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4th out of 20 books
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6 voters
Natural Born Hustler
by
Nikki Turner
The reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, Nikki Turner returns with a fresh and fierce tale sure to satisfy longtime fans and create new ones.
Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and smart. She has more game in the streets than a basketball player does on the court, and her boyfriend, Fame, loves every single inch of her. But unlike her mother, who has been in one bad relationsh...more
Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and smart. She has more game in the streets than a basketball player does on the court, and her boyfriend, Fame, loves every single inch of her. But unlike her mother, who has been in one bad relationsh...more
Paperback, 114 pages
Published
October 5th 2010
by One World/Ballantine
(first published January 1st 2010)
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Natural Born Hustler is the story of 18-year-old Desember, who is, as the title says, a Natural Born Hustler. She will sell anything-aside from her body-legal or illegal, to make some money. After leaving her mother's house because she can't stand her stepfather, Desember goes to live with her boyfriend Fame, who is a hustler in his own right. The book begins with him getting shot and ending up in the hospital, seemingly as payback for him having hustled the wrong guy.
The story started off kinda...more
The story started off kinda...more
Descember is dating Fame and within the first 12 pages, she's threated her step-dad, given Fame a handjob in a movie theater, left the theater to go have sex with him in his car in some secluded, woodsy-type spot and watched him get shot 3 times by some guy on a motorcycle. Although this sounds exciting, I found it hard to connect with because all Descember and Fame do is rob people, sell crap to people to make money, have sex and fight. If they're not getting high, they're arguing with someone...more
when i found out about this book i was thrilled until i saw the size of the book. Yes, i was disappointed at the size but something told me Miss Nikki turner would not disappoint. even though natural born hustler was a huge tease - it is one i can live with. the drama and overall good story that followed is not one to sleep one.
desember is what you would classify as a natural born hustler all the way! desember was such a loveable character, i can't wait to red more of her ad fame. i am so anxio...more
desember is what you would classify as a natural born hustler all the way! desember was such a loveable character, i can't wait to red more of her ad fame. i am so anxio...more
Dec 04, 2010
Eva Leger
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people reading Turner's Hustler series
Shelves:
b-urban-fiction
This is too fast of a read. I understand that Turner wrote this book so her readers could get better acquainted with Desember (and to make a few more bucks before the wheels fall off this wagon) and she did that. We know Desember better.
That being said, would have hurt to flesh out the plot line a bit? 100 pages is hardly enough to really get to know a character. Turner has real talent so she pulls it out as well as any author could IMO, but I still would have liked to have had a full novel her...more
That being said, would have hurt to flesh out the plot line a bit? 100 pages is hardly enough to really get to know a character. Turner has real talent so she pulls it out as well as any author could IMO, but I still would have liked to have had a full novel her...more
I read the reviews on this and I had to look pass the reviews Nikki Turner is one of my favorite authors and not complaining I like that this book was short it kept me reading and plus I finished it in one day. Quick fast and to the point. Can't wait for part 2.
Desember is a natuarl born hustler that moved out from her moms house to move in with her boyfriend Fame. They grew up together and never thought they would be living together.
Desember hustled the street selling everything she can get her...more
Desember is a natuarl born hustler that moved out from her moms house to move in with her boyfriend Fame. They grew up together and never thought they would be living together.
Desember hustled the street selling everything she can get her...more
It was short, which made me finish it in a few hours. It was an okay read. I will read the part two of this book when it comes. I happen to like Nikki Turner, so I will stick with her. Hopefully, part two is most better read than this one.
It shows how a women will do anything just to survive. Sometime the thrill of living on the edge & getting fast money isn't the best decision to make. You have to stop & think is what your doing is what you have to do.
A fast read. Can't wait for the next book. Nikki Turner only wrote this book as a bridge between the second and third installments in "A Hustler's Wife" series. Would like to see how Desember develops as a character.
Excellent, Meet Desember and the ending the very last page is going to leave your mouth hanging wide open...You won't see this one coming!!
At first I couldn't understand why Nikki put this story before the last book in the Triology, then it dawned on me. Dez is Desember's father. DUH!! So it was a good idea to give us an insight of who Desember was and how it was for her to grow up without her father. It was a page turner! So I'm going to start reading on Part 3 of the series immediately. Des is suppose to be a preacher now, so this should be interesting. I wonder if he will be able to let the streets go and be a legit preacher. I...more
I'll change my rating after I read the sequel, if there is one... If not, then I really don't like how this book ended.
Apr 08, 2012
Brandyel
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it was a nice, little gateway to Heartbreak of a Hustler's wife.
Nov 07, 2010
Alicia
added it
It was a good book. I hope there is a sequel cause I don't like how it ended.
Feb 12, 2013
Nashata Woods
added it
Was a great book I love all the books to a hustler's wife!
the little booklet I just dont like nikki turner
Another good book I need to find part2 of this book ASAP!
Nov 06, 2012
Jamela
is currently reading it
So far it's kind of boring, but I'm waiting for it to heat up. I like this book, it's good. It's so much irony in it. I guess that's what makes it some what so good, but I lost this book and can't find it, so i'm starting a new book... for now.
Found my book and now I'm back on it and it's good. Desember is starting to find out a lot about Fame.
Good read!
this bookm is crazy
This seemed more of a short story than a book. In the author's note Ms. Turner wrote that she hoped readers would love this new character. I am disappointed in the character. Desember has yet to capture my attention. I think the only bravo moments was when she pulled the knife on her stepfather for hitting her mother and when she beat up Fame's brother for shooting up her car. I do intend to read the rest of the series in hopes that it gets better. Ms. Turner is still one of my fav's.
im about to start reading iy now ! (:
Very fast read...I can't wait to read the next one.
This Book Was A Quick Good Read ! & I Mean Quick ! But For Real Where Was The Story ?! I Mean All I Know For Right Now Is What Fame & Desember Does & How They Came To But Nothing Else ! I Mean She Could Have Atleast Told Us Who Shot Him & Why ! This Book Had Very Little Drama ! I'm Just Still Amazed At How Small This Book Is ..... & To Have A Sequel or "Revelation" . ❤
i liked this book,but it was just too short. Im waiting for part two.
What can I say Nikki did it again good read.
Mar 07, 2012
Desiree
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started reading 22FEB2011.
Good book!
Too short!!
May 24, 2013
Janesha
marked it as to-read
May 23, 2013
Khadija Royal
marked it as to-read
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After Nikki Turner read The Coldest Winter Ever by Sistah Souljah she was dismayed that there weren't other books like it. "I wanted to write the kinds of books I wanted to read," said the bestselling author, whose 2002 debut novel, A Hustler's Wife, would go on to sell more than a few 100,000 copies.
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