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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Family celebration

A Turkish Rosh Hashanah by Etan Basseri

August 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was reading A Turkish Rosh Hashanah (via an online reader copy though it has recently been released) by Etan Basseri and thought about The Light Keeper by Levin, Baslaw and Priestley. It is not because they have a similar theme, setting (one is set in Russian, one in Turkey), or even that the main characters are all Jewish, but it just had that feel of something familiar and yet, also different. It was sweet, interesting and a bit educational without being textbook-like. They both […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Ashkenazi Jewish, celebrations, Constantinople, Etan Basseri, family, Istanbul, jewish, Middle East, Rosh Hashanah, Sephardic communities, Social Themes, values, Zeynep Özatalay

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:392 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Ashkenazi Jewish, celebrations, Constantinople, Etan Basseri, family, Istanbul, jewish, Middle East, Rosh Hashanah, Sephardic communities, Social Themes, values, Zeynep Özatalay ·
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Read them books!

Tzimmes for Tzipporah by Megan Hoyt

Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh

June 7, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It’s time for another picture book round up review. This time there are two books I enjoyed reading, but did not feel I could honestly do a full review of. Both stories are sweet, but are not necessarily for everyone.  Are you looking for a new book about getting out and about on the farm? Well Tzimmes for Tzipporah is a new book (or will be in September 2023) dealing with a farm during harvest time. It is written by Megan Hoyt and Christine Battuz […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: celebration, Christine Battuz, Holiday, Isabelle Arsenault, Kat Yeh, Megan Hoyt, Rosh Hashanah, Social Themes, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:410 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion · Tags: celebration, Christine Battuz, Holiday, Isabelle Arsenault, Kat Yeh, Megan Hoyt, Rosh Hashanah, Social Themes, Values & Virtues ·
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Not all Holidays are Christmas

Love All Year: A Holidays Anthology by Elizabeth Kahn

November 22, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I loved this anthology of holiday romance novellas.  I knew I would. When Elizabeth announced she was putting together an anthology of romances centered around non-Christian holidays, I knew she would put out a thoughtful and entertaining book. I’m hoping this will be the first of many Love All Year anthologies. All of the stories were lovely, each in their own way. I wasn’t ready for any of them to be done when I reached the end. For the most part, the stories were about […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Anthology, Celestine Martin, Corey Alexander, Eid, Ekaterine Xia, Elizabeth Kahn, Farah heron, Felicia Grossman, Hallie Alexander, Holiday, Juneteenth, Purim, Qixi, Rosh Hashanah, Savannah J Frierson, Stacey Agdern, Sukkot, Yule

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:94 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Anthology, Celestine Martin, Corey Alexander, Eid, Ekaterine Xia, Elizabeth Kahn, Farah heron, Felicia Grossman, Hallie Alexander, Holiday, Juneteenth, Purim, Qixi, Rosh Hashanah, Savannah J Frierson, Stacey Agdern, Sukkot, Yule ·
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    Interesting. I could not fathom writing about the same characters in the same way for that long.
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