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Welcome! Welcome! The time has gone by pretty quickly and our Holiday Reading Challenge closes out with today’s book discussion of The Ideal Wife by Jacquelin Thomas. It is Book 15 from our list. It is a pleasure to have Jacquie joining us today as she’s been a supporter of and favorite of RAWSISTAZ members [...]
What are some major issues you think keep women from living victoriously? Deborah Billingsley says “We are our own worst enemy being harder on ourselves. We tend to ask everyone how to get out of a situation and get emotionally tied to the circumstance. We continue to speak about it not knowing that what we’re [...]
LIT NEWS: Return of the King – Charles II http://ow.ly/16j056 # LIT NEWS: A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing – Televisions at Samsung’s booth at the Consumer Electronics … http://ow.ly/16iQyz # LIT NEWS: Essay: The Perils of ‘Contact Me’ – In the age of e-mail, it has become easy — perhaps too easy [...]
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 will be able to select books of their choice. Some of the titles we plan to read are below: A SECOND HELPING by Beverly Jenkins With the millions [...]
Welcome everyone! I have been up all night with Finding Me by Darnella Ford and just finished about an hour ago. I almost started the chat then, just so I could tell someone about how much I enjoyed this book. So, let’s get this started!! It is Book 13 of our Holiday Reading Challenge. For [...]
We continue our Holiday Reading Challenge today with Dyanne Davis who has been an avid supporter of RAWSISTAZ for years, so it’s great to be able to have her here with us to discuss ON MY KNEES. Dyanne is also a columnist for RAWSISTAZ, so be sure to check out some of her past articles [...]
Ever wanted to read a book because of the cover alone? Well I have and Who Is He To You is at the very top of that list. It is one of the most striking and breath-taking covers I’ve ever seen and I immediately wanted to know more about the book after seeing it. Debut [...]
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 team read hundreds of books last year, but we only spotlight 5 a month via this column, so be sure to check out [...]
Happy Anniversary to Bernice McFadden!! 10 Years have passed and her debut title Sugar remains at the top of the list when readers discuss their all-time favorite books. In celebration, she launched a campaign to sell 10,000 copies of the anniversary edition of the book, to not just Black readers, but to ALL readers. So not only will [...]
Happy New Year! We’ve made it to the last week of our Holiday Reading Challenge and have had a wonderful time with our guest authors. While it may be too late to claim one of the prizes for most active participant, it’s not too late to join in the fun. We will also do a [...]
