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Sweet but not sickly so

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

November 28, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third instalment in the Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, letting us visit other worlds in this incredibly diverse and imagination universe. Children have long disappeared through doorways and tumbled down holes in the ground and into adventure, and sometimes those children come back. Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children gives those children a place where they can be themselves, away from prying eyes and worried parents who’d prefer their children were just their old selves again.  In this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, coming-of-age, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, coming-of-age, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire ·
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Another solid work from Charlie N Holmberg

Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

November 27, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

In Victorian England, magic leaves traces: runes, smells, and even sounds, and Elsie Camden has the rare ability to not only perceive these vestiges of magic but to undo the magic behind them, though she cannot perform any magic herself. Elsie is employed by two people: a stonemason who can perform only the most basic spells and a mysterious cadre of people trying to equalize the world. It is with this group, The Cowls, that Elsie uses her unregistered and illegal skills to undo unjust […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Charlie N. Holmberg, duology, England, magic, mystery, Romance, victorian england

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Charlie N. Holmberg, duology, England, magic, mystery, Romance, victorian england ·
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Finally a fantasy novel without a stick up its butt

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

November 27, 2020 by Nart 3 Comments

It’s hard for me to get into fantasy stories. I have the attention span of a 2 year old golden retriever and most fantasy really takes time to get going. This is no different. If you are also that kind of reader, I encourage you to fight through the first couple of set up chapters for this one. Plot: In a world where gods are real, one dude dedicated to serving one (with a big sword) also learns they can die, and like, what do […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: t kingfisher

Nart's CBR12 Review No:34 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance · Tags: t kingfisher ·
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Red like the Blood that is all over the place

The Handmaid’s Tale: Graphic Novel by Renee Nault

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I admit, while I knew a smidgen of theme of The Handmaid’s Tale, I really did not know the “whole story.” The other thing was, I had (and still have) no interest in reading the over 300-page novel. And I really have no interest in watching the show based on it. Therefore, I figured I would just know about this modern classic and that was that. It was not until I saw that there was a graphic novel version that I figured, “Why not?” I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:368 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women ·
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Get Cozy and read Cozy

Cozy by Jan Brett

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Cozy is another form of The Mitten folktale. But instead of a mitten giving shelter to various animals out in the cold, this time it is an ox by the name of Cozy that is the shelter. Cozy has a set of rules for his newfound “furmates” as each animal that comes along is bigger than the last, might not be a friend to the others and it is just funny to have the “House that Jack built” like laundry list of rules. Things come […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Fairy Tales & Folklore, Jan Brett, science & animals

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:367 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Fairy Tales & Folklore, Jan Brett, science & animals ·
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Napoleon and Snowball have their own kind of Waterloo

Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel by Odry

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Considering the hype behind the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and my love of graphics novels, I think I put too much pressure on this book, Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel adapted and illustrated by Odry. There is not much I can say about the theme of the book that hasn’t been already said (the animals of Manor Farm, in a coup, take over the farm and makes it Animal Farm. Here all animals are equal. Or are they?) At the time, this must […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: adaptations, George Orwell, Odry, political, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:366 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: adaptations, George Orwell, Odry, political, Social Themes ·
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    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    TBF, this is also the second Wren character that I've read this year. The first was in All the Feels...
  • GentleRain
    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    That's a very fair question, honestly I am guessing you have a more accurate picture -- the protagonists were blurring...
  • beereadsbooks
    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    Is Wren small? I got the impression that she was more "apple" shaped and average to taller than average, but...
  • BlackRaven
    on He’s whispering at your door… DO NOT LET HIM IN
    I was afraid of that! I don't know who the actor is (never seen a movie), but I have never gotten...
  • kfishgirl
    on He’s whispering at your door… DO NOT LET HIM IN
    I'm double replying to this since I watched the movie. IT WAS ATROCIOUS!! They made me dislike Adam Scott! How...
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