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Oatmeal Can Be Predictable and Interesting at the Same Time

OATrageous Oatmeals by Kathy Hester

December 30, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So the only reason I found OATrageous Oatmeals is because I was at my usual used/new bookshop selling my annual purge of my shelves and while the buyer was going through the suitcase full of books, I browsed. I like cookbooks and plant-based cooking though I’m not actually vegan in practice, and I’d kind of been craving oatmeal. Perfect timing for the book I didn’t know I needed. For an impulse buy, this actually turned out pretty well. The first half is, as you would […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbooks, cooking, Kathy Hester, oatmeal, OATrageous Oatmeals, plant based, vegan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:70 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbooks, cooking, Kathy Hester, oatmeal, OATrageous Oatmeals, plant based, vegan ·
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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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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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This review happened because around 20 years ago a grandmother gave her grandson a banana to eat….

Benny the Bananasaurus Rex by Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not sure when I found the magnet of a kid (it was at least a year or two ago), in a dinosaur suit and eating bananas, on my desk. The coworker who left it said it reminded her of me. I wasn’t insulted, I knew she meant it as a compliment, but she did clarify it was a good thing. I also felt it was perfect for me as my middle nephew used to (maybe still does, he hasn’t said) love bananas (and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: banana, Emma Pedersen, family, imagination, Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Sarabeth Holden, Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:618 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: banana, Emma Pedersen, family, imagination, Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Sarabeth Holden, Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen ·
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The crazy is coming!

The Shindig Is Coming! by Charise Mericle Harper

December 24, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Shindig Is Coming! in August of 2025. Charise Mericle Harper’s book was read by me via an online reader copy. I probably will not purchase a final copy, but I know that it will be a hit with others and they will want to have copies for themselves and as gifts. When Mouse comes running in yelling, “The shindig is coming!” It causes all sorts of havoc. Nobody knows what or who it is. It could be a green swamp monster or a pink, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: animals, Charise Mericle Harper, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:616 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: animals, Charise Mericle Harper, Social Themes ·
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Finding happy little trees, mountains to climb and burglars to show who is the boss babe

The Swayze Year: You're Not Old, You're Just Getting Started! by Colleen AF Venable and Meghan Daly

December 19, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You are never too old to try something new, or to follow your passion. Even if that means you are in your 70s and you want to fly around the world. Even if that means you want to invent ramen noodles as we know them today. Even if you want to paint and are unhoused. Even if you want to write the classic dictionary or thesaurus.  Even if you are over the so-called, “Productive Years.” In The Swayze Year: You’re Not Old, You’re Just Getting […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: ageing, celebrity, Colleen AF Venable, Colleen AF Venable and Meghan Daly, Inspiration & Personal Growth, life stages, Meghan Daly, Popular Culture, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:608 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: ageing, celebrity, Colleen AF Venable, Colleen AF Venable and Meghan Daly, Inspiration & Personal Growth, life stages, Meghan Daly, Popular Culture, Social Themes ·
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