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.
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.
It was interesting how one moment changed everything for successful author Jeremiah Blackwood; and how sitting at the bus stop would put his world into super orbit. That day he meet a woman named Shirley, and while taking her from her man wasn't the plan, neither was all the hell that opened up from her existence in his life. As their crazy alignment becomes a relationship; lies, secrets, and other people, have Jeremiah wishing he had driven the day he meet her.
They exchanged numbers, chatted for a few days, and then Shirley made her move. After all the complaining about her man, she just needed someone to love her. How could he deny her when she possessed one of the best bodies he had ever seen? They had sex until the morning, yet Jeremiah awakes to an empty bed. This would happen a lot after their late night rendezvous. Finally as any man would, he forces her to decide choose him or her man. What he gets in response shakes his core and she chooses neither instead make moves with a woman.
As Shirley leads Jeremiah through a on again, off again, relationship he sexes down a few willing females: including Shirley's new girlfriend. The repercussions of her unwillingness to make a man or woman her main attraction leads this cast through some life or death situations.
The hypocrisy of the double standard is displayed frequently. While socially acceptable for a man to sleep around, a woman does it she is called everything but a woman when displays the exact same behavior. The author does however slightly redeem themselves and makes mention for men to take heed that the game they have so longed played is now being perfected by women.
Love has no shape, color, race, and nowadays gender, yet can be disguised by lust. Lust is the physical need to have someone where love is the desire of another's affection. Lust drives the hearts of men to kill for a one night stand, when love knows there are no more one nights there is only every night.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave; when first we practice to deceive! Yesterday’s Lies is just that, a tangled web of lies and deceit. Toni and David have been together since high school, Jada, Toni’s best friend since high school, and Benjamin, David’s friend since childhood hook up as well. During their senior year of college things take a turn for the worse, when one lie is told to cover up an unfortunate event, which produces more lies for years to come.
I was a little confused at first because I wasn’t sure how the characters tied in together in the beginning, eventually it became clear. This is a fast paced quick read, filled with twists and turns and a surprising revelation. I give this 3.5/4 stars due to the slight confusion in the beginning. I would recommend this to all readers looking for a surprising and suspenseful read.
Reviewed by Kecia
Rated: 3.5/4
For Readers in Motion Book Club
Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s story by Jeanne McElvaney Child
Sexual abuse is a very serious and ongoing issue in society. In March 2011 it was reported that Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of unreported instances is far greater. The reason being is that most people not involved don’t want the shame and ridicule so they turn a blind eye and tell the child “what happens within these walls stays within these walls”. Spirit Unbroken is a riveting tale of one child’s ability to survive despite the cruel and sometimes horrific events she was subjected to.
This was the my first novel by Jeanne McElvaney, Spirit Unbroken captures you from the first page and takes you on Abby’s emotional journey from childhood through her adult years. I look forward to reading more form this author and I give this 5 stars. I recommended this to all readers.
10 Erotic: Book 1 by Dallas Black is for the reader on the go that needs a little taste of a good story. Just enough of a tease to get to the next phase. All of the stories contained in this book were that of raw passion, in numerous places, from the laundry room to the spa. All the stories have a great storyline that stays on point for whatever the theme is. I cannot say much more or I will be giving away too much.
The fact each story has a poem that goes along with it is just another plus for this author.
I personally love this book. It was just an enough to tease keep and me satisfied. The vivid use of description gives you a since of being there like a fly on the wall watching the action. My personal favorite of this author would have to be called Preserves and P**sy.
I give this book 5 star. I recommend this book to anyone that does not have the time to sit and read a conventional novel and just want a little something to hit the spot.
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Patrice Grimball
For Readers In Motion Bookclub
Young Savage by Rasheed Carter
