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We’re best friends! And cats. And vampires.

Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have wanted to read Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho for about two weeks now. Or ever since I saw the advanced reader copy I found. It is a silly book about two vampire cats, a ghost and their town. For the adult reader there isn’t a lot of bite, but for kids it is worth the reading trip. This is for about ages 5 to young 8-9. It works as a read aloud or a first solo read with help, and the older […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: animals, beginner readers, Cats, friendship, Jannie Ho, Money, money making projects, vampires

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:150 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: animals, beginner readers, Cats, friendship, Jannie Ho, Money, money making projects, vampires ·
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“If Thunderclan is to survive, we must have new warriors” — Great Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Classic Series!

Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

February 16, 2025 by GentleRain 1 Comment

I’ve already written at length here before how much I enjoy Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter’s work, so it’s no surprise that I was thrilled to see this at the bookstore. I was even more thrilled to realize this is the first of three planned books, so I have two more to look forward to when they publish! Any time artists I’ve been following for a while get a multi book deal, especially to work on a famous media property, I am hopeful this means […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, Cats, Graphic Novel, middle grade, Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, warrior cats

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, Cats, Graphic Novel, middle grade, Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, warrior cats ·
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Carl and Donut’s Guide to Dungeon Crawling as Reality TV

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

February 8, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve had Dungeon Crawler Carl on my TBR for a while (picked it up as retail therapy not too long ago, but it’s been on a list for good bit longer), and then there was a spike of reviews on here, so now here’s my take. I kind of do get the hype; there’s humor but it’s kind of dark by necessity, there’s hope in the midst of tragedy and chaos, and it’s mostly pretty entertaining. The basic story feels kind of like a mish-mash […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, apocalyptic, Cats, D&D, deadliest game, dungeon crawl, Dungeon crawler Carl, dungeons, dystopia, Matt Dinniman, sci-fi, speculative

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, apocalyptic, Cats, D&D, deadliest game, dungeon crawl, Dungeon crawler Carl, dungeons, dystopia, Matt Dinniman, sci-fi, speculative ·
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“My name is Maruru. Due to certain circumstances, I’m living my life as a stray.”

Cat Companions Maru and Hachi (Volume 1) by Yuri Sonoda

Cat Companions Maru and Hachi (Volume 2) by Yuri Sonoda

February 5, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi is a deceptively cute portrayal of the life and death struggles that street cats endure. Maruru is a purebred house cat who runs out of his house to chase sparrows and can’t find his way back home. Life as a stray cat is full of dangers that he did not expect, from the near impossibility of getting food and clean drinking water to trying to keep from freezing to death in the winter. He runs across an experienced street cat, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Cats, friendship, manga, Yuri Sonoda

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Cats, friendship, manga, Yuri Sonoda ·
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I picked a couple fun images from online, but the whole book I wish I could publish here!

Monster Cats Vol. 1? by Pandania

February 5, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What can you say about a book that is titled, Monster Cats Vol. 1? Well, you can say it is by Pandania. You can say it is fun, cute and silly. It is an easy to read manga comic that talks about, in a conversational format, about the “narrator” and their particular monster cats. No, they are not cats who have monster personalities, but are actual monsters: vampires, invisible man (woman?) cat, a yeti, sirens, and even mimics and moving chests. To be read in the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Cats, East Asian Style, Japan, manga, monsters, Occult & Supernatural, Pandania

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:75 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Cats, East Asian Style, Japan, manga, monsters, Occult & Supernatural, Pandania ·
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Feline funnies and a menagerie of creatures

Cockatiels for Two: A Book of Cat Cartoons by Leo Cullum

Tequila Mockingbird: A Book of Animal Cartoons by Leo Cullum

February 5, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago one of my cousins texted me to inform me that she left some books at her mothers place she thought I might like. I thanked her but then forgot about it. A few days later, there were a few books on the table (my dad had stopped by her place and was elected the delivery boy). They were these larger, square, white covered books called Cockatiels for Two: A Book of Cat Cartoons by Leo Cullum and Tequila Mockingbird: A Book […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: American wit, animals, Cats, Leo Cullum

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:73 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: American wit, animals, Cats, Leo Cullum ·
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    Definitely skipping that one. Never read it.
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