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The woman who supposedly said the only thing smaller than Hemingway’s talent was his d%ck…

Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes by JL Macy

July 19, 2024 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

I knew I had my cbr16bingo Scandal book when I read the line “your soft saliva, loosed with orgy, drip!”  This category was giving me trouble. I thought I was going to do a children’s graphic novel series for it (there is one big scandal that leads to several littler ones by the looks of the first one I read) but how could I not pick Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes as my Scandal book? Her whole life was a scandal!  She was […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:329 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes ·
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Have a cup of tea? Don’t mind if I have three

The Tea Dagon Society Book One by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Festival #2 by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3) by K. O’Neill

March 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have the goal of reading all of K. O’Neill’s works. It has been a little tricky as they have gone by at least Kate O’Neill and Kay O’Neill as well. But with the finishing of the third book in the Tea Dragon Society series, I might have made it. This is a big deal as (until a few years ago when posthumously her second book came out) Harper Lee might have been the only author with that honor. I came to The Tea Dagon […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: animals, blacksmithing, dragons, family, glbtq, K. O'Neill, lovers, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:171 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: animals, blacksmithing, dragons, family, glbtq, K. O'Neill, lovers, Social Themes ·
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Might not kill you but just might help cure insomnia

This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher

November 24, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I was between ages 12 and 15-16, I would have devoured this young adult novel, This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher. It has everything: romance, love triangles, a good bad boy, murder, mayhem, mystery, red herrings, strange person in a mask, and metaphorical masks as friends have secrets. As an adult, I feel that this book was cliched, convoluted, with a too neat ending, and had an obvious twist. The characters were unlikable to my adult-self, but as a teen I would […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Chelsea Pitcher, Death, friendship, lovers, mental health issues, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:395 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Chelsea Pitcher, Death, friendship, lovers, mental health issues, siblings ·
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