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Summary: Oh My Freaking GOSH!
Review: THis book got on my nerves I don't know maybe it's just me but who wants to read a bok about some self-centered girl named Tiara, well I did. I'm not that mad though it did have a lot of good part for example when jo-jo, and Tiara and her girls whip home girl ***. Or when she met her mom and didn't even know it was her, or when her aunt Charlie whip her mom ***.But most of all it still dosen't compare to "I'm Telling" Ms. Miller please make another book of that caliber. PLEASE!
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Summary: Hated it!
Review: This book was a total waste of time, all that went on in the book was Tiara and her friends arguing and talking to each other like dogs. She was also a spoiled brat that whined so much, I could've slapped her myself. I don't know what's going on with the author, but her books haven't been worth anything since Satin Doll.
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Summary: WARNING
Review: This is not Satin Doll. This book focuses on a self-centered girl named Taira. The main event and ending was written like a B movie starring Anna Nicole Smith. Basically Taira likes her beauty, she gets in trouble for it, and in the end everyone hugs. Oh please. The story was silly. My book club started reading it on a Monday by Wednesday we all (12 of us) decided to read something else by Fridays meeting. I couldn't imagine discussing this nonsense with someone else seriously.
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Summary: IT'S ALL GOOD
Review: THIS IS THE 1ST I'VE DONE ON A BOOK, BUT WHEN I BOUGHT THE BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR THIS WEEKEND I TOLD HER I WOULD WRITE A REVIEW OF IT IF I REALLY LIKED IT. BUT ONLY IF I REALLY LIKED IT. AND I REALLY LIKED IT SO I'M WRITING THE REVIEW. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD. I'M 17 AND I HATE READNG BOOKS ABOUT PEOPLE MY AGE THAT REALLY DON'T MAKE SENSE, BUT THIS BOOK REALLY MAKES SENSE. MY FAHTER IS ALWAYS GETTING ON ME FOR READING BOOKS LIKE FROM SISTA SOULJAH AND TERRY WOODS, BUT I LIKE READING THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY KEEP IT REAL. EVEN THOUGH THIS BOOK DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF VIOLENCE AND PEOPLE GETTING SHOT UP AND STUFF, IT KEEPS IT REAL IN THAT IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE LIFE OF A 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL. IT'S NOT NEVER-NEVER LAND BILL COSBY SHOW KIND OF STUFF.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WON'T LIKE TIARA BECAUSE SHE'S ALL INTO HERSELF, BUT I LIKED HER. SHE DID HAVE SOME GOOD QUALITIES, AND MY THING IS BEING INTO YOURSELF ISN'T ALL BAD. IF YOU'RE ALL INTO YOURSELF YOU WON'T FALL FOR A WHOLE LOT OF B.S. BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE, AND YOU WON'T LET ANYONE PLAY YOU. I CAN REALLY RELATE TO THAT.
I REALLY LIKED TIARA'S FATHER AND THE WAY HE ALWAYS TRIED TO LOOK OUT FOR HER AND WOULDN'T LET ANYONE MESS WITH HER. I DIDN'T LIKE HER AUNT AT FIRST BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST A JEALOUS HATA, BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT SHE REALLY LOVED TIARA AND WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR HER. AND I THOUGHT JO-JO WAS REALLY CUTE.
I HOPE THE AUTHOR WRITES A SEQUEL BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO READ MORE ABOUT TIARA AND HER FAMILY. I THINK THEY SHOULD TURN THIS INTO A TELEIVSION SHOW.
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Summary: Use or be Used
Review: With her third book firmly under her belt, readers will learn that Karen Quinones Miller is absolutely here to stay! In "Using What You Got," Ms. Miller uses a much gritter style of writing than previously seen in her first two books. But the language and situations ring crystal clear and utterly true for who and where her characters are: where they live, how they live, and where they come from. In this book, we meet the overindulged, self-absorbed Tiara. Girlfriend is smooth as silk and fine as wine. A legion in her own mind. Just when you think this chick doesn't have one redeeming quality, we find that she is nothing short of a brainiac and sporatic bouts of random acts of kindness that has nothing to do with how it is going to benefit her. Like everything else in her life, learning comes as easilty to Tiara as the latest pair of designer jeans or whatever she can conjole out of her father. Men have also been easy for Tiara to acquire, whether she wanted them or not. That is, until she meets the one that doesn't seem to be that impressed with what she has to offer. Should she be satisfied with the man with the money, the car, the clothes and the style to give her the lifestyle she wants or will she throw it all away to get the one that got away? Also, while it seems that Tiara and her younger sister, Jo-Jo, who loves sports almost as much as irritating Tiara, have nothing in common, we learn that when push comes to shove, Tiara is more than ready to throw down to defend and protect her baby sister. Next, we also meet the handsome and very responsible Reggie, Jo-Jo and Tiara's father who has raised them almost entirely by himself when their mother runs off shortly after Jo-Jo's birth. Reggie is the kind of man any woman would love to get her hands on. He's an ex-boxer who is still fine and sexy as all get out. He is assisted by his seemingly forever cranky sister, Charlene, whom everyone calls Charlie. Charlie has her own substory and probably could carry her own book. There is a lot of unspoken, undealt with pain over an accident from when she was a teenager that forever changes how Charlie sees herself, and has clouded how she lives her life. However, through her own changes and disappointments in life, Charlie is right there to help Reggie with raising his beloved daughters. Using What You Got is about what it means to be a sibling, a family, a friend and a lover. Its about learning to love your family, even when you don't always necessarily like them, finding out who your true friends are as well as learning to be a friend, and everything that glitters is not gold. Quinones Miller covers all the bases with this one, and she covers them well!
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