What I was expecting from Midnight as the sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever is not what I got. The young devout Muslim Midnight in this novel is nothing like the older Midnight, right hand to drug lord Mr. Santiaga, from the original book. And, Sistah Souljah does nothing to reconcile the two of them. [...]
With Halloween being a few weeks away I figured vampire novels would make a good choice for my reading this month. I happen to be a big vampire novel enthusiast anyway, so this just gave me an excuse to read more. My favorite vampire novel series is the Anita Blake series by Laurel K. Hamilton.
The [...]
With the exception of the Harry Potter series, I tend to shy away from books that are “mainstream.” Thus, I still have not read The DaVinci Code (or seen the movie, especially since I heard I’m not missing anything). While I ignored Dan Brown’s more popular work, I did find myself almost obsessed with the [...]
Ok, wait! Put down the condoms and back away from the KY, this is not that type of book. Steven E. Landsburg’s “More Sex Is Safer Sex” is the most thought provoking book I’ve read all summer (and I’ve read a lot of books this summer, so that actually means something).
If you’re like me, [...]
Surely you can’t be surprised. After reading the follow up to this book last month, it only made sense to me that I should read the first installment. So, this past Tuesday I found myself in Borders getting cozy with Sherry Argov once again.
Since I read the books out of sequence I can’t honestly say [...]
Why Men Marry Bitches is the follow up to Sherry Argov’s Why Men Love Bitches (which I probably should have read first, but when your best friend works in publishing, you take what you can get). It’s an interesting look into the minds of men, the minds of women, and the minds of bitches (and [...]
