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I like the complex simplicity

Boy Here, Boy There by Chuck Groenink

October 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A recent lunchtime was a few small pieces of cold pepperoni pizza, a lime seltzer (I really don’t like seltzer but I’m expanding my literal tastes) and a few online books. One of those was Boy Here, Boy There by Chuck Groenink.  I will start with the ending of the book, or more specifically, the extras at the end. They talk about how Neanderthal and Homo sapiens were. Mostly focusing on Neanderthal, as the main character is a boy of a tribe of Neanderthals, we […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: Chuck Groenink, diversity, Multicultural, people, Prehistory

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:499 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: Chuck Groenink, diversity, Multicultural, people, Prehistory ·
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Slimy but oddly satisfying….

Hungry Jim by Laurel Snyder

September 4, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While reading Hungry Jim by Laurel Snyder, I was picking up on a vibe I could not really figure out. In the back of my head, I was thinking, “that’s um…. what is this style like?” It clicked after reading the authors afterwards. This book is a takeoff of Maurice Sendak’s work. And it does a good job of bringing that out but keeping Snyder’s voice. But since I am not a huge Sendak fan, I was not picking that up at first, but once […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chuck Groenink, Laurel Snyder, Maurice Sendak

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:353 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Chuck Groenink, Laurel Snyder, Maurice Sendak ·
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