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And you thought Bob Ross had happy little trees

The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee

May 22, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee has a mature theme. The ideas of how sweet and harsh life is might be above the traditional picture book crowd. As is the fact Lee is speaking of how there is happiness, sorrow and pain in life as we grow. The idea is simple at first look: the tree is growing and is a voyeur looking at the people on each floor. Time is shown to pass by the fact the tree (the narrator of their own story) tells you “When I was 10, 20, etc.) and you can see […]

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5/22/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:172 |

“I mean, you can know someone is dying on an intellectual level, but emotionally it hasn’t really hit you, and then when it does, that’s when you feel like sh**.”

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

May 14, 2019 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is typical Jesse Andrews. This style of writing is exactly like Haters (I read them in reverse). The nice thing is both are standalone titles. I read the paper edition but looked at the hardcover and movie cover editions and have to say, I like the bright yellow cover best. Then the hard cover as it makes the characters somewhat like I pictured them. However, the movie? Oh boy! I think they totally missed on what the characters should look like, but that’s Hollywood for ya! With that said, the book a mostly […]

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5/14/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:166 |

Paging Dr. Spencer Reed….. Your book isn’t so hot…but guess what?

Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belong, and Being Yourself by Matthew Gray Gubler

April 2, 2019 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

While Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belong, and Being Yourself is about a subject that is usually aimed at kids (be yourself and you will find your friends because your weirdness is okay! And that is because we are all weird in our own special way), seems to be more adult based. The story feels more mature than what this subject tends to be aimed out. And due to the fact, the size is not the traditional picture book size, but one of those gems you tend to find at the checkout of your favorite Independent bookstore, it is […]

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4/2/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:104 |

Two street musicians enter the pawn shop

The Posey Ring: A Love Story by Bob Graham

February 20, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Walking up the stairs to the Children’s Department this morning, I looked up and there was this fabulous looking book cover. Just bright and which was opening (mostly) my not yet awake eyes. I stood precariously on the high metal staircase to take a photo of how cool it looked sitting there. Waiting for a reader. I then finished up those stairs to place in my hand, that teasing copy of The Posey Ring: A Love Story by Bob Graham. The story itself feels almost like a translation (from the Scandinavian area or German) but is not. What I mean […]

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2/20/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:48 |

Nature of happiness

The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciute

February 1, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Fox on the Swing was created by Evelina Daciute and Ausra Kiudulaite. This creation of theirs has made the award scene say it has something about it that earned it the 2019 Batchelder Award. This winner, originally published in Lithuanian as “Laime Yra Lape,” is obviously not a book that was written in English first. You can feel the non-Western flow to the writing style. There is an obvious feeling of a translation, but everything does work as the translation was not choppy as sometimes they can be. The story is very much a combination of a modern theme […]

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2/1/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:32 |

What do you need more? A good book or a good hug? How about a book ABOUT a hug?

I Need a Hug by Aaron Blabey

January 23, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Need a Hug is a year-round reading book, but also a great book for the upcoming holiday of President’s Day! (Oh wait, wrong kind of snake). Kidding aside, it is a sweet Valentine’s Day book. That “prickly thing” (a porcupine) wants a hug! Just a little cuddle! But all the other characters (Joe and Ken and such) rhyme their very strong No! Along with running away. Quickly! But at the end they are all just as quickly coming back! Do they want a hug after all? (Enter another critter looking for a kiss). Spoiler: It is an obvious ending. […]

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1/23/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:23 |

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