A Look Back – What We Read in 2000 & 2001

As we continue our 30 Day Celebration, we will be taking a stroll down Literary Lane and sharing many things about RAWSISTAZ, our members, authors & literary trivia. Does anyone know what the first reading selection for our online book club was?   :::::drumroll please:::: Our complete reading lists for 2000 and 2001 are below.  Anyone read any of these titles and remember the book discussions? 2000 READING LIST October Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris November Temptation by Victoria Christopher Murray December Addicted by Zane 2001 READING LIST January Sugar by Bernice McFadden Their... 

A Tribute to RAWSISTAZ — A Member Speaks

Hey all and thanks SO MUCH for joining us for our month-long anniversary celebration.  10 Years and counting!! Our site was down this morning, so we’re a bit delayed kicking things off, but we are here and ready to go!!  Our actual anniversary is on the 16th, and yes, we’re celebrating 10 years of our literary group, online book club and our members as a whole.  It’s been a wonderful, wonderful ride! Today, we’re opening up with a testimony from Hope Murphy, one of our members and guest reviewer, and we’d love you to share your experiences with RAWSISTAZ, too! ... 

We Have Already Won

RAWSISTAZ is up for Book Club of the Year in the African-American Literary Awards Show and I will admit, it’s pretty cool to be nominated for an award by a group of your peers, members and others for the very thing you have a passion for doing.  But, is it necessary? No? Not really. Earlier in the week, I posted to our groups: RAWSISTAZ is up for Book Club of the Year…This is our 10 Year Anniversary and anyone who says we aren’t deserving of this award, as one of the few book clubs that has been around for 10 years, starting one of (if not the first) organized review teams to promote... 

Black Book Chat with Angelia Vernon Menchan & Dera R. Williams

We’re excited to welcome Angelia Vernon Menchan and Dera R. Williams for our Black Book Chat today. They will be sharing more information about their recently released book Mother Wit: Stories of Mothers and Daughters, how they came up with the idea and more! If you haven’t purchased a copy, be sure to do so via Amazon.com or via Smashwords. —————————— MOTHER WIT explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters, stepmothers and stepdaughters and it encompasses the romantic and family relationships that bind,... 

Black Book Chat with Electa Rome Parks (Book: Diary of a Stalker)

Come out and join us tonight at 8PM EST as we discuss our July 2010 Book Selection, Diary of a Stalker by Electa Rome Parks. ABOUT THE BOOK Never judge a book by its cover. . . Xavier Preston is tall, dark and handsome and the problem is that he knows it. He’s a best-selling author who is accustomed to adoring female fans, both young and old, flirting with him, throwing themselves shamelessly at him and trying to get between more than the covers of his novels. And he has always been more than willing to accommodate their needs and desires. However, his womanizing days have finally ended. . .... 

Missing on the Literary Scene

Are your favorite authors missing from the literary scene? Wondering what happened to them?  Why are they not around anymore? Is it by choice? Well, let’s talk about it. Be sure to list some of YOUR favorites who are missing in action on the literary scene and share your thoughts on the topic. Last week, we talked about authors who have been missing from the scenes and we wanted to expand on it this week with not only sharing those authors we miss, but discussing why they’re missing. At the top of my list are Marcus Major, Timmothy McCann, Elyse Singleton, V. Anthony Rivers, Gregory... 

30 Books in 90 Days Challenge 2010 (Written Mag)

Ready to get your READ on? Many of you participated in our Holiday Reading Challenge, the E-Book Reading Challenge, and even the 30 Books in 90 Days Reading Challenge of 2009, presented by Written Magazine.  Well, today is the kick-off of Written Magazine’s annual reading challenge (30 Books in 90 Days) which will run June 27th-September 27th. This is the 2nd year RAWSISTAZ online members, reviewers and local chapters have participated.  While yours truly didn’t get in the 30 books last year, I do plan to give it another go this year. I ain’t scared!! To keep up with our RAWSISTAZ... 

Black Book Chat with Ja’Nese Dixon (Book: Black Diamond)

Hey all, we’re back with another Black Book Chat and are excited to have debut author Ja’Nese Dixon with us today as we discuss Black Diamond. Jump in and get your RAW on!  We’ll be here throughout the day, so if you haven’t finished reading yet, grab your copy and join us later. ABOUT THE BOOK Camille Blackwell, an undercover FBI agent, poses as a jewelry purchaser in an international diamond trading company in hopes of identifying the domestic players in a vicious rebel group suspected of trafficking conflict diamonds. The Bureau requests CIA renegade Marc Fulton’s... 

Coffee Confessions – Black Book Chat

Welcome to our Black Book Chat and discussion of Coffee Confessions. We’ve had multiple author chats before, but none in our new BBC/blog-like format, so it’s exciting to have the authors here with us from noon (EST) until around 8PM tonight.  So, definitely chime in with your questions and/or comments. ABOUT THE BOOK Coffee Confessions is an anthology featuring original short stories from JA Adams, LMBlakely, Darine Davis, Ja’Nese Dixon, Jean Holloway, TL James, and DeiIra Smith-Collard. Coffee Confessions is a small fictitious coffee shop in Houston, TX. Owner Sandra James... 

Black Book Chat with Tiffany L. Warren (Book: In the Midst of It All)

Happy Tuesday to you and welcome to our book discussion of In the Midst of It All by Tiffany L. Warren, which was one of our May Book of the Month selections.  Feel free to join in the conversation by sharing your thoughts on the book and asking any questions you may have. IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL by Tiffany L. Warren Grand Central Publishing, February 2010 320 Pages, Paperback, $14.99 ISBN-10: 0446195162 ISBN-13: 978-0446195164 Book Description For as long as she can remember, Zenovia has taken care of her schizophrenic mother, Audrey. In a single morning, their lives are changed forever when two... 

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