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Running straight into the mouth of danger….screaming all the way

Skull Cat (Book One): Skull Cat and the Curious Castle by Norman Shurtliff

May 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is Scully the Cat’s first day as the new garden-keeper at a spooky castle. And by his second day, everyone has gone missing. Is it ghosts? Vampires? Goblins? Dark Sorcerers? Something worse?  You now know the tone of Skull Cat (Book One): Skull Cat and the Curious Castle by Norman Shurtliff. It is just off-the-walls bonkers. Scully is a clumsy, loving son, who is not cut out for adventure. But of course, he lands face first into it. And so much more. With his […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventures, castles, Cats, family, friendship, Gardeners, heroes, jobs, legends, magic, Norman Shurtliff

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:200 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventures, castles, Cats, family, friendship, Gardeners, heroes, jobs, legends, magic, Norman Shurtliff ·
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Best Story about Lovers EVER!

Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories by Ray Russell

February 4, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

I hadn’t heard of Russell until I saw this Penguin edition somewhere. I love castles with ghosts in them, or at least I love reading about them and visiting them in the daylight. Not sure, if I would like to spend a night in one. So of course, I had to get it and eventually read it. The fact that Russell worked for Playboy does show in a few of the stories – one or two stories have a link with sex and violence. The […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: CannonballRead11, castles, Ray Russell

Chris's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Horror · Tags: CannonballRead11, castles, Ray Russell ·
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Undermajordomo Minor

A Young Man, a Castle & a Very Deep Hole

January 26, 2017 by G.D. Giant 4 Comments

Let me first just say that I am very much a fan of Patrick DeWitt. His previous book, The Sisters Brothers, delighted me with its quirky weirdness.  And Undermajordomo Minor does the same.  It’s definitely quirky, definitely weird and, like The Sisters Brothers, quite funny.  Especially if you have a sort of weird sense of humor. Undermajordomo Minor tells the story of Lucien (Lucy) Minor who leaves his home village of Bury because he doesn’t feel he has any reason to stay.  His father has passed away, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: absurd, castles, funny, patrick dewitt, puppies, weird humor

G.D. Giant's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: absurd, castles, funny, patrick dewitt, puppies, weird humor ·
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