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“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”

Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Out There by Kate Folk

November 2, 2023 by booktrovert 2 Comments

“If you feel alone in the world find someone to worship you” Henry Hoke invites us into the mind of a philosophical mountain lion in this brief novel. The prose is straightforward – each line a brief thought that flows into the next. No punctuation slowing down the reader, just the musings of a queer mountain lion yearning to understand his own urges. He is aware of his potential for violence – it is part of his origin story. That potential is a throbbing heartbeat […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Henry Hoke, Kate Folk

booktrovert's CBR15 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Henry Hoke, Kate Folk ·
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The beautiful stuff

Duck, Duck, Tiger by Brittany R. Jacobs

For the Beauty of the Earth by Folliott S. Pierpoint

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two more I read via online reader copies (and are available) titles are below. Sadly, no themes, just two fun books that people need to know about. And as we know, knowing is half the battle! One little girl feels like a tiger. Which would be fine except all the people in Duck, Duck, Tiger are, you guessed it, ducks. The classic idea of trying to fit in, when you are very different, is alive and strong here. And yes, we have seen it before, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Brittany R. Jacobs, Christianity, Diversity & Multicultural, Folliott S. Pierpoint, Lucy Fleming, nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:793 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Brittany R. Jacobs, Christianity, Diversity & Multicultural, Folliott S. Pierpoint, Lucy Fleming, nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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A little romance

The Thorn and The Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story by Theodora Goss

November 1, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

The Thorn and The Blossom is a novella by Theodora Goss which uses the tale of Gawain the Green Knight from Arthurian legend as a point of departure. Goss takes the legend, updates it to the modern age and provides her readers with a charming love story told from two perspectives. The Thorn and The Blossom is the story of Evelyn Morgan and Brendan Thorne, and it is the story of Gawan, Queen Elowen, the sorceress Morva and the thousand year curse. The reader can […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR15, ElCicco, Fiction, king arthur, Romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Thorn and The Blossom, theodora goss

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR15, ElCicco, Fiction, king arthur, Romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Thorn and The Blossom, theodora goss ·
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Disney tricked me and I’m not even mad!

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

November 1, 2023 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

I have loudly declared for a long time that we should have a hiatus on all Cinderella remakes. And I have rallied for a shorter time on the sad habit of Disney retreading old IP over and over again. It’s not that I am so mad about them redoing the same fairy tales all the time, but in a world where there are truly hundreds of versions of their Disney Princess tales, why not tell a fresh version of the story? I decided to read […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: audiobook, cinderella, Disney, fairy tale, fashion, fat positive, julie murphy, reality television, reality TV, Romance

cosbrarian's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: audiobook, cinderella, Disney, fairy tale, fashion, fat positive, julie murphy, reality television, reality TV, Romance ·
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And I thought I needed a raise

Vern, Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I cannot say I am always confused about things that deal with the multiverse, but it can really mix me up. But Vern, Custodian of the Universe was a bit more straightforward, even with some complex ideas about the multiverse. We only touch on a very small handful of possible outcomes to Earth or Earth-like planets, but they range from reptilian to computer to human beings running things. And in each world things are messed up. Tyrell Waiters created the world of Vern, a terribly […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, family, science, Tyrell Waiters

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:791 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, family, science, Tyrell Waiters ·
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Travel with books

Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, A Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year by Aram Kim

One White Crane: A Bilingual Counting Book of the Months by Vickie Lee

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was thinking the other day that I want to travel. Well, since my bank account really laughed at me, I decided to go to the bookstore and find some books. And since I am spoiled, I found two books in online reader copies to read. The first Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day: Seollal, A Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year by Aram Kim and the second was One White Crane: A Bilingual Counting Book of the Months by Vickie Lee and illustrated by […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Aram Kim, colors, Concepts, holidays, Joey Chou, language, Lunar New Year, months, Numbers, Vickie Lee

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:790 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Aram Kim, colors, Concepts, holidays, Joey Chou, language, Lunar New Year, months, Numbers, Vickie Lee ·
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