Good Hair76 reviews Benilde Little Free Press, 2001 Alice Andrews + Intriguing read, excellent for Black Book Clubs. + loved it + A Sory of Our Time             The BAP Handbook: The Official Guide to the Black American Princess69 reviews Kalyn Johnson, Tracey Lewis, ... Broadway, 2001 Loved it! + Anyone Can Be a BAP I bought this book on a whim, just to see what all the hoopla was about. This book is not to be taken seriously, its a nice light read. However, if you are the type to be easily influenced by books, then this may sway you in the wrong direction! This book does have undertones of elitist and ...             Gotham Diaries59 reviews Tonya Lewis Lee, Crystal Mccrary Anthony Hyperion, 2006 Page Turning Heaven! + Entertaining read; soap opera view of NYC black elite This book was GREAT! I really don't know where to start. The plot was well thought out and it was simply well written. They definitely did not disappoint on this one. Finally someone gives a left coaster a realistic understanding of the totally different world in New York! Co-ops and all ...             Divas, Inc.18 reviews Donna Hill Thorndike Press, 2006 It wasn't Ms. Hill's best, but she still gets five stars.. + Good storytelling, but a little predictable + I actually ENJOYED this tale... + Margaret is fun, but her Grandmother is full of wisdom!!!             P.G. County: A Novel91 reviews Connie Briscoe One World/Ballantine, 2007 Fantastic + GOOD BOOK Loved the book. Went on-line to see if Connie Briscoe had any other books and found the sequel to this book and ordered it immediately. I had to read the sequel. Was not disappointed. Connie is a great writer. Recommend it highly.             Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This50 reviews Mary B. Morrison Dafina, 2007 Love the entire series! + Absolutely Awesome - with a twist surprise + This is a very, very enjoyable story about love, betrayal and what can happen if... Mary Morrison is an absolute pleasure to read. Her pacing is solid and the "intimate" scenes are off the hook. Her entire series is wonderful. They keep getting better and better; keep up the good work Ms. Morrison.             Black Picket Fences : Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class6 reviews Mary Pattillo-McCoy University Of Chicago Press, 2000 Proper Streets: Growing up in Groveland + Privilege and peril among middle class blacks + A Major Work + Black Picket Fences + Black Picket Fences             Can't Get Enough: A Novel42 reviews Connie Briscoe Doubleday, 2005 Can't Get Enough + Money. Power. Sex. That's what the folks in P.G. County can't get enough of! + Black Dynasty + Exciting!! + very good gossip!             Take Her Man11 reviews Grace Octavia Dafina, 2007 Novel Summary + Great book! + This is must read for all girlfriends and Book Clubs!!!! + Fighting to keep your man + Good Book so far             Who Does She Think She Is?: A Novel16 reviews Benilde Little Free Press, 2005 Quite astonishing! Perhaps I'm just getting old and have absolutely no comprehension of the 20-something-year old women of today. I find it absolute madness that a young woman would trade in a wealthy, attentive man who adored her just the way she was, for a "pumpkin and zebra colored linens, raspberry Gerber ...             Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class255 reviews Lawrence Otis Graham Harper Perennial, 2000 Stimulates Discussion + Everyone on here tryin to slam this book needs to sit down somewhere! + racial perspective + I think people are missing part of the point..             Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelation to Middle-Class Blacks in America17 reviews E. Franklin Frazier Free Press, 1997 Sheila + THE "LUMBPEN-BLACK-BOURGEOISIE" EXPOSED! + arrested development + I would give it ten stars if I could             Get Some Love17 reviews Nina Foxx Avon A, 2003 Good Read + Get Some Lovin'! I read the book on my way home from a literary retreat. I had relaxed all weekend and shared good times with other readers,and so having this mild story to top off the weekend was a treat. The story flowed well. It was not filled with 'big time' drama. It was a nice 'cute' story, a book I could ...             The Million Dollar Divorce: A Novel94 reviews RM Johnson Simon & Schuster, 2005 Da Man!! + Pretty Good + Be careful what you ask for! R.M. Johnson is DA MAN!!! This book was so good. This book showed that no matter how old and wealthy a man may be inmaturity can still exist. In a couple of months I can go back and re-read this book, it was just that good. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!             Getting Even10 reviews Kayla Perrin Spice, 2006 Soooo Hard To Put Down... + You can't mess with these women! + The Best!!!!!!! + A Woman Scorned is No Joke...             Aristocrats of Color: The Black Elite, 1880-1920 (Black Community Studies)4 reviews Willard B. Gatewood University of Arkansas Press, 2000 Excellent, objective read. + Quite enjoyable + Jack and Jill + Excellent contribution!             Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: A Novel10 reviews Lyah Beth Leflore Harlem Moon, 2006 (RAW Rating: 4.5) - The Beauty of a Song + A Rousing Romp of an Unexpected Love Story Anyone who enjoys music and how it affects your life will enjoy Lyah Beth LeFlore's novel LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE. And for those who aren't big music fans don't be fooled by the title, this book is about much more. Destiny Day is a party promoter in New York who seems to have it all. She ...             Acting Out: A Novel23 reviews Benilde Little Free Press, 2004 Excellent novel for the creative black woman! + It's Cool... + A Good Read I suppose Ina's story isn't for everyone -- many a hardworking woman would call her an ungrateful whiner. So maybe this is a book for the more eclectic and artistic of us, those of us like Ina who have a hard time finding a place where we fit in, or where we don't need to fit. Because I understood ...             The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty21 reviews Lawrence Otis Graham HarperCollins, 2006 The Senators & Socialite: True Story of America's First Black Dynasty + A Wealthy Family Slowly Falls Into Poverty + Intrigue and Disappointment + The Senator and the Socialite             The ITCH : A Novel86 reviews Benilde Little Free Press, 1999 Not exactly a message of hope Benilde Little returns in The Itch with a cast of bicoastal buppies whose lives are bankrupt in spite of stellar educations, turbo-power careers, great looks, and a lack for nothing material. They have all bought into the lie "what you have is who you are" or my favorite rendering, "what you got is ...