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When it is time

Quiet Crossings by Vivi Partridge, Sal Sawler and Janaina Spada

October 13, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Quiet Crossings by Vivi Partridge (with Sal Sawler (editor) and Janaina Spada (colorist)) is, in a few words, an interesting read. The ideas of death, anxiety, depression, and living with the aftermath are poetically dealt with. The main characters are diverse, unusual and for the most part, likeable. Our main character/point of view character, Selena, has moments where you don’t necessarily like how she is reacting, but it is understandable.  We follow about a year’s worth of events. Selena is now working at an Inn, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Fairy Tales, family, folklore, friendship, grief, hotelkeepers, Janaina Spada, loss, magic, mythology, Sal Sawler, Social Theme, Spirits, Vivi Partridge, Vivi Partridge, Sal Sawler and Janaina Spada

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:371 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Fairy Tales, family, folklore, friendship, grief, hotelkeepers, Janaina Spada, loss, magic, mythology, Sal Sawler, Social Theme, Spirits, Vivi Partridge, Vivi Partridge, Sal Sawler and Janaina Spada ·
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an art piece

She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The title She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace is the first poetry book I read cover to cover without stopping too long in between poems (just to catch my breath and not have poems bleed into each other) or jumping to the end to find out “what happens” in a while. Now, this is not to say OMG Best Book Ever, but there was something about it that was captivating. This means I enjoyed it but was not blown away at […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Amanda Lovelace, Death, Feminine, gender, grief, LGBTQ, loss, Social Themes, Women Authors

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:321 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Amanda Lovelace, Death, Feminine, gender, grief, LGBTQ, loss, Social Themes, Women Authors ·
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The Sins of Parenting Weigh Heaviest in Everyone ?

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

January 26, 2026 by matt_thac Leave a Comment

I spend a lot of time reflecting in my parenting, a little too much according to my therapist. But as my eldest daughter gently slams into her teenage years, I’m conscious of how my words and actions can impact them. My younger daughter being more emotionally honest and more easily vulnerable with me, while I have to be patient and emotionally open myself to give my eldest her space. Giving emotional space to them and having that honesty and openness with myself has taken time […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A death in the family, Celeste Ng, grief, loss

matt_thac's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A death in the family, Celeste Ng, grief, loss ·
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Sad books that help make it better

The Fabric of Us by Aditi Anand

Where Are You, Eddie? A Companion to Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen and Gill Smith

September 9, 2025 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

This is a review that seems like another review about a book I almost didn’t write up, but it is not really. Oh, yes, I almost did not write up The Fabric of Us by Aditi Anand (due later May 2026; read via an online reader copy) because I could not think of enough words for a full review. At least not by itself. It was only when I read  Where Are You, Eddie? A Companion to Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: & Sons, Aditi Anand, Death, family, fathers, Gill Smith, grief, loss, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen and Gill Smith, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:401 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: & Sons, Aditi Anand, Death, family, fathers, Gill Smith, grief, loss, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen and Gill Smith, Social Themes ·
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If this is the third volume of poetry, wonder what the rest is like

Life in the Past Lane by Peter Carlaftes

September 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had an online reader link to Awe and Other Words Like Wow: Poem by Kat Georges. I was somewhat excited because I had no idea what it was going to be like. I had little description and since it was one of my older saved links, I had forgotten why I had saved it in the first place. I only knew it was poetry because it said Poem. I clicked on the Click Here to Read Button and this image of a gray hair (I assumed) […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: Death, family, friends, grief, loss, Peter Carlaftes, Subjects & Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:647 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: Death, family, friends, grief, loss, Peter Carlaftes, Subjects & Themes ·
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A totally different book than I normally read

The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah

April 27, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I don’t remember how I found this book, but it’s totally not my style. Nobody gets murdered. I was going to say there aren’t even any missing persons or mysteries to solve, but that’s totally not true. I guess it had the undertones of “my style” of book and I didn’t even realize it. We start out with Sophie mourning the loss of her father, who just recently passed away. She’s helping her aunts clean out the house, and she finds some old letters hidden […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: family relations, loss, Mansi Shah, paris

kfishgirl's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: family relations, loss, Mansi Shah, paris ·
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