I stumbled upon this pedestrian review of Erica Kennedy’s Bling on amazon.com:
(2 out of 4 stars) not a true ghetto read…, July 26, 2005
i really could not get into this book because it was TOO bushy. it reminded me of how fake people act in the V.I.P. lines at night clubs. it was written nicely (no typos, etc.) but just no where near the level of a Nikki Turner, Sister Souljah type book that i perfer.
4-star reviews from this reader include How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, A Hustler’s Wife, A Project Chick, and Confessions of a Video Vixen.
And here I am thinking I was being too judgmental . . .
In other news….
Re: the UPN/WB merger, a poster at Ain’t It Cool News asked “so does this mean aquaman is going to be black??”
Like, even if it’s a totally racist question (I’ve had some thoughts myself about UPN’s “programming” in the past) it’s so fucking hilarious!!!
It seems to me that Bling is not a good book. The reviews were generally not good ones. Sounds like a library book to me.
[nOva: Actually Bling was great, mainly because of it's humor. I read it tiwce. It just has a structure that's similar to a Jackie Collins book.]