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Another I want to put fantasy not History to

Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott

May 4, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two comments about Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott I liked it 2. Read it   But that is only fifteen words and I need 250. The story follows two Jewish girls as they survive Auschwitz as their families and others perish around them. The story is told in alternating chapters between the two voices in prose poetry. Some of the poems are thoughtful, some powerful, some sweet. And some are horrifically amazing at the sensation they create. Have you ever “seen” the smell of the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Auschwitz, historical fiction, Meg Wiviott, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:202 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Auschwitz, historical fiction, Meg Wiviott, World War Two ·
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crystalclear read my mind!

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian

February 7, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Way back in the olden days of 2020, the amazing crystalclear sent some inspired picks my way for CBR Book Exchange. Hooray! I kicked off the new year with one of their thoughtful additions to my TBR pile; I had wanted to read Storm Front for some time thanks to the lovely folks here at CBR. The other book, The Light in the Ruins, was a book with which I was unfamiliar. I was immediately excited and impressed after reading the cover copy, as I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII ·
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Toronto: If you make it there, you can be a Comic Book Star (1939-1945)

War Bears by Margaret Atwood

March 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

People study the history of a nation. They study the history of that nation’s literature. They study how wars happened, the facts during and the aftermath. But do they ever write about the history of the Comic Book? The Graphic Novel? War Bears is an homage to “The Canadian Whites” and a history of World War Two. Moral back home was important, but also important was the moral of the troops. And the comics that “boys (and gals) back home” made kept spirits up. And […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:122 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two ·
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When History Repeats itself

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

July 24, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#crb11bingo #TrueStory I am going to write WOW 200 times and OMG for the other 50 words. I am also going to say this the second draft of my review. I found myself just going on about all the little, amazing details to the story. I was near 500 words and could have written another 500. They Called Us Enemy is George Takei’s story in a graphic novel format. Along with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker the reader sees the years from early/mid-1940s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:283 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2 ·
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Putting the Blitz in Blitzkreig

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

January 30, 2018 by Kitkat 1 Comment

Do you think you know a lot about World War Two? I think I know a lot about World War Two.  I’ve read a lot of books, I’ve watched a lot of movies, I’ve listened to my husband natter on and on and on about his enormous mental collection of World War Two facts. But you know what I didn’t know? That the Nazis were on drugs the whole time! And that this explains literally everything about the war! Before I get into that, though, […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adolph Hitler, drugs, Nazi Germany, Norman Ohler, World War Two

Kitkat's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adolph Hitler, drugs, Nazi Germany, Norman Ohler, World War Two ·
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A jewel of a book

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

March 25, 2016 by expandingbookshelf Leave a Comment

“This is America, we would say to ourselves, there is no need to worry. And we would be wrong.”   The Buddha in the Attic is a small book, but man does it pack a punch. Part narration, part long-form poem, we follow a group of Japanese women as they make navigate through their new lives in America. There’s no singular character; Author Julie Otsuka writes in the first person plural, referring only to “we.” In the opening chapter, the women are on a boat heading to America and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, Japan, Julie Otsuka, Pearl Harbor, The Buddha in the Attic, World War Two

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, Japan, Julie Otsuka, Pearl Harbor, The Buddha in the Attic, World War Two ·
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