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The stories of two young men

Hands by Torrey Maldonado

Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes

March 21, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I needed a short read or two. I found two, while terribly short looking, books that also felt like they would have some “meat” to them. And those books were Hands by Torrey Maldonado and Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes. I was familiar with Grimes, as they are the author of Garvey’s Choice and others I enjoyed reading. But Maldonado was new. Hands looked like it would be a boxing book. And it is, somewhat. But really what the book is about are […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: African American & Black, black, boxing, Covid-19, family, mothers, music, Nikki Grimes, Novels in Verse, pandemic, responsibility, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Stepfathers, Torrey Maldonado

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:109 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, black, boxing, Covid-19, family, mothers, music, Nikki Grimes, Novels in Verse, pandemic, responsibility, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Stepfathers, Torrey Maldonado ·
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“…loving Blackness enough to see its assets so that dark children matter.” Dr. Bettina L. Love

Hair Story by NoNieqa Ramos

August 28, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

I’m having a hard time explaining just how much I loved this book, but I’m going to do my best. First off, Hair Story is own voices written & illustrated, and both the author, NoNieqa Ramos, and the illustrator, Keisha Morris, include their own hair stories at the back of the book, which was a lovely surprise.     Second, do you see these illustrations? The texture and colors and patterns and perfection of them?  You can see the love in that grandmother’s face, the joy in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: afro-latinx, black, cbr13bingo, cultural appreciation, Hair Story, Illustrations, Keisha Morris, Latinx, NoNieqa Ramos, picture book, poetry, UnCannon

NTE's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: afro-latinx, black, cbr13bingo, cultural appreciation, Hair Story, Illustrations, Keisha Morris, Latinx, NoNieqa Ramos, picture book, poetry, UnCannon ·
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It’s a literal railroad

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

May 25, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

“Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll find the true face of America.” I was hesitant to start this book since I had so much trouble with finishing (really, starting) Zone One (from the same author) but I was pleasantly surprised that this immediately got my attention and I found myself compulsively reading it.  The story us about Cora, a slave in a plantation in Georgia.  Her mother had escaped when she was young and she is an outcast even from her fellow slaves.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #alternatehistory, #historicalfiction, black, Colson Whitehead

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #alternatehistory, #historicalfiction, black, Colson Whitehead ·
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Take a Whisk to a Gun Fight

January 3, 2018 by TyburnBlossom 1 Comment

I’m so angry at this book. Let me back up and start with all the amazing things this book has going for it. Let’s start with the description that first got my attention: black lesbian steampunk cozy mystery. For real, what’s not to love about that? How about that it’s set in an alternate history where there was no Civil War? Instead of the Civil War, there was a successful slave rebellion that led to the end of slavery in America? How about a late […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: alternate history, black, chocolate, cozy mystery, lesbian, steampunk

TyburnBlossom's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: alternate history, black, chocolate, cozy mystery, lesbian, steampunk ·
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Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

February 19, 2017 by borisanne 3 Comments

I’m taking on “The Dark Tower” series! It starts with The Gunslinger. It was reassuring to read King’s preface to the edition I picked up, in which he describes the creation of the story: he was very young, and he was very green, and it took him a very long time to finish the series. And then, as he finished, he went back and revised for clarity and consistency. I admire this, and appreciate it as a reader, and knowing that he was young and green […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: black, cbr9, desert, drought, evil, good, Gunslinger, King, knights, magic, sacrifice, squires, Stephen King, time travel, western, white

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: black, cbr9, desert, drought, evil, good, Gunslinger, King, knights, magic, sacrifice, squires, Stephen King, time travel, western, white ·
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