January BOM Discussion (Book: Girl, Get Your Mind Right)

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Since many of you couldn’t attend the Twitter Party/Chat with Tionna Tee Smalls on Tuesday night to discuss the January Book of the Month, Girl Get Your Mind Right we decided to it via the site so our chapters could share thoughts on the book, too. I’ve mentioned it several times, but this is the [...]

Black Book Chat – Intro to Zen Cooper (the book)

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Welcome to another Black Book Chat and belated birthday hugs to Angelia Vernon Menchan, our special guest today.  Her new book was released yesterday and is called Zen Cooper: Woman-Child, Ghetto Genius. So, join us as we learn more about the book, why Angelia wrote it and the message she hopes readers find in it. [...]

Black Book Chat w/Pamela Samuels Young

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Welcome, welcome! Today’s Black Book Chat is with Pamela Samuels Young and is a book discussion for her book BUYING TIME, which was one of our December BOM selections.  Jump in and share your thoughts & questions. BOOK DESCRIPTION Waverly Sloan is a down-on-his-luck lawyer. But just when he’s about to hit rock bottom, he [...]

Black Book Chat with GiGi Gunn

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Welcome to our Black Book Chat today with Gigi Gunn, author of NEVER BEEN TO ME.  We will NOT have a chat via Twitter (#blackbookchats) this week, so please make a note on your calendars. We’re wrapping up 2010 with most of our Black Book Chats right here via the site. THE AUTHOR SPEAKS Why [...]

Black Book Chat w/Shawneda Marks (Book: It’s In My Blood)

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UPDATE:  Because of of Twitter issues, we’re going to pick up with the chat right here Friday from noon-8PM EST.  So, definitely stop back through and we can get to the book discussion part of things.    Shawneda will be stopping in and out to answer any additional questions.  Just jump down to the comments. [...]

Black Book Chat with Lisa Wu Hartwell & Miasha (Book: When the Cake is Made)

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Three Women, three disaster weddings, one dress burning ceremony and a connection that is deeper than anyone could imagine… Join us at 8:30PM EST tonight for our Black Book Chat with Lisa Wu Hartwell & Miasha as we discuss their debut title, When the Cake is Made. The chat is being held via Twitter using [...]

Authors & Book Reviews

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For those who don’t know already, I organize and lead The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers, a group of 20+ team members and guest reviewers (all unpaid volunteers) who review on behalf of RAWSISTAZ.  In January, we will celebrate our 10-year anniversary with over  7000 reviews completed.  Yet, even after almost a decade of doing this, we’re still having [...]

Black Book Chat w/Tanya Wright (Book: Butterfly Rising) #blackbookchats

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Tanya Wright joins us again tonight on Twitter (at 8:30PM EST) for Part 2 of our spotlight of  her debut title BUTTERFLY RISING.  This is a book discussion, so we hope you’ll join in via our hashtag #blackbookchats and share your thoughts.  For easy access to the chat, CLICK HERE and if that doesn’t work, [...]

Black Book Chat w/Daniel Black (Book: Perfect Peace)

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Tonight, we are pleased to have Daniel Black join us to discuss his latest book, PERFECT PEACE. Daniel was one of the keynote speakers at The RAW Affair this year and if you missed it, you missed out!  He is not only an exceptional writer, but a great reader and singer.  Yep, he did all [...]

Holiday Reading Challenge 2010

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The holiday season is right around the corner and we are kicking off our 2nd Annual Holiday Reading Challenge a bit early this year with our 8-week reading challenge, November 16th-January 11th, featuring black book chats & discussions via our website, twitter & possibly facebook. We hope you’ll join us. The rules are simple. Read. [...]