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What do Kafka, a doll and a bunch of dinosaurs on picture day have in common? Nothing, except all are from the publisher NorthSouth

Wish You Were Here: Postcards from Franz Kafka by Bernadette Watts

Picture Day at Dino Play by Sean Julian

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One day I was sitting at my desk, trying to remember what the next thing on my To-Do list was, as I had misplaced it (I’m thinking of adding “Find Last To-Do list you lost” to the new To-Do list), when I got an email from the wonderful contact I have from NorthSouth books. They were asking me to take a quick survey about their books/operations and as a thank you, I could have a book sent to me. Well, yes, I’m all about free […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: Bernadette, Bernadette Watts, dolls, Franz Kafka, friendship, school, Sean Julian, stories, toys

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:376 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: Bernadette, Bernadette Watts, dolls, Franz Kafka, friendship, school, Sean Julian, stories, toys ·
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Stories, food, cats and pride. Oh my!

A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg

Boys Don't Fry by Kimberly Lee

How Mr. Silver Stole the Show  by Kate Klise

Pride: A Seek-and-Find Celebration: Adventure Through the History of the Queer Community by Diego Blanco

January 16, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR16SweetBooks #Binge Picture book binging is always a favorite activity of mine. I sat down at lunch one day and read four picture books from online reader copies. A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg; Boys Don’t Fry by Kimberly Lee and illustrated by Charlene Chua; How Mr. Silver Stole the Show by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise on the illustrations and finally Pride: A Seek-and-Find Celebration: Adventure Through the History of the Queer Community illustrated by Diego Blanco, published by Epic Ink Books (due in mid/late April 2024). Well, I skimmed Pride and this is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Avi Steinberg, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Charlene Chua, Diego Blanco, Epic Ink Books, expectations, family, gender roles, glbtq, Kate Klise, Kimberly Lee, Literature, M. Sarah Klise, Social Themes, stories

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Avi Steinberg, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Charlene Chua, Diego Blanco, Epic Ink Books, expectations, family, gender roles, glbtq, Kate Klise, Kimberly Lee, Literature, M. Sarah Klise, Social Themes, stories ·
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Now only the really tragic sections of the story are left

Sandman, Act III by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs

December 31, 2022 by Malin 8 Comments

4.5 stars Act III of the full-cast audio adaptation of The Sandman was suddenly released with what felt like absolutely no fanfare or previous advertising. Suddenly, one day, it was just there on Audible. This installment covers the two collections Brief Lives and World’s End, as well as some of the stories collected in the anthology volume Fables and Reflections (the very first volume I ever read). It means we finally get the full and tragic story of Dream’s son Orpheus and his beloved Euridyce, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Audible, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14, Dreams, Fables and Reflections, family, full cast recording, Graphic Novel, magic, Malin, mystery, Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, road trip, stories, the Endless, The Sandman, world's end

Malin's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Audible, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14, Dreams, Fables and Reflections, family, full cast recording, Graphic Novel, magic, Malin, mystery, Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, road trip, stories, the Endless, The Sandman, world's end ·
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The human side of Sherlock Holmes.

Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye

January 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Lyndsay Faye is a consummate player of The Great Game, and this book was a lovely little treat. If you’re somehow unaware, The Great Game is the practice of Sherlockians to act as if Holmes and Watson were real, and to make existing canon and facts fit together. This book plays into that in that Faye acts like she is just the editor of these stories, which are all told from the first person perspectives of people in Sherlock Holmes’s life who aren’t Dr. John […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes ·
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Book Cover: taste the wild

Recipes and Stories from Canada would be enough

Taste the Wild by Lisa Nieschlag, Lars Wentrup

September 11, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 20: Landscape As the cover (pictured above) suggests, this book is about Canada (see wooded landscape in mists) in terms of food (it’s part cookbook) and character (it’s part excerpted prose bits from travel and fiction stories, and photography collection too). I can see how all of this could fit together, except that it doesn’t quite work out. The photos are gorgeous but the sentimental/philosophical sayings accompanying them are so out of context that to me at least they come off as either hollow […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Canada, cbr13bingo, cookbook, food photography, landscape photography, Lars Wentrup, Lisa Nieschlag, photography, stories, Taste the WIld

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:77 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: Canada, cbr13bingo, cookbook, food photography, landscape photography, Lars Wentrup, Lisa Nieschlag, photography, stories, Taste the WIld ·
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If immersive theater were a book, this would be it.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

January 1, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 7 Comments

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is in the middle of his story. A story that was punctuated too early as a child that is continuing now as adult. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is the son a fortune-teller who finds solace and safety in books and stories. The son of a fortune teller is on a quest entangled with Time, Fate, the Moon, and the Harbor of all stories. If you the books you read must have concrete plot and solid narrative structure, you will not like this book. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Erin Morgenstern, Fairy Tales, immersive theater, LGBTQ, stories, stories about stories, storytelling, The Starless Sea, video games

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Erin Morgenstern, Fairy Tales, immersive theater, LGBTQ, stories, stories about stories, storytelling, The Starless Sea, video games ·
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