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A long review with a lot of thoughts

Transitions: A Mother's Journey by Elodie Durand

December 4, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I used to book mentor a kid that came to my store. He was smart, but mentally and physically young. One day I learned he wanted to go by “James” not “Jamie” anymore. Why? You see, his neighbor “Bob” left one day and when he came back, she was “Jamie” and (hopefully) she was happy. Now, since “James” was a kid, it is expected that he wouldn’t understand this. After all, transgendered people were not in the mainstream as they would be even a few […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Elodie Durand, Evan McGorray, family, LGBTQ, literary, mothers, Relationships, Social Themes, transgender, transgender men

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:580 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Elodie Durand, Evan McGorray, family, LGBTQ, literary, mothers, Relationships, Social Themes, transgender, transgender men ·
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Home is where your body is

Homebody by Theo Parish

April 18, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Perhaps the first thing I noticed about Homebody (outside of the “removal of color” and the use of color in a non-traditional fashion) was how open Theo Parish’s story was. They are not giving you the “down and dirty details” (unless you count one of the cats giving themselves a um… down there … bath) but they allow you into their world. We also are not given all the “bad things,” just honesty that they were there. The third was, how they do not use […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Emotions & Feelings, glbtq, identity, Non-binary, Social Topics, Theo Parish, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:164 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Emotions & Feelings, glbtq, identity, Non-binary, Social Topics, Theo Parish, transgender ·
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Horror 101 and Comedy 102

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

March 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Boys Weekend is Horror 101 with Comedy 102. The mix of GLBTQ themes, friendship, love, family, and an odd cult-religion all play together with first the idea of humanity, society roles and more that is taking front stage. You can take the action as a straightforward  horror/thriller story or take it for a deeper meaning, but however you take it know there are possible triggers, such as violence, guns, sexual situations, visual gross-outs and blood. Lots of blood. Totally not for everyone, but everyone might […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: bachelor parties, cults, family, friendship, glbtq, Mattie Lubchansky, transgender, women

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:124 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: bachelor parties, cults, family, friendship, glbtq, Mattie Lubchansky, transgender, women ·
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Celebrating

Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present! by Arabelle Sicardi

March 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Over 50 famous and maybe not as famous people of the GLBTQ+ community are in the pages of the book Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present!  While I did not count, I would guess at least half or more of the people mentioned are not mainstream (but known in certain circles) or might be the first time the reader (and most) have heard of/about them. Of course there were several more well known (Freddie Mercury, Ellen DeGeneres, David Bowie (who never […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: actors, Arabelle Sicardi, bisexuals, Dancers, entertainment, gay, glbtq, journalists, Lesbians, politicians, Queer Heroes, royalty, Sarah Tanat-Jones, Sex & Gender, Singers, tennis, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:121 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: actors, Arabelle Sicardi, bisexuals, Dancers, entertainment, gay, glbtq, journalists, Lesbians, politicians, Queer Heroes, royalty, Sarah Tanat-Jones, Sex & Gender, Singers, tennis, transgender ·
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A phone displaying the audiobook, "Melissa" written by Alex Gino next to a partially complete book bingo card.

To help create a more empathetic society, this should be mandatory reading for middle grade readers (and everyone else, honestly)

Melissa by Alex Gino

September 14, 2023 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Bodies, Bodies – When Melissa was born everyone assumed she was a boy because of her body. Melissa is a girl but no one else knows she is, as it was assumed at birth she was a boy.  As a result, she was given the name of George.  Melissa is her secret name, admitted only to herself.  We are introduced to Melissa while her 4th grade classroom is reading Charlotte’s Web.  Melissa is moved to tears when Charlotte dies and the boys in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Alex Gino, CBR15, cbr15bingo, Children's, Dome'Loki, Fiction, LGBTQ, middle grade, non-binary author, transgender

Dome'Loki's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Alex Gino, CBR15, cbr15bingo, Children's, Dome'Loki, Fiction, LGBTQ, middle grade, non-binary author, transgender ·
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The journey of Grayson

Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Trangender by Grayson Lee White

September 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Grayson Lee White is a young teen by the end of his memoir, Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Transgender.  They started their story at the end (around age 12) but flashback to show us the journey they took.  This is an interesting memoir of Grayson’s transition that is told in their own voice. His journey is relatable and understandable, because what he was going through is something we all can feel: such as he felt he didn’t fit in, things were wrong with his body, and most […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: family, glbtq, Grayson Lee White, siblings, Social Themes, Stephanie Roth Sisson, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:655 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: family, glbtq, Grayson Lee White, siblings, Social Themes, Stephanie Roth Sisson, transgender ·
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