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You are a poet! And you are a poet! And I (try to be) a Poet!

You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you judge a book by its cover, usually you are going to be mostly right, with of course, exceptions. You see a book that looks like You’re a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher (illustrated by) and you assume it is going to be terribly cute, silly, maybe even overly saccharine. And in this case you are not wrong. But you are also not completely right.  Yes it is cute, and yes it is a little silly and honestly, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories Tagged With: animals, Concepts, family, friendship, imagination, pigs, Play, Sam Usher, Sean Taylor, Sean Taylor and Sam Usher

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:360 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories · Tags: animals, Concepts, family, friendship, imagination, pigs, Play, Sam Usher, Sean Taylor, Sean Taylor and Sam Usher ·
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K Pop meets Honey Bees

Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant (illustrator) is a cute story with a little edge.The edge is that there is a bit of depict happening within the bee hive, and the queen is unaware. So far, the worst things that have happened is that the girls have gotten caught in a spiderweb, almost got eaten and of course, escaped; our main character has been well… something happens to her but I don’t want to give spoilers, and there […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: animals, bees, Desi St. Amant, Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant, family, Jon St. Amant, music, siblings, sisterhood, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:359 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: animals, bees, Desi St. Amant, Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant, family, Jon St. Amant, music, siblings, sisterhood, Social Themes ·
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Pounce into the world of Cats

A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life by Ema Tohyama

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One thing I like about working in a bookstore is that there are always ways to get free books and/or books you wouldn’t purchase for yourself, therefore never read. And A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life by Ema Tohyama is one of those types of books. I got it for free and it wouldn’t have picked it up otherwise. Do you like manga, cats and off beat humor? Okay, they are here. I like cats. Enjoy manga. And do not mind off beat […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, Cats, East Asian Style, Ema Tohyama, heroes, isekai, manga, Manga Isekai, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:344 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Cats, East Asian Style, Ema Tohyama, heroes, isekai, manga, Manga Isekai, Social Themes ·
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Can’t belive I forgot to take a photo of this book!

Death in the Cards (The Dizon Detective Agency) by Mia Manansala

September 17, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Teen me would have loved the novel Death in the Cards (The Dizon Detective Agency) by Mia Manansala. Okay, it was a romance, and I never was “into” those types of books, but I would have focused on the mystery elements and have that as a necessary to move the story along. Now, I look at this modern teen romance, mystery and a little humor novel and realize it is not really “my thing” but I wasn’t really disliking it. The basic idea is a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Asian American & Pacific Islander, detectives, diversity, family, friendship, Mia Manansala

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:323 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Asian American & Pacific Islander, detectives, diversity, family, friendship, Mia Manansala ·
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Comida Casera

Sweet tamales!

Comida Casera by Dora Ramírez

September 16, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 3: You What else am I going to be looking at here but a cookbook, and one that I’ve read but may or may not actually use otherwise. I haven’t done the numbers, but that’s gotta be a significant percentage of my reviews. Comida Casera is vegan Mexican cooking, but chef-y. It’s not shy about ingredients that might not be familiar but that are native to the cuisine, but also relatively accessible. First thing I noticed was an entire chapter on tamales, which are […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Featured Tagged With: cbr18bingo, Comida Casera, cookbook, Dora Ramirez, Mexican cuisine, vegan cooking, vegan cuisine

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:37 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Featured · Tags: cbr18bingo, Comida Casera, cookbook, Dora Ramirez, Mexican cuisine, vegan cooking, vegan cuisine ·
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Neighbors

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin

September 11, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I get on a browsing spree, I find myself down so many rabbit holes, I twist my brain. This means, I will find something I like the looks and/or sound of and find a copy. But when I do finally get the copy, I forget why it drew me in. So it is a wonderful surprise. This happened with My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin (author/illustrator and translator respectively).  In the end, the reason I wanted to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: art, Asia, Beijing, China, Disability, Edward Gauvin, family, friendship, grandfathers, grandparents, Neighborhoods, Nie Jun, Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:310 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: art, Asia, Beijing, China, Disability, Edward Gauvin, family, friendship, grandfathers, grandparents, Neighborhoods, Nie Jun, Nie Jun and  Edward Gauvin ·
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