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Based on the Icelandic tradition of Jólabóka-flóðið

The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore

December 8, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore celebrates Jolabokaflod in a special way. This is a delightfully illustrated book, by Kitty Moss, about the joys of finding the right book as the right gift, and the family that you give it too. Then, while reading on Christmas eve with you hot chocolate (or chocolate bar), we see how the spirit of the season is among us. Based on the Icelandic tradition, we have a diverse family, their friends, and community waiting and getting ready for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Books, celebrations, christmas, Emily Kilgore, family, holidays, Iceland, jolabokaflod, Kitty Moss, reading

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:590 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Books, celebrations, christmas, Emily Kilgore, family, holidays, Iceland, jolabokaflod, Kitty Moss, reading ·
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A Remembrance of Things Past

Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond by Larry McMurtry

August 17, 2022 by Halbs 1 Comment

I have great affection for everything about this book: the Dairy Queen cover photo, the West Texas rumination, the author’s cherishing of books and words. What a delicious book. That DQ photo reminds me of the Dairy Queen I’d often stop at in Goldthwaite, Texas, at the intersection of Highway 183 and 16. I used to go there as a teenager when driving to college. Now I take my own kids there now when passing through. A DQ can be a cultural hub in a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Books, Country Life, Larry McMurtry, reading, Texas

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Books, Country Life, Larry McMurtry, reading, Texas ·
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So Practically Perfect it is Perfect

Once Upon a Book by Kate Messner and Grace Lin

July 26, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo New Level 2 (coming in February 2023)  The only thing that could make this book (Once Upon a Book) cooler is if Tomie de Paola was somehow involved. But since, sadly, he is no longer with us, this cannot not humanly be any better. Because Grace Lin and Kate Messner are perfection as it is solo, therefore, together they are out of this world awesome! This is a sweet book about imagination and some far out fantastic illustrations. The colors pop off the page, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Books, cbr14bingo, family, Grace Lin, imagination, Kate Messner, Kate Messner and Grace Lin

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:397 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Books, cbr14bingo, family, Grace Lin, imagination, Kate Messner, Kate Messner and Grace Lin ·
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I think I’d like to be Flora’s aunt

Rosetown Summer by Cynthia Rylant

July 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Font Level Two Cynthia Rylant is known for their cute, young stories. If you like having a Happily Ever After ending you will usually get it. And Rosetown Summer is no exception. This adorable novella is a book two (Rosetown was book one in the Rosetown Books) that can be read as a standalone. The joys of the familiar mix with the fear of the unknown and change, but as our main character travels along the road from fourth to fifth grades, she learns […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: 1973, Books, cbr14bingo, Courage, Cynthia Rylant, fears, friendship, Indiana, music, reading, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:382 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: 1973, Books, cbr14bingo, Courage, Cynthia Rylant, fears, friendship, Indiana, music, reading, Social Themes ·
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Clearly going to be one of my favourite books of the year

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

July 4, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

You know in a lot of romantic comedies, the hero already has a girlfriend, but she’s stern, and demanding and seems to have absolutely no feelings that don’t revolve around her career and probably living in the big city? The woman who eventually gets left, so the hero can get with the charming, free-spirited, understanding and much more laid-back heroine of the rom-com? Nora Stephens is that woman. She loves her life in New York City, she loves her Peloton bike, she loves her designer […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Book Lovers, Books, cbr14, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, New York City, small town life

Malin's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Book Lovers, Books, cbr14, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, New York City, small town life ·
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I have a secret I want to share

Nour’s Secret Library by Wafa’ Tarnowska

February 8, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nour’s Secret Library is a book that is about the power of books, the power of one person, the power of a community and how we can learn from each other instead of fighting. The emotional and chaotic images by Vali Mintzi show the ugly of war but also the hope people can find when looking. Wafa’ Tarnowska took a true event (children of Syria finding books and making a hidden library for anyone who wished to partake of books of many languages and subjects, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Books, Current Events, library, reading, Syria, Vali Mintzi, Wafa’ Tarnowska, war

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Books, Current Events, library, reading, Syria, Vali Mintzi, Wafa’ Tarnowska, war ·
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