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I don’t know WHAT I think about this

Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection by Jamie Hernandez

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Learning of Jamie Hernandez via another book that had characters nicknames inspired by his work was I thought a neat way to learn about someone. It was an important, but also a  smaller piece of that bigger puzzle. Therefore, I wanted to see what the fuss was all about and why did Hernandez inspire this other author? Because of that, several interlibrary loan requests for books were placed for me. I received Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection first. This is a bizarre book. […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: family, friendship, gender, Jamie Hernandez, LGBTQ, literary, sex, Social Themes, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:554 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: family, friendship, gender, Jamie Hernandez, LGBTQ, literary, sex, Social Themes, women ·
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Black womxnhood

Wash by Ebony Stewart

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Though available, I read via an online reader copy. I did not read all of the poems by Ebony Stewart in their collection Wash. This is because it is difficult to read poetry online for me and second, they were terribly intense and it was not something I really needed to immerse myself in at the time. However, I will find a finshed copy and just sit and read. Stewart has a passionate voice that needs to be slowly enjoyed. And I hope this does […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: African American & Black, Ebony Stewart, Women Authors

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:547 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: African American & Black, Ebony Stewart, Women Authors ·
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You’ll be spooked so much it’s a good thing this is set in a bathroom

The Harrowing Game by Antonie Revoy

December 2, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Little geek brag. Author Antonie Revoy liked my review on a certain site I count my books on for The Harrowing Game (or at least the person/people who take care of their social media). Still, that’s a pretty cool brag. Me and graphic novels had an unusual relationship. It was not until I read three different ones that I really understood how a book that is in the graphic novel format can be as powerful as the novel without images could be. And when I read […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Antonie Revoy, competitions, Ghost Stories, occult, Social Themes, storytelling, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:542 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Antonie Revoy, competitions, Ghost Stories, occult, Social Themes, storytelling, supernatural ·
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Taking a Stand.

The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales from Stephen King's The Stand by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

November 24, 2025 by Caesar's Wife 2 Comments

The Stand was first published in 1978 and is regarded among Constant Readers as King’s seminal work. Ask any true King fan for their thoughts on The Stand and settle in for the response. From the original published version vs the complete and uncut edition, the miniseries vs the ill-fated remake, Frannie (oh dear god that woman…), the “magical negro” stereotype… People have Opinions. Then, 2020 happened, and we all lived through a real super-flu. Sure, it wasn’t nearly as fatal, but it did seem […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

Caesar's Wife's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Christopher Golden and Brian Keene ·
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“The case does look very black against you. Nevertheless, I accept your assurance.”

The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

November 24, 2025 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Last year I read my first ever Agatha Christie novel and enjoyed the experience so much that I put another on this year’s list. Without a better idea of where to start I hunted up works published by Christie in 1925 and the short story now known as The Witness for the Prosecution fit the bill. I didn’t know much going in about what the story contained and decided that was probably for the best.   This 50-minute audio (read by the incomparable Christopher Lee) is an excellent example of how Christie honed in on the mechanics of writing to tell her […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: agatha christie, Christopher Lee, The Witness for the Prosecution

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:54 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: agatha christie, Christopher Lee, The Witness for the Prosecution ·
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Well, I had an experience.

DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was not going to review DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore. Mostly because I really disliked it. I mean I cannot stress how much I really disliked this book. The second reason is you can only get this book via Silver Sprocket’s website. This is probably because it is more of a zine or comic book store comic (so I guess you might be able to locate it at your local comic store), and less of a traditional graphic novel.  But when I realized that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:513 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes ·
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