Newsletter #4

Thank God our Creative Director (Shanica) is back on the job...she forgot about us for a minute, but it's ok we still luv your crazy antics.

So here's the scoop below, ENJOY!!

EVERYONE GETCHA FIRST AID KITS OUT!

Well, it's that time again! I'm so happy that we all finally got our schedules together so that we could meet up and have some gurl time! First, I would like to thank everyone for working together around my working schedule. It has not been easy to work, take care of home and all the activities for the summer and then plan the book club meeting. So, thanks so much for being patient:) Now, lets get down to business…….
Keep the Faith by Faith Evans was the book that was picked for our third meeting. This book made me realize some things. First, that Faith portrayed herself as a hoe. Why in the world would you want to continue sleeping with someone when you caught a venerial disease from them? Second, let me back up and start from the beginning. Faith was raised as a good church going young lady who had a wonderful voice. Early on she discovered her love for music, and her talent in the church was something spectacular! I was most interested in her early life; even though she didn't live with her mom because her mom couldn't take care of her, her pretend grandparents were doing a pretty good job at raising her. They also had many kids that didn't have homes come and live with them. It was a curse and a blessing. When she decided to go into the direction of music, as many solo artist do, she started singing groups that didn't make it far. But she believed in herself and pressed on to do music her way. After moving on from boyfriend to boyfriend, she finally got the opportunity to sing for a big name producer named Teddy Reilly. Although, she didn't think much about him signing her, she had high hopes. When that failed, she then moved on to the next boyfriend who was abusive and made her afraid to talk to anyone of the opposite sex. Then she ran into a long time friend who was making music, and when she really wasn't paying any attention to him or his business, that's when she got the opportunity to sing for Sean "Puffy" Combs. From there, it was the start of her career. Signing with Bad Boy Records, meeting the Notorious BIG, having a few kids, and finding out about her estranged husbands other women to his success and to his murder that shocked the hip hop nation. And let's not forget the West Coast/East Coast - Tupac drama. From beginning to end, we thought the book was full of contradictions that lead us to question: Did Faith lie in her own autobigraphy?? Was this book worth the read? You be the judge.......

Member Rating (5 star scale):

Sharletha - 2.5 stars

Marrena - 3 stars

Shanica - 2 stars

Remy - 3 stars...(lol, subject to change, and we all know why)

Newsletters #3

Thank God our Creative Director (Shanica) is back on the job...she forgot about us for a minute, but it's ok we still luv your crazy antics.
So here's the scoop below, ENJOY!!

EVERYONE GETCHA FIRST AID KITS OUT!

The Help was a great book. Based in the 1960, it was about three ordinary women who take one extraordinary step for womankind. Skeeter a young white Journalist, Aibeleen & Minny - black maids to wealthy white families in Mississippi. As different from one another as can be, these women came together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
Now I know that everyone knows that I don't like slavery books, but this book turned out to be a really good read. I have to classify it as a slavery book because it truely reminded me of that time. The book is about women taking back what's theirs……..Dignity! We all know that slavery was a degrading thing to go through, and the hardships after that time was nothing more than a daily struggle of racism, not to mention sexism. I personally could have never lived back then because they would have literally hung a sistah. But this book showed a way for all the black women to come together as one to humiliate the hell outta their slave masters/employers.

Skeeter returned home from college to persue a career in journalism. Only to find out that although she was the right color, she wasn't the right sex. The only opportunity available for a writer who happend to be a woman, was writing a House Cleaning column for the city paper. Of course she was not content in this position, but it ended up being a starting point for her to put together the stories of every black maid that she could think of. Aibileen, a black maid and the catalyst for gathering every maid she knew to tell these stories. The stories alone would be the ones' to put this book on the map. Including the most critical story from her best friend Minny. From the shitty pie to the demons that haunted Aibileen when her son died, these stories would end up being put in a book discussed on a nationwide TV show. This is something they never thought would happen and they didn't know what would happened if they were to ever find out it was all the maids from Mississippi that told the stories about their bosses. This was definitely a good read and it was intriguing from start to finish. Was it that way for u 2?

Character Identification
Sharletha - Aibileen
Remy - Skeeter
Shanica - Minny
Marrena - Yule Mae

Look for it in theatres next year!!

Newsletter #2

EVERYONE GETCHA FIRSTAID KITS OUT!

The Last book club meeting was held on April 18, 2010. We had a BLAST!!! There was great conversation about the book Honeymoon. We discussed all aspects of the book and also got into everyone's business. For those interested in what the book was about, here are some highlights from HONEYMOON.

This crazy azz broad was married and dating numerous wealthy men. As a home designer, she lived all over the world with her many partners and her husbands. The first husband she married and murdered, collecting millions by stealing her dead husbands breakthrough formula. The formula could stop your heart from beating and leave the coroner clueless. The second husband she married was a famous book author, who she also murdered. However, during all her murders she was shipping monies to an offshore account. The FBI was red flagged the millions of dollars being shipped and started an undercover investigation. This led the detective into a world of lies, and into the mind of one crazy azz broad. This was one very interesting book and a great read!

Our next meeting will be held on May 23, 2010 at Remy's house. The meeting will start promptly at 5pm. Also, we have an additional member coming to our book club meeting and her name is Crysta Branch. We welcome you to Paper Cutz Book club:)

This months book is The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Okay ladies, I look forward to seeing you all this month and I can’t wait to discuss the book! Smooches…………..oh and don’t forget to wrap those fingers up like Michael Jackson did, or you just might get some…………………………….PAPER CUTZ!

Newsletter #1

EVERYONE GETCHA FIRSTAID KITS OUT!

This is the official newsletter for Paper Cutz Bookclub.

In our first meeting which was held on March 7, 2010, we discussed a host of different books that we are considering to read this year. Please remember that we welcome all types of books, just as long as it's interesting, keeps us wanting more, and give the juicy details:) Even if they are those ole slave stories, we still want the book to have us hanging on every word! Not literally.

Okay, so here's the low down! We have picked a number of books that we are considering to read this year. The first book which we are going to read is called HONEYMOON, written by James Patterson & Howard Roughan. We will be discussing this book on April 18th.

Here is the list of books that we discussed reading. This doesn't mean that that you can't add other books or delete any of the ones that is listed. These are books that make ya go hummmmm (Arsenio Hall). Enjoy and remember to wrap those fingers up like Michael Jackson did, or you might jus get some PAPER CUTZ!

Book List
1. Zane - Alpha Phi
2. Kathryn Stockett - The Help
3. Faith Evans - Keeping the Faith
4. Anna J. - My Woman His Wife
5. Anna J. - The Aftermath
6. J. Patterson - The Honeymoon - Current Read
7. Noire - G-Spot
8. E.J. Dickey - Pleasure
9. Alvin P. - Lay My Burdens Down
10. K. Steffans - Confessions of a Video Vixen
11. Todd Bridges - Killing Willis