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Connecting after two months of boot camp

Camouflage Mom: A Story About Staying Connected by Sarah Hovorka

September 24, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you read a book and a lot about it was good, but there was something about it that was “off”? Camouflage Mom: A Story About Staying Connected by Sarah Hovorka and Elif Balta Parks was one of those books. Currently available, I read via an online reader. Sarah is excited to see her mother after her being in boot camp for several months. But when they finally are back together, there is something wrong with it. Sarah is actually upset at her mother. She […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Elif Balta Parks, family, military, mother and daughter, mothers, Sarah Hovorka, Social Themes, soldiers

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:458 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Elif Balta Parks, family, military, mother and daughter, mothers, Sarah Hovorka, Social Themes, soldiers ·
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The Question is Hugs. The Answer is Maybe not.

Hattie Hates Hugs by Sarah Hovorka

Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka

March 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport  own (Hattie Hates Hugs) Sarah Hovorka has a thing about hugs. Now, it sounds like they mostly like them, but maybe for other people. You see in Hattie Hates Hugs Hovorka has Hattie in the uneasy and unpleasant situation of a family reunion where Hattie has a family of huggers, and Hattie hates hugs. They make her all squirmy and stiff. And boy do they upset her tummy. But it is not until the wise matriarch of her family lets her in on the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Abbey Bryant, CBR15Passport, Heather Brockman Lee, Sarah Hovorka

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:180 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: Abbey Bryant, CBR15Passport, Heather Brockman Lee, Sarah Hovorka ·
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    May I join you at that dinner party? This book is well worth reading.
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    What to be said regarding this book you said as I agree with you about this book.
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    on “To be so ravenous with desperation that the only way out is complete and utter annihilation. A torpedo made of your own sharpened body.”- Senaa Ahmad (or me about wanting to quit this book)
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