Joey Pinkney's Blog – January 2010 Archive (9)

Shelia Lipsey's Beautiful Ugly is a book about real women dealing with real problems. Nothing outlandish, nothing exaggerated...just reality. Beautiful Ugly will be a great asset to any reader's library.





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When I first got Rodney Winters' book, I didn't know if it would be one that I would have difficulty reading because of it's subject matter. What would a happily married man be able to absorb from an author whose book is about divorce?



Go Into The House is utterly insightful and full of wisdom. This book is perfect reading material for people who find themselves getting the raw end of the deal in their marriage for no real fault of… Continue

Bernard Boulton is a pastor whose love for "The Word" is natural. In that capacity, he not only reads but also soaks his mind in the underlying meaning of the words he comes across in the Bible and other literature.



Boulton's debut novel Do You Wanna Made Whole? is an extension of his ministry as well as entertaining food for thought.



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Aisha "A. Life" Gant's Secret Wounds and Hidden Pain is sure to touch the hearts of her readers with true-to-life scenarios that pull no punches. From the struggle her characters go through to the way they find solutions, Secret Wounds and Hidden Pain is sure to be just inspirational as it is entertaining.



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Julia Press Simmons' latest offering gives a voice and an outlet to the faceless, forgotten people who struggle to survive in the ghettos of America that are far from fabulous.



Julia talks about what it takes not only to put a quality book together but also what it takes to get it out of her head and into the hands of readers.



(Check out the JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Begonia Brown: A Philadelphia Story in the archives.)



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Love Found Me is a book is about love, faith and relationships. GSH Publishing's Vanessa Richardson has penned a novel of Christian Fiction that is sure to bring moments of self-reflection and also critical thinking as you follow the path that the min characters Sheila and Mike take to find each other.



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What happens when you peel back the beautiful facade people try to present about the hood and you look at the harsh reality that lies beneath?



Julia Press Simmons pulls no punches with Begonia Brown: A Philadelphia Story. Full of struggle and strife, this second installment in the A Philadelphia series smacks you in the face and pulls you back up before the sting can set in.



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Marian L. Thomas penned Color Me Jazzmyne to be an honest portrayal of the torture of and redemption from incest, physical abuse, mental abuse and self-doubt. Far from being watered-down, Color Me Jazzmyne sheds light on a subject often neglected real discussion in the African-American communities.



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When author Ben set out to get Up The Way published, he wanted far more than to simply cash in on the Urban Lit Boom. The purpose and focus of Up The Way was to give food for thought to readers in terms of the many issues that the jail systems contribute to the communities that many of the former inmates are released into.



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