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Kurt Vonnegut (1), Aristophanes (1), Pye-young Pyun (1), Gu Byeong-mo (1)

A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo

The Hole by Pye-young Pyun

February 14, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

A Man without a Country “As a kid, I was the youngest member of my family, and the youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into adult conversation.” This is one of the last things that Kurt Vonnegut published in his lifetime. He’s also the kind of writer who wrote so many things about so many different topics, that his writing was a well that got dipped into long after he died, so […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aristophanes, Gu Byeong-mo, kurt vonnegut, Pye-young Pyun

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aristophanes, Gu Byeong-mo, kurt vonnegut, Pye-young Pyun ·
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Be Like Sam

Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day by Shaunna and John Stith

February 14, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was in college (early to mid-1990’s) when I first heard of Earth Day. Yet, it was started in the 1970’s. How did I miss this event all those years? I mean around 20 or more years this event had been celebrated. In the end, maybe it is not important when I learned about it, but that I did and I partake in the events. But if you are interested in a little background in why it started, this picture book (by Shaunna and John […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Communities, Earth Day, Environment, environmental protection, John Stith, Maribel Lechuga, Oil spills, Recycling & Green Living, Shaunna and John Stith, Shaunna Stith

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:105 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Communities, Earth Day, Environment, environmental protection, John Stith, Maribel Lechuga, Oil spills, Recycling & Green Living, Shaunna and John Stith, Shaunna Stith ·
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Not my favorite

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

February 13, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

My book club chose The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (2018) by Robert Dugoni for our next book club book. I had not heard of the book or the author, but my friend said she liked it, and I was hoping to as well. The plot is a coming-of-age story of a boy in Burlingame, California who was born with ocular albinism in the late 1950’s. The only consequence of Sam’s ocular albinism is that it makes his irises red. However, he is known as “the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Robert Dugoni

Sophia's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Robert Dugoni ·
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Exploring self and style

Alone in Space: A Collection by Tillie Walden

February 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport, Books Already OwnAlone in Space: A Collection is some of Tillie Walden’s earlier works. I am not sure if things were edited a lot after the original publications, but what we have here is some raw material. Not only are there several stories (some more fleshed out than others) but some of their comments on how their style changed over time. I am fairly certain that most of Walden’s characters are based on actual feelings, thoughts and things she was going through as they […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR15Passport, LGBTQ, Social Themes, Tillie Walden

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:101 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, LGBTQ, Social Themes, Tillie Walden ·
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New Mystery New Friends

Bog Gone! Volume 1:  A graphic novel. by P. Knuckle Jones

February 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport new author If Sherlock Holmes meet the Scooby Gang (only if they were a frog, turtle, and a taco-loving beaver), you’d get Bog Gone! Volume 1:  A graphic novel. These three friends try to solve the case of the missing families of their town, while the Sherlock Holmes like creature (and our young frog heroine’s favorite detective), Mr. Seymour Warts, solves a related case. The humor is typical kid and the art typical fun for the younger crowd. Ages seven to 10 the best […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15Passport, detectives, P. Knuckle Jones

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:100 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: CBR15Passport, detectives, P. Knuckle Jones ·
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All over the place seems to be the theme

World Record Holders by Guy Delisle

February 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport new author World Record Holders is an artistic story that can feel abstract. And that’s pretty much all I have to say about Guy Delisle’s story. But I cannot go all Forest Gump and end on that note, therefore, I will add a couple technical things to my review.  Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall are the translators.  And Delisle is both author and illustrator. Now I will add some feelings, thoughts and so forth I had. The stories are not necessarily connected, but the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Canada, Cartoonists, CBR15Passport, Guy Delisle

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:99 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Canada, Cartoonists, CBR15Passport, Guy Delisle ·
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