Books and Beignets (BAB)
Book Club
Literary Sisters Taking Action!!
Our Members
Sonya D. Ward - Founder and President
Danita Bright
Kimberly Yarbrough Carpenter
Sherrie Cotton
Rosie Fields
Katrina Hines
Dorothy James
Earnestine Madison-Marshall
Darlene J. Mitchell
Gloria Mitchell
Kasaunta (Connie) Poe
Joyce Powell
Mary H. Tucker
HONORARY MEMBERS
Glenda Davies - (Hi Mama! :))
Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Katrinda McQueen
Bishop C. H. Murray
Paula Conyers Walker
Ladarial Cotton (thanks for the reviews!)
All of family members who do not have a choice when we ask them to help with book club related stuff. We love you all and you are appreciated!
Want to know more about the Members? Read On!
Sonya D. Ward - Founder and President
Favorite Book(s): Mama Day, by Gloria Naylor, The Seasons of Beento Blackbird, by Akosua Busia, Some Pain, Some Love, Sometime, The Future Has a Past, both by J. California Cooper (anything by her!!) , The Gotham Diaries, by Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal McCrary, The Secret, The Shack, by William P. Young, The Darkest Child, by Delores Phillips (where is she???), Sugar, by Bernice McFadden, Child of God, by Lolita Files, The Vampire Huntress (entire series), by L.A. Banks, Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, For Love and Grace, by Kendra Norman-Bellamy, Kindred, by Octavia Butler (God bless you, you are missed!), Thunderland and Dark Corner, by Brandon Massey, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, and Little Bee, by Chris Cleave.
Favorite Author(s): J.California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Bernice McFadden, Lolita Files, Kendra Norman -Bellamy, Jonathan Kellerman, James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark, Tananarive Due, L.A. Banks, Terri McMillan (where are you???), and Brandon Massey.
How Many Books Per Month: 4 to 5. I used to read at least 5 to 6 a week (seriously!), but now with school, I am reading chapters out of textbooks and peer review articles more than books! LOL
Words of Wisdom: Remain positive no matter what because you will attract more positive energy back to you. Surround yourself with people who are positive and headed in a similar direction that you are. Be a good Sisterfriend. Listen to your friends, do not judge and have unconditional love for them. Smile and keep smiling (even when you feel like crying). You never know who you may touch with a simple smile and you may touch your own self. Take responsibility for YOUR actions and always, always keep your word. Your credibility is everything. Stay humble and remember that it is not always about YOU. Its about HIM --the man upstairs.... :) Remember to talk to him. He will guide you always.
Kimberly Yarbrough Carpenter
Favorite Book(s): The Time Traveler's Wife, On Beauty, Bicycles, Passing Strange
Favorite Author(s): Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia Butler
How Many Books Per Month: 5 to 6, I keep several going at a time
What are you looking for in a book club? Fellowship and intelligent discussions!
Sherrie Cotton
Favorite Book(s): A Time to Kill by John Grisham, Too Far from the Tree by DeBerry & Grant, God Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe
Favorite Author(s): Eric Jerome Dickey, Omar Tyree
How Many Books Per Month: About 2; sometimes more
What are you looking for in a book club? Sisterhood and to read new genres of books and open my mind to different takes on literature.
Earnestine Madison-Marshall
Favorite Book(s): In Search of our Mother's Garden, Daughters of the Dust, A Tiem to Kill, Blacker the Berry
Favorite Author(s): J. California Cooper, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurstone, Toni Morrison, John Grisham
How Many Books Per Month: 2 to 3
What are you looking for in a book club? Good lively discussions, exposures to new ideas, laughter, tears and insight
Kasaunta (Connie) Poe
Favorite Book(s): any type of mystery, non-fiction
Favorite Author(s): J. California Cooper, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurstone, Toni Morrison, John Grisham
How Many Books Per Month: Not too many. This is new to me.
What are you looking for in a book club? Family and sisterhood.
Joyce L. Powell
Favorite Book(s): The Shack, Same Kind of Different as Me, The Help, The Last Lecture, The Alchemist, Invisible Sisters
Favorite Author(s): Ernest Hill, Mary Monroe, Walter Mosley, Ernest Gaines
How Many Books Per Month: 10 to 12
What are you looking for in a book club? A love of reading and good discussions