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“I made promises to you that I’m not sure I can keep.”

Forever... by Judy Blume

November 28, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Most years I try to read a banned or challenged book as part of Banned Books week (which I’m VERY late for this year). There are many reasons I do it, but one of the most important is that I want there to be library requests in my system for these books as its one way to help keep challenged books on shelves (there are lots more suggestions for actions in this Book Riot article). This year I was having a tough time deciding what book to choose as I’ve been struggling in the past few years […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: banned book, challenged book, forever, judy blume, YA classic

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: banned book, challenged book, forever, judy blume, YA classic ·
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Not a buddy movie

Stray by Ryu Kamio

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Reading via an online reader copy is sometimes hard for me. But I persevere and just keep swimming, I mean reading. But with Stray there was the added issue of a big ol’ “watermark” in the middle of things. Nope, they did not want people copying the manga comic by Ryu Kamio and illustrator Nakamura Yuu. Plus, it is manga and therefore, the flow is off for my western eyes to start. With that said, a few days after starting, I finished this Yakuza meets […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: action, corruption, crime, East Asian Style, Japan, manga, Nakamura Yuu, Ryu Kamio, yakuza power

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:524 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: action, corruption, crime, East Asian Style, Japan, manga, Nakamura Yuu, Ryu Kamio, yakuza power ·
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It’s the 1980s and punk is hot & so are Nina & Kerri. So, now what?

Punk Like Me by JD Glass

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Really the only part of Punk Like Me by JD Glass and illustrations by Kris Dresen is that the end happened a little too quickly, and (SPOILER) it was a little too neatly wrapped up. But that is really the only issue I have with the “overallness” of things. We follow Nina, a girl who will have many labels put on her (sister, daughter, friend, girlfriend, dyke, lesbian, swimmer, student, trouble maker, possible Annapolis bound) as she grows, but which is really her? What is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: family, JD Glass, Kris Dresen, LGBTQ, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:519 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: family, JD Glass, Kris Dresen, LGBTQ, Social Themes ·
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The unofficial Best and Worst List 2025 (so far!)

November 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know I put in the official Best and Worst List but honestly out of almost 600 reviews (and several I haven’t posted yet) I’m going to have more than three best and one worst. Therefore, I am going to honor y’all with my list of only the ones I have posted a review for here that could have been used. The bold are the ones I used in the official count, italics almost used and the rest were on the list. WORST DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: ·
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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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The woman and the slave girl

Raging Clouds by Yudori

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Books sometimes find me. I was going to the library to pick up some I had ordered and Raging Clouds by Yudori was sitting off to the side of the entrance. I almost didn’t go that way to the checkout desk (I usually go left, not right) but something made me go right. And there it was. Fat, shiny and new. It was shyly facing away from me. And that’s the last time this book was shy. Even the librarian when I checked it out wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #Netherlands, 16th century, feminist, korea, LGBTQ, literary, patriarchal society, science, Yudori

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:507 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #Netherlands, 16th century, feminist, korea, LGBTQ, literary, patriarchal society, science, Yudori ·
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