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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – Take Money by Tony Moda

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
Take Money
by Tony Moda
4 of 5 Stars

If there is a moral to Tony Moda’s Take Money, it’s “get rich, or die trying” – a proverb in recent years made famous by 50 Cent. Take Money moves like a well-orchestrated composition. You have hit men, military-grade guns, couture fashion, beautiful women and tons of action. From Cleveland to Kentucky to Miami, Take Money has enough conflict to keep you flipping through the pages wondering what will be next. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – Take Money by Tony Moda →

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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story
by Saleem Little
3 of 5 Stars

Harrisburg, PA. Oslo, Norway. Gauteg, South Africa.

Question: What do they have in common? Answer: Saleem Little’s novel Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story. Little effortlessly brings the global human trafficking problem to the consciousness of Urban Lit readers.

The reality of HIV, cocaine and heroin addiction, violence and poverty is strewn throughout this novel. Crying for Tears is a very insightful read, not because of the elements it contains, but for the connections that are made. Little shows the collateral damage that flows through the families of inner-cities ravaged by the crack epidemic. This book captures the overlap that happens when a son could very well find himself supplying his aunt or uncle’s drug habit. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little →

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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – Life Is What You Make It – Carl Mathis

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
Life Is What You Make It
by Carl Mathis
3 of 5 Stars

Carl Mathis sets the tone of Life is What You Make It in the acknowledgments. The dedication of this book to his deceased wife who passed before this book was written and published lends a resilient energy for what is to come. Part memoir, part self-help, all inspirational, Life is What You Make It will make you take an honest look at your own hardships and how you handle adversity through the eyes of a man who faced his own life-shattering ordeals. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – Life Is What You Make It – Carl Mathis →