JULY BOOK CLUB SELECTION PROCESS (PLEASE READ)

[C Diddy]

From the Desk of Carlene Reid :lol:

Sorry Jamila...instead of just starting a new thread I just edited yours....but I took your concerns in account...was trying to let Ekow run things and just kinda co-moderate...but I see I should step up to the plate...so here's the time line.

According to Ekow's system this is what we are gonna do. Follow this guideline closely so that we can start on July 1.

:arrow: Step One: Please post book nominations in THIS thread and THIS thread only. The first five books to receive seconds will be entered into another thread with a poll. I suggest nominators and others go to Amazon.com or something like that to read and post some reviews for us to read. That way we'll have a ground on nominating a decent book for the month of July. This thread will be locked on Friday June 25 at 5:00 pm SHARP. If we haven't reached the first five nomination then the first >4 books nominated with seconds will be entered into the poll which will start sometime Friday evening.

:arrow: Step Two: The thread with the poll will be opened until 5:00 PM Monday, June 28...after that time it will be locked The only count that will matter is what the poll shows. Meaning don't simply reply and say that oh I want such and such a book. You MUST VOTE in the poll.

:arrow: Step Three:BCU Book of the Month will be announced on Tuesday June 29....go buy, check out, borrow, etc. your books because reading should commence on Thursday July 1. Discussions/threads about the book will pop up through out the month.

~Carlene

[C Diddy]

Well I'll start...I nominate...

"Move Over, Girl" by Brian Peterson, any seconds to my nomination? Feel Free to Nominate other books...Top 5 rule! The description of the story is below.

"Tony Norris is a twenty-year-old college junior, a good-looking young man with a strong rap who puts as much time into studying women as he does into his courses. Freshman year, Tony was on top of his game-star athlete, steady girlfriend, living in the moment and loving every second. But when bottom falls out on his hoops career, Tony's playing field shifts from the hard wood of the basketball court to the soft, supple curves of the opposite sex. His relationships with women last as long as a Popsicle in the summer sun, and they're just as sticky. With each ensuing predicament, Tony's faced with more questions than satisfaction, and as the story unfolds, we find that Tony, and what he wants, is much more complex than his player image would lead us to believe.

Tony's amorous adventures play out against the free-flowing backdrop of college and his friendships with his boys-from Derrick, a football star who's figured out the whole relationship thing and doesn't understand why Tony hasn't, to Kwam, the loud-mouthed life of every party.

Tony's musings will have you laughing as author Brian Peterson takes you on an inner tour of a young man's mind in this fun debut novel by an exciting new voice in black male fiction. It's the next best thing to being in there. "

[Jamila iz Back!]

Thanks Carlene.

And Ill post my nominations a little later. :arrow:

[C Diddy]

Oh yeah...one nomination per person...<------ Forgot that rule.

No whole lists of nominations...just one..Thanks :wink:

[ASU_chick08]

I would like to nominate Revenge Is Best Served Cold by Tracie Howard and Danita Carter

Lil bout the book:

Take two women with a score to settle, blend seamlessly into Manhattan high society, and serve chilled. What you have is the debut of the year--a deliciously intoxicating novel about gettin rich and gettin even...

Beautiful Morgan Nelson is making waves as VP of a Fortune 500 corporation. Dakota Cantrell is a bond trader making all the right moves on Wall Street. Together they've found the right men, shattered the color barriers, kicked the boys' club to the curb, and made a name for themselves as the Divas of New York big business.

But their lucurious lifestyles are still worlds apart from the old meoney of Park Avenue--the haunt of their charismatic new business partner, Blake St. James. He's a man with a secret, a hidden motive, and a scheme that threatens everything Morgan and Dakota have accomplished. Now they're going to fight fire with fire, betrayal with betrayal. No compromise. No rules. No limits. For success is truly...the best revenage.

[C Diddy]

Just letting everyone know that this thread will be locked today...between 4:30 and 5:00 pm...whenever I leave work so I suggest you get to nominating and seconding. Because as of right now the only choices are Move Over, Girl and Revenge is Served Cold.

[Kismet_TNT]

One per person? Come on Miss C you know I got a lot of books to read...j/k....but I'm off my break at work and I'll post around 1:30...DUces.