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Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

September 22, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

When a prolific author in his mid-70s publishes a new novel in which a crotchety old man with an aging dog befriends a teenager, you might start wondering how he’s viewing getting older and thinking about legacy. In a lot of ways this book addresses that question with the two character Howard Bowditch and Charlie Reade (and of course the dog Radar).  The novel begins with the narration of Charlie Reade who tells us from a future post about this story from his life, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Stephen King

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:539 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·
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Dear Reading Community Post five

September 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dear Reading Community   Is this the same book that made my sister holler at her middle son to give her the sequels because she just had to read them? Or the Bible?      Really, I am sure you could say all the reasons one wants to challenge/ban a book could be found in that collection of words as well. But then again, the Bible has seen its share of banning, too. Therefore, I am not saying the Bible is “bad” just,  think about it for […]

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Images chosen can be disturbing

After the Rain by John Jennings

September 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is one messed up book.   Yet, After the Rain based on the Nnedi Okorafor short story, is powerful and probably something we need to read. Violence, graphic image of torture and even rape imagery could be triggers. I would not recommend for under age 14 and I still think that might be too young. KNOW your reader. This is not for sensitive readers as even adults could be disturbed. And no, this should not be read at 11:30 at night because you couldn’t […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: culture, David Brame, John Jennings, Nigeria, Nigerian American young women, Nnedi Okorafor, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:494 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: culture, David Brame, John Jennings, Nigeria, Nigerian American young women, Nnedi Okorafor, Social Themes ·
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Dear Reading Community Post four

September 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dear Reading Community,    Today’s title is one that we might know, if not from the book, from adaptations to the screen. And the reason is that animals are on equal to humans? Ethics aside for a moment, you do not have a problem with them wanting to kill the pig? Or that the spider dies at the end? But talking animals doesn’t do it for you? Thank you, A fellow reader

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Dear Reading Community Post three

September 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dear Reading Community,  Spookiness? What is spookiness? What you find spooky, I might not. And bad behavior? Boy you really don’t want to read some of those classics then! (Bible, Dickens, Hardy Boys) Thank you, A fellow reader

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The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker by John Grisham

September 20, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is one of those other kinds of John Grisham novels. In general, even among his legal thrillers, there’s two types of John Grisham novels. The tightly-plotted thriller like The Pelican Brief or The Runaway Jury is one type. In this type, the pacing is fast, it’s a puzzle being formed in front of you, and it often involves a silly amount of machination and design to bring home a twisty kind of ending. In the other, like A Time to Kill and here, The […]

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vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:538 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: John Grisham ·
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