Thursday, March 12, 2009

In the Mean Time

I have decided to keep a running journal of the books I have completed and wish to complete, thanks to online blogging. For the month of March thus far, I have completed Knowing by Rosalyn Mcmillan who happens to be the sister of Terri Mcmillan. Rosalyn has created a real page turner in Knowing; it is comprised of highs and lows of happiness and sadness that lends itself to the literary elements of suspense and tragedy. Knowing is Rosalyn's first published novel. Complicated is a poem dedicated to prescribe events to follow in the story's underlining plot. The main character, Ginger, makes you want to love her and cheer for her as she tries to find balance in being a good mother, loyal wife and career professional. Which in turn are the personal struggles that show definite parallelism between a fictional character and a real woman in America.

I have enjoyed the company of my all time favorite author J. California Cooper's Family. It took all of two days to read this 230 page slave story. It is not your typical slave story, however, it is a typical J.C.C. Down-home feel good slave story. It is filled with the hardships and kinships of slavery in the South. Cooper's imagination of slavery left me feeling like--- its' a wonder how we got ovah! It's a must read for those needing a reminder of the many African's that did not give in to the institution of slavery to make life as we now know it.

I just started Ida B. by Karen E. Quinones Miller; which is starting out to be a descent dramatized description of events that unfold in New York during the 1990's. Ida B. is an apartment building in Harlem that is rumored to be getting closed down. The author's use of NYC lingo makes for good humor and the understanding of what goes on in the Ida B. apartment homes. So far, I have grown attached to Brenda. She is striving to someday write a book. She keeps a notebook of the events in her life as they unfold. Somehow I feel Brenda is actually the author herself! I'll post more as I continue the story.

Yeah! I finished The Future of the Race, wow!, that was some heavy reading. While I agree and appreciate the many contributions of W.E.B Dubois; Cornell West gave me an an entirely different view of Dubois. West makes a good argument about Dubois's inability to relate to African American people experiences and views. West basically destroys his character and everything Dubois stood for. For all of my radical readers this book is definitely mind boggling and politically incorrect.

I am signing out for now. I got some reading to get to.

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