Do you remember The Coldest Winter Ever?

We do.

I especially remember how I dug a beat up copy out of some discard box on the street and subsequently passed it around to all my friends to use as a quiet/silent reading book.  Remember those days?

A "Sister Souljah moment" is an expression coined during the LA riots and the Clinton administration's response to them.  I was intrigued by the book not only because of it's author's name (check her website out), but also because it was the only book I had ever (and maybe to this date have ever) heard a radio commercial for.  Chuy Gomez told me to check the book out so naturally, I had to.  Apparently many others felt the same.  You know who you are. 

Here are some key phrases listed on amazon.com about the book:

cheap shoes, bad bitch, don't worry, Long Island, Slick Kid, House of Success.  With reviews from the likes of Sean "Puffy" Combs (remember when he called himself that?) and a cameo in the book by Souljah herself, not to mention the gripping blunt prose, there is a lot to love.  If the above isn't enough to entice first time readers, I don't know what is.  Talks of a movie deal with HBO or perhaps Jada Pinkett Smith are enough for the long-time fans.

In any case, the self proclaimed "multidimensional" writer/activist/recording artist is out with the prequel/sequel to the national bestseller this month, only 9 years later.  Book club anyone?  Here's the new book's review in The Root.

Oh yeah,

It's title?  Midnight: A Gangster Love Story