Epinions Recent Reviews for chezon

Multi-generational Truth

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:04:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Martha Southgate’s “Third Girl from the Left” is a story of truth, told in three parts from a few different perspectives. This multi-generational fictional narrative places Angela Edwards in its spotlight. To chronicle her life, we...

Webs that BIND and/or BLIND generations

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:54:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Roll Call Our story is contained in the halls of the Chelsea School, an elite all-boy boarding school in the suburbs of Connecticut. Chelsea was built on the values of "order, decorum, rectitude" (p. 10) which each cultured faculty...

It Makes Me Happy....or Gay.... Considering....

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:04:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - ”Dancing Queen” Me to my Best Friend: “Why did you like this book?” Him to Me: “It makes me happy….” A far off look punctuates his grin, bringing the book closer in memory. This is confirmation: I...

Seven Days a Week, She was Beaten.... Yet....

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:28:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Please note: Although this review reveals details of the storyline, none of the major plot twists are spoiled. "And I am telling you...." Ruth Johnson's marriage has been "a gradual awakening, coming with every ugly moment with [her...

"Thank God for Humor, Mothers and Humorous Beauticians who are Mothers"

Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:09:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I've tried to read this book more than three times. I purchased it over three years ago because I e...

Like the Hokey-Pokey, this book is Okey-Dokey

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:19:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I remember hearing Michael Baisden's name -- he's been on various talk shows like "The View", "Ricki...

Shaping the Horizons of Female Futures

Fri, 16 May 2003 17:42:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - to say that i am a book fanatic is a vast understatement. often, i’m found wandering around bookstores and/or libraries looking for something "appetizing" to read.

nearly four years ago, i found a treasure book in my local library called,...

Where it’s interesting, it's bland. Where it's bland, it's boring.

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:41:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I was in my local used CD store looking for the last Mariah Carey CD -- okay, although I have issues with putting any more of my money in Mariah's cleavage [to pay for her implants], I figured if she makes anything on my used purchase, it would only be a...

Stoic, Melancholy, Loveless and Blue

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:20:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - "3 Decades of Soul Ballads" is a heavy crown to bear. One can't just throw a couple of songs on a cassette tape, and expect the masses to accept anything with this title. Well, at least not this music connoisseur.

Periodically, I...

“Baby, Will You Love Me When I’m Bald?”

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 06:06:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - My adolescent weekends were often spent in my mother’s kitchen, flipping through books, magazines or television hoping that my "prison-time" would accelerate. I'd desperately try to suppress squeals as my mother raked through the forest atop my head in...

A Listen That’s Over Before It Contemplates Beginning

Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:18:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - In 1996, a North Carolina native, by the name of Kino Watson attempted to establish a music career. After all, he landed a deal with Columbia Records, a company known for diverse heavy-hitting artists such as Mariah Carey, Kenny Lattimore, New Kids On...

Hell’s Residents Will Gossip

Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:05:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - When we open the pages of this quixotic urban novel, we find Gregory Alston awaking Adrian Jenkins -- his girlfriend of 3 years -- to a marriage proposal. Realizing that she is everything he could want in a woman is enough to convince him that he should...

Free this Innocent Man!

Thu, 17 May 2001 13:54:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Many may know Mumia Abu-Jamal as “the world’s most famous political prisoner since Nelson Mandela”; others know him as a cop killer, yet few have taken the time to understand Mumia the human. Terry Bisson has decided to teach a Mumia history lesson,...

One Season for Every Woman; Two Wives for Every Man

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:58:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Imagine having women wait for you; having women wait on you. Imagine spending an entire season with each one. During “off” seasons, you write and rest. Your life’s passion is educating the world’s population of the lost stories/realities of Africa, of...

My name is Chezon and my anti-suicide is Optimism

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:01:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I love those new television commercials that persuade kids to find an "anti-drug", such as music, dance, et.c. They become an excellent source of positive creative encouragement. Unfortunately, it's counterattacked with destructive world...

My childhood burned on a disk

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:19:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - The year is 1988 and a little pre-pre-teen young lady, who answers to the name Chezon, is determined to drive her parents crazy with a certain high-pitched squealing generated from the stereo in the left wing of the house. No one understands her. Her...

This BOOK was nominated for an EMMY!

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:08:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Bubbles, the naive, cute, caring, sensitive, fun-loving superhero is tired of being treated like a baby by her two sisters, Buttercup and Blossom and their creator, Professor Utonium. Unconsciously, they all make Bubbles' load lighter in order to...

Artsy-Fartsy Tastebuds

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:28:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Mix one Mother Poet, “Rolling Out” (a local urban newspaper’s) greatest writer and a close friend who denies her dynamic writing abilities and what do you get? An “artsy-fartsy” day with the girls.

Neither I, nor my two closest friends, had...

Get your groove back by playing this to get your groove on!

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:20:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - For decades, Sade has been, and will always be, the Nigerian songstress we all rely on to express the deepest range of human emotions through the craft that is music. She emanates a sound that swims in a stream of jazz and blues. With the soul of...

He's a good writer; he just didn't write this book well....

Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:23:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Allow me to introduce you to Nelson George, author of my recent read, "One Woman Short. I was introduced to Nelson through various articles in Essence and numerous television appearances on everything from MTV to BET. Nelson quickly gained...

How You Sound to Others When You’re High

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 18:57:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I've been carrying my copy of Macy Gray's CD back and forth to work. Not only did I want to write a review, I wanted to figure out once and for all if I really liked this CD or not.

I still remember the day I purchased it. A few weeks prior,...

Moody Parents, Grumpy Sister & Picky Cat

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:14:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Picture: Eight year old Ramona Quimby sitting at her family’s kitchen table in the middle of September writing her Christmas list with crayons. She sings happily because she remembered that today was her father’s “payday” which usually means special...

Going Out Of Business! Everything Must Go!

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:56:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - The 1991 release of the movie, "Strictly Business", became a launching pad for Mary J. Blige's musical career. She perfectly scheduled the release of her debut album, "What's The 411?", to be released months after the release of the...

Numerology: You Can Count On It!

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 17:13:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - I've been intrigued by the concepts of Numerology for quite some time -- and have found it just as fascinating as astrology. However, before I picked up the "Pocket Guide to Numerology", I was stumbling in the dark.

In this...

Ah-ha! There were black people in the 80s!

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:50:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chezon - Revisiting any part of the 80s is good for your health. Not only does it remind you that there were black people contributing to various music genres (see my previous review on the CD "Living In The 80s"), but it also helps you realize that no matter...