African-American authors with multiple titles are well represented on the Spring 2015 edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books. These authors have clearly developed a  wide audience for their books, and a solid fan base.

 

Does anyone read anymore?

There are still some of us die-hards readers out here, but I must confess that I read a lot less than I used to, and when I do read, I do so primarily via the print media where I can check out something quickly and not have to sit through ads or contend with a frozen browser as is my case on the 'Net.  I'm sure there are also book clubs still hanging in there.  The one I belong to recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.  There has been somewhat of a turn-over over the years, however, and people come and go but the total membership number of about 15 remains stable.

I found it revealing that when my club read and reviewed my book, "The Only One",  a couple of months back, in addition to giving it the rave reviews I would expect from a biased group of friends, the one thing  all the critics agreed on was how much they appreciated the length of the book.  They all liked that this novel was a short, fast read with everybody remarking that they no longer liked reading long drawn out books with a lot of filler. And neither do I.  I think this is a sign of the times. Unless a book  is a non-fiction bio or documentary, I  usually lose enthusiasm for thick books. So, I was pleased to note the length of Toni Morrison's lastest, "God Bless The Child", which I just finished and will be giviing a mini-review of soon.   

Hey Cynique, I see you adjusted to the new software without missing a beat.  I'm not sure what happened to everyone's avatar. The account I set up manually, via Twitter and Facebook remain intact.

Perhaps some of your friends would like to share there thought about your book with me.  I can cobble them together as a "crowd sourced" book club review.  Let me know what you think? 

Funny, I generally read everything Morrison writes but I not thought to read this one.  After reading your review I'll decide.