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Appreciating an attractive middle-aged woman is one of the great luxuries in life.

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

November 22, 2025 by carmelpie 1 Comment

She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she managed to toss her pebble right down to the bottom of it all. ― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance Sometimes when I’m with you. I remember the things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind. And it’s really a gift, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: 1980 Japan, haruki murakami, Japan, Magical realisim, Sapporo, the 1980s, Tokyo

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: 1980 Japan, haruki murakami, Japan, Magical realisim, Sapporo, the 1980s, Tokyo ·
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The unofficial Best and Worst List 2025 (so far!)

November 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know I put in the official Best and Worst List but honestly out of almost 600 reviews (and several I haven’t posted yet) I’m going to have more than three best and one worst. Therefore, I am going to honor y’all with my list of only the ones I have posted a review for here that could have been used. The bold are the ones I used in the official count, italics almost used and the rest were on the list. WORST DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: ·
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A Wonderful Winter’s Tale

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

November 20, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Foxes are foxes, to be sure, but they can also present themselves as humans.  They tend to be beautiful or handsome, and humans in their presence can become somewhat confused about what just happened.  Some are tricksters by nature, while others are quite serious.  And many just enjoy living among humans. Snow is not one of the later.  She is out for revenge.  She had left her child, curled up in a barrow in the snow while she went hunting, and while she was gone, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A mother's search, Always being able to hear a lie not always the greatest gift, Fox people, Late life reunion, Northern Asia in the 1920s, Those who hunt for pelts are the worst can we all agree?, Yangsze Choo

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:61 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A mother's search, Always being able to hear a lie not always the greatest gift, Fox people, Late life reunion, Northern Asia in the 1920s, Those who hunt for pelts are the worst can we all agree?, Yangsze Choo ·
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Well, I had an experience.

DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was not going to review DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore. Mostly because I really disliked it. I mean I cannot stress how much I really disliked this book. The second reason is you can only get this book via Silver Sprocket’s website. This is probably because it is more of a zine or comic book store comic (so I guess you might be able to locate it at your local comic store), and less of a traditional graphic novel.  But when I realized that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:513 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes ·
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Cover of Fucked Up Fairytales

“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue…”- Bruno Bettelheim

F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics by Liz Gotauco

November 20, 2025 by bjornsnipe 3 Comments

This book goes to show fairy tales are timeless; the same crap you’re going through now in real life happened to people whose stories (most of the time) ended in “Happily Ever After.” It was highly enjoyable; I appreciated that Gotauco pulled out a list of stories that (for the most part) I had never read or heard of before, as well as one or two I’ve read different iterations of. Interesting (and showing the international collectedness she talks about) how many of the stories […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, History, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: fairy tales for adults, Liz Gotauco

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:148 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, History, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: fairy tales for adults, Liz Gotauco ·
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The man in the black hat and his magic box

Gwendy’s Button Box (Book 1) by Stephen King

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wanna know something funny? I think Gwendy’s Button Box (Book 1) found me and not the other way around. It has been out for awhile (2017 or so) and I had seen it off and on, but it was Stephen King so I expected it to be super horror, gross, and I was never in the mood for that. Then one day, I saw a list of books and this one was on it. And I said, you know what? It is short, let me […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Castle Rock Maine, family, Stephen King, Suspense, thriller

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:508 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Castle Rock Maine, family, Stephen King, Suspense, thriller ·
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