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Posted: Sunday December 7th, 2003 00:39 |
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very, very funny book about a young black girl scraping her way thru college .
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On buying ramen noodles: I am sooooooo embarassed. I only have 33 cents. I (please don’t laugh) put the money on the counter and quickly attempt to dash out with my Chicken Flavored Salt Noodles. The guy calls me back! I look up instinctively, I should have run . . . Why didn’t I run???!! He tells me the noodles are 35 cents. I try to apologize sincerely. I thought the sign said 33 cents yesterday, so that’s all I brought with me. Could he wait while I ran home and get the 2 cents? I show him my student I.D. to let him know I am not a thief. He shakes his head and motions either for me to get the hell out of his store and never come back again or get the money as do come back. I don’t know. He said something like “Nyeh� and swiped his hand in my direction.
I can’t translate hand motions well.
The noodles: tasty!!!
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Posted: Sunday December 7th, 2003 07:00 |
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| I saw a her years ago on a Talk show about the book, very funny experience and great tips on frugal spending..
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Posted: Monday December 8th, 2003 02:03 |
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http://www.thebrokediaries.com/
link to the ladies website .
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Posted: Saturday December 20th, 2003 17:23 |
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nuvoue wrote: http://www.thebrokediaries.com/
link to the ladies website .
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Posted: Tuesday December 23rd, 2003 03:30 |
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The 39 steps
Not a penny more, not a penny less' Jeffrey Archer
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Posted: Tuesday December 23rd, 2003 06:38 |
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CashMoney wrote: The 39 steps
Not a penny more, not a penny less' Jeffrey Archer
@CashMoney
Have to say I loved that book by Archer Not a penny more, not a penny less...the ending was hysterical.
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Posted: Tuesday December 23rd, 2003 21:46 |
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In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love you want
by Iyanla Van Zant
and my favorite by her...
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up:40 Days and 40 Nights towards Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth
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Posted: Friday December 26th, 2003 09:05 |
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| ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME THE ALCHEMIST BY PAOLO COHELO THIS IS THE MOST DEEP SPIRITUAL BOOK YOU WILL EVER READ.
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Posted: Thursday January 15th, 2004 20:00 |
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| anything by laila afrika is a must read.
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Posted: Sunday February 15th, 2004 12:26 |
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Dave Peltzer:
-a child called 'it'
-the lost boy
-a man named Dave
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Posted: Thursday March 11th, 2004 21:48 |
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| has ne1 read the coldest winta by sista soulja. this has gort to be 1 of the most tuiest form of litriture i have eva read the authour was true and rwa 2 sum extent but it showed what young black poeple valued and wot we as a black people was doing wrong
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Posted: Wednesday March 17th, 2004 02:17 |
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Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
This is an amazing book, the best novel iv'e read in a while.
She was the first Black woman to win a Pullitzer prize in literature.
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Posted: Thursday March 18th, 2004 16:47 |
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No Disrespect - Sista Souljah,
just finished reading it. Its quite an old book, but very good. At the end has a real breakdown on the dangers facing African male - female relationships.
Has anyone else read it? What did you think of it?
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Posted: Thursday March 18th, 2004 16:50 |
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Some really FANTASTIC BOOKs
In Search of Satisfaction by J California Cooper.
Your Blues Aint Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell is excellent.
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Posted: Tuesday March 23rd, 2004 14:31 |
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Sacred Woman ~by Queen Afua
The Prophet ~by Khalil Gibran
2 excellent books of awakening the Spirit.
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Posted: Thursday March 25th, 2004 16:54 |
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Ashanti wrote: In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love you want
by Iyanla Van Zant
and my favorite by her...
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up:40 Days and 40 Nights towards Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth
I bought these because of ur recommendation Ashanti-thank u. I'm reading the first one (on&off because of uni work). Good so far!!
I recommend the Left Behind series for n e one. Whether u believe in Christianity/Jesus or not. The writing is tight and the actual thought of the rapture if it were to take place the after effects for those left behind is quite scary-particularly for black ppl (i.e no laws to curb the KKK so an all out massacre race war etc -though the book doesnt mention that).
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Posted: Friday March 26th, 2004 15:42 |
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can i recommend a book called Who Is My Brother's Keeper by me. I wrote a book and its available through amazon.co.uk.
I'm very serious by the way.
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Posted: Saturday March 27th, 2004 09:19 |
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Donald Goines.........Dopefiend...............i have only read 60 odd pages as i have just bought it. the book is so addictive that i shall not be surfing that much till i read it
i think he has a bout 10 odd books
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Posted: Monday March 29th, 2004 19:00 |
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THe friends, Ruby, Edith Jackson, New Guys around the black -Rosa guy
When i read them i was 11 and didnt really undertsand then i re read them and they are briallliant.
Of mice and me- john Steinbeck
Iyalla- Cabnt remeber but book is brilliant
Trick baby- Ice berg Slim
These books are all brillant
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Posted: Monday March 29th, 2004 19:00 |
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THe friends, Ruby, Edith Jackson, New Guys around the black -Rosa guy
When i read them i was 11 and didnt really undertsand then i re read them and they are briallliant.
Of mice and me- john Steinbeck
Iyalla- Cabnt remeber but book is brilliant
Trick baby- Ice berg Slim
These books are all brillant
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Posted: Monday March 29th, 2004 19:02 |
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THe friends, Ruby, Edith Jackson, New Guys around the black -Rosa guy
When i read them i was 11 and didnt really undertsand then i re read them and they are briallliant.
Of mice and me- john Steinbeck
Iyalla- Cabnt remeber but book is brilliant
Trick baby- Ice berg Slim
These books are all brillant
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Posted: Monday April 5th, 2004 20:39 |
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| house of spirits by isabelle allende
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Posted: Wednesday April 7th, 2004 19:32 |
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Nuvoue,
Gosh, it's been a good since I've read anything because I've been to busy with other matters. One books that I have read was on Louis Farakkhan( I forget the title of it) but the author of that book was a guy named Vibert( not Herbert) White about his negative dealings of the man. He used to be a member of the Nation of Islam and left the movement. I've never been a fan of Farakkhan, but after reading Vibert White's book, I am convinced that the man( Farakhan ) is a fraud and that he's defrauding his own community. I'm just not trying to accept what White say about him, he answers some questions/tell things about his old boss , that will probably have some people having second thoughts about Farakkhan.It's alike a compare notes kind of thing.
Even if I was a racist, I wouldn't want to join a movement like his. I cannot support a man who insist that Slavery doesn't exist in Southern Sudan. He and Omar Al- Bashir lied big time about it when Barbara Walters did a show about 5 years ago. What kind of example is he leading for those guys?To me, to deny the truth about the existence of slavery in Sudan is like denying the existence of slavery in the US. he has no problem exposing the truth about that. If he wasn't a Muslim( considering that Northern Sudan is Muslim controlled), I think that he would accept ithe truth about it
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Posted: Monday April 12th, 2004 18:20 |
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou...amazing book...phenomenal writer!!
GO GET IT!!!!!!
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Posted: Monday September 20th, 2004 15:44 |
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Things fall apart by CHinua Achebe (a little sad made me cry )
Race matters by Cornel West
Slave narratives by (when i think of his name get back to you)
A day late and a dollar short
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Posted: Monday September 27th, 2004 16:24 |
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| Lately I've been reading more books that stimulate the intellectual. Don't get me wrong from time to time I still like to read books about living fast with all the glitz and glamour but I guess when you mature you want a little more substance. I really like reading books about other cultures. Right now I'm reading this book about an African family. I just started reading it but so far the book seems to revolve around the brother and sister, Kambili and Jaja. I find it interesting because the family is very well off and I get to get an inside look into the cultural influence that shape their lives. It's weird because when you read about other cultures you really start to get an understanding and realize that they're not so different than you. You also began to understand the cockiness and why they sometimes look down on Black Americans. The father is very strict and instills a serious work ethic in his children. Not to say Black Americans families don't have a serious work ethic, but it just seems that everyone in that country is extremely disciplined. The book is called Purple Hibiscus and the writers name is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the book is definitely worth checking out.
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Posted: Saturday October 2nd, 2004 17:16 |
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| The bible - I thoroughly enjoyed it and shall be reading it again tonight ! Last edited on Saturday October 2nd, 2004 17:17 by Miss Shorty
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Posted: Wednesday October 20th, 2004 22:50 |
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Im reading HOW MUMBO JUMBO CONQURED THE WORLD Francis Wheen
Its real funny, the what he discusses post-modernism and existentialism is too funny, so much babble I thought my head was gonna burst till I realised he was taking the piss, there is so much in this book that makes me laugh and I havent even finished it yet. He discusses the financial markets and the silliness of it all and the workings of 'intellectuals'... He compares Thatcher to Khomeni and talks about 1979 when they both came to power and ushered in L |
