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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.  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. As a special note: we nominate books and then all members vote. We are in the process of voting on our March-June 2010 main and alternate selections. RAWSISTAZ 2010  Diversity in Reading JANUARY -  Best of the Best (4.5 or 5 Star... 

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 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 she received after divorcing her faithless tycoon husband, Bernadine Brown saved the historic town of Henry Adams, Kansas, from financial ruin and found loving homes for five needy children. Now there are other “projects” crying out for rescue. If ever a town institution needed rescuing,... 

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 team read hundreds of books last year, but we only spotlight 5 a month via this column, so be sure to check out http://www.blackbookreviews.net to see other titles which made it to our favorites list. We look forward to sharing more great books with you in 2010! ——————– January 2009 Once You’ve Touched The Heart by Iris Bolling The Hood Life: A Bentley Manor Tale by Meesha... 

Holiday Reading Challenge – Halfway Point

We’re a bit past the middle of our Holiday Reading Challenge and it is going wonderfully.  I, for one, am very glad to be doing the challenge since I haven’t read as much as I’d like this year.  Granted, I’m constantly rushing to get the books read, but so far, I’ve only missed one read, so for that I’m happy. How is everyone doing? Can YOU hang? Update us on what you’ve read thus far, ratings, and which book/chat you enjoyed the most. We’ve had some great discussions on the various books and I didn’t mention it, but at the end of the challenge,... 

Down Home With the Neelys (December BOM)

December 2009 Book of the Month DOWN HOME WITH THE NEELYS: A Southern Family Cookbook by Patrick and Gina Neely Knopf, May 2009 288 Pages, Hardcover, $27.95 ISBN-10: 0307269949 ISBN-13: 9780307269942 Buy it via Amazon.com BOOK DESCRIPTION Meet the Neelys: Pat and Gina, husband-and-wife team, hosts of their own television show, and proprietors of the celebrated Memphis and Nashville eateries, Neely’s Bar-B-Que. The Neelys’ down-home approach to cooking has earned them the highest accolades from coast to coast. It has also won them millions of viewers on the Food Network. Simply put, the Neelys... 

Delilah’s Everyday Soul (December Alternate BOM)

December Alternate BOM DELILAH’S EVERYDAY SOUL: Southern Cooking With Style by Delilah Winder Running Press, November 2006 288 Pages, Hardcover, $29.95 ISBN-10: 0762426012 ISBN-13: 9780762426010 Buy It: Via Amazon.com BOOK DESCRIPTION Tradition meets the 21st century in this hip and colorful cookbook that shows that Soul Food doesn’t have to be “country food.” In Delilah’s Everyday Soul, chef Delilah Winder shares the Southern-inspired recipes that helped earn her the devotion of many, including television’s Oprah Winfrey, the NFL’s Donovan McNabb, and music’s Patti LaBelle.... 

Holiday Reading Challenge: 1 Week Down – Can You Hang?

We’re a week into our Holiday Reading Challenge with two chats & book discussions happening this week, followed by one next Tuesday.  Can you hang?  Who’s in? Have you already read any of these?? Let’s hear from you. As a reminder, you CAN count books on the list you’ve already read IF (and only if), you actively participate in the discussions. BOOK 1 PUSH by Sapphire Vintage, April 1997 192 Pages, Paperback, $13.00 ISBN-10: 0679766759 ISBN-13: 9780679766759 BUY IT BOOK DESCRIPTION An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its... 

Push by Sapphire (November BOM)

November 2009 Book of the Month Push by Sapphire PUSH by Sapphire Vintage, April 1997 192 Pages, Paperback, $13.00 ISBN-10: 0679766759 ISBN-13: 9780679766759 BOOK DESCRIPTION An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl’s horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father’s child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to... 

The Wedding by Dorothy West (Nov 2009 Alternate BOM)

November 2009 – Alternate Book of the Month THE WEDDING by Dorothy West Anchor, January 1996 265 Pages, Paperback, $13.95 ISBN-10: 0385471440 ISBN-13: 9780385471442 Book Description On the island of Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s there exists a proud, insular, nearly unassailable community known as the Oval, made up of the best and brightest of New York’s and Boston’s black bourgeoisie. Dr. Clark Coles and his wife Corinne, pillars of this community, are mortified that their youngest daughter Shelby is set on marrying Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. Equally... 

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