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Never view being a girl as an obstacle

Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie A. Pearson

December 14, 2022 by BlackRaven 7 Comments

Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention is another read online via Edelweiss that was mostly there. Carrie A. Pearson’s book was more fleshed out than the other sample I read, and perhaps is one of the best biographies of an unknown person I have read. And of course, I will find a copy when it comes out to fill in the plot points missing. Dr. Virginia Apgar would invent a test that would help doctors evaluate newborns and their health, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, Apgar score, Carrie A. Pearson, medical, medicine, Nancy Carpenter, science and math, surgeons, Virginia Apgar, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:603 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, Apgar score, Carrie A. Pearson, medical, medicine, Nancy Carpenter, science and math, surgeons, Virginia Apgar, women ·
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The sportswriter in granny glasses

Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy

November 30, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is BlackRaven reporting on Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy and illustrated by C. F. Payne. And I would like to say READ THIS BOOK! Okay, so you might want to know why. And the why is Because I said so! And it is a good book about a woman in sports that we do not know of and is (in my not so humble opinion) more important than the sports players themselves. Because if Mary Garber […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:579 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy ·
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A story needed to be (but never should have had to be) told

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin

August 11, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel is a wow book! Adapted by Andrew Donkin, the Ruta Sepetys novel comes to life in a graphic novel format. The story of one family shows another side of world history, and how in World War II, the Soviet Union was not just fighting Germany, but its own people as well. It might not be for everyone as there is much in the way of concepts and content that might be difficult, even for adults. A little-known piece […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 1925-1953, 1940-1941, 20th Century, Andrew Donkin, Dave Kopka, Labor camps, Lithuania, Military & Wars, Prejudice & Racism, Ruta Sepetys, Siberia (Russia), Soviet occupation, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:445 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 1925-1953, 1940-1941, 20th Century, Andrew Donkin, Dave Kopka, Labor camps, Lithuania, Military & Wars, Prejudice & Racism, Ruta Sepetys, Siberia (Russia), Soviet occupation, World War Two ·
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a manor on the edge of ruin, a mute little girl, a butler with a dangerous past, and a potentially magical drunken dandy…

The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell

June 6, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

What looks like a recipe for potential nonsense is actually a truly surprising and unique thriller! Paraic O’Donnell follows up the Victorian spiritualism of The House on Vesper Sands with another historical mystery, but where I was expecting (and hoping for, honestly) a continuation of the former, The Maker of Swans jumps head-first into the 20th Century and dares the reader to catch up. A butler tries his damndest to keep his employer safe, sane, and sober- but the draws of the Jazz Age have the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 2022 release, 20th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, galley, historical thriller, jane eyre, jazz age, magic, melodrama, new, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, the house on vesper sands, tin house, tin house galley club

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 2022 release, 20th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, galley, historical thriller, jane eyre, jazz age, magic, melodrama, new, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, the house on vesper sands, tin house, tin house galley club ·
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The Next Chapter

Run Book One by John Lewis

March 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Run Book One is an easier read than the March trilogy by the same team of John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, and L. Fury. However, there are pages that are terribly crowded with text that covers the illustrations and can make it difficult to read at times. For me, the combination of the black and white illustrations and this crowded information makes everything blur together. Along with a physically dark format (the black colors can be solid), sometimes I lost the message being told. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th Century, Andrew Aydin, civil rights, John Lewis, L. Fury, Nate Powell, Social Themes, voting

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:94 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, Andrew Aydin, civil rights, John Lewis, L. Fury, Nate Powell, Social Themes, voting ·
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slick with sweat, thick with hate-and I love it

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

March 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Somehow, this incredible little novella flew completely under my radar until last year. Luckily, the folks over at Lit Hub are absolutely obsessed, and I was unable to remain in the dark for much longer. When it’s in a book I don’t think it’ll hurt any more …exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them. While not entirely an “autobiography”, Duras tells the tale of a very young girl who grew up in an unstable household in French-colonized […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, Colonists, coming-of-age, desire, family, French language, french literature, hate, Hiroshima mon Amour, Lit Hub, lust, marguerite duras, Maxine Hong Kingston, Race, semi-autobiographical, Vietnam

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, Colonists, coming-of-age, desire, family, French language, french literature, hate, Hiroshima mon Amour, Lit Hub, lust, marguerite duras, Maxine Hong Kingston, Race, semi-autobiographical, Vietnam ·
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