October 2016 – Get Lit with Paula

Gone ‘Til November: A Journal Of Rikers Island By Lil Wayne

New Book Drop! ☛GONE ‘TIL NOVEMBER: A JOURNAL OF RIKERS ISLAND by Lil Wayne [publisher: Plume books] on sale today, Oct. 11th!

Per Penguin Random House:

From rap superstar Lil Wayne comes the long-awaited Gone ’Til November,

Around The Way Girl By Taraji P. Henson

October 11, 2016January 18, 2018 In Book Releases 0 Actress, Author 0

Happy Pub Day to actress and author Taraji P. Henson! Her memoir, ☛AROUND THE WAY GIRL written with Denene Miller drops today on Atria Books.

Per Simon & Schuster:

With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters,

Diamonds And Pearl By K’wan

October 10, 2016January 18, 2018 In Book Releases 0 fiction, K'wan 0

New Book Drop! ☛DIAMONDS AND PEARL by K’wan [pub: St. Martins Press] releases today, Oct. 11th! Congrats to the “bestselling crime novelist!” He’s got over 20 novels published! #WriteToEat indeed.

Per St. Martin’s Press:

They say that good girls like bad boys,

Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide To Transforming Your Life By Michael Strahan

October 7, 2016January 10, 2018 In Book Releases 0 Good Morning America, Memoir 0

Pro Football Hall of Famer, New Giants Super Bowl XLII-winner, Good Morning America co-host, father, son, brother and all around good guy, Michael Strahan’s memoir released originally in hardcover last year on October 13, 2015. The paperback edition happily dropped this past Tuesday. 🌽 Pun intended. Ha! WAKE UP HAPPY!

My Own Words by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg With Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams

October 5, 2016January 18, 2018 In Book Releases 0 Memoir, Non-Fiction 0

New book drop ☛MY OWN WORDS by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [pub: Simon & Schuster].

Haven’t read it yet, but one of my fave descriptions of Trump is from her interview earlier this summer:

He is a faker

she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee,

You Can’t Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have To Explain By Phoebe Robinson

October 4, 2016January 18, 2018 In Book Releases, Uncategorized 0 No tags 0

New book drop! ☛YOU CAN’T TOUCH MY HAIR: AND OTHER THINGS I STILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN by Phoebe Robinson with the foreword by Jessica Williams [pub: Plume Books] is out!

Per at Penguin Random House:

Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day.

Gloria Naylor, Author Of Mama Day and The Women of Brewster Place Dies At 66

October 3, 2016January 19, 2018 In Paula's Picks, Uncategorized 0 African-American Literature, Author 1

Rest in Paradise Gloria Naylor.

THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE was my introduction. Then LINDEN HILLS. Eventually BAILEY’S CAFE.

☛MAMA DAY.

MAMA DAY was my fave.

Monthly Archives October 2016

Gone ‘Til November: A Journal Of Rikers Island By Lil Wayne

Around The Way Girl By Taraji P. Henson

Diamonds And Pearl By K’wan

Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide To Transforming Your Life By Michael Strahan

My Own Words by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg With Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams

You Can’t Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have To Explain By Phoebe Robinson

Gloria Naylor, Author Of Mama Day and The Women of Brewster Place Dies At 66

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