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The King is Dead and Secrets Will Roll

The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean

February 27, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Taken from a review found online:  Sometimes I find it really hard to rate a book, and The King is Dead is one of them. A lot of my friends had already read it and almost unanimously gave it three stars. Their conclusion: a nice story, but … a bit boring and a rushed ending, a fun read but off pacing, a solid book but lacking subtlety, you name it. And I can understand them all. And still … I found The King Is Dead […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Benjamin Dean, brothers, England, family, friendship, great britain, LGBTQ, Racism, royalty, rulers, siblings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:120 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Benjamin Dean, brothers, England, family, friendship, great britain, LGBTQ, Racism, royalty, rulers, siblings, Social Themes ·
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Two siblings and their adventure

Afar by Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts

January 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I realized I had read Afar by Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts a few pages in. However, when I went to put the book in my counting site, I lost my notes/rating/etc. From before for it. Therefore, I am not sure what my original thoughts were. I do remember enjoying it, but obviously not enough to remember I had read it before. Then, I only remembered a few parts making it more of a first time read and anything that was familiar […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: astral projection, brothers, family, Kit Seaton, Leila del Duca, Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, space & time, Taneka Stotts

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: astral projection, brothers, family, Kit Seaton, Leila del Duca, Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, space & time, Taneka Stotts ·
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The (rear) end

My Brother's Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez

December 24, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Just in time for the Halloween season (or more accurately, late summer 2025), My Brother’s Butt Is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and illustrated by James Rey Sanchez will be out. Hopefully. I mean someone could raise a stink and say it is inappropriate, it is a real foul bomb or something. I mean, many people will think this is a gas, but you know people can sometimes not get into the spirit of things. When two brothers go to spend the night together at their […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Mystery Tagged With: brothers, Dan Poblocki, Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez, haunting, James Rey Sanchez, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:614 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Mystery · Tags: brothers, Dan Poblocki, Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez, haunting, James Rey Sanchez, Social Themes ·
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Finding wings

Bird by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Through the site that I get most of my online readers, I found several older titles. And by older I mean as far back as even 2002. The publisher was reissuing a few things I was assuming, but that is always fun as you never know what you will find. One of those books, that I almost did not read, was Bird by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. This was one from 2017. This book was at first something that seemed […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: art, brothers, death & grief, drawing, family, grandfathers, grandparents, Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood, Shadra Strickland, siblings, Social Themes, substance abuse

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:373 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: art, brothers, death & grief, drawing, family, grandfathers, grandparents, Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood, Shadra Strickland, siblings, Social Themes, substance abuse ·
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Teamwork ain’t always dreamwork

Control Freaks by J.E. Thomas

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The novel Control Freaks by J.E. Thomas has been said to be (via the publisher description) “What if Louis Sachar’s Wayside School were a little less wacky (but is as funny).” I am not sure if that fits this story, but I would say “What if a book that deals with super smart kids was set in middle school, where STEM is the core and things are a bit wacky.” And the students include: one who is called The Shark, one who is always changing […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: brothers, diversity, extended family, family, friendship, J.E. Thomas, school, siblings, Social Themes, STEM, stepfamilies

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:370 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: brothers, diversity, extended family, family, friendship, J.E. Thomas, school, siblings, Social Themes, STEM, stepfamilies ·
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Camp and Doggies

Camp Nowhere #1: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow by Lea Taddonio

PAWS: Priya Puts Herself First by Nathan Fairbairn

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two books that found their way to my reading pile recently were one of my least favorite reads this year (so far), and the other was one that helped take out a lot of my “it’s an icky world out there” feelings away. As I said, I think  Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Camp Nowhere #1) by Lea Taddonio and illustrator Michelle Lamoreaux is one of my least favorite reads this year.  I borrowed these statements from other reviewers.   * “combine the idea of a comic […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Sports Tagged With: brothers, friendship, Lea Taddonio, Michele Assarasakorn, Michelle Lamoreaux, MSASSYK, Nathan Fairbairn, siblings, Social Themes, summer camp

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:360 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Sports · Tags: brothers, friendship, Lea Taddonio, Michele Assarasakorn, Michelle Lamoreaux, MSASSYK, Nathan Fairbairn, siblings, Social Themes, summer camp ·
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