to minister to the people who hide behind masks. Sonya’s calling is to break...
Meet Rita Y. Toews – Founder of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13, 2010)
For those following along on Twitter, please use hashtag #ebookweek for REBW 2010. History – Read an E-Book Week (REBW) was first registered with Chase’s...
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Meet Rita Y. Toews – Founder of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13, 2010)For those following along on Twitter, please use hashtag #ebookweek for REBW 2010. History...
Self-Publishing Symposium 2010 (March 7th)The Self-Publishing Symposium 2010 will be held March 7th, 2010 at The Schomburg Center for...
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Meet Rita Y. Toews – Founder of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13, 2010)
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BOOK SPOTLIGHTS
Wifey 4 Life (Book Spotlight)
Wifey 4 Life by Kiki Swinson ISBN: 1934157619 PUB DATE: MARCH 10 SYNOPSIS Kira’s quiet life in the islands is interrupted when she’s called back to Virginia to attend her cousin...
Wretched Saints by Marc Lacy and Assuanta Howard (Book Spotlight)
Poet/Author Marc Lacy and Assuanta Fay Howard Release a Jarring Collection of Fiction Short Stories…Wretched Saints Contact: AVO Publishing P.O. Box 2250 Huntsville, AL 35804 (256)...
Her Husband Made Her Do Him (Book Spotlight)
Her Husband Made Her Do Him by Ms. Downlow **rated 5 stars on Amazon.com** Suicide or an affair? When stunning, conservative, 24 year old, black law student, Katlynne LaSalle discovers...
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Author Showcase – J. D. Mason
J.D. Mason is the author of several bestselling novels including, And On The Eighth Day She Rested, This Fire Down In My Soul, and You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, which has been selected as one of the best...
Tinesha Davis & Debut Novel, Holler at the Moon (Author Showcase)
BOOK SYNOPSIS After witnessing the brutal murder of their mother, the three Jackson sisters are separated, and living hard lives far away from each other. Dominique is a well adjusted twenty-five year...
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Heard It All Before by Michele Grant (Book Review)
Reviewed: Feb 28, 2010 Heard It All Before by Michele Grant Dafina Books, January 2010 320 Pages, Paperback, $14.00 ISBN: 0758242190 Genre: Street Fiction RAW Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) After...
Favorite Books of 2009
Happy New Year! As mentioned in last month’s 5 on the Fifth Column, we have compiled a listing of The RAW Reviewers’ Favorites for 2009, as featured on Blogging in Black. Our...
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