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Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World (World Celebrations) by Kate Depalma

May 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Every November for as long as I could remember, my family celebrated Thanksgiving. We did not really have the “adult” or “kid” table assignments, but we just naturally drifted to the table with the kids. I mean, I had older cousins, they were cool to hang out with.  And maybe we did not celebrate being thankful for the harvest, like the people in Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World (World Celebrations), but as I kid, I liked being with said cousins and as an […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: celebrations, Harvest, Kate Depalma, Martina Peluso

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:189 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: celebrations, Harvest, Kate Depalma, Martina Peluso ·
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Don’t Fear The Reaper…..

January 14, 2014 by popcultureboy Leave a Comment

And so my Booker Prize Longlist Challenge of 2013 continues into 2014. Thanks to a random Kindle price slashing day, all but one of the longlist dropped to 99p, and I’d be a fool not to take advantage. So brace yourselves for an onslaught of Really Worthy Books, people! First up is the apparently now retired Jim Crace. If you love historical novels, dive in. If you’re ambivalent, you’ll remain so after reading this I reckon. Full review is on my blog here.  

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #CBR6, Booker prize, Harvest, historical fiction, Jim Crace

popcultureboy's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: History · Tags: #CBR6, Booker prize, Harvest, historical fiction, Jim Crace ·
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