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A puggle and a couple poodles discuss important concepts

What Are You? by Christian Trimmer

May 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You get right to the point of the matter with What Are You? Well, okay it takes a couple minutes (after all doggies must play and you can ask questions afterwards). But soon the poodles that a young puggle is playing with ask The Question, “What are you?” Our hero replies, “Dog.” But no, that is not good enough for them. As this young pup looks nothing like what dogs look like. Or do they? Dealing with the “Where are you Really From?” or “Are […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, Christian Trimmer, Diversity & Multicultural, dogs, friendship, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:193 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, Christian Trimmer, Diversity & Multicultural, dogs, friendship, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes ·
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A book about a cute bat and their cute squirrel friend

Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies.

May 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies. Therefore, every so often I pick up one of their new books (or read again an older one). This summer, we will add Little Bat Up All Day to the line up of batty good times. This time we have Little Bat on a new adventure. Curious about what the animals do during the daytime, Little Bat decides to stay up all day. At first, things are confusing and scary. After all Little Bat is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Bats, Brian Lies, day vs night, friendship, Social Themes, squirrels

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:190 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Bats, Brian Lies, day vs night, friendship, Social Themes, squirrels ·
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“He really does have very nice biscuits.”

Finlay Donovan Knockes 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2) by Elle Cosimano

April 27, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I love this series. I’m so happy there will be at least two more books full of wacky hijinks, dead body disposal, panicking over money, BFF frandship moments between Finlay and Vero, meta commentary, and I’m sure stuff I can’t even predict because this series is chaos. Beautiful chaos. Finlay Donovan, romantic suspense and crime author, keeps getting herself into these situations involving real life crime. It’s been several months since the first book, and it seems this time around, someone has taken a hit […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: black comedy, crime, Elle Cosimano, farce, finlay donovan, finlay donovan knocks 'em dead, friendship, mystery, narfna, Suspense

narfna's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: black comedy, crime, Elle Cosimano, farce, finlay donovan, finlay donovan knocks 'em dead, friendship, mystery, narfna, Suspense ·
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Sing or dig?

Song of the Court by Katy Farina

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Song of the Court by Katy Farina is a cute story about being true to yourself. It might be a bit sugary sweet for some (probably mostly adults and/or older readers), but for the ages six to eight crowd, and if the reader is more “girly” in their tastes, it is right up their alley. There are princesses, music, gardening, best friends, and a lot more. The illustrations are bold, but not necessarily to extreme. Farina makes them in an anime format, that has hints […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Fairy Tales, friendship, Katy Farina, music, princesses, violin

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:180 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Fairy Tales, friendship, Katy Farina, music, princesses, violin ·
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When book two makes you get the other series and book one….

The Only Living Girl V02: Beneath the Unseen City by David Gallaher

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I missed that the book I had in my hand was a book two when I picked up The Only Living Girl V02: Beneath the Unseen City by David Gallaher. However, it was not as difficult to follow as you might think. Of course, the “previously on “The Only Living Girl” recap did assist me in knowing where I was, but it would have been much better to have read first the “The Only Living Boy” series (which seems to introduce not only a few […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, David Gallaher, friendship, Steve Ellis, survival story

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:177 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, David Gallaher, friendship, Steve Ellis, survival story ·
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So, I read this book and these are my thoughts on it

Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas

April 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I read about Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas. I then said I had to get a copy. Therefore, since I work at a bookstore and was sitting at my desk with extremely convenient access to the tools needed to make said order, I ordered a copy. A few days later, said book came in. My coworker thought the concept of getting lifetime passes to the Disney-like amusement park central to the plot of this graphic novel (by getting a “old person” to die while they […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: art, Claudia Aguirre, family, fashion, friendship, movies, Social Themes, Terry Blas

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:172 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: art, Claudia Aguirre, family, fashion, friendship, movies, Social Themes, Terry Blas ·
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