Cannonball Read 18

“When the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?”

Cruddy by Lynda Barry

June 13, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Lynda Barry is best known for her comics work, but I also really love her two illustrated novels (Cruddy and The Good Times Are Killing Me), which it seems to me are somewhat overlooked (or maybe I was too young when they came out to notice their cultural impact). All her work deals with outsider … [Read more]

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: child abuse, Lynda Barry, teenage wasteland, teenage years ·

“Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts.” Oh, buddy. You were so close.

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

June 13, 2022 by RaRaGabor 12 Comments

This is another series that my husband has been reading forever, and I just never picked one up until now. Storm Front is the first of 25 planned books (19 are currently out). The set-up is similar in a lot of ways to Midnight Riot: Harry Dresden is a Wizard living in Chicago, and working more or … [Read more]

RaRaGabor's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: Jim Butcher ·

Drum solo please

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! by E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! Or at least, Lupe Lopez thinks she does. Rules. And is a rock star. But when she has her first day of kindergarten, she has the distinction of being the first kindergarten to get in trouble on the first day of school. After all, her teacher does not appreciate that … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:301 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: drums, E. Charlton-Trujillo, E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller, friendship, Joe Cepeda, kindergarten, music, Pat Zietlow Miller, rock stars, school, Social Themes ·

Superheroes the Next Generation

Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3) by Kami Garcia

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finally we start to get into the meat and potatoes of the story of Raven and Beast Boy (or Garfield/Gar) with Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3). The first two books were Raven’s story “to now” and Beast Boy’s story “to now.” In fact, the third volume starts where the other two … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:300 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Beast Boy, coming-of-age, DC Comics, gabriel picolo, kami garcia, raven, Social Themes, superheroes, teen titans ·

Write and remember

Daughters of the Occupation: A Novel of WWII by Shelly Sanders

June 13, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Daughters of the Occupation, published this year, is “inspired by true events” and a real gut-punching piece of historical fiction. Author Shelly Sanders discovered some truths about her family’s past as Jews in Riga when both Soviets and Nazis overran the country and persecuted them. She used this … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Daughters of the Occupation, ElCicco, Fiction, historical fiction, Holocaust, Shelly Sanders, WWII ·

More than 40 sisters inside. And I have trouble with one!

Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis includes some sisters you know, others you might have heard of, some you have probably never heard of and others are so well known even my dad has heard of them! The woman featured in the couple pages biographies, … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:299 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: art, Aura Lewis, International, Literature, Multicultural, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Women's History ·

RouletteGirl
on When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)
Once you finish it, let me know what you think!
G.D. Giant
on Love is in the Cards
Oh gosh, I loved this book! While I didn't find it "erotically charged" I definitely found it deeply affecting. It...
G.D. Giant
on When You Hate the Protagonist (But Enjoy the Book)
Hah! This is exactly the review I was hoping for for this book. I haven't read it yet, but it's...
G.D. Giant
on I couldn’t put it down
I just read this last year and your review is spot on with my experience. I also wished I had...
Emmalita
on Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Abduct
I read them in the late 1980s/early 90s too. They were my first romances.

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