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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene don’t stop helping the bees, hunny!

Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees by Wendy Mass

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees is written by an author I have enjoyed reading over the years. This author is Wendy Mass. And while they have had a few different ages and have written a few different genres, their more realistic stories are fun. And when Mass collaborates with illustrator Billy Yong you get an interesting combination of realistic story, art and modern feelings. Yet, there is also a classical, family friendly feeling as well. This mixture works for today’s readers aged at least […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health Tagged With: activism, animals, bees, Billy Yong, conservation, Environment, friendship, nature, pollinators, science, Social Themes, Wendy Mass

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:517 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: activism, animals, bees, Billy Yong, conservation, Environment, friendship, nature, pollinators, science, Social Themes, Wendy Mass ·
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The unofficial Best and Worst List 2025 (so far!)

November 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know I put in the official Best and Worst List but honestly out of almost 600 reviews (and several I haven’t posted yet) I’m going to have more than three best and one worst. Therefore, I am going to honor y’all with my list of only the ones I have posted a review for here that could have been used. The bold are the ones I used in the official count, italics almost used and the rest were on the list. WORST DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: ·
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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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“Love is sharing your popcorn.” —Charles Schultz

A Salwar Kameez for Ambika by Arti Pandey

Samina Goes to a Wedding: Celebrations from a Bangladeshi Marriage by Farida Zaman

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Somedays I think I must be one of the top 100 romantic skeptics. I mean, I love a good happily ever after, but I’m also the person who, when I see a public proposal, I’m the one saying, “Just say no! But if you do, get a good prenup!”  So when I recently found two picture books about weddings as online reader copies, I almost passed them by. I mean, I’m all for a wedding (I mean let me eat cake) but reading about them? […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance Tagged With: Arti Pandey, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Avneet Sandhu, Bangladesh, culture, Farida Zaman, holidays & celbrations, India, new experinces, traditions, weddings

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:515 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance · Tags: Arti Pandey, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Avneet Sandhu, Bangladesh, culture, Farida Zaman, holidays & celbrations, India, new experinces, traditions, weddings ·
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Well, I had an experience.

DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was not going to review DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 by Ben Passmore. Mostly because I really disliked it. I mean I cannot stress how much I really disliked this book. The second reason is you can only get this book via Silver Sprocket’s website. This is probably because it is more of a zine or comic book store comic (so I guess you might be able to locate it at your local comic store), and less of a traditional graphic novel.  But when I realized that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:513 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Ben Passmore, Dystopian, Social Themes ·
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Interactive story with Simon and friends

Simon Turns Right by Nicole van Brummelen

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I assumed this would be the case, I learned that yes, “choose your own adventures” or in this case, “follow the orders of the creatures in the book so you can flip pages left and right,” in an online format is next to impossible for me to read. Simon Turns Right by Nicole van Brummelen seems like it would be a fun story. And if it had been straight forward (you went from page one to two to three to four….) it would have. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, birds, Concepts, interactive, Nicole van Brummelen

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:512 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, birds, Concepts, interactive, Nicole van Brummelen ·
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