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Title: Atlanta Live! by Carmen Green ISBN: 1583142932 Publisher: B E T Books Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 5
Summary: Bravo Carmen!!
Comment: Evelyn, Jasmine and Malone have been together for sometime trying to make a name for themselves in Talk Radio. Atlanta Live was the show born to them. Each host has their own view of the issues discussed. Things had been going very well for them until one fateful day when a caller tried to harm herself during a conversation with the trio.
Jasmine, Dr. Jasmine as she likes to be called is the sassy, arrogant and sometimes two faced individual that pushed the callers to the limit and on that day one too far. Jasmine didn't look through life through rose colored glasses, but from a I take what I think is mine no matter what the consequences.
Evelyn on the other hand looked at life from a victims point of view. She had made mistakes in the past, but never thought they would come back and her hurt as well as heal her. Her preacher father and mother were self-rightous folks that in my eye sight let her down as parents.
Malone completed this trio. Men loved to hear his take on subjects and the women liked him because his voice was sexy. An ex-football player, the thorn in his side was the ex-wife from hell. He wanted to be a good parent, but the ex always had a road block in his way when it came to his son.
The incident changed all their lives forever.
Carmen Green is known for her witty characters and her humor as a romance author. She always makes you laugh and the next moment your heart bleeds for the character. She did an excellent job writing Atlanta Live her mainstream offering. A look in and behind the scenes of radio shows everywhere. The only thing I wonder is what happened to Jasmine after she tried to redeem herself?
Great job Carmen.
Rating: 3
Summary: I felt something was missing
Comment: I liked Atlanta Live but felt something was missing. It was a fast paced book however you never quite got the background motivation for Jasmine, Malone and Evelyn. The "why" was not answered for some of the behavior displayed from this fun group. The minor players were not brought out enough ( Evelyn's parents, Carvel, Jasmine's family or Malone's son and ex.wife ). I feel this book is a great choice for a fast read and it would be a nice addition to any book dicussion group. If you love African-American fiction this book will be a treat.
Rating: 4
Summary: At What Cost?
Comment: In Atlanta Live, author Carmen Green takes a break from her romance writing to bring the reader into the word of talk radio and the lives of the hosts Dr. Jasmine, Malone and Evelyn. Dr. Jasmine is harsh, sarcastic and sometimes brutally blunt to the callers. Evelyn is more patient and caring to the callers and Malone is the balance between the two women and has the "back" of all the men. One morning the trio receives a disturbing phone call from Lindsay, a distraught teenager. Her subsequent action causes controversy at the station and in the lives of the characters.
While the hosts appear to have it all together on the outside, a glimpse inside their lives tells a different story. Unhappiness, insecurity, baby mama drama, unfulfilled dreams and poor decisions are prevalent in their lives. They try to stick together to see each other through the bad times but one of them is unable to take a back seat and sets out to destroy the others for their own gain. But what is done in the dark always seems to come back and haunt you in the light. Or when you mean to do harm to someone, good things happen instead.
The author did a good job of writing characters that you will sympathize with, love and love to hate. Much research is done in the realm of talk radio to bring authenticity to the story. This book was a quick and easy read. Just wondering what was going to happen next will keep you turning the pages until the very end. Had it not been for other obligations I would have read and finished this book in one sitting.
Jeanette
APOOO BookClub
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Title: The Best Man : Four Sensuous Novellas by Brenda Jackson, Cindi Louis, Felicia Mason, Kayla Perrin ISBN: 0312982186 Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Living Large by Rochelle Alers, Brenda Jackson, Donna Hill ISBN: 0451207653 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blues from Down Deep by Gwynne Forster ISBN: 157566920X Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson ISBN: 0373764731 Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.25 |
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Title: A Younger Man by Rochelle Alers ISBN: 0373764790 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.25 |
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