#1 Olympia Vernon's Logic

Olympia Vernon's Logic  This year Olympia Vernon made the top list again with her second novel, Logic. Why? The words are magnetic, moving, supernatural, each word means more than I can express. Read this book. The others. 2.Camilia's Roses by Bernice McFadden- My favorite lines. "Hope was everywhere in that small place few had heard of; resting...

#10. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat...Counting Down

Dew Breaker  Edwidge Dantica's makes the top ten with the Dew Breaker: From the Book Jacket: From the universally acclaimed author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak!, a brilliant, deeply moving work of fiction that explores the world of a "dew breaker"—a torturer—a man whose brutal crimes in the country of his birth lie hidden beneath his...

Reverend Reggie White Goes Home

Reggie White  I am too choked up about Reggie White's passing to write a long diatribe, so I am linking a few nice tribute sites. Reggie I love you. You're an angel. Links Reggie White Minister of Defense Green Bay Packers Minister Reggie Wh...

I've Had A Change of Heart...Counting Down the Best Black Books 2004

This week I received an early Christmas gift. Someone is actually reading my blog as I countdown the best and the worst books of the year. I had been thinking about this subject a few days before I received this comment that I will post after weeding through the stack of books that I have read and reviewed this year by Black authors. So I will give a Christmas gift to the authors on my list. I will not countdown the worst...I will highlight...

Counting Down the Best Black Books of 2004

Before I can produce a top ten I need to list the 50 Black books that I read this year. This compiliation does not include every book written by an African American author, but is a list of the books I have reviewed this year that were written by African American authors. If you would like your book on the 2005 list see my website and my book review submission guidelines. The List- 2004 A Love Noire by Erica Simone Turnipseed A...

Finally a Black Literary Journal!

Last month I received a nice letter from Jasai Madden, editor of Lorraine and James literary journal and a fan of my Suite 101 Channel African American Women Writers Finding Voice. And I jumped at this opportunity, because we do need more black literary journals and preferably ones not sponsored by Universtity Press. Kudos! Here's Plug #1, Jasai ****************************** Dear Dee, My name is Jasai Madden and I am the editor of...

Santa Claus does exist and he resides in North Georgia

I am a Christian and I am very proud of my faith. A long time ago before I joined my faith I had given up on Santa Claus. To be honest, I was twelve and I didn't my New Edition cassette until after Christmas, which confirmed my waning faith in the jolly old elf. Anyway...This past week I'm walking around in my neighborhood Publix Supermarket searching for food samples to snack on and some cheap, yet fluffy toilet paper and I walk by this...

NAACP loses Mfume

NAACP President and CEO Kweisi Mfume plans to step down as the head of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group today. Thus, I will step down from my soapbox in silent protest after I share a few thoughts on the matter... Mfume planned to serve in this position for five years, but stayed on for an extra four. So what did he do during his tenure? He...

Counting Down the Worst Black Books of the Year

Before I started this log I used to post my top book reviews of the year, but this year...Sad to report I have had a change of heart. This year I will post the worst books reviewed this year in this blog. Why? Last year a book that I gave the lowest reviews for. Check my writing.com site[http://www.writing.com/authors/vidae] to see that one. (I won't name the book for now, but I will have at least ten people ask me.) And to my surprise...

Black Friday and Glenville

Love and Death in Brooklyn Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, my daughter and I put on our shoppers best and headed to Discover Mills Books-A-Million to meet my newest writing cronie, Glenville Lovell. Glenville was in town promoting his second novel in his Detective Blade's Overstreet series, LOVE and DEATH in BROOKLYN. I am awaiting some picks to...

Kissmas Time

I have published my first article for a national woman's magazine. Yeah!! You can check out my article- "Kissmas Time" in Precious Times Magazine. Snippet of the article: Kissmas Time By Davidae "Dee" Stewart About five years ago my boyfriend, let’s call him Trucker Troy, stood me up on New Year’s Eve for the second time in the row. Actually-he didn’t stand me up. Apparently all the other truckers at his company took the night off,...

Who am I?

Hey, I'm Dee and I love God, my family, appreciating nice looking men and books, respectively. This blogger is my Review Blogger. I will tell you which authors I've met and what they've had to say. Can't wait to get this party started. This week I am reviewing threegreat books: Aisha Ford's Flipping the Script, Niqui Stanhope's Whatever Lola Wants, and Erica Alexsander's Blin...