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The Seeds of Green Mangoes by Janete Scobie Capucine Books, December 2008 376 Pages, Paperback, $13.95 ISBN: 0615267866 Genre: Fiction RAW Rating: 4.5 (out of 5) THE SEEDS OF GREEN MANGOES is literary fiction at its best. This debut novel by Scobie is beautifully written and layered with more than just a coming of age [...]
Reviewed: Mar 31, 2009 ‘Til Debt Do Us Part by Michelle Larks Urban Books, June 2009 300 Pages, Paperback, $12.95 ISBN: 160162994X Genre: Christian Fiction RAW Rating: 5.0 (out of 5)  When Nikki and Jeff married, Jeff devised a five-year plan for their life together. During the first five years, they were to lay [...]
Gumbo For The Soul: Here’s Our Child, Where’s The Village? Edited by Beverly Black Johnson, foreword by Tee C. Royal IUniverse, November 2008 128 Pages, Paperback, $11.95 ISBN: 1440101264 Genre: Anthology RAW Rating: 4.5 (out of 5) GUMBO FOR THE SOUL: Here’s Our Child, Where’s the Village? compiled by Beverly Black Johnson, is a collection [...]
Welcome to Day 4 of The Devil is a Lie Blog Tour featuring our review of ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s new release of the same title.  I have enjoyed all of Billingsley’s books to date, so I was happy to bring myself “out of retirement” to review this book.  Hope you enjoy the review and if [...]
Sisters and Husbands by Connie Briscoe Grand Central Publishing, June 2009 288 Pages, Hardcover, $24.99 ISBN: 0446534897 Genre: Fiction RAW Rating: 4.0 (out of 5) SISTERS AND HUSBANDS is the sequel to Sisters and Lovers, where we first met sisters, Evelyn, Charmaine and Beverly…and the drama continues. Beverly has been engaged three times and the [...]
ASSATA AND THE SECRET OF THE COWRIE by Vickie M. Oliver-Lawson, Illustrated by Karen Summerville New Day Publishing, February 2008 28 Pages, Paperback, $15.00 ISBN: 0972154256 Genre: Children’s Fiction   (4-8)  BUY IT – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0972154256/rawreviewers  RAWKidz Rating: 5 (out of 5)  The History Behind Cowrie Shells  Have you ever seen someone wear porcelain-like [...]
Serving Justice by Jacqueline D. Moore Peace in the Storm Publishing, April 2009 248 Pages, Paperback, $15.00 ISBN: 0979022274 Genre: Fiction RAW Rating: 5.0 (out of 5) Angela Jenkins was raised by her grandmother because her parents died while she was quite young. She lived in a nice neighborhood but didn’t have the money to [...]
