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A weird heartwarming story about dead people

Hotel Limbo V01 by Ben Harel

July 17, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Okay, Hotel Limbo V01 by Ben Harel….  What the h-e-double hockey sticks did I read? This is one confusing, wild, unusual and crazy book. In other words, it is a must read. Okay, readers. I cannot tell you the story. Sure I can but it then tells you everything you would experience and honestly you should go into this book with no preconceptions other than that it is a journey and experience. But I will say we deal with death. Except it’s funny. Until it […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Ben Harel, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Repair, Dark Fantasy, Death, Fairy Tales, family, folk tales, friendship, grief, legends, magical realism, mythology, paranormal, Social Themes, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:198 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Ben Harel, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Repair, Dark Fantasy, Death, Fairy Tales, family, folk tales, friendship, grief, legends, magical realism, mythology, paranormal, Social Themes, supernatural ·
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An odd, not so little, little book or Why even though it is the day before Easter, you should go to the libary

Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp

May 28, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You know you have a problem when you spend five days of the week at your job behind the scenes at a bookstore, then on Saturday you go to the library for a “change of scenery.” But I guess it could be worse.  Anyway, I was browsing the shelves, thinking that I had forgotten it was the day before Easter and there would be little rabbits hunting eggs and goodies, but thankfully they were outside. I was able to just look and see what jumped […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health Tagged With: activism, animals, clothing factories, environmentalism, Fairy Tales, family, folklore, forests, friendship, inscets, legends, mythology, siblings, Sid Sharp, Sisters, Social Justice, Social Themes, spiders, strikes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:153 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health · Tags: activism, animals, clothing factories, environmentalism, Fairy Tales, family, folklore, forests, friendship, inscets, legends, mythology, siblings, Sid Sharp, Sisters, Social Justice, Social Themes, spiders, strikes ·
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I don’t know who wandered more: the book or me writing this review

Tongues, Volume 1 by Anders Nilsen

May 6, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen   I have NO idea what was read. The stories all bounce all over the place. The images are busy, the text mixes and gets lost in the illustrations. The images are colorless but are not black and white. The characters are unlikable, even Astrid, who might be the one that will save the world. Or destroy it. It’s still up in the air. There is nothing good and positive. Even The Prisoner has faults and he seems to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: adaptations, Anders Nilsen, Concepts, enemies, Fairy Tales, folk tales, friendship, legends, literary, mythology, Mythology Greek, orphans, Prometheus, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:121 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: adaptations, Anders Nilsen, Concepts, enemies, Fairy Tales, folk tales, friendship, legends, literary, mythology, Mythology Greek, orphans, Prometheus, Social Themes ·
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Modern meets old-world

Folk Remedy: Book 1 by Jem Yoshioka

April 17, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The graphic novel Folk Remedy: Book 1 by Jem Yoshioka is a fun, solid read that is a good book to start your graphic novel reading, expand your fantasy reading with or if you are just looking for an adventure-filled, funny tale. I was not WOWed, but I was never bored. The characters are not fully established, as some background information is missing, but they are also not one dimensional. We know they have a background (just not exactly what) and have hopes and personality […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Fairy Tales, folklore, Japan, Jem Yoshioka, legends, mythology, Yokai

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:114 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Fairy Tales, folklore, Japan, Jem Yoshioka, legends, mythology, Yokai ·
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Back to the orcs, rattkins, and elves!!

Brigands and Breadknives (Legends and Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree

March 24, 2026 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So this is book two in the Legends and Lattes universe. I read book 1 first (shocker!), and then book 0, and then book 2. This was definitely the correct order! We met Viv and Tandree in the first book, along with the rest of the Legends and Lattes crew. Then we traveled back in time to Viv meeting Fern. In this book, it’s about twenty years after Bookshops and Bonedust (Book 0), and Fern is travelling to Thune to open a bookshop next to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: adventures, elves, legends, orcs, Travis Baldree

kfishgirl's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: adventures, elves, legends, orcs, Travis Baldree ·
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That Rumpelstiltskin is my name

Rumpelstiltskin by Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you like fairy or folk tales? Do you like pure telling of said fairy tales with a small change? And do you like Rumpelstiltskin? Or at least the story, it is a little hard to like Rumpelstitskin. And if you answered yes to any of the above, you should read Mac Barnett’s version of the story. It is the story we know: king meets a miller, who brags about how awesome his daughter is, the king is greedy and wants the spun gold, the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Suspense Tagged With: adaptations, Carson Ellis, folktales, Germany, legends, Mac Barnett, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis, Rumpelstiltskin

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:525 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Suspense · Tags: adaptations, Carson Ellis, folktales, Germany, legends, Mac Barnett, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis, Rumpelstiltskin ·
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