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Imagination & Play Andrew’s way

Up Where the Stars Are (Andrew's Adventures in Nature by Ryan Jacobson

December 14, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started reading this on Edelweiss online. It was a medium sized sample, but I think I got enough to know that I enjoyed this book and when it comes out, I want to see more of Up Where the Stars Are (Andrew’s Adventures in Nature). The story is centered around Andrew, a young man with special needs. His situation is not the focus, or what he cannot do, but what he can do. The part of the story I was able to read was […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Science Fiction Tagged With: Greek & Roman Myth, Imagination & Play, Michelle Hazelwood Hyde, neurodiversity, Ryan Jacobson, Science & Nature, space exploration

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:602 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Science Fiction · Tags: Greek & Roman Myth, Imagination & Play, Michelle Hazelwood Hyde, neurodiversity, Ryan Jacobson, Science & Nature, space exploration ·
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Trains, Santa, and more

ThunderBoom by Jack Briglio

November 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

ThunderBoom by Jack Briglio is a graphic novel about 11-year-old Logan and the adventures he has in his imagination. Which seems normal enough, but Logan’s neurodivergence creates a take on life that makes his relationship to the world and his family and the people around him, hard on him. And hard on his family, too. The nice part of the story is the realism of his parents. They are both overprotected and concerned, but also allow Logan to dominate his environment. It has a modern […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Disabilities & Special Needs, Jack Briglio, neurodiversity, New Experience, superhero story

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:576 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Disabilities & Special Needs, Jack Briglio, neurodiversity, New Experience, superhero story ·
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Remember when you call a demon, make sure you dial the number right.

The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio

November 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: This is a HarperCollins book. The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio is an interesting book about representation and friendship. There is the usual bully vs. the “others” with a little supernatural (okay a lot of supernatural) added to the mix. There maybe is a bit too much cliched story arc for the adult reader but the at least 10 and up crowd will have fun. Though I have not watched it, this seems like a younger Stranger Things with a modern setting. We follow two girls, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, Ghost Stories, GLBGQ+, Jenn St. Onge, Magdalene Visaggio, neurodiversity, paranormal, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:564 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, Ghost Stories, GLBGQ+, Jenn St. Onge, Magdalene Visaggio, neurodiversity, paranormal, Social Themes ·
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“Developing self-trust and self-compassion is a whole journey unto itself.”

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

October 20, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

This is a good overview and self-help aligned book for what Devon Price terms as “Masked Autistics.” I am among those and saw a lot of positive press for this book from other Autistic people, so I got it for my birthday and got around to reading it this week. This is a well-written and straight forward text, so it was an easy and enjoyable read. I saw several people were crying reading this because it hit so close to home — I did not […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: autism, Devon Price, neurodiversity, Psychology, Self-help

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:106 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: autism, Devon Price, neurodiversity, Psychology, Self-help ·
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“It sounds like your dream broke, and you’ve been picking up shattered pieces and blaming yourself when your hands bleed.”

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

March 25, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

Eve is the youngest and seemingly flightiest of the three privileged Brown sisters. She’s always felt like the odd duck in the family, neither as focused nor as intelligent as her two older sisters and completely unable to settle on anything for very long. When she abruptly closes down her wedding planning business after one single event (a generally very successful wedding, that nevertheless descended into some chaos after Eve took it upon herself to liberate all the doves that the bride had wanted, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, neurodiversity, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters

Malin's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, neurodiversity, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters ·
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Reading, Reading, Reading, RAWHIDE!

The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

The Dame by Richard Stark

Tricky by Josh Stallings

Quarry's Deal by Max Alan Collins

The Plea by Steve Cavanagh

February 1, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read a lot last week but also had a busy week at work (a good busy). Every time I tried to write a review on one of these books, all of them good, I just didn’t have the time or energy. So here’s a big update dump of the stuff I read in the last week and I’d be glad to tease them out more in the comments if anyone is curious… “The True History of the Kelly Gang” I enjoyed large parts of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky

Jake's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky ·
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