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Running straight into the mouth of danger….screaming all the way

Skull Cat (Book One): Skull Cat and the Curious Castle by Norman Shurtliff

May 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is Scully the Cat’s first day as the new garden-keeper at a spooky castle. And by his second day, everyone has gone missing. Is it ghosts? Vampires? Goblins? Dark Sorcerers? Something worse?  You now know the tone of Skull Cat (Book One): Skull Cat and the Curious Castle by Norman Shurtliff. It is just off-the-walls bonkers. Scully is a clumsy, loving son, who is not cut out for adventure. But of course, he lands face first into it. And so much more. With his […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventures, castles, Cats, family, friendship, Gardeners, heroes, jobs, legends, magic, Norman Shurtliff

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:200 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventures, castles, Cats, family, friendship, Gardeners, heroes, jobs, legends, magic, Norman Shurtliff ·
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The Final MaddAddam

June 5, 2017 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So this is the final book in the MaddAddam trilogy.  I was so-so on book 1, and I loved book 2.  I felt like the second book tied together all of the crap you had to sit through in the first book.  Then the third book ties it together even more, and even wraps everything up. Here are a few things I learned along the way, and stuff I took note of.  I don’t think that’s a great sentence, but it’s Monday, so CUT ME […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, Gardeners, Margaret Atwood

kfishgirl's CBR9 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, Gardeners, Margaret Atwood ·
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Part 2 of the MaddAddam trilogy – much better than part 1!

May 16, 2017 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Gardeners, MaddAddam trilogy, Margaret Atwood

kfishgirl's CBR9 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Gardeners, MaddAddam trilogy, Margaret Atwood ·
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