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Never view being a girl as an obstacle

Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie A. Pearson

December 14, 2022 by BlackRaven 7 Comments

Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention is another read online via Edelweiss that was mostly there. Carrie A. Pearson’s book was more fleshed out than the other sample I read, and perhaps is one of the best biographies of an unknown person I have read. And of course, I will find a copy when it comes out to fill in the plot points missing. Dr. Virginia Apgar would invent a test that would help doctors evaluate newborns and their health, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, Apgar score, Carrie A. Pearson, medical, medicine, Nancy Carpenter, science and math, surgeons, Virginia Apgar, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:603 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, Apgar score, Carrie A. Pearson, medical, medicine, Nancy Carpenter, science and math, surgeons, Virginia Apgar, women ·
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St. Oscars world

The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.

November 15, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not think I would like the short novel; The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente. I felt I would never understand it and was going to stop reading as things felt disjointed, the narrator was bouncing all over, and there was stuff that was very off. The book felt like a translation that was not smoothly translated at that. However, once I understood the flow (there was one), the bounces between “really then, then, and now,” plus how reliable the narrative is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Catherynne M. Valente, Satire, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:558 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Catherynne M. Valente, Satire, women ·
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It’s All About The Feeeeemaaaaales

Perfect Crime by Helen Fields

The Donor by Clare Mackintosh

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

September 25, 2022 by Zirza 1 Comment

The Perfect Crime (Helen Fields) *** Stephen Berry is having a rough night. Or a rough life, really; he cannot seem to get his bipolar disorder under control and his long-suffering girlfriend has left him. Desperate for some quiet, he intents to jump off a bridge, but a suicide counsellor who happens to be nearby intervenes. Stephen is quietly grateful, but then his body is found dead a few weeks later at the bottom of a tall tower. The cause of death seems like a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction ·
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After writing this, I learned we are still making breakthroughs in this field! 

Fever: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria by Darcy Pattinson

September 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you heard of Tu Youyou? She is a Chinese scientist who used traditional Chinese medicine to help cure malaria. And she was not from the 1800s or even early 20th century when we think of malaria research happening, but she was working during the late 1960s and 1970s in a People’s Republic of China task force. Therefore, relatively “new” in the grand picture. And not only did she and other scientists figure out the right ingredients, amounts, heat, and such, she was one of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: China, Darcy Pattinson, malaria, medicine, Peter Willis, science, Scientists, Social Themes, Tu Youyou, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:473 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: China, Darcy Pattinson, malaria, medicine, Peter Willis, science, Scientists, Social Themes, Tu Youyou, women ·
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Once upon a time, there was a witch….and a princess

Heartless Prince by Angela De Vito

August 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not sure if I have missed a book in a series, or Heartless Prince is the first and the set up for a series, but there was something missing for me. I needed a score card to keep track of the names of the characters as they had similar names or had “fantasy” names and that was confusing. The artwork is strong, and expressive, but nothing “popped out” at me. Overall, it is a decent book but not the best. This would probably […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Angela De Vito, family, friendship, Princes, princesess, Wizards & Witches, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:442 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Angela De Vito, family, friendship, Princes, princesess, Wizards & Witches, women ·
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“The world needs all types of minds.” ― Temple Grandin

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca

August 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dr. Temple Grandin must have something new coming out, has an important birthday or the fact autism is getting a push again right now, as we have had a review of an adult book about her, and now I have found the picture book, The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin. This is a picture book by Julia Finley Mosca and therefore, is not going to go into extreme detail, and obviously does not go into the controversies around her. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autism, Dr. Temple Grandin, Julia Finley Mosca, science, Temple Grandin, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:430 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: autism, Dr. Temple Grandin, Julia Finley Mosca, science, Temple Grandin, women ·
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