Joey Pinkney

When a novel has a bibliography, you know you are about to embark on a journey that aims to separate fact from fiction!

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Keys of Destiny is Adin Kachisi’s fourth novel. He delves deep the ancient cultures of the world, showing how they connect present-day societies and [...]

I was reading a blog post by Monica Jackson on Blogging in Black that interested me simply because it’s something that’s been on my mind lately. Should I start charging for reviews? Somebody sent me a message asking me if I did on MySpace. (http://myspace.com/joeyreviews add me)
At this point, no. But in the future, I [...]

It’s been over a month, but I got another book review posted on The Urban Book Source. The book is none other than Mistress Me by the “Urban Barbie Doll” herself, Venesha.

I hope you enjoy this review as much as I enjoyed writing it! Please leave your questions, comments and/or concerns on the book review’s [...]

Congratulations to Mari Walker for her novel debuting at no. 3 on the Essence Best Sellers List for August! Pretty good for her first time being published. Check it out.

Check out my book review and my interview of the novel Never As Good As the First Timeand Mari Walker on Urban Book Source’s website. We [...]

I had the pleasure of reading Ms. McFadden’s first installment of this enchanting,yet twisted saga. I did a review of the book in January ‘08 and posted on my book reviewer page on C&B Books Distribution, Amazon.com and later on this website.

I loved the book because it was a very intriguing. If you’ve never had [...]

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Although only 31 poems, Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes takes the reader in a million different directions as author Linda Addison ponders life, death and the love between. While some of the poems in this book are disturbing, like “Mourning Meal,” others are [...]

The Mari Walker interview can be found here.
Urban Book Source sent me Never As Good As the First Time, and I thought it was going to be just another romance story. I was wrong as couple be since this book was anything but typical.

After UBS published my review of the book, Mari Walker actually [...]

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When I started reading this book, I was immediately intrigued with how fluid the sentences were composed and how vividly the images came off the page. I had to stop reading and google the author’s name, Francis Ray, to see why this book was [...]

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FeMALE TRAITS by Lurea C. McFadden
“Oh! What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!”
Sir Walter Scott
from Marmion, Verse 6, Stanza 17
This famous quote is played out in Lurea McFadden’s debut novel, FeMALE TRAITS. Grace Trufant is married to the man most [...]

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From the poem Writing Magic:

Some writers choose just a scant few
to say a lifetime of feelings,While other writers
gather thousands of words in a book
to paint a few days of one life…

Animated Objects is Linda D. Addison’s debut offering. This is a mesmerizing mixture of poetry [...]