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“You remember the fairy tales you were told when you were very small – ‘once upon a time…’ Why do you think they always began like that?” “Because they weren’t true,” Simon said promptly. Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, “Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember when.”

Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1) by Susan Cooper

July 7, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

So I definitely missed this one as a kid, and what a shame. The series came on my radar when the apparently terrible movie was released. I saw a trailer for it and put the books on my TBR . . . and then did nothing about it for over a decade. Who even knows the timeline at this point. I kind of thought the book covers were ugly, so it never was a priority for me. But people really seem to love it, and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, middle grade, Over Sea Under Stone, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising

narfna's CBR15 Review No:70 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, middle grade, Over Sea Under Stone, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising ·
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“And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it’s gone.”

Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching, #3) by Terry Pratchett

July 6, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’ve been wrestling back and forth over whether I want to give this five stars or not, but I think for now I’m going with four because this took me longer to read than I would have liked, and it’s not sticking with me as fully as book two has. Maybe on re-read I will bump it up. Anyway, this is book three in the Tiffany Aching subseries of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and as usual, was a jolly good time with sneakly affecting undertones. There […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, discworld, middle grade, narfna, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, Wintersmith, witches

narfna's CBR15 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, discworld, middle grade, narfna, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, Wintersmith, witches ·
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Really I don’t write one for every book, just the majority of them

How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps by Bambi Edlund

July 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You probably don’t believe that I have not written a review for every book I have read. But that is true. One day in June 2023 I was reading online reader copies for picture books. And probably three to five of them I figured I would be unable to write a good review for or I just did not like them (there was one that I hated the ending so much that had it been a physical copy I would have thrown it). However, How […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Bambi Edlund, Imagination & Play

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:482 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Bambi Edlund, Imagination & Play ·
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It’s hairy, it’s scary, it has toe beans!

The Scariest Kitten in the World by Kate Messner

July 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Scariest Kitten in the World is a hilarious picture book by Terrifying Kitten (and help from Kate Messner) and illustrated by MacKenzie Haley in the vein of Sesame Street’s The Monster at the End of This Book. The theme is we have a not-so-scary kitten and a not-too-terrifying haunted house that is explored by a few (unseen) kids/possible narrator. The narrator takes us slowly down a spooky corridor, to a spooky sound where we find the spooky… okay adorable little monster stands … okay […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: animals, Cats, Kate Messner, MacKenzie Haley, Spooky Stuff, Terrifying Kitten

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:478 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: animals, Cats, Kate Messner, MacKenzie Haley, Spooky Stuff, Terrifying Kitten ·
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A genius scientist and her evil nemesis some aliens, a talking goat and a toilet weasel

Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space  by Laini Taylor

July 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo On the air:  Spaceship in space because a signal from an old robot friend is sent back to Earth that starts Billie’s adventures  Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space  is a good solid 3.5 rating. It was not “OMG Best book ever!” but I enjoyed it. The humor is typical kid, there is a message (though maybe slightly glossed over), and there is a fun premise (though I really really wish there was a particular room on the spaceship….) Overall, ages […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Aliens, cbr15bingo, family, friendship, Jim Di Bartolo, Laini Taylor, robots, science, technology

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:466 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Aliens, cbr15bingo, family, friendship, Jim Di Bartolo, Laini Taylor, robots, science, technology ·
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Incredible world-building does not make up for a lackluster romance

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

July 4, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I think it must’ve been a person who’d wished for love but had never known it who’d created the first clock. Because time is a reminder of how quickly the present passes and how little of the future remains, and no one in love would want to know that.” ― Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear After narrowly escaping Paris when his employer/adoptive mother is accused of stealing a rival’s illusion, Jack finds himself in Seattle the month before the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. While there, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: 1900s, abusive relationships, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, con artists, feminist, gaslighting, heist fiction, heist romance, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, magicians, queer romance, Seattle, Shaun David Hutchinson, Young Adult Romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: 1900s, abusive relationships, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, con artists, feminist, gaslighting, heist fiction, heist romance, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, magicians, queer romance, Seattle, Shaun David Hutchinson, Young Adult Romance ·
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