Mama Black Widow by Iceberg Slim

Iceberg Slim is writing the tale of another character from an era gone by.  Set in Chicago, Otis Tilson hails from a family of five from Mississippi.  The family survived on a sharecropper’s plantation where they earned “forty cents for every hundred”. His father was also the plantation preacher.

Against the fathers’ wishes, his mother convinced the family to move to Chicago and it all went downhill from there. 

This is an explosive account of a black male who likes to dress as a woman and be treated like a woman.  He attributes his lifestyle to his mother who has her own demons and I can’t even understand what’s going on in her mind!

Death Wish by Iceberg Slim

Set in Chicago, this is the story of a Mafioso guy who wants to get rid of all the top bosses and be the top boss himself.   Does he not realize that the same can happen to him?

Shangri-La: The Return to the World of Lost Horizon by Eleanor Cooney and Daniel Altieri

I came across this book when I was requesting “Lost Horizon” to re-read.

This novel brings you back to Shangri-La from the novel “Lost Horizon”. 

A Chinese general will stop at nothing to find this mysterious and rich place called Shangri-La.  The plot thickens as he is diverted on purpose from the trail and other characters are “invited” to Shangri-La.

The main theme of the story is what does Shangri-La mean to you – a physical place or a spiritual place where your mind and soul rest?