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Platonic love is love

Common Bonds by Claudie Arsenault

June 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking for a book about aromantic peoples. And I found a book about aromantic people called Common Bonds. As the publisher description says, this book is “featuring aromantic characters and centering platonic relationships.” The main editors are Claudie Arsenault, C. T. Callahan, B. R. Sanders, and RoAnna Sylver. It is heavy on the fantasy element, or realistic fantasy. Even if the story is more real (college students yapping away in their dorm room or hanging at the local bar) there can be supernatural […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: aromantic, B. R. Sanders, C. T. Callahan, Claudie Arsenault, GLBT, Platonic love, RoAnna Sylver, Sexual minorities, Sexuality

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:270 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: aromantic, B. R. Sanders, C. T. Callahan, Claudie Arsenault, GLBT, Platonic love, RoAnna Sylver, Sexual minorities, Sexuality ·
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Be Kind and Proud and Loud and You

The You Kind of Kind by Nina West

June 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nina West was introduced to me by RuPaul’s Drag Race. She was a contestant that was both loud and proud and actually had a dimmer switch. She would go from 1000 to 999 in 30 minutes or so. In other words, she was/is a Queen among Queens. And when I found that they had written a book, I was wondering which personality will they present? Nina West at 10,000 flew off the pages in The You Kind of Kind. Nina West is the stage name […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Andrew Levitt, GLBT, Hayden Evans, kindness, Nina West, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:269 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Andrew Levitt, GLBT, Hayden Evans, kindness, Nina West, Social Themes ·
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One loud and proud baby

Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This book is exactly how you would expect. Bye Bye Binary is loud. It is bright. It is bold. It is in your face. Even the narrator is loud. No, I did not listen to this on audio. But there is a voice. I could hear the baby of the story yelling all the things they are talking about. When the “outside of the frame voice” asks, “Is it a boy or girl?” The answer is a loud, “What is it to you?!?” scream. “It […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: babies, binary / non binary, Charlene Chua, Eric Geron, gender, GLBT, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:244 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: babies, binary / non binary, Charlene Chua, Eric Geron, gender, GLBT, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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Sequel love

Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman

Asadora! V03 by Naoki Urasawa

Magical History Tour #9: The Titanic by Fabrice Erre

March 24, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is rare a sequel is as good as the first. However, sometimes there is one that you like even more “just because” you do. Maybe it is because the character is your favorite, or maybe it is because you relate to the character, or the author really got into the story and is moving things along. These three books may or may not better than the first, but they are just as good. I was able to relate to Nick in Heartstopper: Volume Two. […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alice oseman, England, Fabrice Erre, flying, friendship, GLBT, Japan, monsters, Naoki Urasawa, Sylvain Savoia, Titanic

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:122 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: alice oseman, England, Fabrice Erre, flying, friendship, GLBT, Japan, monsters, Naoki Urasawa, Sylvain Savoia, Titanic ·
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Three strikes! You’re IN

Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congress Woman by Sharice Davids

December 14, 2021 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

She had “three strikes” against her: she was female, a Native American and queer. But that did not stop Sharice Davids. She took her passion, the support of friends, family, and her community, along with her “big voice,” and showed people what she could and would do. After a long, difficult, but I would suggest rewarding, journey, this allowed her to be one of the only Native American women elected to Congress and the first GLBTQ person to represent Kansas. Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History Tagged With: GLBT, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, kansas, Nancy K. Mays, native American, political, Politics & Government, Sharice Davids, Women legislators

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:421 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History · Tags: GLBT, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, kansas, Nancy K. Mays, native American, political, Politics & Government, Sharice Davids, Women legislators ·
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Jumping into the reviews with no warm up or aftercare.

All the Birds in the World by David Opie

Little Tree by Loren Lon

Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack

June 22, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Customer: I would like this book please. Me: Of course, it will be…. up to 4 weeks to get. Why? Because not all books are “books” in the book world and come from our “sidelines” vendors. (You just got a peak into the underbelly of the Bookstore World). But it was mostly worth the wait. All the Birds in the World is David Opie’s book of flight, fancy and birds. Putting fact and fiction together, our narrator gives us the bird(s). They talk about all […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: animals, Becca Human, birds, Daniel Haack, David Opie, GLBT, Isabel Galup, Loren Lon, Romance

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:208 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: animals, Becca Human, birds, Daniel Haack, David Opie, GLBT, Isabel Galup, Loren Lon, Romance ·
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