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SEPTEMBER 2009 Alternate BOM Selection WHAT THE BAYOU SAW by Patti Lacy Kregel Publications, March 2009 336 Pages, Paperback, $14.99 ISBN-10: 0825429374 ISBN-13: 978-0825429378 BUY IT LINK Book Description The past can’t stay buried forever Rising author Patti Lacy’s second novel exposes the life of Sally, set amid the shadows of prejudice in Louisiana. Since [...]
AUGUST 2009 Alternate BOM Selection Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis Knopf Books for Young Readers, June 2009 Hardcover, 352 pages, $16.99 ISBN-10: 0375857141 ISBN-13: 978-0375857140 BUY A COPY Book Description Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past. Octavia and Tali are dreading the road trip their parents are forcing them to [...]
AUGUST 2009 BOM Selection WHAT THEY FOUND: Love on 145th St by Walter Dean Myers Wendy Lamb Books, February 2009 243 Pages, Paperback, $8.99 ISBN-10: 0375845453 ISBN-13: 978-0375845451 BUY A COPY Book Description WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in [...]
It’s Book Chat/Discussion time, so please get ready to jump in as we discuss our alternate BOM for June 2009, Where There’s Smoke by Terra Little! Feel free to share your thoughts, comments, questions or favorite parts of the book.  We’ll be here throughout the day/night today (Tuesday) and then wrap up things early Wednesday morning. As [...]
Welcome to another Black Book Chat! Today, we’re featuring Tracy Price-Thompson and her latest book, Gather Together in My Name. Please feel free to share your thoughts, comments, or questions regarding the book and remember that we’ll be here throughout the day today (Tuesday) and then wrap up things early Wednesday morning. As a reminder, this [...]
JULY 2009 Alternate BOM Selection Mass Market Paperback Kimani, July 2009 ISBN-10: 0373861206 ISBN-13: 978-0373861200 Product Description When a man finds a beautiful woman asleep in his bed… …he has only one choice. To seduce her with a night of lovemaking she’ll never forget. Trouble is, Donovan Steele’s sultry new housekeeper is just as determined [...]
JULY 2009 BOM Selection MANEATER by Mary B. Morrison and Noire Dafina, June 2009 308 Pages, Hardcover, $24.00 ISBN-10: 0758213204 ISBN-13: 978-0758213204 BUY A COPY New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison pairs with Queen of Urban Erotica Noire to deliver two tantalizing novellas about sex, revenge?and getting what you deserve? Character of a [...]
We are currently voting on our 3rd Qtr Book of the Month (BOM) Selections. Members, if you haven’t , please do so as soon as possible. The books nominated are as follows and winners will be announced at the end of the week. Stay tuned!! If you’re an author with a book that fits any [...]
JUNE 2009 BOM (Alternate) “See that picture? I bet you’re probably looking at it, shaking your head and thinking we look like a couple of gang-bangers, but that’s not entirely true. Well, not for me anyway. My name is Isaiah, but my friends call me Zay, and the guy behind me is Justin. We call [...]
JUNE 2009 BOM From the nationally bestselling and Hurston/Wright award-winning author Tracy Price-Thompson comes a heartbreaking story of loyalty and love that goes beyond the ultimate sacrifice. Coming of age in the heart of crime-ridden Brooklyn, Shyne Blackwood is one in a set of triplets born into poverty and great tragedy. While his brothers are [...]
