I took a break from Rev. Black. We all know what he’s up to. I decided instead, to read this book I’ve been thinking about for a while. The author has a very different writing style from the books I’ve read recently. It’s obvious that she really thought about this novel, which is infused with [...]
#15 of 50 – Love and Lies
Just gets better and better. I’ll be back.
#13 of 50 – The Best Kept Secret
Has Curtis met his match? If you’ve been reading the previous novels about him, you probably hope so. In this novel, we meet Curtis again. This time, he’s married to Charlotte, one of his former mistresses. This time, Curtis is trying hard to be faithful. Still, the drama continues. Charlotte has a few tricks and [...]
#12 of 50 – Too Much of a Good Thing – Kimberla Roby
The Reverend is back! After reading about Curtis Black and his action, you may never look at ministers the same way again. Curtis is back, with a second wife, Mariah, who is clueless to Curtis’s true ways. Supposedly a changed man, Curtis is still weak when it comes to the flesh, if you know what [...]
#11 of 50 – Casting the First Stone
Finally, I get introduced to the Reverend Curtis Black, the minister with more skeletons in his closet than the congregation! Curtis Black is the married minister with a weakness for the flesh and a greed for money and power. Rev. Black’s ways threaten to ruin his church and his career. He’s also losing his family [...]
#10 of 50 – A Taste of Reality
As soon as I finished One in a Million, I started reading this one. It’s amazing how these novels just seem to ‘fit’ into what’s happening in my world or the world around me. This one is about Anise, another sister who is dealing with a broken marriage. She’s also dealing with workplace discrimination, which [...]
#9 of 50 – One in a Million
After I read Changing Faces (I was sorry to see it end), I had to read One in a Million, by Kim Roby. In fact, I started on it as soon as I finished Changing Faces and I finished it in a few hours. I’m not going to tell you what hour that was )
This [...]
#8 of 50 – Changing Faces
I was hooked from the start. This is the first novel that I can remember reading by Kimberla Lawson Roby. I’ve always meant to read her books, and now I must say that I cannot wait to read the rest of them, especially the ones about the infamous Rev. Curtis Black.
Changing Faces tells the stories [...]
#7 of 50 – Always True to You in My Fashion
Okay, I’m reading them pretty quickly now (trying to catch up) and I’m forgetting what I’ve read already. I hope I don’t forget to record any )
Loved this book. All about Randall Hollis and the tangled web he has woven while pursuing 3 women simultaneously. All of the women experience their drama, their ups and [...]
#6 of 50—Jonah’s Gourd Vine
I finished this weeks ago, but forgot to add it to the blog. Life’s very busy right now, but I’m still reading. Fantastic reading! Lots of imagery, symbolism, all the great literary elements we expect from Hurston.
I’ll add more later.
