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The Fox Warrior in us all

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

June 25, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha as an online reader. However, it was only a sample of about half of the graphic novel. I was both “OH! Now what????” and  “Eh…I get the idea…do I go on?” I decided to go on and asked at my local library for a copy. It took a bit, but it was mostly worth the wait. Ha is the delightful author of Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir. And though The Fox Maidens is fiction, I expected […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Asia, family, family secrets, fathers and daughters, fox demon, friendship, glbtq, identity, korea, martial arts, mythology, Robin Ha, women, women soldiers

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:286 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Asia, family, family secrets, fathers and daughters, fox demon, friendship, glbtq, identity, korea, martial arts, mythology, Robin Ha, women, women soldiers ·
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Home is where your body is

Homebody by Theo Parish

April 18, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Perhaps the first thing I noticed about Homebody (outside of the “removal of color” and the use of color in a non-traditional fashion) was how open Theo Parish’s story was. They are not giving you the “down and dirty details” (unless you count one of the cats giving themselves a um… down there … bath) but they allow you into their world. We also are not given all the “bad things,” just honesty that they were there. The third was, how they do not use […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Emotions & Feelings, glbtq, identity, Non-binary, Social Topics, Theo Parish, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:164 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Emotions & Feelings, glbtq, identity, Non-binary, Social Topics, Theo Parish, transgender ·
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Writing for you and me and herself

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy

February 28, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have not read a lot of Huda Fahmy’s works, but what I do know is that they are an important voice in today’s literary world. Not because she is a woman or because she is Muslim, but because she is someone who is writing about experiences we all face.  I picked up Huda F Are You? (by the way, her mother hates the title) because I found an autographed copy. And while I thought Fahmy would focus more on her religious relationship, the story […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: coming-of-age, Dearborn, family, friendship, Huda Fahmy, identity, Michigan, Muslim, Muslim girls, perceptions, school, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:63 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: coming-of-age, Dearborn, family, friendship, Huda Fahmy, identity, Michigan, Muslim, Muslim girls, perceptions, school, siblings ·
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Among misfits you’re family

Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault

January 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was cleaning out my old online reader links (once again…. this is going to take longer than I thought) and found Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault. I had thought I had lost this link, but I was excited to see that I had not. This book has been something I have wanted to read since I first saved the link, but never had the opportunity to read it. And the wait was mostly worth it. This is a terribly cute story about family and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, friendship, identity, Kay Davault, magic, monsters, Secrecy & secrets, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:13 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, identity, Kay Davault, magic, monsters, Secrecy & secrets, Social Themes ·
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An education in who you are

The Airless Year by Adam P. Knave

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

After reading The Airless Year I realized two things, first I had wanted to read it awhile back, but had forgotten about it; and second it was not what I expected. I was not sure what I thought this book was about, but not this. Adam P. Knave, Valentine Barker, and Frank Cvetkovic have created one of the first (if not only) books I have read where the parental units are not all “lovey dove we believe in you happy happy you’re a genius” towards […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam P. Knave, family, Frank Cvetkovic, friendship, glbtq, identity, music, parents, self-esteem, Social Themes, Valentine Barker

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:672 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Young Adult · Tags: Adam P. Knave, family, Frank Cvetkovic, friendship, glbtq, identity, music, parents, self-esteem, Social Themes, Valentine Barker ·
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An unorthodox biography for an unorthodox princess

Diana: My Graphic Obsession by Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth

March 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport (other country English princess/Canadian author), Awhile back I contacted the company Street Noise for a few reader copies and put myself on their radar so I could receive emails from Liz like she sent the other day. This email was promoting a mid-June 2023 graphic novel release called Diana: My Graphic Obsession by Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth. Attached was an online reader link and boy did I want to read it. But I was at work and must wait. When I finally etched out reading time, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Contemporary Women, Diana Frances Spence, Diana Princess of Wales, English Royalty, glbtq, identity, Princess Diana, Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:187 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, Contemporary Women, Diana Frances Spence, Diana Princess of Wales, English Royalty, glbtq, identity, Princess Diana, Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth ·
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