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“It’s still true”

Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt

April 11, 2021 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In the early pandemic times, when I had that “new pandemic energy,” I started reading the first books of The Babysitter’s Club series on Facebook live, adding in my own color commentary. It was a hit, I mean TENS of people tuned in (heh). Like a lot of new quirky pandemic hobbies (I’m looking at you, sourdough starter) it soon lost it’s luster and I only made it like 2 and a half books in, and I stowed the books on my book shelf in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Childhood Favorites, Cynthia Voigt, family, homecoming, Newbery, siblings, Tillerman Cycle

ardaigle's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Childhood Favorites, Cynthia Voigt, family, homecoming, Newbery, siblings, Tillerman Cycle ·
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Sorry the image is blurry, but it kinda fits the book….

I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin

April 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Left the House Today! declares Cassandra Calin. Yet, if she leaves too often, she will only have about half of what she writes about in this delightful little book. Of course, sometimes she must be dragged out there blinking and wondering what is going on, but regardless of if she is in or out, she always has something to say. In Calin’s relatable comics of everyday issues humor, pain and reality are put into (no more than four) panels. Calin talks leg hair, parents […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: boyfriends, Cassandra Calin, family, friends, life, social situation

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:133 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novel/Comic, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: boyfriends, Cassandra Calin, family, friends, life, social situation ·
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As Chang says: Don’t Yuck another’s Yum

Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too! by Maggie P. Chang

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too! was not something that looked like a must read. Afterall, it seemed obvious: it was going to be about a girl who carries a lunch box and there will be some issue with it: classmates think she is a “baby” for having a lunch box. Or someone was going to bully her, and the lunchbox was going to take the brunt of the abuse. However, as the adage goes: Don’t judge a book by its cover. Geraldine is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic Tagged With: differences, Ethnic food, family, friends, Maggie P. Chang, school, Social Themes, Taiwanese Americans

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:126 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic · Tags: differences, Ethnic food, family, friends, Maggie P. Chang, school, Social Themes, Taiwanese Americans ·
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When Langston Found Langston

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome is an interesting look at the late 1940s, Chicago, growing up and literature that was way too short. I would have enjoyed more of the history of the time and seen a bigger connection to the two people called Langston. Still, I enjoyed what I read but, like I said, there needed to be more: more of the history of the times (Why were the black families moving north? Why were the soldiers were coming back? Even the fact that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss ·
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Water, water every where you look and everything to see

The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire

March 15, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I missed the morning meeting where my coworker mentioned the book The Underwater Welder as part of her book review, but the in the minutes she mentioned that Jeff Lemire’s book was one that she had reread as it was one of her favorite books. And though I only read the minutes, there was something about those few words, and the fact I know some of her reading style, her passion about books, that made me ask to borrow her copy. I put it aside […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Canada, family, Fathers and sons, Jeff Lemire, life changing events, Nova Scotia, Oil well drilling rigs, Underwater welding and cutting

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:116 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Canada, family, Fathers and sons, Jeff Lemire, life changing events, Nova Scotia, Oil well drilling rigs, Underwater welding and cutting ·
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