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Holiday Interview #4 is none other than our friend, Teresa D Patterson!
Teresa is celebrating the holidays with her family. She hopes to make it out to Orlando (City Walk) to bring in the New Year.
Teresa is currently reading Hot Fun in the Summertime by Chicki Brown.
What does 2013 hold for this writing machine? The release of They Call Me Mr. G-Spot, St. Pete.’s Saddity (The Busted and Disgusted Series), Just Jorell (YA Fiction written by her son Jabari S. Patterson), and a slew more of unfinished books that she working on.
Teresa D. Patterson novel can be purchased Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and her official website.
Some of her titles include...
Project Chick
Food Stamp Bitches
Uncrossing Her Legs
In Need of a Joshua Man
Her
latest creation Big Tobe: Retribution has been released as
Even though it's the holiday season some of our favorite authors have taken time out of their busy schedules to let us you what they are doing. First of the holiday interviews is Ms Lutishia Lovely. She is spending her holiday season at home, which is located in the beautiful wine country of southern Cali. When she is not spending time with her family or shopping,she is keeping up on her own personal reading currently she is finishing up Keith Thomas Walker's Dripping Chocolate. She states that next on her list is President Obama's The Audacity of Hope via audiobook.
The big question I had for her, is what to expect from her in 2013? She is working on her eighth book in the Hallelujah Love series, The Eleventh Commandment, which releases in February. Also some time in either the fall or winter a new trilogy will coming out. Last but not least, if you have not subscribed to it please do, her newsletter with Zuri Day. It is called Lovely Day News.
Lutishia wishes us all a great holiday and is declaring that 2013, will be great year!
Thank you Lutishia for always being willing to talk to the fans!
Lutisha Lovely's novel can be purchased at all major outlets.
Some of her titles include:
Sex In The Sanctuary
Love Like Hallelujah
A Preacher’s Passion,
Heaven Right Here
Reverend Feelgood
Heaven Forbid
Her latest creation The Eleventh Commandent will make its debut Febuary 2013
Another year is winding to an end, and we are waiting for a new year to begin. Readers In Motion Bookclub is a Facebook book club. Our book chats are held on our Facebook page throughout the year on the last Thursday in every month unless otherwise notated. The chats normally lasts for 45-60 minutes. Each month's chat will have a gift card drawing. The giveaway will consist on the names of those that participatedin the chat. If you do not participate during the chat while it is live which means within the night of the chat, you will NOT be eligible for the gift card giveaway. To be apart of the chat, to have to be a member of Readers In Motion Bookclub. For more information on book chats or membership, contact us at readersinmotion@yahoo.com
2013 Book Chats
January 2013
My Woman, His Wife
by Anna J
For most couples, inviting someone into their bedroom is totally out of the question. Any normal woman would flip if her man even thought about trying a threesome with another woman. Jasmine is that woman, and more. It's not until her husband James pressures her into having a threesome that their once happy lives get turned into nothing but drama.
Febuary 2013
Intimate Sessions: 7 Moments of Pleasure
by Nadege
A hot collection of short erotica that is captivating, romantic, realistic and full of pleasure. Nadège has put together seven stories that allow the reader to become enthralled moment-by-moment, stroke-by-stroke. With each sexual adventure, you will be left pleasurably satisfied, yet yearning for more. Intimate Sessions explores the most sensuous encounters; steamy, risky, seductive and romantic, it is sure to incite and quench your sexual thirst. Knowingly aware of what is needed to keep things sexy, fun and hot. Nadège opens the door to her first lesson--Intimate Sessions 101.
March 2013
Animal
by K'wan
One bullet changed everything.
Three years after narrowly escaping a one way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime, Harlem, NY.
Throughout his entire time in exile the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soul mate, Gucci. But one bullet changed everything.
When his enemies tried to murder Gucci they crossed the line, so he vowed to cross them all. While Gucci teeters between life and death Animal sets out on a bloody mission fueled by love and orchestrated by bullets...there would be no more innocents.
Alliances are formed and secrets uncovered while Animal wages his personal war on the streets of Harlem only to discover one great truth....he is but a small piece in a much greater puzzle.
APRIL 2013
Let Joy Arise
by Ashea Goldson
Taylor Carter has not always been a Christian all her life. Before Taylor found God she was in a very serious car accident that killed the married man that she was involved with and also took away her ability to walk. After all that was said and done with this life altering event, Taylor still was able to see her way through.
Fast forward to the present; Taylor is now the owner of Push It Fitness center and married to Keith Bryant. Of course like many say, you cannot be a child of God and not have trials. The wife of the man that was killed in the accident that she was involved in is back to get Taylor. She has a serious case of a woman scorned syndrome. Added to the chaos, Taylor has to deal with the house guest from hell named Paul who is the good friend of Keith, and may hold the key to a painful past that he has hidden from his wife.
Will Taylor and Keith's marriage survive all trails and tribulations?Will Taylor continue to support her husband once his secret past comes to light?
MAY 2013
GLASS GODDESSES, CONCRETE WALLS
BY KEITH WILLIAMS
In the middle of the night, our unnamed protagonist wakes to find Diana’s gun pointed at his head and he recognizes bloody murder in her eyes. While facing a scorned woman’s wrath, many of his past entanglements replay in his mind. Memories of women he has loved or refused to love surface like ghosts from the grave to haunt what could be his last moments. As he tries to reason with her for the sake of everything he has to live for, he realizes that there is so much that he deserves to pay for. Love, guns, sex and bullets can all be deadly in the wrong hands.
JUNE/JULY 2013
HOW COULD MY HUSBAND BE GAY?
BY ONDREA L. DAVIS, J'SON M. LEE, &
T. J. ADAMS
How could my husband be GAY? is an autobiographical look into the life of Ondrea L. Davis. On the outside, Ondrea s life is nothing short of a fairy tale. She has a dream home, the perfect husband and three beautiful children. Ondrea soon discovers that her husband, Marceous King, is not the man she thought she married. Exhausting all efforts to salvage her marriage, Ondrea finds herself in the fight of her life. In the process, she uncovers a highly sophisticated web of deception and shocking secrets. Marceous will stop at nothing to keep Ondrea from exposing the truth and derailing his plan even if it means destroying her in the process. In this battle of good versus evil, who will be the ultimate victor?
AUGUST 2013 Guilty Pleasures (Last Laugh) & Men Don't Cry by Boo Jackson
"Guilty Pleasures" will take you into the life of Janet Clark. She's beautiful, she's successful, she's been married for over 20 years, but she's bored. Thoughts of her husband having an affair drives Janet to join the local gym and that's where she meets Lucky. Lucky works Janet's body out in more ways than one and has her feeling like she's on cloud nine; until she finds out the truth about her husband's affair.
12 year old Brian is a typical kid that just want to have a normal life. Unfortunately, his father is making sure that his daily life is anything but that. Trapped in a house with an abusive father and a defenseless mother, Brian sees first hand the effects of abuse on a physical, mental, and emotional level. With no one to talk to he turns to his journal to let out his anger and sorrow. What do you do when the person that is sworn to protect you is the same person that is causing the hurt?
September 2013
You Can't Plan Love By Synthia Williams
Knowing firsthand the heartbreak that comes when desire and emotion rule a relationship, Kenyatta Copeland assumes marrying Brad Johnson will lead to a safe and secure life. But as much as she believes she can plan her future, it’s hard to ignore the way her boss, Malcolm Patterson, ignites her passions with just one look.
After Malcolm learns of her engagement, he makes a play for her heart and reminds her that passion between a man and a woman has its perks… but also its costs. When Brad confirms his suspicion that there’s more than work between Kenyatta and Malcolm, he devises a sinister plan to keep Kenyatta by his side.
Torn between her promise to marry Brad and her irrepressible longing for Malcolm, Kenyatta must decide if she can live her life in a passionless marriage of convenience or once again trust her heart. Yet Brad does not intend to let her go easily, and by the time she realizes the depths of his treachery, it may be too late.
October 2013
Merge / Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion by
Walter Mosley
MergeRaleigh Redman loved Nicci Charbon until she left him heartbroken. Then he hit the lotto for twenty-four million dollars, quit his minimum wage job and set his sights on one goal: reading the entire collection of lectures in the Popular Educator Library, the only thing his father left behind after he died. As Raleigh is trudging through the eighth volume, he notices something in his apartment that at first seems ordinary but quickly reveals itself to be from a world very different from our own. This entity shows Raleigh joy beyond the comforts of twenty-four million dollars….and merges our world with those that live beyond.DiscipleHogarth “Trent” Tryman is a forty-two-year-old man working a dead-end data entry job. Though he lives alone and has no real friends besides his mother, he’s grown quite content in his quiet life, burning away time with television, the internet, and video games. That all changes the night he receives a bizarre instant message on his computer from a man who calls himself Bron. At first he thinks it’s a joke, but in just a matter of days Hogarth Tryman goes from a data-entry clerk to the head of a corporation. His fate is now in very powerful hands as he realizes he has become a pawn in a much larger game with unimaginable stakes—a battle that threatens the prime life force on Earth.
NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2013
The Perfect Marriage by
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for fifteen years, they have a wonderful daughter, Mackenzie, successful careers, and a beautiful house in a posh Chicago suburb. They are attractive, respected . . . and hiding a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs. It started innocently enough. Denise occasionally used prescription drugs to help her deal with the long hours and demanding nature of her job. Derrek, also under pressure at work, began using cocaine socially with some of his colleagues. They can quit whenever they want to. At least, that's what Denise would like to believe . As her job becomes more stressful, Denise can no longer get through the day without a fix. Derrek realizes his harmless habit has become anything but, and desperately wants to get clean. However, his attempts are derailed when there is a sudden family tragedy. Once soul mates, now this husband and wife are quickly losing the immense love that had been the cornerstone of their marriage. With her parents spiraling out of control, Mackenzie makes an unexpected move to take matters into her own hands. Is her sacrifice too late-or is there still hope? Is there a final chance to save the Shaw family?
RIM's Review of Dicmatized: Sexcapades Volume 1: The Doctor Is In! by Dyphia
RIM's Review of
Dicmatized: Sexcapades Volume 1: The Doctor Is in! by Dyphia
Dr. Lenese Stringfield Puts the "Sex" in Sex Therapy as she takes the profession by storm with her new and innovative techniques. Her seductive nature and sexy demeanor has her clients eating out of the palm of her hand; amongst other things. Lenese has loved once and lost. So, if she can't be with the one she loves; she will love the one she's with. But, amazing sex doesn't come without a price tag. Too bad life has a lesson to teach this freaky therapist! She will soon learn that Karma is the 'one bitch' that has everyone's address. Fooling around with another woman's husband is dangerous, but falling in love with one can be deadly.
I was told that it takes about eight seconds for a reader to decide if they want to read a book, that decision is based on the cover itself and the description on the back jacket cover. The author, Dyphia’s description (above) entices potential readers to pick up her novel, grab a snack and settle down for a good read. Unfortunately the description isn’t enough to keep the reader engaged or want to read something else by the author if they find themselves having to choose between continuing with the story or putting the book down. That is the position that I found myself in while reading this novel.
It is quite obvious that this author doesn’t take her craft seriously; the story was poorly edited, with several missed opportunities for grammatical and formatting corrections. The story could be a future contender if the author takes the time to invest in professional editing and maybe take the advice that her characters are too busy and there is too much going on at one time. With some coaching, and the realization that sharing multiple storylines in one novel can take away from the main characters plot.
I truly believe that I could have enjoyed this story a lot better if I didn’t have to spend my time editing or trying to figure out if text was the character actually speaking or a thought.
I can’t with a good conscience and loyalty to the literary world, recommend this novel in its current state.
Never let anything in your past affect what God has for your future.
Taylor Carter has not always been a Christian all her life. Before Taylor found God she was in a very serious car accident that killed the married man that she was involved with and also took away her ability to walk. After all that was said and done with this life altering event, Taylor still was able to see her way through.
Fast forward to the present; Taylor is now the owner of Push It Fitness center and married to Keith Bryant. Of course like many say, you cannot be a child of God and not have trials. The wife of the man that was killed in the accident that she was involved in is back to get Taylor. She has a serious case of a woman scorned syndrome. Added to the chaos, Taylor has to deal with the house guest from hell named Paul who is the good friend of Keith, and may hold the key to a painful past that he has hidden from his wife.
Will Taylor and Keith’s marriage survive all trails and tribulations? Will Taylor continue to support her husband once his secret past comes to light?
For a reviewer that is not a fan of Christian fiction I will say that I thoroughly enjoy this book. It was just enough religion to know that is Christian fiction but enough that it is not thrown in the reader’s face. The characters in this novel are those that the reader can relate to, from the wild roommate to the holy sister-in-law. For this to be a debut novel she knocks this one out the ballpark. Yes, I do see the best is yet to come.
Intimate Pleasures: 7 Moments of Pleasure by Nadege
Short spicy hot stories to keep the reader on their backs in more ways than one.
The stories contained in the anthology are short stories told by a woman. Each of the women in these stories talks about sexual encounters that they have had. None of the stories seem to be true, but in many ways at least the reader can picture themselves in that situation. The story I admired the most in this book was called Summer Loving. The things that they did with the ice cube and the refrigerator leaves a footprint in my literary memory.
Nadege did a great job with this novel. It is great to see short stories for the reader on the go. The stories in this book give the reader a beginning, middle, and an end. Nothing is left for the reader to try and understand or comprehend on their own. The descriptions pull the reader into the novel. I am impatiently awaiting a full novel from Nadege.
