The Reading Diva

I know Joe, I lied. (And FYI, even thought I live in South Carolina, I do not live in the district he represents and I DO NOT CONDONE HIS ACTIONS). But back to the books. Several months ago, I swore that I would not read the book "O" because it was possible it was from one of Joe's fellow Republicans. But once the book arrived for me at the library, I did check it out. The book came into my possession around the time of my housewarming. The cousin who tells me it's good to hear what the other side says....he was in town for the event. And one of my friends, who has more books and items about Obama than I could imagine, said she had the book and that we could read it together. After trying to read this book off and on for the past two months, I just gave up. Not because the allege writer is Sen. McCain's former speechwriter. It's not because it seems anti-Obama and shows him as an arrogant man who thinks he knows it all, which it does. And it's not be...

On the first stop to promote her new book, Sister Souljah came to the Northwoods Books-A-Million in North Charleston. As you can tell by the picture, I was there. Sister Souljah started out reading the first chapter of her new book, Midnight and the Meaning of Love . Afterwards, she took questions from the audience. A Coldest Winter Ever movie? She bought the rights back after interest in the movie fell through. Why was Midnight hooked up with an Asian girl? To show diversity in the world and that black men are being pursued by all races. What will be the next book about? About Winter's sister. I really enjoyed Sister Souljah's reading and the book signing event. A lot of people came out and were excited about her new book (some were reading the book before she arrived). One of my friends even told her that she will read the Midnight books since she spoke of them so well. She left a wonderful message when she signed my copy of Midnight and the Meaning of Love: Love is...

I received an email earlier this week from Jacque, the Books-A-Million lady. Her email brought exciting news. Author, rapper and activist Sister Souljah is coming to the Northwoods store on Wednesday, April 13. Sister Souljah's most famous book is The Coldest Winter Ever . Her new book, Midnight and the Meaning of Love , will be released the day before she comes to Charleston. This is the sequel to her long-awaited book, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story . I have a confession: I have never read any of her books. But to get a chance to meet a New York Times best-selling author and a hip-hop legend is exciting. So I will be going to this event and have pictures for you next week. And I think it is a good time to start reading her books.

Sorry I have been gone for so long. Between school, work and Delta, I have been pretty busy. I had a housewarming in February and then I lost my step-grandmother last month. And oh, I saw Kem and Prince in concert. So writing was pushed to the back burner. I will be busy this month with work and finishing grad school (graduation is in May). So if I do another disappearing act, you know why. My reading has been slow as of late, but I did finish some books. I was slowly reading Glorious by Bernice McFadden and finally finished it about two weeks ago It was a great look into the Harlem Renaissance and I agree with many people that Oprah may want to make this into a movie. I also recently finished Come Sunday Morning by Terry Hill . This book was full of drama plus some. It's about a pastor who falls in love with someone unexpected and hopes that no one finds out about his love affair. But as news spreads, all hell breaks loose. At the end of the book, I was wanting more (and I hope th...