RIM's Review of The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown

RIM's Review of

The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown

by Devaughn Lilly

Timeline of life

Meet Annadelle Rose Brown. Brown was born in New Orleans in 1905. From rags to riches and alcohol to drugs this story depicts her life as told by her son Gravvy Brown. Brown by the way is on death row for her murder. During Annabelle’s life she is raped in an orphanage. With her determination she rises to become a famous actress; but even with her achieved success she still struggles with drugs and alcohol. Annadelle is killed by someone she has loved for all of her life. This brings us to where Gravvy is at the end of his life. Was Gravvy the one to kill his mother?

Devaugh  Lilly does a great job with keeping a great storyline but the problem is the storyline is not much of a catcher. For this reason the book was a hard read. The title of the novel has very little to do with the book; in some ways you may say that it is deceiving. The reason for this saying is there are not enough references in the book for it to be about the life of Gravvy. The book is more along the life of Annadelle. I found myself wondering where the author was going with this novel.

Rating: 3.0 stars

Rated by: Patrice Smith

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RIM's Review of You Can't Plan Love By Synthia Williams

 

Synthia Williams has put out a great debut novel and is an excellent writer.

 

In her debut novel, You Can't Plan Love the reader is taken on an emotional ride as they ride the coaster of life with the main character Kenyatta Copeland and her passionless relationship with her long time boyfriend Brad Johnson.  The author does an excellent job letting the reader see what can happen when emotion and not the heart rule a relationship. It is the deisre for stability and safety that drives Kenyatta Copeland to stay with Brad but its passion and desire that draws her heart to her boss, Malcolm Patterson. The readers are given a glimpse of how 3 years of foreplay, infatuation and idolizing versus intimidation, manipulation and deception can turn one's life upside down.

 

This novel is filled with so much love and emotional drama as well as suspense that once you start reading you will not want to put it down. There are twists and turns that surprises the reader and make you wish that you could get your hands on the characters. You will get mad, want to scream and also applaud as the characters experience life.

 

The dialogue between the characters flows easily between the characters thus making the story very believable.

 

Synthia Williams is a terrific writer who makes you wish for more. I personally look forward to future titles from her.

 

Rating:  4.5

Reviewed by: Darlene P Winston

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RIM's Review of Someone To Love By Karoline Bethea Jones

RIM's Review of Someone To Love By Karoline Bethea Jones

Someone To Love By Karoline Bethea Jones is a complex, yet-all-too familiar story of Terry and Stephanie Collins, a couple married for 15 years who are struggling to keep their marriage together through lies and deception.Stephanie Collins has spent her whole life looking for someone to love and someone to love her.  She thought she found it in handsome and very sexy Terry.

Terry was an upcoming music producer whose charm and gentle spirit captivated Stephanie. Terry was looking for his soul mate and thought he had found it in an innocent young beauty named Stephanie. Within this rocky and at  times unflinchingly cold marriage mistakes are made and nobody's hands are clean in this tale of two people's fight with reality vs. what they're imagining their worlds to be. Even though I couldn't connect with the main character, I see so many women who will. I know Stephanie. Everyone does. Several women at some point may have been her.  I may not have BEEN Stephanie but I've certainly been a fool for love in some form and that's what may have grabbed many readers, as it did me.  I grew angry at her, happy for and with her, and frustrated with her.

The author pulled emotions out of me, no matter what they seemed to be.  Minor editing issues and extra bickering between females characters didn't detract me from the overall story and I did enjoy it.

Rating:  4 stars. 

Rated by Nine Hairston
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2012 RIM's Holiday Book Challenge

2012 HOLIDAY BOOK CHALLENGE!!!!

I know that we all have books lying around the house, car, etc that we have always wanted to read. RIM does not have any book chats schedule in the months of October, November, or December. So, here is your chance to read those great novels that are collecting dust on your must read shelf. Readers In Motion will be holding its

First Annual Holiday Book Challenge.

Here is how the challenge works:

1. You will need to choose FIVE books that you have been dying to read. Those books chosen will be your reading list for the challenge.

2. Send the list of chosen books to RIM via email at readersinmotion@yahoo.com. Make sure that your subject heading is 2012 Holiday Book Challenge. This step has to be done by 10/31.

NOTE: THIS READING LIST CAN NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY AFTER BEING SUBMITTED.

3. Every time you finish a novel on your list, write a 3 to 5 sentence review of that novel and send it to the above address. Each mini review that is sent will be considered an entry into the for the five drawings for $10.00 Gift Cards. The weekly gift card drawings will be held on 11/9, 11/23, 12/7, and 12/21.

4. Every two weeks there will be one drawing from those that have submitted their reviews for those biweekly periods.

5. At the end of the Holiday Book Challenge (12/31), everyone that has read ALL of their submitted books will be entered into a drawing to win a $50.00 Grand Prize Gift Card to Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

If you have any questions about the challenge feel free to email us at readersinmotion@yahoo.com.

RIM's October's Author of the Month- AUTHOR NADEGE

RIM's October's Author of the Month- AUTHOR NADEGE

o        1. Tell us a little about you.Born into a Haitian family of doctors, engineers, nurses and entrepreneurs, it was only a matter of time before Nadège tapped the potential of her family heritage. At the bubbly age of seven, she used her natural gift of leadership to organize and hire a team of employees to run her lemonade stands. Like many women of today Nadège wears many hats; manager, publicist, artist developer, event coordinator and now writer. An entrepreneur with a diva style Nadège states, “I need to have options, I cannot be stuck in one category it only stifles my creativity.” Receiving a Bachelor Degree in Communications at Northeastern University, Nadège never thought that life was going to shift her course and introduce her to the world of writing. She embraced the challenge and started to publish her works online for friends’ eyes only where she began to receive positive feedback. Her desire to write grew along with her friends’ hunger for more of her exceptionally stimulating erotica titillation.

2. When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book? I started writing in 2005 while I was at work bored to death. I always wanted to write a book in regards to romance or how to be spice your relationship. My girlfriends always came to me for advice in regards to relationship, so when my first story "The Club" came to me, it was easy to write.

3. Is there anything that you would like to say to your readers and fans?I appreciate everyone who pushed me and encouraged me to finish this book. I also appreciate the new fans who support and promote my book for me.

4. Where do you get your ideas?I get my ideas from friends stories, my own experience and imagination.

5. Do you ever experience writer’s block? How did you get over it?I had writers block for a year once. LOL. It was the worse thing ever. Some of my friends told me that in order to get over the writers block, you should leave that one story that you're working on and just write whatever comes to mind and eventually you get back on track. When this happened I ended up writing new stories that were not complete, but that technique really worked.

6. If you had to go back and do it all over, is there any aspect of your novel or getting it published that you would change?I would have to say, that I wouldn't change anything at this point. Intimate Sessions is a book of 7 short stories. I had a lot of my friends that wanted me to make it a novel but that was not my vision.

7. Can you tell us about your upcoming book?The next book will be a novel and will probably be in the same genre at Intimate Sessions.

8. What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write in your current novel and why?My favorite parts are the intimate encounters. I like to be very detailed when writing about being aroused and ultimately the sexual acts.

9. What has been the toughest criticism given to you as an author? What has been the best compliment? The toughest criticism that I received thus far I would say was in the beginning of me putting the stories together. My editor told me that the stories needed more character building and that the stories where typical, boy meets girl and have sex the end. I have to say he was correct, I needed to build the characters more.

10. Do you have any advice to give to aspiring writers?My advice to aspring writers is to write what comes naturally to you and enjoy the process. If you decide to write a book, you should find and hire a GREAT editor who shares your sensibility.

        Special Promotion:

        Intimate Sessions is now available on Kindle. My promotion is, if they buy my book directly from me (http://www.nadegessecret.com/), I will send an invoice through paypal, there will be NO shipping and handling and I will also send a small gift as a thank you.