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Twelve months and Cornbread, the turkey friend of November

Meet May by April Martin

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Meet July by April Martin

June 19, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Calendar Kids Meet January Meet February Meet March Meet April Meet May Meet June Meet July Meet August: Meet September Meet October Meet November Meet December When I first started to write a review for the The Calendar Kids series, I hadn’t read Meet November. (One would think finding 12 books by April Martin would be easy, but nope!) But right before I posted this review I read November. I think Cornbread is my favorite named friend, but I still lean towards that February […]

A beat-up book that made me think people need this book

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. by Kristen Radtke

August 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you want to feel really bad about yourself, read Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. Or, just as likely, if you want to feel great about yourself, read this graphic novel by Kristen Radtke. There are some contradictions, some places you will see yourself and see friends and/or family. It is slow reading, but busy. The book’s theme is, as the title says, about loneliness. Radtke talks about how it has its has ups and downs, in an almost poetic fashion with both […]

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