Posts Tagged With ‘ Deliah Lawrence ’

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you journalist, crime fiction author, and short story writer, Laura Lippman. She graduated from Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. She is a former reporter of the defunct San Antonio Light and The Baltimore Sun. She has written for The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. She has penned over twenty crime novels and is best known for her novels set in Baltimore that features Tess Monaghan (Baltimore Blues) inspired by her work as a reporter. She has won many awards... Continue Reading

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you, Nigerian novelist, short story writer, and non-fiction writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She has published multiple works some of which are under the name Amanda N. Adichie. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003) was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (2004) and it also received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (2005). Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun(2006) was adapted into a film (2014) by the same name by Biyi Bandele. Her third novel, Americanah was selected by... Continue Reading

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you author, journalist, and teacher, Bebe Moore Campbell. She graduated from University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and was an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was also a member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and a founding member of NAMI-Inglewood. Her fiction works tackled racism and its harmful effects on individuals and their relationships. In 1992, she released her first novel, Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine which drew inspiration... Continue Reading

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you, journalist, columnist, and novelist, Anna Quindlen. In 1974, she began her career as a reporter and held several positions at The New York Times. In 1995, she left journalism to become a full-time novelist. In 1999, she joined Newsweek where she wrote a bi-weekly column until she announced her semi-retirement in 2009. She has written nine novels, several of which were adapted into motion pictures and TV shows. Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing was made into a 1998 movie starring Meryl Streep... Continue Reading

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you author, educator, and social activist, bell hooks (birth name – Gloria Jean Watkins). Her pen name was adopted from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. She graduated from Stanford University (BA), University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA), and University of California, Santa Cruz (PhD).  Most of her work centered on intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender and addressed love, class, sexuality, mass media, and feminism. Her work spans around 40 books, ranging from essays, poetry, and... Continue Reading

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you, writer, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist, Arundhati Roy. In 1997, she won the Booker Prize for Fiction for her first novel, The God of Small Things. It was also listed as one of The New York TimesNotable Books of the Year and reached fourth position on The New York Times Bestsellers list for Independent Fiction. In her early career, she wrote screenplays for In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) and Electric Moon (1992). Check out her quote about the voiceless. #womenshistorymonth #writer... Continue Reading

This is the first time I am reading anything by E. M. Shue. Accidentally Noah is the story about Kenzie Russo (family name – Graco) who hid away from her family for over five years because she was on the run from an abusive relationship with Roy, her ex-boyfriend. However, when she comes home to New York from Hawaii because her father suffered a heart attack, she sees Roy parked across the street stalking her. She flees again to her apartment in the Bronx covering her steps.  Working as a police dispatcher, she fantasizes about a detective with a sexy voice who calls in for backup. And although... Continue Reading

Author’s Bio: Jen Berlingo is a thought-leader, coach, guide, and author on the midlife transition. She’s also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a nationally registered art therapist, and a Reiki master. Through two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own fiery midlife passage, Jen was inspired to write her book, Midlife Emergence, to accompany women needing fortitude when traversing the portal into the second half of life.  In addition to her long-standing healing work, Jen is a visual artist who offers... Continue Reading

Author’s Bio: Cheryl Barton lives in Maryland and in her spare time she loves to read espionage, crime and romance novels, cook, watch Sci-fi movies, spend time with family and friends and enjoy Maryland steamed crabs. Cheryl is celebrating over 30 years as a government employee and loves writing romance novels when in her spare time. Cheryl is the author of over forty romance novels, four inspirational novels, and is proud of her six book compilation projects with several other incredible women. Cheryl was a 2019 Finalist for the Emma Award given by Romance Slam Jam and a 2018 Finalist for... Continue Reading

This is the first time I am reading anything by Annie Winters and Tony West. The Vigilante’s Lover is the story about Jax De Luca who feels he was set up by Jovana, his ex-girlfriend and sent to prison without pleading his case in front of a tribunal (this is a mercenary/spy organization). While planning his escape from prison he has been sending coded messages to Klaus, a member of his network. However, these letters fall into the hands of a naïve twenty-years old, Mia Morrow who gets turned on by reading them. She innocently responds but Jax finds her messages to be out of code.  Jax then... Continue Reading