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Keep your friends close because they can become your worst enemy.
Namia has everything that any woman can ask for: money, clothes, cars, and two beautiful kids. She has everything but the true love of her husband. Because her husband cannot be faithful, she feels she has to seek love elsewhere. Will she rethink her decision or will she be forced in the hands of another?
Kaden is the husband of Naima. This sexy NFL star feels that he is God’s gift and can have anything or anyone he wants. He is cheating with someone that is a little too close to home. When Kaden is caught will he and this mystery person receive the forgiveness that they need and want?
Amber and Damir have been in a rollercoaster relationship for quite some time. Damir is at a point where he wants to let it all go and find true love. Amber has invested a lot of time into Damir and will not let him go without a good fight. A huge change is in store for this couple. Will this change force Damir to rethink his decision or will Amber lose the love of her life?
Will any of these relationships work out despite all the problems that are around? Who is Emeri and what does she have to do with everyone?
Covented is drama from the first page. To be a debut novel, the storyline, details, and interaction of the characters are on the level of a seasoned, certain, author. At times, you will get confused but the author makes sure that the reader understands the relationships and all the connections of the character. Mychea also is very talented to keep the readers wondering about the next action.
Rating: 5 Stars
Review by: Patrice Grimball
For Readers In Motion Bookclub
Why "We" Didn't Choose You: A Relationship Handbook for Women (and Men), Vol. I
By William T. Hoston Ph.D
Not all men are dogs. There is a reason for their actions.
Why “We” Didn’t choose You by William T. Hoston Ph.D shows different views of men on the topic of relationships. The author asked questions to everyday men. These were questions that almost every female has asked at one time or another. The questions ranged from, why men cheat, to what is the difference between making love, and having sex. The men in this novel confessed in some instances the roles (good or bad) that they played in relationships. These gentlemen give the female reader a look into the male thoughts and offer different opinions to females.
The views at times can be very frank, and most times not what the average woman wants to know or hear. This book also gives a glance into the reasoning of the opposite sex; from playa, to all American man. This book contains letters written by the men to their ex- girlfriends as well as poems written at the end about their thoughts.
I am not a fan of non- fiction but I am truly a fan of this book. This is not a book for both women and men. I feel that is it a breath of fresh air to get an insight into what other men are thinking and saying about the same topic or topics that might be causing problems in your relationships. When reading this book I had mixed of emotions. I would try to when compared, to another proclaimed self help novel by Steve Harvey; I would say this one is better because this book shows that not all men think alike. This is truly a five star read.
Rated 5 Stars
Reviewed by Patrice Smith
For Readers In Motion Bookclub
Ervin McNair is a successful businessman who is known to have his way with women. Sarah Prescott has moved to California to start a brand new life with her Aunt Etta.
After a one night encounter, the lives of Sarah and Ervin will never be the same. Sara has a secret that she is determined to take to her grave, but after an attack at work that dream almost stays true. Now the secret that she is supposed to take to her grave is out in the open. How long will this secret stay a secret? And what does Mr. McNair and this one night encounter have to do with Sarah.
The synopsis on the back of the book has very little to do with the book. It was very misleading. In a way to me the book seems incomplete. It was very hard to pay attention. I felt like it was long and drawn out on the parts where it could have been straightforward and to the point. On the flipside it was very short were it would have been better if more information was given on that section or part. There were clues that were missing and if they had been included in the novel I would have given it a higher rating.
Rating 2.5 Rated by Patrice Smith For Readers In Motion BookClub
1. Tell us about you. Denise was born and reared in the midst of a drug-infested environment on Chicago’s West Side. The oldest of seven siblings, Denise was reared by her grandparents in a sweet but bitter home. By the time she was five, she had been molested by several family members. Denise began shooting heroin at age twelve, initiating a cycle of crime and addiction that lasted 14 years. In 1986 Denise met the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave her a second chance at life and rewrote her destiny. Upon changing her lifestyle and connecting with positive people, Denise overcame the adversities controlling her life and has lived the last 25 years, clean and sober. After years of using drugs, she made the cognitive decision to turn her life around and do something positive for herself.
2. What made you want to become a writer?
That others who have or are currently walking in my shoes may know that there is Hope and can change.
3. Where does your inspiration come from?
My mother
4. How important are book cover to your novel?
The book cover represents my past struggles to my victory as being a diamond made under pressure.
5. If you could team up with any author and write the ultimate five star novel, who would it be and what would be the name of the novel?
I am not sure who it would be, but ultimate the five star novel would be “The Prison Within Me”
6. What do you do when you are not writing?
Presently I working on a stage play, otherwise I’m shoe shopping and learning to travel
7. How did you come up with the title for your novel?
God gave me this title, when everyone else said I was nothing and would never be nothing, God said “Who Said It Couldn’t Be Done”
8. 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?
NO, the ride has been worth it all
9. Is there anything that you would like to say to your readers and fans?
I pray that my story would bless you, that you might help me to continue spread the message to hope to the masses.
WHO SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE?
This book candidly chronicles one woman's journey from Chicago's west side ~ involving poverty, incest, drug addiction, incarceration and lesbianism ~ to sobriety, spiritual redemption and inner peace.
In Denise's words: "Deep insecurity and inferiority, drug addiction and role confusion tormented me for many years. Often I wondered if I were a boy or a girl; if I were human or an animal. Who am I?
What am I? Why am I?
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2nd Corinthians 5:17
This month we are giving away a free autographed copy of his novel "Who Said It Couldn't Be Done?". The winner of the novel will be chosen at random at the end of the month. Sure make sure you leave a comment along with your email address to be enter.
My grandmother always told me “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself”. The people in Rodney’s neighborhood called him “Savage” because of his poor appearance, but unknowingly those same people turned him into the Fierce, Violent and Uncontrollable force or simply put the Young Savage he would become.
Young Savage is a gripping tale of a young man’s survival in a world where only the strong survive. With no real male guidance and a mother chasing her next fix while her revolving door of men came and went, Rodney was left to fend for himself. His only real companion was his dog Bam, another stray left alone in the world. His days are filled with hopeless dreams and hungry nights. ...
Rodney while playing in the park notices the action of the local hustler and ends up befriending the leader, Pookie, sending Rodney on journey he will never forget. I loved Rodney’s character because despite everything he was still loyal to his mother. There were a few grammatical and editorial errors that did take away from the story slightly, but overall I give this 4 stars. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a fast paced and highly addictive read.
Reviewed by: Kecia
Rating: 4 stars ****
For: Readers In Motion Book Club
We are kicking off an exciting membership drive contest today that we wanted to let you know about. The new member winner and the most referred winner will both receive three autographed books from various authors along a $10.00 gift card to Amazon.com.
Readers In Motion Bookclub is a place where the readers’ passion is appreciated. RIM is a place where known authors as well as aspiring authors can come and get honest feedback by people that respect their work. We are a family and we want every member to feel welcome and important. We have monthly chats on featured books which we collectively chose. We try to have authors attend the chats if possible. Our past guests is essence bestselling author, Wahida Clark, author of the highly acclaimed book, Thug Lovin’, which is the fourth addition to her Thug series and Mike Sanders, author of the highly acclaimed book, Thirsty. At the end of the day I want RIM to be known as the place where readers, authors, and poets can come and share their excitement for literature.
TO ENTER THE DRAWING, get your friends, family, or colleagues to join the Readers In Motion Bookclub between now and March 31. They can sign up by sending an inbox message to readersinmotion@yahoo.com with the subject line being membership contest. In the email make sure that you include your Facebook address and also the name of the person that refer you. For every person that joins Readers In Motion (refer by you) will give you an entry in the drawing. For every 5 members you will get an extra entry along with pervious stated one. Every new member that joins by March will be entered to win a prize. There is no limit to how many times you can be entered. More who join because of you the more chances you get
I am a Father of "several" wonderful kids. I have been writing for most of my life because my parents got me started reading and writing at a very young and impressionable age... and currently, I am in remission from an acute form of Leukemia which I must honestly say I’m still trying to get used to.
What inspired you to write your
first book?
Well first you have to understand, My first book was written and completed when I was about 16 years old. I had found my love of sci-fi/fantasy and began reading everything I could from mythology to middle ages stories and just loved the idea of swords and sorcery and dragons...etc. So after reading about Conan the Barbarian and similar stories and playing Dungeons and Dragons I began to write along that genre. Sadly that book was recently lost when my mom's house flooded and a lot of my papers and some of my books were destroyed. Since those days I’ve allowed myself to explore different means of literary expression just because I do love to write and I try to write daily.
How much of the book is realistic?
-Of My two new books, Liquid Eroticism & Pitch Darke: the Poetic Chronicles of Damien Darke, both of which have been recently published; Pitch Darke is more like My Darker side as it conveys several years of my life over the course of relationships from friendships to marriage and of course several other moments from pains to moments of levity through my use of poetic prose. A lot of these poems were written years ago and saved over the course of time in the hopes of one day putting together this book and I have to say thank you to my publishing company for believing in my work with this book as well as Liquid Eroticism.
What books have most influenced
your life most?
To be truthful, the books that influenced my writing life the most I read when I was younger and pushed me into my first genre of writing which was sci-fi and fantasy. I am a huge Robert Howard fan and I do believe I have read just about every Conan the Barbarian book he wrote. I have a collection of his Conan books in my library including some that were copy written back in the late 60s. The overall influence was that those books allowed me to use and then expand my imagination and opened my mind to my own thoughts were my writing was concerned. It was as if a floodgate had been opened and once I began to write it was impossible to stop and to this day I’m still that way. I love to write and I love that when I do get into that zone it’s like watching a movie in my head and then putting it all into words. Mr. Howard opened that zone for me and if he was still alive he would definitely be one of those persons Id love to meet.
What are your current projects?
-Currently, I am quite busy with a couple of different projects, but my most important one is my very first Urban (I do hope this is politically correct) Lit book that I have named Tainted: the Book of Revelations. This is the story of a young bride who is pretty much "innocent" in the ways of the streets and she finds herself caught up in her new husband's true business nature after he decides he is going to groom her to take over operations when he realizes he has been poisoned by is business partners. Now she has to grow up and find her ruthless side in order to take over the business, and in the end a few things are going to be revealed to those she must now deal with in order to survive. If all goes well with this book it will be the first of 3 in a series. I am hoping to have the last of the book written by the end of March with editing and proofing done for an April or May release.
Name one entity that you feel supported you outside of family members.
Her very first words to me when we finally introduced ourselves to one another was, "I've been watching you and your work for quite a while," and she had been. I went back into my fan page on Facebook and I found where she had initially liked it almost 6 to 8 months prior to us talking for the first time. She could tell me about some of the poems and short story works I had on the page. After talking for a little bit, which we did at a Starbucks in Jacksonville, FL, she told me that she would love to help me do something she could tell I wanted and that was get my work published. That's exactly what she did, Dawn Rivers has definitely been one of the most influential people I know where my writing, graphics, and my life overall is concerned. She has become a great friend and an important part of my life and I would never want to replace her. Thank you Ms. Rivers for everything.
Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
What I would tell readers would depend on 2 things... 1 if you are a writer and you’re reading this please do me one big favor... write...write... and write some more... even if you feel that you don’t have anything to write or what you’re writing will make no sense still write. the more you write the more you’ll find you have something to say. and 2. If you are a reader please let those whose material you’re reading know what you think of what you read, good or bad, most of us really do want to know that way we can improve on what we have to offer.
For Me, I do not write because I have to, I write because I love to... I write because it is a part of who I am. Many call themselves Authors ... I call myself a Storywriter, a Minstrel, I am a Scribe of words...I write because to do otherwise would mean I’m not being true to myself.
Gerald Johnson's steamy hot novel Liqiud Eroticism can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble in both paperback and ebook version.
This month we are giving away a free autographed copy of his novel Liqiud Eroticism. The winner of the novel will be chosen at random at the end of the month. Sure make sure you leave a comment to be enter.
