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> Tag: growing up

Abstract idea in a concrete book

Enough Is… by Jessica Whipple

November 25, 2022 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

Jessica Whipple’s text in Enough Is… not my usual read. I enjoyed it, but I am not “jumping up and down” over it. However, Nicole Wong’s illustrations were perfectly sweet and worth the time to read them. That is not to say Whipple’s text is not good, just not for me at the time of reading. This book is aimed at a modern reader with classic sensibilities. The idea is a good one with the theme of consumption and how it is flashy, and noisy […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: growing up, Jessica Whipple, Nicole Wong, Social Theme

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:572 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: growing up, Jessica Whipple, Nicole Wong, Social Theme ·
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Grandma’s story

When I Was a Fairy by Tom Silson

June 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Like I said, Nobrow Press is really getting my reading flowing. We have When I Was a Fairy. Like the grandfather and his high-seas tall tales in When I Was a Pirate by Tom Silson we now have a grandmother telling a fairy tale about her youth and when she flew and soared as a fairy. Now, I was okay with the story until the very end. It should have ended about three pages sooner or swapped those last three or so pages. However, it is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ewa Poklewska-Koziello, frandmohters, grandparents, growing up, imagination, Social Themes, Tom Silson

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:286 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ewa Poklewska-Koziello, frandmohters, grandparents, growing up, imagination, Social Themes, Tom Silson ·
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oh Sally, I don’t know about this one

Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney

December 22, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 13 Comments

At times transcendent, but at others cringe-worthy. In Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney crawls so far into her own butthole that she manages to shout out of her mouth “do not look at my talking butthole! You don’t know me!”- and once in a while she says something so beautiful that you wind up saying “thank you so much, butthole!”. Reading this book was a journey, to say the least. Originally, I picked it up on Pub Day and tore right in; I adored Normal […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bad relationships, conversations with friends, Depression, growing up, new release, Normal People, post-college, Sally Rooney, self-sabotage, success

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:80 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bad relationships, conversations with friends, Depression, growing up, new release, Normal People, post-college, Sally Rooney, self-sabotage, success ·
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“something that combines the majesty of enya with the mystery of…enya”

Giant Days, Vol. 4 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar

Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar

Giant Days, Vol. 6 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar

June 14, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

A really fun thing about failing to write reviews in a timely manner means that I get to go back and re-experience the joys of comics in order to accurately recount my thoughts! Hooray! It’s harder when I procrastinate with novels, but digging back through volumes of comics is far from the worst way to kickstart a writing project! Unluckily? Luckily? I have nearly a dozen Giant Days to catch up on, so I can relive their adventures while I hunch over my keyboard on this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adulthood, Bad Macnhinery, college, dorm life, Eisner Award, festival, first loves, friendship, giant days, growing up, john allison, John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, lgtbqia, life lessons, Max Sarin, music festival, scary go round, sequential art, sequential arts, university, Whitney Cogar

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adulthood, Bad Macnhinery, college, dorm life, Eisner Award, festival, first loves, friendship, giant days, growing up, john allison, John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, lgtbqia, life lessons, Max Sarin, music festival, scary go round, sequential art, sequential arts, university, Whitney Cogar ·
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I’m a cat person, Beanie, but I still love you.

What’s Up Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics by Alina Tysoe

June 11, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you see the title, What’s Up Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics and only see the word Beanie as that was the nickname of your best friend growing up (we meet the night before the first day of kindergarten and in true kid form the next day we said, “I know you! You’re my friend!” and the rest was BFFs for several years and a around 40-year off/on friendship) you know you must pick it up. The book starts with Baby Beanie, a four-year-old who comes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Alina Tysoe, dogs, family, friendship, growing up, Internet & Social Media

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:173 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Alina Tysoe, dogs, family, friendship, growing up, Internet & Social Media ·
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Lights, Camera, Jersey Devil and the Gang

The Big Break by Mark Tatulli

February 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This review of The Big Break has a few almost spoilers. This graphic novel of Mark Tatulli’s is about two best friends who have a falling out. They have been best friends forever, and when one starts to branch out and has a new friend, things are no so great for the old friendship or their trying to get together to create their movie for the big contest. Therefore, you have read this tale before. You know the idea, “It is okay to have new […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: friendship, growing up, Jersey Devil, Mark Tatulli, movies/movie making

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:82 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: friendship, growing up, Jersey Devil, Mark Tatulli, movies/movie making ·
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