{"id":2426,"date":"2012-06-17T14:58:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2020-05-08T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T02:36:25","slug":"jazzy-ladies-productions-by-ericka-k-f-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=2426","title":{"rendered":"Jazzy Ladies Productions by Ericka K. F. Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>Xlibris Corp., Dec. 2011
\nGenre(s):\u00a0<\/strong> Romance, Suspense
\nPages:\u00a0<\/strong> 576
\nWebsite:\u00a0<\/strong> http:\/\/www.ekfsimpson.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember Alice\u2019s much-hyped chart used on The L Word <\/em>to graph relationships between her friends and the women they knew?<\/p>\n

In reading Ericka K. F. Simpson\u2019s latest novel, JAZZY LADIES PRODUCTIONS: NOTHING IS AS SWEET AS IT LOOKS<\/em><\/strong>, it needs its own chart to keep up with all the characters and storylines.<\/p>\n

And you will want to track every single hookup or association in Simpson\u2019s ambitious work, cause it\u2019s just that engrossing.<\/p>\n

First, begin with Dionne, an open mic poet who has several female admirers and desires a real relationship; her best friend, Vincent, a hardcore playboy who can\u2019t give up the women even for the one he really wants; and Dionne\u2019s live-in, college-age niece following in her aunt\u2019s lesbian footsteps.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Logan, the MC at Dionne\u2019s open-mic events, who has her own crew: the forever funny Beverly, rowdy realtor Logan, and conflicted Sonja torn between two women.<\/p>\n

And finally, Lena, a Virginia teen taken in by her aunt, Vanessa, after her father and grandmother pass away. Her older cousins, Gabby and Mercedes, show her the ropes as sorority girls and help her acclimate to Middle Georgia life.<\/p>\n

In the center of all these connections are Jazmine and Karen, life partners and owners of Jazzy Ladies Productions, a local lesbian entertainment company. They host the open mic nights that Dionne performs at, that Logan hosts, and that bring all the ladies (and Vincent) together in love, sex and friendship. But Karen and Jaz \u2013 with pasts to run from \u2013 also have more sinister links to one character in particular.<\/p>\n

Can you guess which one?<\/p>\n

At 576 pages, Simpson\u2019s Jazzy Ladies Productions <\/em>is a big but pleasurable read. The pages fly by as you get into each plot, and you\u2019ll want to see how all the ends tie together.<\/p>\n

Simpson, as always, captivates.<\/p>\n

Reviewed June 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 Xlibris Corp., Dec. 2011 Genre(s):\u00a0 Romance, Suspense Pages:\u00a0 576 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.ekfsimpson.com Remember Alice\u2019s much-hyped chart used on The L Word to graph relationships between her friends and the women they knew? In reading Ericka K. F. Simpson\u2019s latest novel, JAZZY LADIES PRODUCTIONS: NOTHING IS AS SWEET AS IT LOOKS, it needs its own chart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[42,147,186,401,483],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7304,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/7304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}