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About BlackRaven

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Reading, writing and alligator wrestling are passions of mine. 2018 was my first year participating. 2021 is going to be a year! A year with reviews and lots of fun!

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Maud: Meet Cannonball Read. Cannonball Read: Meet Maud.

Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris

April 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The other day, several books dropped on my foot. After a few frails and dressings were uttered, it became clear that one of those little darlings turned out to be a skinny (though pointy cornered) beginning graphic novel called Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris. Looking at it I asked myself, “Self. Why did you buy this book?” I answered myself, “Maybe because it has a Koala Bear? You like Koalas.” Regardless of the why, I figured that this was a sign to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health Tagged With: animals, birthday parties, doctors, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, J. E. Morris, Jennifer E. Morris, New Experience, parties, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:136 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health · Tags: animals, birthday parties, doctors, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, J. E. Morris, Jennifer E. Morris, New Experience, parties, Social Themes ·
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Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories by Emei Burell

April 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories are snippets of the life of a woman who came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution. These stories come from Emei Burell’s mother, showing the world that a generation lived in. This was a world that started when the students of the late 1960s were leaving junior high/during high school and would end when they were in their late 20s and early 30s. Ten years of Burell’s mother’s life (ages 17 to 27) would be spent in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains ·
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This is a journey …..

Steeple by John Allison

April 6, 2021 by BlackRaven 4 Comments

Steeple is a perky journey that John Allison takes us on to find Satan and the good works they do. No, it is a journey that Allison takes us on to find a DILF (or a Priest I would like to friend on Facebook). No, it is a journey of a new Church of England minister, named Billie, who used to dabble in things as a teen, has her car blown up on her way to her new assignment, and who offers her thumb to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:134 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural ·
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Sorry the image is blurry, but it kinda fits the book….

I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin

April 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Left the House Today! declares Cassandra Calin. Yet, if she leaves too often, she will only have about half of what she writes about in this delightful little book. Of course, sometimes she must be dragged out there blinking and wondering what is going on, but regardless of if she is in or out, she always has something to say. In Calin’s relatable comics of everyday issues humor, pain and reality are put into (no more than four) panels. Calin talks leg hair, parents […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: boyfriends, Cassandra Calin, family, friends, life, social situation

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:133 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: boyfriends, Cassandra Calin, family, friends, life, social situation ·
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Two Tickets to Paradise and a bottle for rumrunners

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel by Jennifer L. Holm

April 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel is based on Jennifer L. Holm’s novel of the same name. We follow a spunky girl named Turtle as she comes of age in the late 1930’s when sent to live with family she has never met in Key West. The town her mother and aunt grew up in still has cousins, old friends, and Turtles not-so-dead grandmother still there. Turtle has been forced to be an adult before her time as her mom has her head in the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cousins, families, Florida, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Key West, parents, The Depression

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:132 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cousins, families, Florida, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Key West, parents, The Depression ·
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