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When two friends come clean about infidelity, what they learn will change everything. . .

Every other Sunday, best friends Aminah Anderson and Langston "Lang" Rogers get their nails done in trendy downtown Brooklyn and then go out for brunch. -The two share everything with each other--almost. Lang's been keeping a secret from Aminah. She's cheating on her husband. When Aminah learns about the affair, the news hits too close to home. For Aminah's husband has also been unfaithful. She thought Lang understood the hurt and humiliation infidelity causes. She was wrong.

Lang can see the disappointment in Aminah's eyes when she comes clean. But she and Aminah have different views. Lang only calls it cheating if she gets caught. Her spouse is devoted to her, yet she needs more. Though Aminah doesn't understand, her friend's admission leads her to finally confront her husband. Now their friendship, their marriages, and their self-respect, will be put to the ultimate test. . .

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Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating	Meeting Review
May	Mama Dearest	E. Lynn Harris	3.6	Highlights from May
June	Cornered	Brandon Massey	4.1	Highlights from June
July	The Cheating Curve	Paula T. Renfroe	??	??
August	Till You Hear From Me	Pearl Cleage	??	??
September	My Soul Cries Out	Sherri Lewis	??	??
October	Too Little, Too Late	Victoria Christopher Murray	??	??
November	The Street	Ann Petry	??	??
December	Glorious	Bernice McFadden	??	??
January	Wench	Dolen Perkins-Valdez	??	??
February	Cougars	Earl Sewell	??	??
March	Sins of the Father	Angela Benson	??	??
April	Getting to Happy	Terry McMillan	??	??

Reading List 2009-2010

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating	Meeting Review
May	That Devil Is No Friend of MIne	JD Mason	3.7	Highlights from May
June	Erotic City	Pynk	3.0	Highlights from June
July	Jezebel	Jacquelin Thomas	4.0	Highlights from July
August	Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man	Steve Harvey	3.9	Highlights from August
September	Love On A Two-Way Street	JL King	3.7	Highlights from September
October	Unexpected Interruptions	Trice Hickman	3.0	Highlights from October
November	Black Betty	Walter Mosley	3.3	Highlights from November
December	The Love Child's Revenge	Nicole Bailey-Williams	3.0	Highlights from December
January	Pleasure	Eric Jerome Dickey	4.6	Highlights from January
February	Single Husbands	Honey B	3.0	Highlights from February
March	In the Night of the Heat	Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananrive Due	3.8	Highlights from March
April	What Doesn't Kill You	Virginia Deberry & Donna Grant	4.2	Highlights from April

Reading List 2008-2009

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	Casanegra	Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due	4.4
June	Gotta Keep On Tryin'	Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant	3.4
July	Keepin' It Tight	Shani Greene-Dowdell	2.0
August	Love You Like Hallelujah	Latisha Lovely	3.3
September	The Amen Sisters	Angela Benson	4.0
October	Something He Can Feel	Marissa Monteilh	3.3
November	Passing	Nella Larsen	2.2
December	Naked Love	Darnella Ford	4.4
January	The Darkest Child	Delores Phillips	4.4
February	Miss Etta's Fast House	Victor McGlothin	3.1
March	Just Too Good To Be True	E. Lynn Harris	4.4
April	Sexcapades	Honey B	2.8

Reading List 2007-2008

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	When Loving You Is Wrong	Dywane D. Birch	3.1
June	Vicious	Brandon Massey	4.0
July	I Say A Little Prayer	E. Lynn Harris	4.1
August	5 Minutes and 42 Seconds	TJ Williams	3.3
September	Forgivin' Ain't Forgettin'	Mata Elliot	3.4
October	A Sin and A Shame	Victoria Christopher Murray	3.7
November	Betsey Brown	Ntozake Shange	3.5
December	Every Woman Needs a Wife	Naleighna Kai	3.0
January	Thug-A-Licious	Noire	3.5
February	Love and Lies	Kimberla Lawson Roby	4.0
March	When Somebody Loves You Back	Mary B. Morrison	3.4
April	My Husband's Girlfriend	Cydney Rax	2.4

Reading List 2006-2007

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	Changing Faces	Kimberla Lawson Roby	3.5
June	The Company You Keep	Angela Henry	3.3
July	What A Sista Should Do	Tiffany L. Warren	2.8
August	72 Hour Hold	Bebe Campbell Moore	3.1
September	Other Men Wives	Freddie Lee Johnson	3.8
October	Are You Satisfied Yet?	MBridges	3.0
November	Mama Day	Gloria Naylor	3.8
December	Baby Brother's Blues	Pearl Cleage	4.2
January	Knockin' Boots	Tracy Price Thompson	3.7
February	So You Call Yourself A Man	Carl Weber	3.5
March	When Love Calls You Better Answer	Bertice Berry	4.6
April	Grown Folks Business	Victoria Christopher Murray	3.8

Reading List 2005-2006

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	Playing My Mother's Blues	Valerie Wilson Wesley	4.6
June	Taste Like Chicken	Lolita Files	3.5
July	Within The Shadows	Brandon Massey	4.0
August	Woman Thou Art Loosed: The Novel	TD Jakes	2.8
September	All I Need To Get By	Sophfronia Scott	3.1
October	Blackbird Papers	Ian Smith	4.4
November	Push	Sapphire	4.0
December	The Untelling	Tayari Jones	3.9
January	Can't Get Enough	Connie Briscoe	3.8
February	Whoreson	Donald Goins	2.0
March	G Spot	Noire	4.2
April	Lovin' You Is Wrong	Alisha Yvonne	2.8

Reading List 2004-2005

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	In My Bedroom	Donna Hill	4.2
June	Caught Up!	Winston Chapman	3.6
July	Trouble Man	Travis Hunter	4.2
August	A Change Gonna Come	Jacquelin Thomas	3.8
September	Another Man's Wife	Shonda Cheeks	3.3
October	Dark Corner	Brandon Massey	4.1
November	The Wedding	Dorothy West	3.2
December	Sugar	Bernice McFadden	4.4
January	Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do	Pearl Cleage	4.5
February	Simon Says	Collen Dixon	3.0
March	As We Lay	Darlene Johnson	4.2
April	A Woman's Worth	Tracy Price-Thompson	4.6

Reading List 2003 - 2004

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	PG County	Connie Briscoe	3.9
June	Twilight Moods	e.d. Jossel Flowers	3.4
July	The Shirt Off His Back	Parry Brown	3.2
August	Pent Up Passion	Hope C. Clarke	2.5
September	A Love Of My Own	E. Lynn Harris	4.2
October	An Ordinary Woman	Donna Hill	4.0
November	Daddy Was A Number Runner	Louise Meriwether	3.75
December	The Color Of Love	Sandra Kitt	3.3
January	More Like Wrestling	Danyel Smith	2.7
February	A Man Most Worthy	Marcus Major	3.6
March	Church Folks	Michele Andrea Bowen	4.2
April	Prayer For Deliverance	Christopher Chambers	3.5

The 2002 - 2003 Book of The Year is Shattered Souls by Dywane Birch!

Reading List 2002 - 2003

Month	Title/Book	Author	Rating
May	Blind Ambitions	Lolita Files	3.29
June	Shattered Souls	Dywane D. Birch	4.56
July	Daughter by Spirit	V. Anthony Rivers	2.69
August	Shades of Jade	Gloria Mallette	3.9
September	What Love Puts You Through	Larry L. Lee	3.2
October	Cookie Cutter	Sterling Anthony	4.1
November	Blacker the Berry	Wallace Thurman	3.0
December	Child of God	Lolita Files	4.5
January	Shame On It All	Zane	3.0
February	Married Men	Carl Weber	4.2
March	Baggage Check	Curtis Bunn	3.6
April	Joy	Victoria Christopher Murray	4.2

Reading List 2001-2002

MONTH	BOOK	AUTHOR	RATING
MAY	GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY	MARY MONROE	4.2
JUNE	BUTTERSCOTCH BLUES	MARGARET JOHNSON-HODGE	4.7
JULY	A TWIST OF FATE	ROBYN WILLIAMS	4.2
AUGUST	ADDICTED	ZANE	4.8
SEPTEMBER	GOOD PEOPLES	MARCUS MAJOR	3.55
OCTOBER	DETAILS AT TEN	ADRELLA GARLAND	3.56
NOVEMBER	INVISIBLE MAN	RALPH ELLISON	3.25
DECEMBER	GOT TO BE REAL	E. LYNN HARRIS, ERIC JEROME DICKEY, MARCUS MAJOR, COLIN CHANNER	3.61
JANUARY	TEMPTATION	VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY	4.6
FEBRUARY	LIAR'S GAME	ERIC JEROME DICKEY	2.7
MARCH	LOOKIN' FOR LUV	CARL WEBER	4.0
APRIL	A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT	TERRY MCMILLAN	4.2

Reading List 2000-2001

SCALE (1-10)

MONTH	BOOK	AUTHOR	RATING
MAY	UNTIL	TIMMOTHY MCCANN	8.5
JUNE	CHEATERS	ERIC JEROME DICKEY	8.65
JULY	WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE	CAMIKA SPENCER	8.4
AUGUST	ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER	SHANDRA HILL	6.85
SEPTEMBER	COLDEST WINTER EVER	SISTER SOULJAH	9.4
OCTOBER	NOTHING BUT THE RENT	SHARON MITCHELL	6.57
NOVEMBER	SOMETIMES I CRY	LINDA DOMINIQUE GROSVENOR	7.25
DECEMBER	GOOD HAIR	BENILDE LITTLE	6.93
JANUARY	SATIN DOLL	KAREN E. QUINONES MILLER	8.87
FEBRUARY	PRICE OF PASSION	EVELYN PALFREY	9.6
MARCH	THERE EYES WERE WATCHING GOD	ZORA NEAL HURSTON	6.94
APRIL	ALL OF ME: A VOLUPTUOUS TALE	VENISE BERRY	9.1