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Sleeping with Strangers (Gideon Trilogy 1) 108 reviews
Eric Jerome Dickey
Dutton Adult, 2007
Stranger Things Have Happened
+ Sleeping with Strangers
+ Good Read
+ Pleasant Surprise!!
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Keeper of Secrets: Translations of an Incident 9 reviews
Anjuelle Floyd
Three Muses Press, 2007
Eight beautifully woven stories
+ (RAW Rating: 3.5) - How people are related
+ Good read
+ Fascinating characters
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Snow5 reviews
Kenji Jasper
Vibe, 2007
"This moving story will touch a chord in readers, as this intense read demonstrates how one's innocence can be taken."
+ SNOW
+ Snow by Kenji Jasper: An PeoplewholoveGoodBooks Review
+ Just One More Time and I'll Be Coming Home to My Baby
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An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President11 reviews
Randall Robinson
Basic Civitas Books, 2008
Great Book on Haiti, Even Better Book on U.S.
+ A heartbreaking but important read
+ Opens Your Eyes
+ An Unbroken Agony
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Abrahams Well: A Novel16 reviews
Sharon Ewell Foster
Bethany House, 2006
Shaded & Speckled Skin
+ A pageturner!!!
+ Wonderful
+ Abraham's Well
+ great book
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)8 reviews
James Alan McPherson
Scribner, 1987
A Look in the Mirror
+ Everyone needs a little "Elbow Room"...
+ Snapshots
+ Good stuff!
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Chasing Sophea: A Novel6 reviews
Gabrielle Pina
One World/Ballantine, 2006
A Sure Literary Mind Twister!
+ Caught me and would not let go
+ The Power of Love
+ An entertaining read
+ So good!
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Trouble No More 3 reviews
Anthony Grooms
Kennesaw State University Press, 2006
Southern Reader
+ Reality Check
+ I was moved when...
Trouble No More is filled with quiet drama and is a real troublesome delight to read. For those who were too deep into the forest in the sixties to see all the trees, Mr. Grooms' short stories provide an ariel view of the times. His characters are familiar, funny, and sometimes sad, but ...
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The King of Colored Town4 reviews
Darryl Wimberley
Toby Press, 2007
An Absolute Page-Turner!
+ OUTSTANDING!
+ Tragedy and Triumph
+ Excellent spellbinding story
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A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son's International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment (Family ...17 reviews
Thomas Brooks
Alpha Multimedia, Inc., 2006
a must read!
+ Wonderful Account of One Man's Search for Heritage, Family and Identity
+ Heartwarming story
+ It's That Good!
+ Becoming a Citizen of the World
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One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race and Family Secrets35 reviews
Bliss Broyard
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
One Drop
+ A Full Bucket Story
+ One Drop
+ All time favorite non-fiction book
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Brother, I'm Dying26 reviews
Edwidge Danticat
Knopf, 2007
A Good Book, Yes, But Also an Important Book
+ A most remarkable memoir
+ the human costs of immigration
+ An Amazing Haitian-American Journey
+ Brother, I 'm Dying
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The New Moon's Arms6 reviews
Nalo Hopkinson
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
Lost and Found...
+ "I thought it would be like riding a bicycle"
+ Her best book yet
+ Impressive work
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Wild Sweet Love31 reviews
Beverly Jenkins
Avon, 2007
Awwwwwww Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ Wild Sweet Love- A Joyfully Recommended Title
+ Oh Yeah!
+ BJ is the Best
+ A Wild Sweet Read!
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She's Gone5 reviews
Kwame Dawes
Akashic Books, 2007
In a word...SUPERB
+ Great Books Do Sometimes Have Flaws
+ Best Debut Novel I've Read in a Very Long Time...
+ They're Gone...can they be found?
+ When You're Alone...I'll Be There By Your Side Baby
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Jass (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)9 reviews
David Fulmer
Harvest Books, 2006
Excellent
+ book reveiw
+ Beautiful imagery
+ A Compelling Follow-up to Chasing The Devil's Tail
+ Great noir mystery!
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Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans23 reviews
David Fulmer
Harvest Books, 2003
Genius, dispair and the Mother of Jazz.
+ The Reader Is Catipulted Back Into Life In 1907 New Orleans.
+ Love his books!
+ Good
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Red River25 reviews
Lalita Tademy
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
worth every moment I invested
+ Cane River & Red River
+ very good book
+ Red River
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Envy217 reviews
Sandra Brown
Warner Books, 2001
Envious
+ Sandra Brown Rocks!!
+ Oldie but One of Brown's Best
+ Wonderful surprise
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