Books and Beignets (BAB)
Book Club

On Sunday, April 5, 2009, I visited Jackson, Mississippi to attend my friend and sistah and spirit, Kendra Norman-Bellamy's book signing!  My book club member, Sherrie, traveled with me to Jackson, MS and I was thankful for her company!  Thanks Sherrie for the love and support!   Aren't you excited about our book club!  I am! 

This event was sponsored and hosted by Q.U.E.E.N.S. Book Club of Mississippi.  The Prez, Adrienne and her book club sistahs showed up and showed out!!  It was a wonderful event!  There were about four (4) other local Jackson book clubs present:

Circle of Color Book Club

Savvy Book Club

Southern Girls Book Club

Natural Essence Book Club

Jackson, MS -- you all showed out!  So many wonderful book club sistahs there and they were willing to share information, do's and don'ts with me about their book club journey.  I sat next to Margaret from Circle of Color Book Club.  Margaret has a wonderful spirit and I enjoyed her company!  Her book club business cards are beautiful!  It is a wonderful reflection of her book club -- full of color!  I learned so much from Margaret.  One word of advice she gave me about book clubs -- "Find dedicated and avid readers -- if they are not dedicated, they will not be consistent and stay; you will end up weeding out those who are not dedicated."  Thanks so much for the love and advice Margaret! 

It was so good seeing Kendra after all these years.  She still looks the same!   If you have never met Kendra in person, she has the most beautiful spirit of anyone that I know and after all these years, and 13 bestsselling books later, she has not changed and she still has a wonderful positive spirit (and she is still hilarious -- she has some of the funniest one -liners ever and I can look at her across the room and start laughing). 

Author Dwan Abrams, a very close friend of Kendra's, traveled with Kendra to support and show love.  Mrs. Abrams recently got married (CONGRATULATIONS!) and she was still GLOWING.    She has a beautiful spirit too.  Please check out my "Author/Book showcase page -- I feature Kendra and Dwan!

Overall -- EXCELLENT event!   Who said a group of women can't come together, get along, support, fellowship, exchange information and show love? 

Peace!

Sonya Ward

Prez