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Another one of those moments when Ruby had to choose whether to go crazy or just deal. A close call this time.

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

August 4, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“It never fails,” Montrose said. “No matter what they do to you, afterwards it’s like nothing happened. You’re supposed to just be grateful you’re still breathing.” Upon receiving a letter from his estranged father, Atticus Turner returns to his hometown to discover his father missing. He and his uncle George follow the trail to Ardham, Massachusetts, where, with the help of their hometown friend Letitia, they learn secrets about Atticus’s late mother’s family history, and how he and his family could be the keys to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR15 passport, #Science Fiction, 1950s America, black science fiction, CBR15Passport, historical racism, horror, Jim Crow, Matt Ruff, Racism, supernatural

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR15 passport, #Science Fiction, 1950s America, black science fiction, CBR15Passport, historical racism, horror, Jim Crow, Matt Ruff, Racism, supernatural ·
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Animal Rescue Friends gang and their furry, feathered, and flying friends

Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks: Volume 3 by Harriet Low

August 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have not read Animal Rescue Friends volumes one and two, as I happened to find Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks: Volume 3 as an online reader and thought it sounded interesting without doing further research. It can be a standalone story, but  I assume you should probably read volume one which will introduce you to the characters and why they are working with animals that need to be adopted. This is a clever book and feels as if Babysitters Club’s Little Sister Karen […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Short Stories Tagged With: animals, Barbara Perz Marquez, Chelsea Trousdale, friends, Harriet Low, Katie Longua, Megan Kearney, nature, Social Themes, Stephanie Cooke

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:580 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Short Stories · Tags: animals, Barbara Perz Marquez, Chelsea Trousdale, friends, Harriet Low, Katie Longua, Megan Kearney, nature, Social Themes, Stephanie Cooke ·
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Don’t assume you know by the cover

The Ramadan Drummer by Sahtinay Abaza

Arthi’s Bomma by Mamta Nainy

August 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read several books on Ramadan and on India (not together, but the theme of the review is different takes on familiar areas). They were starting to blend together (I was talking about one book and realized that I was combining two different ones). Therefore, when I saw The Ramadan Drummer I was both interested and assumed it would be “just another Ramadan story.” Which, it was not. Sahtinay Abaza’s story starts out similarly to other Ramadan stories, in which the young boy of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Dinara Mirtalipova, family, India, Mamta Nainy, Ramadan, Sahtinay Abaza, Shruti Prabhu, Toys & Dolls, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:579 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Dinara Mirtalipova, family, India, Mamta Nainy, Ramadan, Sahtinay Abaza, Shruti Prabhu, Toys & Dolls, traditions ·
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It’s too early to write a clever title but honestly you should have your kids read this

Travis Daventhorpe for the Win! Volume One by Wes Molebash

August 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In the idea of the Judd Winick’s Hilo adventures, but with a bit more “weight”, yet equally funny, magical and scientific, we have Travis Daventhorpe for the Win! Volume One. Good for ages 8 to 11/young12, this book has all the fun of robots, dinosaurs, friends, bullies, wizards and dodgeball! (Okay, dodgeball might not be fun, but the scientific experiments Travis does are.) Travis is new to middle school. He has little to no social skills, but he can build sentient robots that can do […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: bullies, family, friendship, magic, robots, school, villains, Wes Molebash

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:577 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: bullies, family, friendship, magic, robots, school, villains, Wes Molebash ·
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Gay selkies for us all!

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

August 4, 2023 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Fifteen year old Morgan lives on a small Canadian island, where she spends her days hiding her true self from her three girlfriends. Home life isn’t much better, as her single mom and ornery brother also don’t seem to understand her. When Morgan meets a mysterious, beautiful tween named Keltie, her life becomes more interesting and more complicated. Morgan likes Keltie a lot, and Keltie unabashedly is affectionate to Morgan. But Keltie doesn’t understand Morgan’s need for secrecy. Add into the fact that Keltie is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Animals Mythical, Graphic Novel, LGBTQ, middle grade, Molly Knox Ostertag, selkies, WLW, YA

cosbrarian's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Animals Mythical, Graphic Novel, LGBTQ, middle grade, Molly Knox Ostertag, selkies, WLW, YA ·
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The Duelist and the Duke’s Wife

Entangled by Mary Lancaster

August 3, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 15 Bingo: Take Flight – We first encounter Rosamund as she is making her escape from her claustrophobic life, and throughout the rest of the book she finds her wings. When Rosamund and Giles encounter each other on the road, she doesn’t know that he has just killed the Duke of Cuttyngham in a duel, and he doesn’t know that she is the Duchess. But by the time they find out, it’s too late – they’re already in love. I really enjoy Mary Lancaster’s books […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, cbr15bingo, historical, Mary Lancaster, mystery, NetGalley, Regency, Romance

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, cbr15bingo, historical, Mary Lancaster, mystery, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
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