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Orange Mint and Honey
- By: Carleen Brice
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
After grad school, Shay Dixon feels like she's had enough for awhile. Inspired by her spiritual adviser - a soul-soothing blues player named Nina Simon - Shay calls her estranged mother Nona for the first time in years, and shocks herself by asking if it would be okay to come home for a while.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One For The Money
- By DiaRose on 09-25-17
- Orange Mint and Honey
- By: Carleen Brice
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
One For The Money
Reviewed: 09-25-17
What made the experience of listening to Orange Mint and Honey the most enjoyable?
I enjoyed listening to each side of the characters and how they over came the demons that was haunting them.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Orange Mint and Honey?
When Shay realized that her mother really had changed and that she always loved her even when she was under the influence.
Which scene was your favorite?
When Shay let go and truly started to enjoy having a little sister.
If you could rename Orange Mint and Honey, what would you call it?
I wouldn't the name is rather fitting in my opinion.
Any additional comments?
If you have a chance you should listen to this book it's a roller coaster of emotions, but enjoyable none the less. The author did a great job of letting her characters come alive and grow right before your eyes.
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Black Privilege
- Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
- By: Charlamagne Tha God
- Narrated by: Charlamagne Tha God
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 19,403
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,086
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17,001
Charlamagne Tha God - the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pissing People Off", co-host of Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club, and "hip-hop's Howard Stern" - shares his unlikely success story as well as how embracing one's truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing, Inspirational, Needlessly Crude at Times
- By Smokey on 08-24-17
- Black Privilege
- Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
- By: Charlamagne Tha God
- Narrated by: Charlamagne Tha God
Charlamagne Tha God
Reviewed: 06-06-17
Loved this book and the realness used to convey his message. I highly recommend it.
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Twisted
- By: Tracy Brown
- Narrated by: Nicole Small
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 765
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 689
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 681
Celeste Styles is starting over. After losing her cherished salon in a suspicious fire, she has finally left her adulterous relationship and her drama-filled life in Brooklyn for the peace and tranquility of Atlanta, Georgia. But when Rah-Lo heads down south after deciding to leave his wife Asia, Celeste is floored and isn't quite sure if she wants to rekindle their affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- By Sheena on 12-08-15
- Twisted
- By: Tracy Brown
- Narrated by: Nicole Small
Change is possible if you want it
Reviewed: 11-17-16
Great book easy to follow I can't wait to discuss it with my bookclub .
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The Book of Harlan
- By: Bernice McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,012
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 918
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 916
The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre - affectionately referred to as "the Harlem of Paris" by black American musicians - Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An insightful account of an eventful period
- By Ezinwanyi on 07-26-16
- The Book of Harlan
- By: Bernice McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Great Read
Reviewed: 10-27-16
Great book I wish the author reconnected Harlan with his kids after he came back. It would've given the book another angel to pursue.
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Boy, Snow, Bird
- By: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Carra Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 648
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 577
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 581
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty - the opposite of the life she' s left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she' d become, but elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out when the birth of Boy' s daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For Literary Lovers
- By M. Shipe on 04-25-14
- Boy, Snow, Bird
- By: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Carra Patterson
Confused
Reviewed: 03-20-16
Interesting story, however it was confusing at many places and I had to rewind alot
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One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,276
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,076
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,071
Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecil, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecil gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great family road trip book!
- By Iris J. Scott Love on 03-16-16
- One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
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Reviewed: 08-19-15
Great book with a lot if substance. Well written good job to the author. Excellent
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