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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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This in’t about adoption

Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman and Karl Stevens

March 27, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

SOME SPOILERS and possible triggers (but not as many as are in the book). Sometimes I wonder if people like something because they are “supposed to.” We are “supposed to” like a story about environmentalism. We are “supposed to” like something because the character(s) are of a minority (in Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman, and illustrator Karl Stevens they are Native, two characters are queer, and at least two other people are of color). But that does not mean the book will […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: crime, daughters and fathers, daughters and mothers, Death, Dystopian, eco-horro, environmental, fathers, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman and Karl Stevens, Karl Stevens, mothers, New Mexico, paranormal, Paranormal comics, Russell Goldman, Social Theme

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:90 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: crime, daughters and fathers, daughters and mothers, Death, Dystopian, eco-horro, environmental, fathers, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman and Karl Stevens, Karl Stevens, mothers, New Mexico, paranormal, Paranormal comics, Russell Goldman, Social Theme ·
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A great friend digs the empty grave up with you

Hell Phone Book One by Benji Nate

January 9, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read three of Benji Nate’s work and have three to go (one is due in May 2023, so just two current). And each one is more bizarre and kookier than the last. Yet, I keep reading. Maybe it is like a car wreck, you do not want to know, but you must know, too. You cannot look away. And Hell Phone Book One is no different. However, this time it does flow a bit more logically and has a base to it that […]

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: Benji Nate, Crime & Mystery, female friendship, missing persons, murder, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal comics

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Benji Nate, Crime & Mystery, female friendship, missing persons, murder, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal comics ·
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Sinister tidings and true love

Crema by Johnnie Christmas

August 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Crema is the kind of graphic novel that I should like, but something was falling flat for me. Maybe it was the fact I have read a lot of graphic novels recently and it is time for a break. Or maybe I have read a lot of GLBTQ+ books (which are great, but sometimes I need to cleanse the palette). Maybe it is actually a bad book and/or story. Maybe I was in the wrong frame of mind while reading. Maybe I was in the […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Baristas, Brazil, Dante Luiz, ghosts, glbtq, Johnnie Christmas, Paranormal comics, Ryan Ferrier

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:431 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Baristas, Brazil, Dante Luiz, ghosts, glbtq, Johnnie Christmas, Paranormal comics, Ryan Ferrier ·
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Mystery Times Two

The Montague Twins V01 The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page

August 14, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was excited about The Montague Twins V01 The Witch’s Hand when I first learned about it. I thought, MAGIC! MYSTERY! FUN NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES! Instead, I got magic, mystery, a new graphic novel series. Nathan Page created a familiar story but with modern twists. Magic, family, history and good vs evil are all there. There are the Twins who are Frank and Joe Hardy ready (except with modern ideals and a story arc). Pete and Al Montague live in the late 1960’s but with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: & Detective Stories, Drew Shannon, espionage, mysteries, Nathan Page, Paranormal comics

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:260 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: & Detective Stories, Drew Shannon, espionage, mysteries, Nathan Page, Paranormal comics ·
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