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Summary: INGENIOUS CONCEPT
Review: My Soul To Keep definitely took me on an experience outside my element. I'm not a sci-fi fan, but this was a worthwhile read that I enjoyed along with The Between (Ms. Due's first novel). The story is about an immortal named David/Dawit who underwent a ritual of the "Living Blood", to find out more you MUST read the book because the concept is genious as well as haunting. The book spans over 450 years and covers alot of geographical areas as well as breakthroughs. Ms. Due has crafted a suspenseful and haunting brew of a novel. I'm patiently waiting for the sequel.
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Summary: By FAR, one of the best books of 2000!
Review: Nothing compared me for Tananarive Due's novel, MY SOUL TO KEEP...it was so well-written, I could do nothing but devour it from beginning to end. The novel tells the tale of Jessica, an African American journalist who appears to have it all; a thriving career, a beautiful and talented little girl, and a man who surpasses all her hopes and dreams. When the story of her career becomes the story of her LIFE, Jessica watches as the life she knows slowly unravels to one into the supernatural realm...nothing for her will ever be the same again.I read this novel in ONE EVENING, all 330+ pages of it! There was not a dull moment in the novel, and I was drawn into the world of Jessica's....and Dawit (a person whose life will surprise and anger you..and at times, make you pity him). To totally enjoy a supernatural, you have to release your mind and allow yourself to move beyond the REALITY and life, and MY SOUL TO KEEP draws you in with the very first page and never for one second lets you go. The breadth of knowledge that went into this novel, the fast and suspenseful way Due wrote it, and the climactic ending makes this novel one of pure literature. The novel left me jumbled with emotion, and ironically, not very 'happily ever after' like most novels, but it makes you crave a sequel...and I'll be one of the first to buy it when it comes out! Shonell Bacon....
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Summary: Ms.Due's biggest fan
Review: This book was very well written and very intriguing. It kept me on my toes so much that I read it in one day. Not too many books can do that. Everything from Tanaravie's stlye of writing, to her character's just kept you glued from page to page. I love her books and if given the chance I would love to extend a invitation for her to attend our book club meeting, it would definately be an honor. Looking forward to absolutely anything that you write. My only question would be why they changed your book cover? Mines has a man on it which I guess to be Dawit...
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Summary: NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
Review: "MY SOUL TO KEEP" WAS A BOOK CLUB SELECTION AND WHEN WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS OUR NEXT BOOK WE WERE ALSO ASKED THE QUESTION,WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IMMORTAL YES OR NO? I SAID YES. NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD WANT TO BE LEFT WHEN LOVED ONES HAVE GONE AND GO OUT AND GET NEW LOVED ONES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.450 YEARS IS A LONG TIME .THIS STORY WAS WELL WRITTEN. I DON'T REALLY LIKE BOOKS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH IN TIME BUT I GUESS THIS HAD TO BE WRITTEN LIKE THIS SO THE READER COULD GET THE BACKGROUND ON DAVID.
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Summary: Wow, what an adventure
Review: This is one of the rare times when I will say a book is movie worthy. This book had all the elements of a great movie. Sci-fi, romance and gore. I know this book made a real impression on me when I started dreaming about Dawit/David. The action in this book, once you get pass the first 50 pages or so is unbelievable. The story is intriguing. It certainly gives you cause for wonder, Would you want to be immortal? be ageless? watch your loves ones die? keep starting over with your life? Not only was David/Dawit, Jessica and Kira story well written, but other characters where just as interesting. This is a must read. Thank you Blair Underwood for seeing this one is made for the big screen
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Summary: This has been added to my all time list of favorites!
Review: Forget the fact that I am not a science fiction buff. This book along with Janice Sims's Out of the Blue has made a convert out of me. This book is soooooo gooooooood. David Wolde whose real name is Dawit is over 450 years old but doesn't look a day of thirty. That is because he has the Blood. Mentored by Khaldin who gave him the blood, Dawit has been living as a mortal with his wife, Jessica, and young daughter, Kira. But now his time as a mortal is drawing to a close. Malmoud has been sent by Khaldin to bring Dawit home. David/Dawit's idealistic life is about to blow up. He is getting desperate. In order to preserve what he has he makes graves errors but he loves his wife and daughter desperately. Dawit has traveled through a time warp. As Dawit he was born in ancient Ethiopia. His wife died in childbirth at thirteen. He was a slave in the 1840s named Seth and saw his beloved Adele hung. As jazz musician Spider Tillis, he wrote well-known songs and disappeared leaving a wife and children. Jessica has always been in awe of her husband. He is nicknamed Mr. Perfect by one of best friends. She is beginning to think he is too perfect. This was superb writing and I had an opportunity to meet the author who is releasing a sequel next year. A MUST READ.
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Summary: The man of her dreams?
Review: Imagine...you meet; you fall in love; you marry; you have a beautiful (and gifted) child. Then you find out your loving spouse has a secret, and wants to initiate you into an ancient covenant that doesn't want you as a member. A seductive and engaging story. This is a book to be read, and shared, and read again.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This is the story of an immortal who gets swept away with the lives of mortals and desires to maintain the love affection and closeness he has with those individuals. David aka Dawit is an African/ African American who has inhabited this earth for the past 500 years. He has had many lives, many experiences, many wives and many children. However, whenever the powers have told him to leave his life amongst mortals, he has done so without reservation. However, along comes his wife Jessica and the Kira, the daughter they share and his life changes based on his sense of love and devotion to these 2 people. David aka Dawit's blood is everlasting and once infused into the body of mortals, accompanyed by the Ritual of Life, individuals live forever. Although Dawit is sworn to secrecy, his love for his wife causes him to break the covenant and risk the life not only of himself but his family as well. It is with his blood that he attemtps to ensure that his new wife and child have everlasting life. Although the character of Dawit is somewhat odd and sinister, he has redeeming qualities based on his sacrifice in the name of Jessica and Kira. It almost makes the acts he commits during the book seem OK. In an odd way, this is the story about what a person will do in the name of love. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and it had a very interesting religious twist re: the blood of Christ. This author is very talented. I have read all three of her novels and each one is very well written. However, her novels show a great deal of versatility, each with a completely different subject yet each beautifully well written. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Loved It!!!!!
Review: My Soul To Keep was an incredible story and I was IN THIS WORLD for the week it took me to finish this book. Tananarive Due tells a powerful story of how a man, Dawit, was truly willing to do ANYTHING to keep his family together. Even when he did something wrong, you couldn't help but to still like this guy. Was he a "villian" or a "hero"? Who knows. What I do know is that this was a wonderful book that I enjoyed so much that I ignored family and friends to get to the end!
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Summary: Suspense with grace
Review: Jessica Wolde has got it made. She has a great career as a journalist, a loving husband in David and a beautiful daughter, Kira. When Jessica's friend and colleague Peter suggests to her that they write a book about the atrocities of nursing homes, it sends her wonderful life spiraling out of control. This book could expose her husband, "Mr. Perfect" for the person he really is, an immortal. David, whose real name is Dawit, is not the only one of his kind but a member of a brotherhood of sorts. His mistake, falling in love with a mortal woman. David will stop at nothing, to keep his family together. Love, yes, but twisted. He finds a way that he can get what he wants, keeping his family together forever, but his method eventually ends in his family's demise. Yet through it all Jessica, a woman of tremendous faith, is able to live a remarkable life although the price she paid was more than she ever dreamed of. Due is gifted. She paints a horrific picture of tragedy and violence without resorting to the grotesque. Her heroine is not sappy, nor is her "villain" totally without redeeming qualities. The reader can understand exactly where all parties are coming from. She is skilled at placing you at the scene of an atrocity and making you stay there to watch it play out. My Soul to Keep reads more as suspense than it does horror, which makes it that much more engaging.
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