The Reading Diva

It's that time of year where I take part in the 10 books 30 days challenge . As some of you may know, I have struggled with this challenge by only reading 4-5 books during the month.  What makes this year even harder is that somehow I have lost my reading groove.  Yes I'm still reading, but for some reason I haven't been able to finish a book. Maybe Southern Charm has zapped my brain cells. And Goodreads kindly reminds me that I am seven books behind my reading goal for the year (which is part of the reason I want to do this challenge).  And did I mention that I will be out of town for a week and have three college graduations in May?  I hope to finish reading a book. Soon. Relax in Paradise Paul Robeson Jr. ,  Stefanie Zweig  and Al Goldstein . Congratulations to all of the Edgar Award winners ! To Kill a Mockingbird will finally be released as an e-book and a downloadable audiobook . Almost ten years after her passing, new short stories from O...

Last month, I started on a journey to read ten books in thirty days.  I thought I was on the way of getting there, but I failed. I read four books. The third book I finished was Diamond Life , the sequel of Platinum .  It's about the lives of hip hop stars and their spouses/lovers and some, if not all, of them were inspired by real life stars.  I actually enjoyed this one a little more than Platinum, but my only complaint is that one of the characters that was highly featured in Platinum wasn't in Diamond Life much. And if the real life inspiration to Bunny is anything close to the character.... The fourth book I finished was Redefining Diva by Sheryl Lee Ralph.  This book is mostly a biography, but gives pearls of wisdom along the way. I had a chance to meet Soror Ralph at Regional Convention last year and she is just as sweet and gorgeous in person. I think what messed me up was that I read a lot of books that were long and needed more of my attention rath...

Gathering of Waters

There is one word to describe this true crime book: BOO! I had started reading The Good Son almost two weeks ago, but didn't really get that far. Since the book's not long (about 260 pages), I decided to make it a part of my challenge. This is a case where a 19-year old guy killed his parents with the help of his girlfriend, her best friend and the night manager at the IHOP they hung out at. The motive was (supposedly) for money. The parents were stabbed and shot to death. I would normally list the names of these people when I review true crime books, but this book may me not care. Why? Because only 70 pages of this book was dedicated to background about the suspects and the victims. The rest of the book was dedicated to trial coverage of the guy and his girlfriend (the other two suspects plead out). Then in the end, the author admits that she sent the guy books in jail and has been communicating with him. WTH? It was an easy read, but I kind of wish I passed on it. I...

While on Facebook last week, I came across SistahFriend Book Club's 10 Books in 30 Days Challenge . So I decided to not only to try to read 10 books in 30 days, but to blog about them! So far, I am doing well on the challenge (I know it's only day 1). I am more than half-way through a true crime book and hope to finish by tomorrow. I also got some of friends to take part of the challenge too. I'm still debating on whether to participate in the 24-hour read-a-thon on April 21st. I just realized that I have a book club meeting that day. I thought about doing it last October, but it was on my birthday weekend. (They do it twice a year.) I hope to have the first post up very soon and got a (somewhat) strategy on how to tackle this challenge! Wish me luck!