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Take That you meanie witch and your crazy, supernatural wild boar!

Took by Mary Downing Hahn

November 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The graphic novel adaptation of the novel Took, has similar qualities to other Mary Downing Hahn books and the “classic 1980s thrillers” I read as a kid (such as Pike, Stine, Cusick, etc.). Those themes are that the “stereotypical normal” (two parents, two to four kids, sometimes a pet or two, and having moved from the city to the country) has fractured and there is supernatural at work. It is a realistic thriller, but with folklore and legends attached. This is a familiar story (the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: family, Jen Vaughn, legends, Mary Downing Hahn, Scott Peterson, siblings, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:828 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: family, Jen Vaughn, legends, Mary Downing Hahn, Scott Peterson, siblings, supernatural ·
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Getting in too deep

The Children of the Sea, Volume one by Daisuke Igarashi

November 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Children of the Sea, Volume one is a typical manga illustrated graphic novel. It is sparse and not always expressive, or gives all the information you think you might be needing. Yet, there is something about it that draws you into things, and the story has enough teases to it, to make you (or at least me) want more. Daisuke Igarashi was new to me as an author/illustrator, but I am thinking I might want to look into The Children of the Sea series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Daisuke Igarashi, friendship, nature, oceans, science, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:826 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Daisuke Igarashi, friendship, nature, oceans, science, siblings ·
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The wall of Walstead

Pup and Dragon: How to Catch an Elf by Alice Walstead

How to Catch Santa Claus by Alice Walstead

How to Catch a Garden Fairy: A Mythical Adventure Through Nature by Alice Walstead

How to Catch a Daddysaurus by Alice Walstead

My First How to Catch the Big Bad Wolf by Alice Walstead

November 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going through my online reader copy list and found a holiday book, Pup and Dragon: How to Catch an Elf. This is part of a “How to Catch” graphic novel series, and by the author of the picture book How to Catch series, Alice Walstead. These books have various subjects, but I will start with the Pup and Dragon stories. Or story more accurately. I am not sure where in the series How to Catch and Elf falls for our BFFs, Pup and Dragon, but it is not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Alice Walstead, Andy Elkerton, elves, fairies, Fairy Tales, fathers, friendship, Paul Gill, Santa Claus

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:825 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alice Walstead, Andy Elkerton, elves, fairies, Fairy Tales, fathers, friendship, Paul Gill, Santa Claus ·
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Maladaptive Daydreaming

Bunny by Mona Awad

November 21, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

No matter how Samantha loathes the cliche of girls who make up the rest of her writing group, with their overwrought work and their insistence on referring to each other as ‘Bunny,’ she can’t help but get sucked into their strange world when they invite her to join them. This is a dark and satirical read which pokes plenty of fun at the pretentious streak that can run deep in the people who attend MFA programs – considering the author was one of them, the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #writing, art, black comedy, comedy, friendship, horror, magical realism, mona awad

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:85 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #writing, art, black comedy, comedy, friendship, horror, magical realism, mona awad ·
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Pirate Gal meets Damsel in a Beauty and Beast remake

The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl  by Emily Riesbeck and Nora J. Barna

November 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck and Nora J. Barna is a mixture of the novel Legends & Lattes by Baldree, a bit of Vox Machina, a smidgen of Guardians of the Galaxy (think Yondu) and “that other thing I can’t remember off the top of my head.”  There are mature themes (pirates, GLBTQ romance, disowning by family, religion, revenge), but the humor and a little mystery are combined to take the edge off of things. This story is familiar, as it is a “be […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Emily Riesbeck, Emily Riesbeck and Nora J. Barna, family, friendship, glbtq, N. J. Barna, Nora J. Barna, pirates, self image, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:820 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Emily Riesbeck, Emily Riesbeck and Nora J. Barna, family, friendship, glbtq, N. J. Barna, Nora J. Barna, pirates, self image, Social Themes ·
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Nobody is Skating on Thin Ice

Wei Skates On by Nathan Chen

Pop’s Perfect Present by Corey Finkle

November 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I am still trying to clean up my older reader copies from my online list, I have found a few new ones as well. And the below tiles came out earlier in 2023, which I read via online reader copy. And both are fun books that fit today’s themes with diverse characters and a single parent.  Do you like to ice skate? Wei in Wei Skates On really likes it. In fact, so much they started as a toddler and by almost double numbers […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Corey Finkle, family, fathers, ice skater, Ice Skating, Lenny Wen, Lorraine Nam, mothers, Nathan Chen, Olympic, presents, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:818 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Sports · Tags: Corey Finkle, family, fathers, ice skater, Ice Skating, Lenny Wen, Lorraine Nam, mothers, Nathan Chen, Olympic, presents, Social Themes ·
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