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Cryptid Club

Cryptid Curious

Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

December 29, 2024 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Do you love illustrations or graphic novels? Do you also love cryptids? Then you should read Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen. It’s a collection of adorable comics about cryptids. I loved how most of the supposed monsters or aliens are sensitive types and often simply antisocial. We get little vignettes about aliens, Mothman, ghosts, sasquatch, Loch Ness, and more. Most of the characters look harmless and anxious. It felt like a collection of funny facts about cryptids. You can run through rather quickly. There isn’t much […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen ·
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“I am the servant of the sword,” he said. “I obey the will of the—great god, woman, put on some clothes!”

Swordheart by T Kingfisher

December 29, 2024 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

In my review of A Sorceress Comes to Call, I mentioned that T Kingfisher has a number of books that have slightly older women as protagonists. Halla in Swordheart might be a little younger than Hester in A Sorceress, but she’s not an ingenue.  Halla is in her mid thirties and a widow. The passing of her husband has not freed her from the clutches of her in laws though. This is both a blessing and a curse in some ways; thanks to her basically […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, important boiologiocal questions that need answering, low stakes, Romance, t kingfisher

LittlePlat's CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, important boiologiocal questions that need answering, low stakes, Romance, t kingfisher ·
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A girl and her dog learn what loves got to do with it

What's Love All About, Minimoni? by Rocio Bonilla

December 27, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While What’s Love All About, Minimoni?, written and illustrated by Rocio Bonilla, is a bit idealistic, it is also cute. When a young girl asks about what love is, she has a mature journey to finding it. What she learns is what many adults do not even realize: Love is a little bit of everything that is good. And she can imagine sharing that with the world. As I said, it is a bit idealistic, but it does have some silly moments, too. This means […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: emotions, Feelings, friendship, Rocio Bonilla, Social Themes, values, virtues

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:623 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: emotions, Feelings, friendship, Rocio Bonilla, Social Themes, values, virtues ·
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Orange is the new pumpkin

Little Orange Pumpkin by Erin Guendelsberger

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking at my online reader copy lists and found Little Orange Pumpkin by Erin Guendelsberger and illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin. It came out  in August 2024, making it ripe for a Halloween story. Which it is, as Little Orange Pumpkin is all excited about going out and trick or treating. Of course, she thinks she is ready to go out on her own, but her parents have other plans. In the end, we have a magical journey when Little Orange Pumpkin is sent […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Erin Guendelsberger, halloween, Jennifer Zivoin, mindfulness, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:621 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Erin Guendelsberger, halloween, Jennifer Zivoin, mindfulness, Social Themes ·
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“No, this had nothing to do with surrogate grannies or sex. So what was going on?”

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

December 26, 2024 by Nart 2 Comments

Sometimes you just need a collection of short stories about an old lady who uses her cleverness and people’s assumptions about the abilities of old people to punish the bad and get away with it. Plot: Maud is 88. She lives alone and has no real friends or family. Still, she’s quite content. She is healthy as an ox, has financial independence, and travels for fun for months at a time. Only now and again, she comes across some fucking piece of shit garbage person […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Helene Tursten

Nart's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Helene Tursten ·
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Friends and differences

Don't Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber and illustrated by Carles Arbat was exactly what I expected it to be. With that said, it is cute, funny and shows the values of the season. I wish I had found it before today (the first day of Hanukah), but it will work for the other days of the celebration, and for next year as well. We have a young child decorating for the holiday. They see a bear outside and though the narrator […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: animals, bears, Carles Arbat, celebrations, differences, family, friends, Hanukkah, holidays, hospitality, Karen Rostoker-Gruber

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:619 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: animals, bears, Carles Arbat, celebrations, differences, family, friends, Hanukkah, holidays, hospitality, Karen Rostoker-Gruber ·
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