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Dollar Bill
Dareese Blake, given the moniker Dollar Bill, is one of those bad guys women love to hate. But if you ask his home girl, Thomasena, it's been nothing but love since day one. In Dollar's eyes, Thomasena is just one of the boys, so it's no surprise that he tends to overlook her for every other piece of tail that wags by him.
In an effort to escape the hood life and dabble in the good life, Dollar quickly grows from a small pup just living and learning to a big dawg learning to live. After carefully critiquing the game, Dollar chooses a concrete type of hustle the he's sure will offer him an early retirement in the workforce. But as the saying goes, behind every bad boy is a bad chick, and it goes without saying that for Dollar, Thomasena is definitely that chick. So when Dollar calls on Thomasena to help him in the ultimate come-up, will she be able to put her emotions of rejection on the backburner, or will Dollar get burned?
In an effort to escape the hood life and dabble in the good life, Dollar quickly grows from a small pup just living and learning to a big dawg learning to live. After carefully critiquing the game, Dollar chooses a concrete type of hustle the he's sure will offer him an early retirement in the workforce. But as the saying goes, behind every bad boy is a bad chick, and it goes without saying that for Dollar, Thomasena is definitely that chick. So when Dollar calls on Thomasena to help him in the ultimate come-up, will she be able to put her emotions of rejection on the backburner, or will Dollar get burned?
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2003
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March 17, 2023
I've seen this book at my local Dollar Tree for well over a year. The moment I saw it I thought "Wow, this looks like a book Dad would read." He loved buying books from Dollar Tree. In fact, his entire personal library solely consisted of D Tree pick ups. I don't know if they were well written, or easy to read, or if he just liked the price, but he'd have a new one each week
Every time I'd see Dollar Bill I'd smile and think of Dad. Then, curiosity got the best of me. I'd make a D Tree run, come across the book, pick it up, read the back, come close to putting it in my basket and then think "Nah, I have enough in my unread list," and then put it back.
Upon my last Dollar Tree run I noticed there was only one copy of Dollar Bill left. I came to the conclusion that if I didn't read it, I'd regret it. I had spent all this time acknowledging its existence. I just had to know how Dollar Bill's story played out.
It ended up being better than I had expected. A romantic mystery with an edge. Characters are well- rounded enough that I actually started to empathize with them. I was right. Dad would have loved this book. And I think that's what made me the happiest to read it.
Easy read, would recommend as something to cleanse the palate after a more challenging read.
Every time I'd see Dollar Bill I'd smile and think of Dad. Then, curiosity got the best of me. I'd make a D Tree run, come across the book, pick it up, read the back, come close to putting it in my basket and then think "Nah, I have enough in my unread list," and then put it back.
Upon my last Dollar Tree run I noticed there was only one copy of Dollar Bill left. I came to the conclusion that if I didn't read it, I'd regret it. I had spent all this time acknowledging its existence. I just had to know how Dollar Bill's story played out.
It ended up being better than I had expected. A romantic mystery with an edge. Characters are well- rounded enough that I actually started to empathize with them. I was right. Dad would have loved this book. And I think that's what made me the happiest to read it.
Easy read, would recommend as something to cleanse the palate after a more challenging read.
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March 16, 2014Since I enjoy the author's latest work as Urban Christian fiction writer, I went back to her past work. I will not rate since I no longer read Street lit and not my cup of tea; yet just wanted to see her previous literature. (I couldn't complete fully either).
November 23, 2007
was a really interesting read
December 23, 2014
the ending was crazy
June 14, 2016
I didn't like it at all.
September 28, 2008
I read this book a few years ago and it was the bomb.
November 14, 2017
This was just okay. The story missed chemistry between the characters. All proclamations of being boys or love rang hollow no matter who delivered them. There was no connection between Dollar and any of those in his life. The book is almost over and they are talking about Dollar needing to prepare for this next big "lick" and I couldn't tell you what that was until he mentioned it again. Hennessy was transparent. The only thing that was not transparent was the revelation of her personal life. Dollar was just written as a dumb character. Tommy coming thru for Dollar was an interesting twist. This story just didn't have that "oomph" factor until the last 5 minutes. ...sad
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