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“the history and present of tuberculosis reveal the folly and brilliance and cruelty and compassion of humans.

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

December 25, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

Maybe not everything, but a surprising amount for sure. Green is entirely right that I don’t give much thought to tuberculosis. It feels like a historical disease, like scurvy. But of course, tuberculosis is still enormously pervasive in certain parts of the world. It’s interesting to me that he focuses on the way the disease is ravaging parts of Africa when even within North America there are communities being affected. For example, here in Canada, of the 23.8% of cases of tuberculosis that manifest in […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: john green

Nart's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: john green ·
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Thank you so much, ElCicco!

December 24, 2025 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

Sitting down to write up reviews for the books I’ve read lately, I realized that I never posted a thank you for the Book Exchange I received. (Almost two weeks ago, now. Red, my face is right now…) I opened the box (which was thankfully fine inside, even though my mail deliverer apparently decided to use it in a game of kickball) to discover two beautiful wrapped packages and a lovely personalized card from ElCicco. One package contained Idolfire, which has been on my “Books […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: bookexchange, cbrgiftexchange

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: bookexchange, cbrgiftexchange ·
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“Awards don’t matter—at least, I am told this constantly by the people who regularly win them.”

Yellowface: A Novel by R. F Kuang

December 24, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

June Hayward is a struggling author, Her one published work, Under the Sycamore Tree (a tale about the complicated relationship she and her sister had growing up, which her sister doesn’t get and doesn’t like) has pretty much fallen off the radar. This is counterbalanced by her friend since college Athena Liu, who has just sold the movie rights to yet another of her books. June wishes she had Athena’s life, but never thinks that will happen until the night Athena chokes to death on […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: R.F. Kuang, Racism, Satire, the publishing industry, theft of work

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:155 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: R.F. Kuang, Racism, Satire, the publishing industry, theft of work ·
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I really wish I could read Vietnamese because it’s really a neat looking language!

Mindful Tots: Loving Kindness (Bilingual Vietnamese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Whitney Stewart

December 24, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My book dealer from Barefoot Books is at it again. Several months ago I received a package of goodness (or books) and accidentally put it with my Christmas goodies, so I didn’t find it until recently. Then just the other day, I had a new package with more amazing titles. Between the two I found a few that I have read (but physical copies now) and many new ones. One of the new ones was  Mindful Tots: Loving Kindness (Bilingual Vietnamese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Barefoot Bilinguals, emotions, Feelings, Janelle Springer-Willms, language, meditation, mindfulness, Razeen Omar Gutta, Rocio Alejandro, Social Topics, values, Vietnamese, virtues, Whitney Stewart

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:567 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Barefoot Bilinguals, emotions, Feelings, Janelle Springer-Willms, language, meditation, mindfulness, Razeen Omar Gutta, Rocio Alejandro, Social Topics, values, Vietnamese, virtues, Whitney Stewart ·
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Meet the kids

Meet March: A Seasons Picture Book for the Start of Spring by April Martin

December 24, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The concept of the book, Meet March: A Seasons Picture Book for the Start of Spring, is neat: having February and April help March “find spring.” The idea is that winter (February) is leaving, March is doing its March things while looking for spring, and then March hands things off (symbolized by a rabbit) to April to run with it. The art is minimalist, colors are primary and not overpowering. More of a 2.5 as it is solid and enjoyable yet not a WOW. Great […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: April Martin, friendship, March, season, Social Themes, spring, The Calendar Kids, Weather

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:566 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: April Martin, friendship, March, season, Social Themes, spring, The Calendar Kids, Weather ·
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Caribbean Rapunzel

The Magic Callaloo by Trish Cooke

December 24, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The book, The Magic Callaloo by Trish Cooke and illustrated by Sophie Bass is one of those books where I picked it apart to make my overall score. First, I looked at the big picture which is almost a 5. The only reason it wasn’t a full 5 (and a 4.75) is because the text was crowded on the page and it was a smidgen on the longer side. The details included made me wonder if it would have been better as a novel, or […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: adaptations, Caribbean, family, folktale, parents, Social Themes, Sophie Bass, Trish Cooke

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:565 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: adaptations, Caribbean, family, folktale, parents, Social Themes, Sophie Bass, Trish Cooke ·
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