Sins of the Mother, the Lifetime movie based on Carleen Brice’s Orange Mint and Honey apparently was a big, big success for the network.
The movie premiered Feb. 21 and re-airs tonight and Saturday.
I confess that it’s still on my DVR and I haven’t had a chance to see it yet.
Congratulations to Carleen Brice and Jill Scott!

A Second Helping: A Blessings Novel
by Beverly Jenkins
Avon Books
Jan. 5, 2010
Here’s my review: Eh.
OK, fine, I’ll say more than that. I don’t think this book, which features the continued adventures of Bernadine Brown, was Jenkins’ best work (as a refresher: millionaire Brown has purchased the town of Henry Adams and brought foster children to live there).
The bad: The kids, who were so likable and finely drawn in the first book in this series, Bring on the Blessings, just didn’t work for me this time around.
Their dialogue was overkill, as though Jenkins, whom I continue to adore, worked a bit too hard to make them sound young and fresh. Another unneeded element was the return of scofflaw Riley Curry and his ginormous hog, Cletus; I thought that storyline ended well in the last book and didn’t need to be revisited.
The good: I continue to adore Bernadine and most of the adult characters, I love the town of Henry Adams that Jenkins has created and I appreciate that this novel manages to be spiritual without being either sappy or preachy. Jenkins also managed to create a compelling storyline about a couple dealing with the after-effects of adultery — although that storyline ultimately seemed to fall a little flat.
Nonetheless, I’ll be looking forward to the next book in Jenkins’ Henry Adams/Blessings series — and hoping that it will include fewer storylines and more realistically drawn characters.
Grade: C+
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The 1992 Nobel laureate in poetry does a reading:
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It’s safe to say that I won’t be seeing the movie Precious. I read Push and found it incredibly draining. Nonetheless, I am, as always, pleased that a book by a black author was made into a movie.
Here’s Sapphire explaining how the book became the Oscar-nominated movie:
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