Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Shannon holmes is the nationally bestselling author of more than seven novels, including bmore careful, bad girlz, never go home again. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading b more careful. This book will make novice or reluctant readers become avid. The third sentence of this book is netta pierced her eyes on a startling event transpiring in her alleyway. Meow meow productions presents by shannon holmes online at alibris. Meow meow productions presents by shannon holmes bmore careful was a raw and gritty account of what takes place in the life of the streets. Shannon holmes was born and raised in the bronx new york.
Shannon holmes was born and raised in new york citys most northern borough. Shannon holmes book, bmore careful, has been quoted as one of the best street stories ever read. April 2004 damien weaver fiction bmore careful by shannon holmes. Holmes crafted his first novel and signed his first literary contract from prison, while serving a five year sentence for various drug convictions. Fatherless and with an addict mother, netta, the leader of the pussy pound, relies on her body and her wiles.
List of books by author shannon holmes thriftbooks. Listen to bmore careful a novel by shannon holmes available from rakuten kobo. Bad girlz by shannon holmes overdrive rakuten overdrive. Meow meow productions presents by shannon holmes and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Holmes entrance into the literary world was anything but ordinary. Holmes had never even written a short story in his life. I was able to visualize and feel everything as if i was there. Holmes went on to pen his first novel, bmore careful, which went on to become a urban classic. Be more careful defintely gets five stars off the topno doubt.
Shannon holmes is the nationally bestselling author of more than seven novels, including bmore careful, bad girlz, never go home again, and dirty game. He and vickie stringer then launched triple crown publications, one of. This may not sound like a lot of to the general public, but in the literary world mr. He first achieved success with his first novel bmore careful, which has gone on to sell a half a million copies to date. Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, bmore careful, while serving time in prison on drug charges. Nevertheless, shannon holmes is an exceptional and talented writer. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Bmore careful the prequel by shannon holmes goodreads. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. I would have rated this book five stars had it not been for the excessive typos and grammatical errors i came across. Having been abandoned by her father dollar, and raised by her drugaddicted mother, renee.
Tender and goldie were taken under wing by kat, a veteran stripper, who enjoyed the life and the risks she had to take to stay in the mix of the sex trade. Just like the aforementioned writers laid the foundation for him, he went on to blaze a trail for a new generation of urban writers, founding an historic publishing house, and launching countless careers in urban fiction. Bad girlz book by shannon holmes official publisher. Shannon holmes, author info, published books, bio, photo. Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, the urban classic bmore careful, while serving a fiveyear prison sentence. Growing up on the cold, mean, innercity streets of baltimore is netta, leader of an allgirl clique called the pussy pound. Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, bmore careful while in prison. Shannon holmes booklist shannon holmes message board. See all books authored by shannon holmes, including bmore careful, and bad girlz, and more on thriftbooks. Bad girlz takes you into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs as a means of survival.
Bmore careful was a raw and gritty account of what takes place in the life of the streets. Voted by essence a superb best seller, bmore careful, is the hottest urban novel to date and is smashing all other books on the shelves as it climbs to the top of all black owned book store charts. As a contemporary novel, bmore careful touches on everyday issues that spark hours of endless conversation. Shannon holmes, author of bmore careful and bad girlz, is copublisher, with vickie stringer, of triple crown publications. Lists with this book the coldest winter ever by sister souljah push by sapphire true to the game by teri woods bmore careful by shannon holmes the. Information about the book, bmore careful fiction, paperback, by shannon holmes teri woods publishing, dec 01, 2001 african american literature book club celebrating our literary legacy since 1997 black literature is for everyone african american literature book club. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. This was truly an amazing feat when you consider mr.
Shannon holmes wrote his first novel, bmore careful, while in prison. Holmes is embracing the opportunity to continue his legacy with the release of his new book, bmore careful prequel, and his soon to be released autobiography, boston road and fish ave. Bmore careful takes sex, lies, and betrayal to the next level in this actionpacked, fastpaced, suspensefilled novel. From teri woods publishing comes ones of the books that started the urban genre phenomenon. Netta jackson is an african american young woman growing up in the rough projects of baltimore, maryland. This story has so many twists and turns that you have to read some parts twice to. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. Bmore careful bmore careful, book 1 by shannon holmes. His second book, badgirlz earned the author a publishing deal with atria imprint, making him one of very few urban fiction authors to pique the interest of a major publisher. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shannon holmes first novel, bmore careful, sold over 100,000 copies in less than a year. The premise of the story was based on betrayal, deception and treachery.
Netta learned how to manipulate people while growing up in innercity baltimore. Essence best selling author shannon holmes wrote his first novel, bmore careful while incarcerated. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read b. After being influenced by literary legends such as donald goines, sister souljah and his mentor, teri woods, mr. Best black urban fiction authors black urban fiction. Published independently in 2002, bmore careful went on to spend ten months on essence magazines bestseller list. The bestselling author of bmore careful, shannon holmes, delivers bad girlz, another wild adventure into the streets. He has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of books worldwide and is currently working on his next novel. Shannon holmes is a top 100 bestselling author making our list 6 times. Black, the local drug dealer who has fallen in love with her. Bmore careful is a page turning thriller full of suspense, action, deception, betrayal, and revenge. The ballad of songbirds and snakes from the author that brought you the hunger games, reenter the world of panem again sixtyfour years before the events of the original series.