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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Depression, But Make it Funny

Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel

February 25, 2026 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

Small Admissions, by Amy Peoppel, is a contemporary novel set in New York City and supposedly features a group of friends trying to help one of the group get back on her feet. I say “supposedly” because one friend, Chloe, makes the entire situation about herself. In fact, she’s the only character written in first-person, even though she is not the main character. Angela, the sister of the actual main character, tries to help, but mostly just nags and criticizes. And Vicki/Victoria is a completely […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Amy Poeppel, contemporary fiction, family and friendship, Mental Health, NYC

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Amy Poeppel, contemporary fiction, family and friendship, Mental Health, NYC ·
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“No one ever believes me when I tell them my uncle Earl owns a museum.”

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

November 1, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This is very readable and I’m glad I picked it up randomly at Barnes & Noble, but it didn’t live up to my hopes. I enjoyed Paladin’s Grace so much that I figured I’d see how Kingfisher did at horror. The Hollow Places follows Kara as she tries to recover from her recent divorce. She comes back to her small hometown to live with her uncle, who runs the Wonder Museum, full of taxidermy, Bigfoot memorabilia, and a picture of the Pope made of sunflower […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: body horror, family and friendship, family ties, horror, interdimensional horror, mother daughter relationships, t kingfisher

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:123 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: body horror, family and friendship, family ties, horror, interdimensional horror, mother daughter relationships, t kingfisher ·
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Pizza, outdoors and friends

Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3 by Mika Song

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco 

September 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A slice of pizza or an adventure with a lion? Which do you prefer? Well, if you like to read, you do not have to choose!  You can pick up either of the early-to-mid-readers for you and your child/children. Both books are aimed at least ages five and up to be read to, but at least six and up could start reading solo (and/or assistance). Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3) by Mika Song is a series that is still cute, but for the adult […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: animals, Binglin Hu, family and friendship, Mika Song, rosemary mosco

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:501 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: animals, Binglin Hu, family and friendship, Mika Song, rosemary mosco ·
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If Mr. Fantastic and Captain Marvel were combined

Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

July 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Series Level 1 She might be a superhero with pretty cool powers, but she is still 16 and has a curfew. I have read one other Ms. Marvel graphic novel/comic and was not totally impressed. I think that was because the character in the other book was a kid and Kamala in Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal is a teenager, and somehow being a superhero is more believable to me if you are at least old enough to drive. I had no idea […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Adrian Alphona, cbr14bingo, family and friendship, G Willow Wilson, marvel, Social Theme, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:384 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Adrian Alphona, cbr14bingo, family and friendship, G Willow Wilson, marvel, Social Theme, superheroes ·
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When defeating monsters and saving princesses is not enough

The Flower of the Witch by Enrico Orlandi

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you want a good story about “becoming a man” but one that might be bit more modern than you are used to? In which “becoming a man” might not mean what we think at first? Then you should try The Flower of the Witch by Enrico Orlandi (and translated by Jamie Richards). And while I try not to start on a less-than-positive note, I will say the language was a little stiff at first. But soon your reading ear should fall into the pattern […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Coming-of-age comics, Defeating monsters and saving princesses, Enrico Orlandi, Fairy Tales, family and friendship, folklore, Jamie Richards, Legends & Mythology, paranormal

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:178 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Coming-of-age comics, Defeating monsters and saving princesses, Enrico Orlandi, Fairy Tales, family and friendship, folklore, Jamie Richards, Legends & Mythology, paranormal ·
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So mom went to the US to study, and all I got was a year of coming-of-age

A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sadly, sometimes a book has run its course with us at the store and we prep it for returns. Occasionally, I grab one (or six, but this review is about just one) and see if I can give it a second chance.  And while I cannot give A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova a second chance at the store, I can let you fine folks know about it. I did not love this book. Part novel, part picture book, part graphic novel, part art […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Dasha Tolstikova, family and friendship, Moscow, Moscow (Russia), Russia (Federation), school

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:318 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Dasha Tolstikova, family and friendship, Moscow, Moscow (Russia), Russia (Federation), school ·
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