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Spicy pancake celebrations

Gingerbread Dreidels by Jane Breskin Zalben

Attack of the Scones (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk

Spicy Spicy Hot! by Lenny Wen

March 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t love food? I mean most people at least like it or have at least one thing they like. And if you know me, I like books as well as food. So when I can combine the two likes it is always fun.  I will start with Gingerbread Dreidels by Jane Breskin Zalben with illustrations by Thai Phuong. Due late August 2024 (read via an online reader copy), this picture book shows how we can have a lot of celebrations in our lives, and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Brenda Kearney, celebrations, christmas, culture, Diversity & Multicultural, family, friendship, good aliens, Hanukkah, Indonesian, Jane Breskin Zalben, Josh Funk, Lenny Wen, Stories in rhyme, Thai Phuong

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:75 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Brenda Kearney, celebrations, christmas, culture, Diversity & Multicultural, family, friendship, good aliens, Hanukkah, Indonesian, Jane Breskin Zalben, Josh Funk, Lenny Wen, Stories in rhyme, Thai Phuong ·
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530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be over

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

April 19, 2023 by Bothari43 4 Comments

Adrian’s stuff is so dense and layered, it’s hard to do a recap/overview. SO MUCH happens, and it’s all smart and dramatic and amazing! The world-building is so cool, the root-for-able characters and interesting plot are almost a bonus. Okay, enough gushing. The very very nutshell version: 40 years ago, ginormous alien ships (if you made a drinking game out of every time they’re described as ‘moon-sized,’ you’d be a puddle by the end) showed up and started making beautiful and deadly sculptures out of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, bad aliens, brain experiments, genetic augmentation, good aliens, intergalactic war, scruffy nerfherders

Bothari43's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, bad aliens, brain experiments, genetic augmentation, good aliens, intergalactic war, scruffy nerfherders ·
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