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She did a little singing

She Sang for India: How M. S. Subbulakshmi Uses Her Voice for Change by Suma Subramaniam

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you know who M. S. Subbulakshmi (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi) was? She was a woman of India that broke gender barriers, had a powerful voice, and used it for justice and peace. Subbulakshmi was a young girl in India when girls had little options. A passion was signing, and she would sing whenever she could. And in She Sang for India: How M. S. Subbulakshmi Uses Her Voice for Change you see how she would use her singing to show her love of her homeland, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Asian - General, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, India, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, music, Peace, Shreya Gupta, Singers, Suma Subramaniam, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:254 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Asian - General, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, India, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, music, Peace, Shreya Gupta, Singers, Suma Subramaniam, women ·
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Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories by Emei Burell

April 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories are snippets of the life of a woman who came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution. These stories come from Emei Burell’s mother, showing the world that a generation lived in. This was a world that started when the students of the late 1960s were leaving junior high/during high school and would end when they were in their late 20s and early 30s. Ten years of Burell’s mother’s life (ages 17 to 27) would be spent in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains ·
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She works hard for her money and channels Julia Child in the process

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

July 13, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Measuring Up could cover several categories in cbr12bingo, but I am going to use it for Money. Even though the money aspect is a small part of the story, it is also not as small as it might seem at first. Lily LaMotte’s story of Cici, a young girl from Taiwan, moves to Seattle, with her mother and father and leaving behind her beloved paternal grandmother. Her A-ma was more than a grandmother, she was a best friend, teacher and the one person who “got […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Ann Xu, Asian - General, cbr12bingo, Cooking & Food, Ethnic Orientation |, family, grandmother, grandparents, Lily LaMotte, Social Themes, Taiwan

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:232 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Ann Xu, Asian - General, cbr12bingo, Cooking & Food, Ethnic Orientation |, family, grandmother, grandparents, Lily LaMotte, Social Themes, Taiwan ·
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When the city’s fate rests in the hands of enemies

The Nameless City (Book One) by Faith Erin Hicks

February 19, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going to save my dislikes of this book for after I finish the series; as there are a few plot points/plot holes I think could be explained when the story is completed. Therefore, I am going to say that The Nameless City (Book One) is an interesting start to The Nameless City series. It is a fantasy realistically presented as (so far) there are no magics, aliens or other fantastical images or people. While the city itself is a diverse group of people, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Asian - General, Cities and towns, Ethnic Orientation |, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, Multicultural, survival

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:92 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Asian - General, Cities and towns, Ethnic Orientation |, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, Multicultural, survival ·
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