THIS WEEK IN JULY

Friday Jul 9 RESHONDA TATE BILLINGSLEY FRIDAY, JULY 9; 7-8 PM @ The Greene RESHONDA TATE BILLINGSLEY, #1 Essence bestselling author and Alpha Kappa Alpha member, will introduce her newest work, Holy Rollers, a touching and funny story of faith, love, and the value of friendship....

HOT BOOKS

DOC by Mary Doria Russell
Doc in the title is Dr. John Henry Holliday, known in U.S. Western lore as Doc Holliday; frontier dentist, gambler, and gunslinger. In Russell’s capable hands, the West of the 1878 era comes alive in the telling of the relationship between Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, a fearless Texas lawman. It was an unrestrained time in our history where arguments were settled with guns and saloons were filled with card sharks eager to relieve the cattlemen of their wages. Among the events depicted in the book is the famous battle at the O.K. Corral that forever links the names Holliday with Earp. It’s a wild, memorable read!
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson
Subtitled Love, Terror and an American Family in Hilter’s Berlin, this book vividly shows us the early years of Hitler’s Nazi Germany seen through the eyes and experiences of an American diplomat, William E. Dodd, and his family. At first enthralled with the Berlin assignment, Dodd soon became more and more troubled as he witnessed violence becoming common-place, especially toward the Jewish population. By following the Dodd family, Larson shows us a microcosm of life in Nazi Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. He also shows why the world did not realize early on the true nature of Hitler and his ruthless plan for domination.
KINGDOM KEEPERS IV: POWER PLAY by Ridley Pearson
If you have Disney World fans in your house, they are going to enjoy the fourth book in the popular children’s Kingdom Keepers series. Not everything in the CyberSpace Mountain is as it should be. It’s the job of the young Kingdom Keepers to find out who is causing havoc and right it. It seems the Overtakers are at it again trying to steal the Disney “magic.”

RESHONDA TATE BILLINGSLEY

FRIDAY, JULY 9; 7-8 PM @ The Greene

RESHONDA TATE BILLINGSLEY, #1 Essence bestselling author and Alpha Kappa Alpha member, will introduce her newest work, Holy Rollers, a touching and funny story of faith, love, and the value of friendship. We meet lifelong friends Coco, Nita, and Audra who are fed up with their bad luck in love. Coca has endured years of physical abuse from her boyfriend. Audra, a single mother, has dated her share of slackers and cheaters and yearns for a stable companion. Nita is tired of her club-hopping lifestyle and wants to settle down. They decide to take a new approach--“holy rolling.” Masquerading as God-fearing church-goers, the three women don their Sunday best and attend a local conference for ministers, hoping to find reliable responsible men. And though their results are varied, each woman discovers that the power of friendship and a little self-confidence can make all the difference in the world.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley has written seven previous adult novels, one nonfiction book, and several teen novels.