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Journey to Tomioka by Laurent Galandon

February 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Journey to Tomioka by Laurent Galandon, translated by Owen Smith and Anne Smith with illustrations by Michaël Crouzat was read via an online reader copy. In June 2026, however, you can find a copy, which I highly recommend. The publisher, First Second, has become one of those publishers for me that I might not always love something they published, in fact, I might not even like it, but I always respect what happened and the time it takes to make something that can be thoughtful, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: action, Anne Smith, family, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima Exclusion Zone, Fukushima nuclear accident, grandparents, Japan, Laurent Galandon, natural disasters, nuclear, Ōkuma Fukushima, Owen Smith, siblings, tsunami

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: action, Anne Smith, family, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima Exclusion Zone, Fukushima nuclear accident, grandparents, Japan, Laurent Galandon, natural disasters, nuclear, Ōkuma Fukushima, Owen Smith, siblings, tsunami ·
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Cover of Melanie Sweeney’s Where You’re Planted

“If you think you didn’t save me too, you couldn’t be more wrong.”

Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney

August 27, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is a sneaky, emotional book about what community is and what it means to people.   I don’t remember exactly what made me put this on my to read list back in April, but one of the reviewers I follow reviewed it as an ARC in March and described its vibe as “echoes of Nora Roberts with a flair of Anita Kelly + Kate Clayborn that really made me smile and tugged at my heart”. Okay, La Nora has had diminishing returns over the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, anxiety rep, cbr17bingo, Melanie Sweeney, natural disasters, Where You’re Planted, work

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, anxiety rep, cbr17bingo, Melanie Sweeney, natural disasters, Where You’re Planted, work ·
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