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Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol

February 2, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Andres and his parents have moved again. This time, next to a boy his age. Great! Right? Well maybe not as Desmond seems a bit… odd. To say the least. Especially for someone as normal as Andres. However, when supernatural things start to happen, Desmond is exactly what Andres needs to save the day in this first of a new series. Very basic text and basic illustrations scattered through the book mark this as a book for that early chapter readers (ages 7-9).  Andres breaking […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: Andres Miedoso, Victor Rivas

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:21 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: Andres Miedoso, Victor Rivas ·
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Nick the Knight, Dragon Slayer

February 2, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nick the Knight wants to fight a dragon. And just his luck, there is a dragon, Breakhorn, that everyone is afraid of that lives on top of the mountain near his home. This is the perfect chance for him to prove how brave of a knight he really is. However, Breakhorn does not feel like fighting. Nick comes up with clever ways of trying to get Breakhorn to fight. However, Breakhorn just does not want to fight. No matter what Nick tries. What is a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: Aron Dijkstra

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:20 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: Aron Dijkstra ·
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The Right Words Can Change the World

February 1, 2018 by janetfaust 2 Comments

This book is about taking the broken pieces of yourself and arranging them into something resembling a thinking and feeling person again. It’s about facing your deepest, most painful secrets and being able to exist with them and because of them. It’s about owning and honoring all the parts of you that scare you; whether those parts are wretched or wonderful. And it’s also about people with magical abilities who can defy gravity, change their appearance, heal instantly and fight with long, magical swords. Brandon […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, fantasy, Swords

janetfaust's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, fantasy, Swords ·
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From the East to the West

January 31, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

While the novels are all divided into three parts, in some the breaking points between the parts are much more obvious than others – for example, His Majesty’s Dragon basically divided as the initial time between Laurence and Temeraire, their military training, and their time on active combat duty.  For others, it was less clear and the stories bled over between parts a lot.  This novel almost feels like three novellas united in one book, but in a good way. After the mostly successful mission […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: alternative history, blood of tyrants, Naomi novik, Temeraire

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: alternative history, blood of tyrants, Naomi novik, Temeraire ·
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Now We Know What Would Have Happened if the Conquistadors Had Faced Dragons

January 31, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Fortunately after the slog that was the sixth novel in the series, Crucible of Gold has many of the elements that made the earlier novels so much fun – lots of interactions between different dragons and an introduction to another part of the world with some very well thought out analysis of how the presence of dragons would have affected global and local history. Over the past few novels, Napoleon has taken advantage of the Tswana dragons’ hatred of slavery and desire to get their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: alternative history, Crucible of Gold, Noami Novik, Temeraire

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: alternative history, Crucible of Gold, Noami Novik, Temeraire ·
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Reading is Fundamental; Reading the Right Words is Power-full

January 31, 2018 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

This was a CBR Book Exchange gift from a couple of years ago; I thought I found it from a review on here but apparently not! I’m not quite sure what to make of this book, which isn’t to say I disliked it.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #CBR10, Fiction, horror, magic, translation, violence

sistercoyote's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: #CBR10, Fiction, horror, magic, translation, violence ·
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