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Surfs up and so is the adventures

Trot & Cap'n Bill Adventure V01 Sea Sirens by Amy Chu

May 8, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A pet peeve of mine is picking up book two in a series and not realizing it is book two. I did that with the Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventure series by Amy Chu. I stopped reading it and figured someday I would find book one or just see what I could see in it. What happened was that book one, Sea Sirens, found me. Browsing through some books on our return cart, I noticed it. Just sitting there. Quietly. Waiting. And Sea Sirens was […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Amy Chu, Asian, Cats, dementia, Fables, family, Frank L. Baum, Granfathers, Janet K. Lee, legends, magic, mothers, myths, surfing, talking cats, Vietnam

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:167 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Amy Chu, Asian, Cats, dementia, Fables, family, Frank L. Baum, Granfathers, Janet K. Lee, legends, magic, mothers, myths, surfing, talking cats, Vietnam ·
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If Patrick Rothfuss says so and it has talking cats, it must be good

May 28, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

I have never read Jim Butcher before, and I’ve had mixed luck with things that Patrick Rothfuss recommends. I decided to take a chance with The Aeronaut’s Windlass, and I liked a lot about this book. It has a good story, an interesting world, some relatable characters, and the possibility to be a really good fantasy series. But the more I think about it, the more I start seeing a lot of little problems that add up. The general narrative is action-based, with political intrigue, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: adventure, cinder spires, Jim Butcher, steampunk, talking cats, the aeronaut's windlass

CoffeeShopReader's CBR9 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: adventure, cinder spires, Jim Butcher, steampunk, talking cats, the aeronaut's windlass ·
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“If you remember me, I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”

February 11, 2017 by pluiedenovembre Leave a Comment

Kafka on the Shore is a strange book, even by Murakami standards. This is my second reading but sadly I don’t remember what I thought about it the fist time I read it 12 years ago because back then I didn’t take notes or write reviews. All I know is that I thought it was a four-star book. Haruki Murakami has been one of my favorite writers ever since I “discovered” him almost 17 years ago. I read a review of The Elephant Vanishes in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cats, curses, Dreams, family, haruki murakami, Japan, Japanese literature, journey, kafka on the shore, literaturein translation, myths, runaways, surrealism, talking cats, translation

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cats, curses, Dreams, family, haruki murakami, Japan, Japanese literature, journey, kafka on the shore, literaturein translation, myths, runaways, surrealism, talking cats, translation ·
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