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Another okay book in a series I keep going back to

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

November 16, 2024 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

This is book nine in the Wayward Children Series, a series of books about children who have found portals into alternate worlds that can be the stuff of nightmares or dreams, depending on the child. A good thing about this series is that you could probably read the books out of order, since they deal with different children and worlds. But there are recurring characters and themes throughout, which might be lost by going out of order. This book is about Antsy, who has a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, Seanan McGuire, skootchyknees, Wayward children series, young adult fiction

genericwhitegirl's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, Seanan McGuire, skootchyknees, Wayward children series, young adult fiction ·
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The only real drawback is it’s due Summer 2025!

Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The nice thing about working with people that read books, too, is that sometimes they read something, like it, and review it for our website. And to make sure the rest of us know that a person is promoting book X, (so we can read it ourselves, or more accurately, recommend it to customers) we get an email pertaining to those books. This is how I found Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin. It is the companion to Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden. Now […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Christy Mandin, environmental, friendship, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:554 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Christy Mandin, environmental, friendship, Social Themes ·
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Dear Bookstore I love you

Dear Bookstore by Emily Arrow

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While the ending was a smidgen pushy in Dear Bookstore, the overall feeling is well done. The illustrations by Geneviève Godbout set the tone that Emily Arrow has presented, well and are a great push for getting readers into brick and motor independent stores. Due mid March 2025, I read Arrow’s book via an online reader copy. The poetic nature of things starts off like any other book you have read about a bookstore. And if you are not paying attention, you will miss the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Books, Bookstores, Emily Arrow, Geneviève Godbout, imagination, new experiences, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:553 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Books, Bookstores, Emily Arrow, Geneviève Godbout, imagination, new experiences, Social Themes ·
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“Dad? Mom? I think I can do it.” (Do what?) “Save the world?” or Don’t touch the cute space robot on the weird planet in the first place

Blake Laser by Keith Marantz

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Blake Laser is a fun story for the lover of science-fiction, love of a little fantasy, of course aliens and just the right amount of humor. Everything is a bit face paced, but is not crowded with text, too many images or action. This story by Keith Marantz has a biracial family of four, that are heading where no human has gone before! No, not space (it is the 24th century after all, been there done that!) but a particular place in space. The family […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 24th century, action, Aliens, coming-of-age, environmental, family, Keith Marantz, Larissa Brown, Outer Space, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, survival

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:552 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 24th century, action, Aliens, coming-of-age, environmental, family, Keith Marantz, Larissa Brown, Outer Space, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, survival ·
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You know you’ve told a dad joke or two!

How to Make a Robot Laugh: Funny and Easy to Read Jokes for Children Who Love Robotics and Silly Engineering Humor by Chris Cate

How to Make a Shark Laugh by Chris Cate

November 14, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t hate dad jokes (in fact, I have proudly told a few myself) but a bad one is not worth the effort! So, when I see a joke book for kids I usually assume they are going to be at best, okay dad jokes, or jokes that are really not funny if you’re over say five-years-old (maybe six for some). However, How to Make a Robot Laugh: Funny and Easy to Read Jokes for Children Who Love Robotics and Silly Engineering Humor by Chris […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, Callisto Kids, Chris Cate, Jokes & riddles, Robotics, sea life, technology

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:549 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, Callisto Kids, Chris Cate, Jokes & riddles, Robotics, sea life, technology ·
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Choose Your Own Adventure for the younger crowd

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Ghost on the Mountain (Dragonlarks) by Kyandreia Jones

November 14, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you, but I used to enjoy the Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid/pre-teen. They were easy and even back then I liked that quick read. That mystery of where your choice would take you. Now they were not my main genre for reading and I moved onto other books, but I always held a small space in my heart for them. And as a bookseller I found them again, but again, I don’t need to read. But I found […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery Tagged With: Caribbean, Fairy Tales & Folklore, family, Ghost Stories, grandchildren, grandmother, grandparents, Haiti, Interactive adventure, Kyandreia Jones, Latin America, Manuel Mal, stories

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:547 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery · Tags: Caribbean, Fairy Tales & Folklore, family, Ghost Stories, grandchildren, grandmother, grandparents, Haiti, Interactive adventure, Kyandreia Jones, Latin America, Manuel Mal, stories ·
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