Forever a Hustler's Wife

Forever A Hustler's Wife by Nikki Turner    288 pages

The sequel to a Hustler's Wife.  Another total thrill ride from Nikki Turner.   After all that happened in the first book Des is accused of killing his attorney.   Not that he didn't kill somebody, just not his attorney.    The police have him on circumstantial evidence but a crooked cop and a crack head conspire to stack the deck against Des and things are not looking good.      It helps to have an attorney for a wife and between Yarnie and the team she brings together all hell is literally about to break lose and Yarnie is about to find out how far away from the truth a little trust can take you.   A real surprise ending with divine intervention.    Another great book from Nikki Turner.   Another recommendation for adult readers, sorry kids!  Nikki Turner weaves another tale of murder, malice, greed, and how the street can twist it all together and the stories come out with tortured souls needing God's redemption.  Just keep the dollar signs out your eyes, pastor!   Great story.   Great series.

A Hustler's Wife

A Hustler's Wife by Nikki Turner     304 pages

An ongoing series featuring the character Yarnie, who is 15 years old and living in Richmond, Virginia which plays so much a part of the story with locations, businesses, streets, roads, etc. that Richmond is pretty much a character too.    Yarnie has had an upper class upbringing but oh those bad young men are so tantalizingly attractive, now aren't they.    Through a phone prank played by her best friend one night on the telephone while sleeping over at Yarnie's they end up talking to Des a drug dealers' name and number Yarnie's friend called out of the blue from a book of telephone numbers she stole from her brother.  Pranking him telling him she got his number from her brother because Yarnie had seen him and wanted to get to know him.   Yarnie is madly shaking her head, "Don't tell him that!   I don't know him!  I've never seen him!"   One thing leads to another and Yarnie ends up talking on the phone to Des.    He is impressed by her poise, class and confidence.  He makes it his business to see what this young lady looks like.   They do finally meet and Des is blown away by her charm and good looks.    She is nothing like any of the street hoochies he has been messing with.  Long story short, Des falls head over heels for her and she admits to him that she is only 15, he on the other hand is 7 years older than her.    Her life up till now has been pretty tame, she even calls her mother, Mommie.   This sweet young thing is about to find out what life with a street hustler is all about, and she is in for it all ride or die.     How Des finesses her mother to let him date her baby and how life changes for Yarnie after is certainly worth the read.    Nikki Turner knows how to keep her readers interested and on the edge of their seats.   Excellent story.   I highly recommend it to young adults on up - while the subject matter, the language and the descriptions are likely things mature teens know of - I still want to protect their thoughts and recommend this for adults on up. 

YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY

You Are A Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero   269 pages


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Reviewed by Rae C.

This is straight up motivation for pursuing your dream.  It's 269 pages of hilarious, well-written, and concise cheer-leading.

I think women that want to start their own businesses (or write or paint, etc) will love this book, whether they are new to manifestation and prosperity thought, or solidly schooled.  This book is fun to read!  And Sincero has lots of solid advice, outlines, and stories and testimonials from clients.

I enjoyed it so much I am going to read her other two books!

Reader’s Digest 99 cent Solutions

Reader’s Digest 99 cent Solutions              Paperback Book:  351 pages                Genre:  New Uses for Common Things You Find at 99 cent  (or Dollar) Stores

I love this stuff.   I can’t get enough of it.     Learning new ways to repurpose loads of items everybody has around the house.     Love it.    I am committing to memory that WD-40 will unstick your fingers if you get super glue on them.   Fantastic to know.   It hasn’t happened to me, yet, but, it did happen to someone I know and her husband ended up using a knife to separate her fingers!    WD-40, got it!   Not to mention, it also can be used to get stains out of clothes.    Don’t toss out that Brillo pad till you use it to sharpen your scissors by using them to cut the steel wool which actually sharpens them in the process. I never thought about using a flathead screwdriver as a letter opener but it makes sense that one could.    You can use sandpaper to open stubborn jar lids.    Or that if you turn a plunger upside down and stick it in the dirt in your yard, you can put a citronella candle in the plunger part (now on top) light it and enjoy being outside in your yard sans mosquitoes.    Lighter fluid takes off sticker or price tag residue.    You can put a magnet over your car door lock in Winter to prevent it from freezing.   Put camphor or a mentholated rub in one of those cheappy painter’s masks to use as an inhaler when you have a cold saving you from having to rub it on your skin.   If you get a blister on your foot put a gauze pad over the actual blister then duct tape over that wrapped around your foot.   The gauze will stay in place and won’t come off like a bandaid would.   Before you pack your cooler away for the winter wrap a couple of charcoal briquettes in paper towels and put them inside.    That way, even with the lid on the cooler will stay dry and fresh.   You can do the same thing with clothes you pack away in plastic containers so they don’t mildew.   They also keep flower water fresh so it doesn’t go all slimy and foul smelling.    Box cutters make great pastry cutters especially for those lattice topped pies.   Aligator clips are great for attaching those beautiful snowflakes your little ones make to the Christmas tree or you can string popcorn, cranberries, etc. to string then alligator c lip them around the tree, etc. for decorating.    Also great for mounting photos.   Left over wrapping paper?   Shred it and use it for pet bedding yours or donate it to shelters.   Tissue paper left over – stuff inside purses just like the department stores do to keep their shape.    Also good for shoes, boots anything you want to hold its shape.   And if you wad up some tissue paper and put it in the bottom of your cookie jar it will absorb any moisture and keep your cookies fresh longer.   Straws can be used to support fresh flowers when the stems start to bend or droop, just use scotch tape and wrap it around the straw and stem and the straw will act as a splint to hold the flower up thus keeping it looking beautiful longer.      Repair your eyeglasses with a paperclip.    I recommend this book to everyone.     You will learn so much here you will feel ever so much brighter and never look at a 99 cent store or dollar store without coming up with multiple ideas for everything you see.    I LOVE THIS BOOK!

Stingray Shuffle

Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey, 303 pages

This the fifth book in Dorsey's series and is set before Orange Crush and explains the events leading up to it. The hunt for the briefcase containing five million dollars continues, and Serge and his companions are back in pursuit. Other people trailing the briefcase include ex Russian mobsters, the Jamaican mob, and the now bankrupt cocaine cartel where the money actually came from. Together these characters follow the money around Florida and all the way to New York to and back. Meanwhile we also meet a women's book group looking for adventure, a failed author who is now thrust back in the spotlight, and a group of entertainers whose claim to fame is having "Steppenwolf" as part of their lineup.

I felt like Dorsey did a good job explaining things, and enjoyed reading this book. It answered the questions that I was asking after Orange Crush such as where did the money go, and how did Serge end up with amnesia. This series still continues to be worth reading.

P.S. I did skip blogging about the fourth book for now even though I read it in order with the rest. The reason for this was because of its where it is set in relation to the rest of the series.