Tiffany M.
“Millionaire Wives Club” Author: Tu-
Rating: 8 Star
Millionaire Wives Club is about four women (Evan, Milan, Jaise, and Chaunci). These four women endure many ups and downs in their lives from cheating husbands, trying to live fantasy lives, trying to raise children on their own, and hiding dirty secrets. These four women decide to do a reality TV series which turns the tables on all of the women. Lives get ruined and secrets come to light. This book is a good read and worth checking out. out. Recommended for all who love urban fiction.
Tiffany M.
“Queen” Author: Cynthia White
Rating: 8 Star
Queen is about a young girl named Queen growing up as the daughter of Hershey Aaron (Head of the Black Mafia). Queen's mother is murdered and her father has to raise his daughter. Queen grows into a beautiful young lady living the life as the Black Mafia's Princess. Queen life changes as she learns the ropes of the game, falls in love, and finds out how it feels to be heart broken. This book is a good read and worth reading. Recommended for urban fiction readers.
Mary B. Location: WCML
“The Whipping Boy” Author: Sid Reischman
Rating: 10 Star
This story is about young Prince Brat who is spoiled rotten. The black cats are even
afraid of him. He has a servant named Jemmy (The whipping boy) who endures all of
Prince Brat’s punishments. They run away together, switch roles, and embark on a
wild and hilarious adventure. Thieves mistakenly take the whipping boy as Jemmy,
because he knows how to read and the prince does not. Prince Brat learns the true
meaning of friendship. This story is similar to Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.
If you like excitement and adventure, this book is for you. Recommended for grades
5-
Jacqueline S.
“Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule” Author: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Rating: 5 Star
It’s a junior fiction but all ages will enjoy it! Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule setting is during the Civil War time when slaves became free. The story is humorous but yet serious. It’s about how many African Americans families struggled, shared and persevered after freedom came. The main characters will take you to a time when love was the essence of survival for family after freedom came. You will always remember the main character Pascal who was crippled but yet powerful. Although, Pascal and his family set out to discover what freedom really meant, it wasn’t as easy as they thought. Pascal really found the true meaning of freedom.
I recommend families read this book after dinner with the entire family.
Jacqueline S.
“The Crate” Authors: Brian A. Pope and Eva G. Guzant
Rating: 5 Star
This book was written by one of Warren County’s families.
It’s an easy fiction book that all fathers should read to their sons. Its okay to read to the girls of the family, but the greatest impact will be on the males of the family especially if dad read it! It’s about a young boy who has to write a paper on a role model. He was ashamed of what his father did for a living, so he decided that maybe he would write about the man sitting on the crate every day that wore the nice jewelry and drove the nice cars.
Great reading!
Jacqueline S.
“Stepping Up To Supervisor” Author: Marion E. Haynes
Rating: 5 Star
Five Stars! “Stepping up To Supervisor” is a great book for new supervisors and
mature supervisors who just want to sharpen their skills. It starts with discussions
about personal effectiveness, working with individuals, working with groups and ending
with planning for growth and development. If you desire to improve on communication
skills, interpersonal skills or just plain old decision making -
Emily S.
“Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia”
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Rating: 10 Star Genre: Travel Memoir
If you’re like me and you love to travel, or like daydreaming about travel, then
this is the book for you! Following a messing divorce, author Elizabeth Gilbert
decides to embark on a life-
Pamela A.
“For the Strength of You” Author: Victor L. Martin
Rating: 5 Star
“For the Strength of You” is a page turning thriller that deals with the street glitz, glamour and ghetto richness of Raleigh, North Carolina. Anshon comes straight out of prison to be involved in jealously, crime and love triangles. Is it better to keep your enemies or your friends closer? Anshon will find out the answer to this along with many others in this page turning novel. Recommended read for those urban fiction readers !!!
Pamela A.
“Taste of Home Winning Recipes” Author: Taste of Home
Rating: 10 Star
Something for everyone, from those that love to cook to those that hate to cook. A wide range of dishes and drinks to prepare for your friends and families enjoyment. For a taste of good southern cooking try the homemade chicken pot pie recipe, melts in your mouth!!! YUM
Glenn A.
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Author: Rebecca Sckloot
Rating: 10 Star
The book was about a young black woman’s fight and struggle with an aggressive form of cancer. How the cancer cells removed from her body during biopsy and cultured without permission, was a major contribution to scientific research in the world. The HeLa cells (named from the first two letters of first and last names) were aggressive, robust and reproduced boisterously in a lab at John Hopkins. They were the first human cells ever to grow cultured environment and take on a life of their own. Overnight they became a biological celebrity for research labs all over the world. While the practice of naming cultured cell from the first two letters of first and last names of a donor may have been an effective method of categorizing and tracking cultured cells, the real person (donor) could easily become dissociate and lost in the process. That is what happen to Henrietta Lacks, a patient at the hospital's "colored" ward.
The author introduces us to the the "real live woman behind the HeLa cells," the children who survived her, and the interplay of race, poverty, science and one of the most important medical discoveries of a century. I vividly, recall a passage in the book where a lab assistant at her (Henrietta’s) autopsy, who had cultured so many HeLa cells, glanced at her painted red toenails and thought: "Oh jeez, she is a real person . . . .
For me the book was history, science and a biography all in one. One history fact I discovered was the inception of John Hopkins, the location and purpose of the facility. From a scientific point I got a better understanding of how cancerous cells can ravage and destroy a human body. Finally, the biography aspect of the book reconnects the dots between the HeLa cells and the real person . . . . Henrietta Lacks, traces the family's emotional ordeal, the changing of ethics and the law around tissue collection.
The book was awesome and very enlightening!
Geneva F.
“Where the God of Love Hangs Out” Author: by Amy Bloom
Rating: 6 Star
The book is a series of short stories. I personally didn’t like this book because of the short stories. I would have enjoyed it more if it was one whole story. I do not recommend this book if you don’t like short stories.
Eva S.
“A Million Blessings” Authors: Angela Benson, Marilynn Griffith and Tia McCollors
Rating: 10 Star
The book has three short stories and each story is about three individuals who win the lottery. The characters have a religion background and each of these individuals win the lottery. The preacher wins the lottery and builds a church and a lady wins the lottery and helps the poor by building houses in poor neighborhood. The book kept me interested in wanting to know what would happen next. Very good book!
Mary G.
“Same Time Next Year” Author: Debbie Macomber
Rating: 10 Star
The young man James Wilkens was engaged but the engagement was broken off. He was left with a broken heart. He goes away where he comes upon another lady she to has a broken heart. You will have to read on to find out what happens to these two heartbroken people. This book is very good and I suggest it to all romantic book readers. I really enjoyed this good read.
Tiffany M. (Read to my 3 year old son, Zi’Keius)
“Chalk” Author: Bill Thomson
Rating: 10 Star Genre: Easy Fiction
Chalk is an easy fiction book. The book is colorful and full of imagination. It allows you to see a child’s imagination run wild with each turning page. The book has no words so it gives children the opportunity to make up their own story as you go along. My three year old son loved this book. I strongly recommend this book.
Tiffany M. (Read to my 3 year old son, Zi’Keius)
“Back of the Bus” Author: Aaron Reynolds
Rating: 8 Star
This book is about a little boy living in segregated times. He happens to be on the bus one day when one the known civil right activist Rosa Parks would not give up her seat. I read this book for myself and to my son. I recommend this book to children and parents because it teaches children at an early age about the civil rights movement.
Tiffany M.
“Big Girls Do Cry” Author: Carl Weber
Rating: 9 Star
"Big Girls Do Cry" is a good read for all who love urban fiction. This book is based on four main characters: Lorraine, Egypt, Isis, and Jerome. These characters are apart of a book club called BGBC (Big Girl Book Club). This is a must read because it shows friendship between two sisters (Egypt & Isis) and best friends (Lorraine & Jerome). This book is full of lies, back stabbing drama, and will make you want to read to see whats going to happen. Recommended for those who love urban fiction and those who love to read Carl Weber's books.
Shamika P.
“Chyna Black” Author: Klesha Ervin
Rating: 10 Star
Chyna Black is an urban fiction book about a teenager named Chyna Black. She is about seventeen when the book begins and is currently in her last year of high school. Lately she has been having problems with her current love interest LP well that is until she finds out about his other girlfriend, Peaches. The two of them have a conflict at school one day and the situation ended. Wel not to far into the book book Chyna meets Tyriek through one of her best friends(brooke). Tyriek is around twenty one and is at first not to sure about hooking up with Chyna. Eventually the two get toether and become a couple. He buys her anything she desires and later they began to have disagreements and break. This story is full of twist and turns so you should read it.
impression of book: I thought it was one one the best books i have ever read. Once i read it one time i checked it back out at least three more times.
Pamela V.
“Caught” Author: Harlan Coben
Rating: 9 Star
From the #1 New York Times Bestselling master of suspense...”a gripping, emotion-
Katrina R.
“Riven” Author: Jerry Jenkins
Rating: 10 Star
This book is about the struggles of a man and his wife in the ministry. The man
is not really sure of his place in the ministry and has not found himself. No matter
what he tries to do he cannot seem to get it right; he stays in and out of trouble
until he gets in trouble he cant get out of and finally gets it right at the end.
This is a great book -
Christopher H.
“N.E.R.D.S.” Author: Michael Buckley
Rating: 9 Star
This book is about a "popular-
I loved the book! It is a great blend of humor and life lessons for kids to be able to understand and discuss. I love how enough humor is packed in without being corny and enough seriousness is inserted without being uptight, and it is all done in a way that everyone, little children and adults can understand. Great book. Great read for middle school students.
General Comments: Great book. Great read for middle shcool students.
Christopher H.
“Beautiful Creatures” Author: Kami Garcia
Rating: 10 Star
This book is about a boy in a small town in South Carolina that has these vision dreams of a girl that he is trying to hold on to. Soon he meets the girl and a deadly secret that could threaten what they and their families worked for is revealed.
I loved the imagery and the language the author used. it was so vivid and touching,
blending magic and mundane in an intricate pattern most authors cannot achieve. It
is a work of art, pure and simple. Overall, it is just a wonderful book. The plot
moved and captured your attention from the get-
Mary G.
“Breaking Dawn” Author: Stephenie Meyer
Rating: 9 Star
This is the 4th book of the Twilight Saga. It is an intriguing novel of sacrificial, undying love, danger, suspense, and revealed myths, where vampires and were wolves ruled. A novel that is certain to keep you on the edge of your seat. You won't want to put the book down. Good book !!!
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