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Not velvet, more like scratchy polyester

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

November 2, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

e   Having really enjoyed Moreno-Garcia’s novel, Mexican Gothic, I ordered Velvet Was the Night excitedly, hopeful for another arresting story that was gripping from the start. Unfortunately, that was not what I got from this book. It took me much longer to get into it, and I may have set myself up for disappointment since I was holding it up to Mexican Gothic. It took me several days to finish this book, which isn’t the case with a book I am actively enjoying, I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: latine, Latinx, mexican, mystery, period piece, silvia moreno-garcia, thriller

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: latine, Latinx, mexican, mystery, period piece, silvia moreno-garcia, thriller ·
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Please read this book.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

October 2, 2021 by Ellesfena 4 Comments

CBR Bingo: They/She/He (author and one of the main characters are trans) A book like this makes me thankful for CBR because I get to talk about something that made me so happy. Cemetery Boys is a delight. Yadriel is a teenager in a family of brujx. They want him to follow in their footsteps, but the problem is they’re having some trouble accepting that Yadriel is a boy who wants to become a brujo (rather than a girl who should become a bruja). Determined to prove […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aiden Thomas, cbr13bingo, Latinx, LGBTQ, trans author

Ellesfena's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aiden Thomas, cbr13bingo, Latinx, LGBTQ, trans author ·
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A House in Pieces

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

September 9, 2021 by Ale Leave a Comment

While a classic, I’ve never gotten around to reading The House on Mango Street, but my mentor wants to add it to our class reading list and has asked me to teach it. I blew through it in about six hours, and I don’t know why I’ve avoided this book for such a long time. Like many classics, I’d heard the title bandied about in conversation, but never any details about the plot, and my idea of what this books was about (a house in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, city life, Hispanic Heritage, Home, Immigration, Latinx, Sandra Cisneros

Ale's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, city life, Hispanic Heritage, Home, Immigration, Latinx, Sandra Cisneros ·
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“…loving Blackness enough to see its assets so that dark children matter.” Dr. Bettina L. Love

Hair Story by NoNieqa Ramos

August 28, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

I’m having a hard time explaining just how much I loved this book, but I’m going to do my best. First off, Hair Story is own voices written & illustrated, and both the author, NoNieqa Ramos, and the illustrator, Keisha Morris, include their own hair stories at the back of the book, which was a lovely surprise.     Second, do you see these illustrations? The texture and colors and patterns and perfection of them?  You can see the love in that grandmother’s face, the joy in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: afro-latinx, black, cbr13bingo, cultural appreciation, Hair Story, Illustrations, Keisha Morris, Latinx, NoNieqa Ramos, picture book, poetry, UnCannon

NTE's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: afro-latinx, black, cbr13bingo, cultural appreciation, Hair Story, Illustrations, Keisha Morris, Latinx, NoNieqa Ramos, picture book, poetry, UnCannon ·
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Support trans youth. Believe trans youth. Love trans youth.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

April 2, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 5 Comments

Holy crap. Stop reading this review and just go read this book instead. Trust me. Okay, you’re still here. Fine. Yadriel wants to prove himself to his family. Prove himself as a brujo, as a capable addition to the family business, and, most importantly, as a man. Yadriel is a young, high school aged trans boy in a family of brujxs. The men are all brujos who help spirits cross over to the afterlife, and the women are brujas who heal those still living. Yadriel is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, Latinx, lgbt, LGBTQ, Spirits, trans, trans author, YA

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, Latinx, lgbt, LGBTQ, Spirits, trans, trans author, YA ·
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I wish this had been longer and more fleshed out. #CBRBingo – Cannonballer Says

Spellbound (Magic in Manhattan, #1) by Allie Therin

September 15, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

This was a solid first novel, and a good start to this fantasy/romance series. This is paranormal/fantasy romance set in 1925, where some people have paranormal powers but most don’t, and magic is a well kept secret. Our main characters are Rory Brodigan, a scryer, who can see the history of any object, and Arthur Kenzie, a politician’s son who fought in WWI, and who uses his wealth to employ paranormals to keep the world safe. Rory is caught up in their net when a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, 1920s, Allie Therin, cbr12bingo, fantasy romance, historical fantasy, Latinx, LGBTQIA, m/m, magic in manhattan, narfna, paranormal romance, Romance, Spellbound, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR12 Review No:131 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, 1920s, Allie Therin, cbr12bingo, fantasy romance, historical fantasy, Latinx, LGBTQIA, m/m, magic in manhattan, narfna, paranormal romance, Romance, Spellbound, Urban Fantasy ·
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