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Summary: MOFOS ARE BACK!
Review: Not A Day Goes By Is A Must Read!I've been a fan of E.Lynn Harris' since the debut novel of Invisible Life and have read every book in the series. E. Lynn remains a consistently good writer! Not A Day Goes By is another page turner and as such I read the book in one sitting. The story is well-crafted with a good storyline; realistic and dimensional characters; vivid imagery and shocking plot twist and turns. Basil and Yancey are back to put on the wedding of the century. But just before the big day secrets and deception rear their ugly heads. Harris begins Chapter One with Basil comtemplating the upcoming wedding day and whether or not he's making the right decision. From there you're hooked and must read the rest of the book to find out why. Not A Day Goes By has the Classic Recipe for a delicious book: love, sex, romance, deception, raw ambition and intrigue. Add to it a pinch of lust, trust, betrayal, revenge, and a sprinkle of the sport's and entertainment industry. Mix it all together and you have all of the necessary ingredients. Not A Day Goes By is prepared with all of the plot twists, memorable characters and shocking surprises that keep one coming back to an E. Lynn book.
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Summary: E. Lynn is at the top of his game!
Review: With Not a Day Goes By, E. Lynn Harris rebounds from the slump of his last 2 books and comes up with a novel so addictively delicious that the only complaint I have is why couldn't it have been longer? 2 of Harris's most interesting charachters are further explored here. 1st there's Basil Henderson the bisexual former sports star. 2nd there's Basil's bitchy fiance Yancey Harrington Braxton a ruthless broadway diva who will do anything to further her career. Both charachters have kept secrets from eachother and what happens when these secrets come out makes for some dynamite drama. Harris includes some wonderful supporting charachters and also brings back some favorite charachters from his previous books. It's a book that's perfect for a day at the beach a 3 hour plane flight or a lonely night. By the way I am a white male and I'm proof that Mr. Harris books have crossover appeal. He rules!
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Summary: Whoa!
Review: This was my first E. Lynn Harris book. His strength is in how nicely his books flow. The details and the storyline moves fast and makes for a good read. I will read more of his books. I think it's worth reading. His story of modern relationships and sexual confusion is ...like whoa! It's interesting...to say the least!
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Summary: Entertaining and provocative!
Review: This is the first E. Lynn Harris novel I have ever read. Let me tell you that it will not be the last. His sharp writing, precise wit and incredible narration are one of the best I have recently read. I love the story of ex-football player turned sports agent John "Basil" Henderson and up-and-coming, ego-is-larger-than-actual-fame Broadway star Yancey Harrington Braxton. Their love story illustrates how childhood traumas could affect adult relationships. I love John's character; he is a very earnest and very confused man. In fact, all of the characters are earnest and real. I have met my fair share of Basils or Yanceys or Avas (Yancey's wayward mother) in life. This is a great novel. E. Lynn Harris is a very talented contemporary writer. I strongly recommend that you give this book a whirl.
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Summary: KEPT MY ATTENTION
Review: I liked this story. It was pretty interesting. I would not read it twice and it is not on my #1 recommendation list, but I did still liked it.
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Summary: Give me a break!!!!!
Review: I personally don't know how this book got such good reviews. It Sucked!!!! It took to long to get to the point. Maybe the last couple of chapters it got good, but this is the kind of book you read when you don't have anything else.
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Summary: great
Review: I read this because my sister said it was a really good book. This is one of the literary masterpieces everyone dreams of reading. A mixture of sweet and erotic romance. E Lynn Harris seems on top of the game here.
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Summary: AWESOME! DEFINITELY A MUST HAVE!
Review: I'm very bias when it comes to Mr. Harris. What can I say except he is a incredible writer. I love the way each of his novels pick up where the other left off, yet introducing new characters and discovering things about some of the old ones along the way. Each and every novel he has written I own. I never would have imagined that I would be reading novels that mostly consist of bisexual and gay men. But wow! The stories are just so fantastic I can't seem to get enough! Any E. Lynn Harris novel is a MUST HAVE!!!!!!!
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Summary: "Something To Cry About"
Review: First, let me start off by saying that E.Lynn Harris is a masterful storyteller who takes his readers on a enigmatic ride. The story was well-organized which consist of mendaciousness, sensual indulgence, passion, and secrets. In this story, John "Basil" Henderson, a erotically appealing, irresistable and diabolical ex-football player has a history with both men and women, plans to marry Yancy Harrington Braxton, a young exquisite talented fledging Broadway star whose enchantment bleeds aspiration. Basil is madly in love with Yancey. He feels like he can settle down and have children which will stop him from being a player. But, Yancey does not want children. At the same time, he is trying to confront his sexual ambiguity that he has for men. Yancey loves Basil, too, but her career comes first and then, money. Yancey and Basil believe that they are a match made in heaven. But, when Ava, Yancey's mother reveals the secret to Yancey about Basil's sexual life it threatens their possible future together. Is Basil going to reveal his secret to Yancey about his sexual life? Could there still be a lavishing wedding? On the other hand, E.Lynn Harris keeps his audience in indetermination by adding intricacy of past relationships. However, Basil who has had a painful childhood which is troubling him to over come obstacles in his life, as well as, his flushed need to seek out male companionship and Yancey who has been broken-hearted by her first love. This increasingly iniquity novel is a page-turner.
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Summary: My second try at E. Lynn Harris - with a pleasant surprise
Review: I read "Invisible Life" years ago when I lived in Chicago and E. Lynn Harris was just beginning to get recognition after a major publisher had picked up his self-published novel and printed it to much success. I myself thought the book was kind of flat, the characters a bit whiney about "am I or aren't I?" and it was a slow read for me. Despite all the press and reviews and million-copy sellers, I had rejected reading another Harris novel until I began reading jacket covers of his latest novels and became intrigued with John "Basil" Henderson enough to give "Not a Day Goes By" a try. Well, I'm not sure if I have mellowed, or if Harris has just gotten a stronger hold of his talent, because I really enjoyed this book and have already started the sequel, "Any Way the Wind Blows" - Basil is an ex-pro football player who is now a partner in a very successful sports agency. He has been a player, dog, and sexual adventurer all his life, and seems to have the best of both worlds in that he can get men and women between the sheets with equal ease. Handsome, masculine, succressful and rich, and blessed physically in a way most men would envy, Basil is enjoying the good life of the playa --- that is, until he meets Yancey Butler, Diva in the making, a Broadway actress/singer/dancer that turns Basil on his ear and inside out in bed. The book begins with Basil calling Yancey the morning of their wedding to say he can't go through with it - and from there on, the rest of this tightly-written novel is a flashback to what led up to that phone call. We learn that what drew Yancey and Basil together in the first place were their terrible, lonely childhoods, where neither of them felt loved and Basil was actually sexually abused. Two wounded souls that reached out to each other, it seems Basil and Yancey are truly in love. But both are hiding their share of secrets, and in some ways running games on each otehr (Yancy, especially, is good at this) - add to the mix Ava (Yancey's mother and one of the MOST narcissistic characters ever put on paper) and Zurich Robinson (gay ex-athlete finally out of the closet, much to the disatisfaction of Basil's agency, who wants to bring him on as a partner, whom Basil has the hots for even if he can't admit it), and you have the makings for a big-city African American soap opera that - oddly enough - makes you really care about the characters and what may happen to them. Basil Henderson is the kind of guy any woman or gay man could fall in love with - a bad boy with a heart, though that heart may be permanently damaged. Yancey comes off at first as self-serving and egomaniacal - like the pure diva she wants to be - but finally, toward the end, you see that she has a soul. By the end of the book I was fully caught up in their relationship, and in the complications they created for themselves because they can't be true to their hearts. It ain't Shakespeare, but E. Lynn Harris is a great storyteller who will keep you reading until "the end" -- even if the end isn't perfect or even happy, much like real life. I look forward to reading more and more of his work - and yeah, would give anything to meet a Basil of my own.
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