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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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A Wonderful Winter’s Tale

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

November 20, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Foxes are foxes, to be sure, but they can also present themselves as humans.  They tend to be beautiful or handsome, and humans in their presence can become somewhat confused about what just happened.  Some are tricksters by nature, while others are quite serious.  And many just enjoy living among humans. Snow is not one of the later.  She is out for revenge.  She had left her child, curled up in a barrow in the snow while she went hunting, and while she was gone, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A mother's search, Always being able to hear a lie not always the greatest gift, Fox people, Late life reunion, Northern Asia in the 1920s, Those who hunt for pelts are the worst can we all agree?, Yangsze Choo

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:61 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A mother's search, Always being able to hear a lie not always the greatest gift, Fox people, Late life reunion, Northern Asia in the 1920s, Those who hunt for pelts are the worst can we all agree?, Yangsze Choo ·
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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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The man in the black hat and his magic box

Gwendy’s Button Box (Book 1) by Stephen King

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wanna know something funny? I think Gwendy’s Button Box (Book 1) found me and not the other way around. It has been out for awhile (2017 or so) and I had seen it off and on, but it was Stephen King so I expected it to be super horror, gross, and I was never in the mood for that. Then one day, I saw a list of books and this one was on it. And I said, you know what? It is short, let me […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Castle Rock Maine, family, Stephen King, Suspense, thriller

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:508 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Castle Rock Maine, family, Stephen King, Suspense, thriller ·
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I found a new place to dwell

Heartbreak Hotel by Micol Arianna Beltramini

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Several books on my recent HBR (Have Been Read) list have had similar feelings and/or themes. And yet, each one is its own unique read. Heartbreak Hotel by Micol Arianna Beltramini and illustrator Agnese Innocente falls into this “alike but not alike” category. This coming of age story is similar to the stories The History of Everything: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Evans, Raging Clouds by Yudori, and The Flip Side by Jason Walz. Yet, it is also its own work and has its own […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Agnese Innocente, Death, emotions, friendship, grief, LGBTQ, Micol Arianna Beltramini, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:506 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Agnese Innocente, Death, emotions, friendship, grief, LGBTQ, Micol Arianna Beltramini, Social Themes ·
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In time for Halloween 2026

Scritch! Scratch!: An Itchy, Witchy Halloween Tale by Teri Sloat

November 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Just so you know, this book is due late July 2026. Yes, I read via an online reader a book due in the summer of 2026. So why bother with reviewing it in November 2025? Because you need to know about this new book. Scritch! Scratch!: An Itchy, Witchy Halloween Tale by Teri Sloat and illustrated by Zuzana Cupova might just become a classic.  You see, it is already halfway there with its classical looking illustrations. The black and white images, mixed in with sepia, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: halloween, paranormal, Teri Sloat, witches, Zuzana Cupova

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:505 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: halloween, paranormal, Teri Sloat, witches, Zuzana Cupova ·
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