http://www.sistahfriend.com Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:07:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/21/crimson-footprints-by-shewanda-pugh/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/21/crimson-footprints-by-shewanda-pugh/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:45:21 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1185 Up and coming author Shewanda Pugh has a potential hit on her hands with her debut novel Crimson Footprint. The novel is a love story whose main character, Deena, has to make a decision between what makes her happy and what makes her family happy. Other issues such as interracial dating, cultural values, teen promiscuity, [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/21/crimson-footprints-by-shewanda-pugh/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/20/escape-to-paradise-by-pamela-yaye/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/20/escape-to-paradise-by-pamela-yaye/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:45:27 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1188 Romances make me happy; and when you throw in a sassy, Latin backdrop… I’m embarrassed to say that Escape to Paradise was my first romantic tryst with Pamela Yaye, but I guarantee it won’t be my last. The little surprises she wove throughout the plot made me giddy, and even made a passerby smiled when [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/20/escape-to-paradise-by-pamela-yaye/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/13/what-my-sister-doesnt-know-by-janie-de-coster/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/13/what-my-sister-doesnt-know-by-janie-de-coster/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:54:26 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1167 What My Sister Doesn’t Know was a great book!  I found myself getting angry with nearly all of the characters for different reasons.  The book is about two sisters, Gade and Saphire, who have always had competition between them and one man, who they are both sleeping with, tears both of their worlds apart.  With [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/13/what-my-sister-doesnt-know-by-janie-de-coster/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/player%e2%80%99s-ultimatum-by-koko-brown/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/player%e2%80%99s-ultimatum-by-koko-brown/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:30:20 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1170 Player’s Ultimatum begins with a gay soccer player (Robbie) who asks his best girl friend (Yvonne) to be his fiancée for appearances until he inks a lucrative contract. Enter in a sexy Japanese-Brazilian teammate (Paolo) who is seeking to avenge his best friend’s release from the team and subsequent suicide by ruining Robbie, who took [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/player%e2%80%99s-ultimatum-by-koko-brown/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/the-healing-of-love-and-laughter-by-rickey-teems-ii/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/the-healing-of-love-and-laughter-by-rickey-teems-ii/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:27:36 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1163 I was speechless when I finished The Healing of Love & Laughter by Rickey Teems II. This is a story about dreams, choices, and consequences. You will be taken on a journey that will elicit a full range of emotions from laughter to outrage to sadness. The Healing of Love and Laughter definitely speaks to [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/02/11/the-healing-of-love-and-laughter-by-rickey-teems-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/dangerous-consequences-by-lisa-renee-johnson/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/dangerous-consequences-by-lisa-renee-johnson/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:29:40 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1115 Lisa Renee Johnson’s debut novel Dangerous Consequences is honestly one of the best debut novels I have ever read. I was literally captivated from Chapter One and was never let go. Dangerous Consequences is a fast- paced, suspense filled, dramatic curve ball that will keep you turning the pages. I felt as connected to the [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/dangerous-consequences-by-lisa-renee-johnson/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/keeping-secrets-and-telling-lies-by-trice-hickman/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/keeping-secrets-and-telling-lies-by-trice-hickman/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:29:23 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1087 Keeping Secrets and Telling Lies captures the heart of relationships and delves into what makes us tick as passionate beings. Hickman wraps you in the psyche of her characters, so much that before the inevitable happens, you know what the behaviors of characters indicate, like what the popping vein on Ted’s forehead foretells or what [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/keeping-secrets-and-telling-lies-by-trice-hickman/feed/ 1 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/before-the-lights-go-out-by-quinece-sheppard/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/before-the-lights-go-out-by-quinece-sheppard/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:23:17 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1112 I must admit that I was a little mislead by the title of this book. Before the Lights Go Out sounds like the title of a hot and steamy urban novel filled with plenty of passion and drama. It turned out to be a self-help book about developing and maintaining healthy intimate relationships. This is [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/07/before-the-lights-go-out-by-quinece-sheppard/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/02/igive365/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/02/igive365/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:59 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1105 For 2012, members of the SistahFriend Book Club are pledging to be more conscious givers, and we want YOU to join us! You don’t have to give BIG to participate, in the literal sense. Small acts of kindness make a big impact. For example, the next time you’re in Starbucks, buy the person behind you [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2012/01/02/igive365/feed/ 0 http://www.sistahfriend.com/2011/12/15/got-a-right-to-be-wrong-by-k-l-brady/ http://www.sistahfriend.com/2011/12/15/got-a-right-to-be-wrong-by-k-l-brady/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:04:18 +0000 sistah admin http://www.sistahfriend.com/?p=1073 K.L.Brady’s debut novel The Bum Magnet is one of my all time favorite reads, and I was hoping the sequel, Got a Right to Be Wrong, would make the grade… IT DOES! The story is comedy, drama, and reality all in one. Brady did an excellent job with character and plot building. The situations that [...]]]> http://www.sistahfriend.com/2011/12/15/got-a-right-to-be-wrong-by-k-l-brady/feed/ 0