Burnett hits it out of the Sapien Solar System!!! - 1,737 Views
If George Lucas and Ava DuVernay had a baby, T.O. Burnett would be their child. Like Lucas, Burnett creates entirely new worlds that...
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Alretha Thomas
Oct 1, 2019
Not Just Another Love Story - 1,492 Views
B.L. McGrew has created a love story unlike any I’ve ever read or seen on the silver screen. Move over Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman...
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Alretha Thomas
Sep 30, 2019
FREEDOM PARK SOARS - 1,562 Views
B.W. McKay’s second novel’s opening had me riveted to the page. Darnell Scott, the protagonist, is running for Congress. If elected, he...
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Alretha Thomas
May 3, 2019
This psychic mystery is a keeper! - 1,840 Views
This psychic mystery is a keeper! Reba Rose Parker, the protagonist in Jenna B. Neece’s debut novel, is an irascible but loveable and...
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Alretha Thomas
Apr 23, 2019
Digging Deep Within: A Story of Courage and Liberation - 1,733 Views
Corey Brookshire is the protagonist in B.W. McKay’s engaging and well-written novel, Digging Deep Within: A Story of Courage and...
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Alretha Thomas
Mar 10, 2019
Sapien: Dawn of Oblivion, not just for sci-fi fantasy lovers - 1,960 Views
Eleven days ago, I had no idea what a twice emitter, JEDDO, VC, EPIC, and DAN were. But now that I’ve read Sapien: Dawn of Oblivion by...
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Alretha Thomas
Feb 9, 2019
An American Marriage is An American Masterpiece - 1,915 Views
I discovered an “American Marriage” while I was updating my currently reading books on Goodreads. There was an ad for the novel at the...
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Alretha Thomas
Dec 20, 2018
This is Me, Too - 2,164 Views
It may not appear so, but Chrissy Metz, who play’s Kate Pearson on the hit show This is Us, and I have a lot in common: we’re our...
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Alretha Thomas
Dec 9, 2018
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir - 2,129 Views
In Jenifer Lewis’s memoir, The Mother of Black Hollywood, she says that Black-ish has made her a household name. But for me, the name...
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Alretha Thomas
Nov 21, 2018
MICHELLE OBAMA'S BECOMING - 2,529 Views
I remember the first time I even remotely let myself believe that Barack and Michelle Obama could take residence in the White House. It...
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Alretha Thomas
Nov 13, 2018
All Other Ground breaks new ground when it comes to inspirational love stories - 4,747 Views
All Other Ground is the third book in award-winning author, Doris Dancy’s Redemptive Love Series and it doesn’t disappoint. Summer...
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Alretha Thomas
Nov 9, 2018
We're Going to Need More Wine - 1,987 Views
The first time I laid eyes on Gabrielle Union she was lighting up the screen as the character Conny Spalding in the 2001 romcom, “Two Can...
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Alretha Thomas
Oct 6, 2018
A Star is Born Review - 2,345 Views
A Star is Born, starring Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine and Lady Gaga as Ally, was a provocative and moving film. The music, acting and...
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Alretha Thomas
Oct 14, 2016
Rebirth of Our Nation - 3,845 Views
Earlier in the week, I had decided today I would treat myself to the movies. I’ve been like a mother hen all week, watching over the...
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Alretha Thomas
Jun 12, 2014
God in the Midst of Garbage and Gore - 4,172 Views
Yesterday I downloaded a copy of Michelle Knight’s book, "Finding Me." It’s a harrowing account of the eleven years she, Amanda Berry,...
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Alretha Thomas
Feb 11, 2014
When Giving Pays Big Dividends - 4,377 Views
Last week I received an email on Facebook from an author named Charles Burgess with a request to read his new novel titled “Balllin’ the...
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Alretha Thomas
Oct 27, 2013
133 Minutes a Slave - 4,446 Views
Yesterday I had the opportunity to see the movie “12 Years a Slave.” I had first learned of the controversial film while at the theater...
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