Fifth Born: A Novel29 reviews Zelda Lockhart Atria, 2002 I Couldn't Put it Down... + Beautiful, Sad Story + fifth and fabulous + A Must Read! + jFifth Born             Resurrecting Mingus57 reviews Jenoyne Adams Free Press, 2001 Excellent read! + Loved this book! + A New Twist; A New Classic I purchased this book several years ago. I kept getting caught up in all the popular authors and didn't give this one a look. I picked it up recently and could not put it down. The writing is superb and the storyline keeps you interested. Although predictable (keep in mind IT'S A NOVEL ...             Discretion7 reviews Elizabeth Nunez One World/Ballantine, 2003 Love Honor Passion ! + White guy enjoys black woman author's work. + In the end, I realized I liked the story + The Price of Passion + A gem             Blues Dancing: A Novel65 reviews Diane McKinney-Whetstone Harper Perennial, 2000 PHENOMENAL + Excellent!!!! + Great Read After reading Tumbling I knew that there was no way Diane McKinney-Whetstone would be able to top such an impressive debut: boy, was I wrong. Blues Dancing is phenomenal. I love that in McKinney-Whetstone's world there are no heroes or villains, just very real, very flawed human beings. Verdi's ...             The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel44 reviews Akosua Busia Little Brown & Co (T), 1996 The plot is a little diffrent... + Great Read + This book takes you there and you want to stay a while + But what happen to you???????             Go Tell It on the Mountain85 reviews James Baldwin Dell, 1980 A black guy wrote this? + A Great Day In Harlem + If you can get past the religious aspect, you might grow to like this book I wanted to dislike this book. James Baldwin was both a 'mo and a 'gro, and his...politics...are anathema to me--but this book--as a work of art, as an example of human effort--is outstanding. Not at first, though. The exordium is tedious and boring, and I was flipping pages with alacrity, ...             Whoreson51 reviews Donald Goines Holloway House, 2000 This book was on point. + too good to put down + Must get more Donald Goines I really liked the book I absolutely could not put it down I felt compelled to find out what happened next. He painted a picture of what life was on the the street and it felt like you were going through the story with the characters.             Dead Above Ground31 reviews Jervey Tervalon Atria, 2000 Dead Above Ground + HAUNTINGLY STRANGE AND DIFFERENT......!! + Marvellous Book + CATIVATING             Song of Solomon (Everyman's Library (Cloth))217 reviews Toni Morrison Everyman's Library, 1995 Masterpiece [25] + Morrison's gold + perfection! Morrison's "Song of Solomon" encapsulates her strongest skills into one novel. The story line is unparalleled - it eclipses even some of her other highly acclaimed pieces like "Sula" or "Beloved." The dialect delivered by the people is equal to that shown in "Jazz" or "Beloved." And, her ...             Proverbs For The People8 reviews Tracy Price-Thompson Kensington, 2003 Truths to Live By + Great + Proverbs To Live By and Truths Rediscovered!! + Cover-to-cover Wisdom + Superb!             Leaving Cecil Street (Mckinneywhetstone, Diane)42 reviews Diane Mckinney-whetstone William Morrow, 2004 Wanted to Stay on Cecil Street + great + Good Entertainment + A literary pleasure. + Loved It!!!             Eden20 reviews Olympia Vernon Grove Press, 2002 Vernon's Eden + Took my breath away! + very down to earth and compeling + Shocking, intriguing, and incredible + Pure Perfection             There Are No Children Here93 reviews Alex Kotlowitz Nan A. Talese, 1991 The other America indeed + A World Not Seen By Many + There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America + Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo + Riveting look at poverty             Too Beautiful for Words20 reviews Monique W. Morris Amistad, 2001 Too Beautiful for Words + Classic + Too Beautiful While a somewhat difficult read, I loved the first-person narrative. The characters became real to me because they "spoke" in their personal dialect. The plot was unpredictable enough to keep me on board - never bored - to the end. I had to remind myself that this was fiction - it felt so real!             The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel44 reviews Akosua Busia Little Brown & Co (T), 1996 The plot is a little diffrent... + Great Read + This book takes you there and you want to stay a while + But what happen to you???????             Go Tell It on the Mountain85 reviews James Baldwin Dell, 1980 A black guy wrote this? + A Great Day In Harlem + If you can get past the religious aspect, you might grow to like this book I wanted to dislike this book. James Baldwin was both a 'mo and a 'gro, and his...politics...are anathema to me--but this book--as a work of art, as an example of human effort--is outstanding. Not at first, though. The exordium is tedious and boring, and I was flipping pages with alacrity, ...             Proverbs For The People8 reviews Tracy Price-Thompson Kensington, 2003 Truths to Live By + Great + Proverbs To Live By and Truths Rediscovered!! + Cover-to-cover Wisdom + Superb!             Resurrecting Mingus57 reviews Jenoyne Adams Free Press, 2001 Excellent read! + Loved this book! + A New Twist; A New Classic I purchased this book several years ago. I kept getting caught up in all the popular authors and didn't give this one a look. I picked it up recently and could not put it down. The writing is superb and the storyline keeps you interested. Although predictable (keep in mind IT'S A NOVEL ...             Too Beautiful for Words20 reviews Monique W. Morris Amistad, 2001 Too Beautiful for Words + Classic + Too Beautiful While a somewhat difficult read, I loved the first-person narrative. The characters became real to me because they "spoke" in their personal dialect. The plot was unpredictable enough to keep me on board - never bored - to the end. I had to remind myself that this was fiction - it felt so real!             Fifth Born: A Novel29 reviews Zelda Lockhart Atria, 2002 I Couldn't Put it Down... + Beautiful, Sad Story + fifth and fabulous + A Must Read! + jFifth Born