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Out of this world pizza and more

Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Inclusion, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge I find books mostly as reader copies and finished copies. Now, I try to have the reader copies physically in hand (it’s easier for me to read) but sometimes (and a lot more lately) I must settle for an online reader copy. And Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins came to me in an email that sent me to the graphic novels link to read. Due in mid September 2025, you’ll have a bit to wait before you […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, family, friendship, Inclusion, LGBTQ, magic, Pizza, Sarah Graley, Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins, Stef Purenins, talking cats

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:144 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, family, friendship, Inclusion, LGBTQ, magic, Pizza, Sarah Graley, Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins, Stef Purenins, talking cats ·
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All’s fair in love, war, and tug of war

Love and War by Andrew Wheeler

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Inclusion CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge Once upon a time, I was on the Evil Empire site and it said that I could “buy” a copy of Love and War by Andrew Wheeler, Killian Ng (illustrator), and the rest of the gang (it takes a wonderful village to make a graphic novel) as an e-book. However, I hope I didn’t use actual money or even real points from my credit card as I don’t buy e-books (long story). Especially since when I was cleaning up that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Andrew Wheeler, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Competition, friendship, Inclusion, Killian Ng, LGBTQ, school, Social Themes, tug-of-war

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:143 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Andrew Wheeler, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Competition, friendship, Inclusion, Killian Ng, LGBTQ, school, Social Themes, tug-of-war ·
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Presenting Max and their friends

Max and Chaffy: Search for the Ice Chaffy by Jamie Smart

Max and Chaffy: Welcome to Animal Island by Jamie Smart

Max and Chaffy: The Great Cupcake Mystery by Jamie Smart

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you want a cute story in a series that helps you to enjoy reading for the aged 6 to 9 (younger 10)? Max and Chaffy: Search for the Ice Chaffy by Jamie Smart is  the book you. For the child reader, you should read the first ones, but an adult can pick up things quickly. The fun part is that there are hide and seeks added. The colors are bold and details minimal, but keeps things moving along, while having fun reading. I did […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: adventures, family, friendship, Jamie Smart

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:137 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: adventures, family, friendship, Jamie Smart ·
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Magic cards and trees

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

March 14, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

These books were a pretty quick read and entertaining enough. They’re right in the middle – perfectly adequate and satisfactory but ultimately disposable. Basically, would I recommend these books? Maybe, after a long list of other books first. Would I dissuade you from reading them? Not at all. They are perfectly fine. In fact, even the flaws aren’t interesting enough to make me want to go discuss them in a thread. And you have seen me nitpick Onyx Storm. While some of the plot points […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Gillig, Shepherd King Duology

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Rachel Gillig, Shepherd King Duology ·
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Be Gay, Solve Crime, Take Naps

The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

March 13, 2025 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

I would never regret dying in a cat costume. I am now actively plotting how I can do so. Should I dress like a cat all the time just in case?  Because I am totally willing to do that. The Undetectables came together when they were fourteen at the site of their first murder, that of Theodore Wyatt of the infamous cat costume. Six years later his murder is still unsolved and the girls have scattered. Mallory has been struggling with fibromyalgia, Diana is busy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Courtney Smyth, fibromyalgia, ghosts, LGBQT+, mystery, Scooby Gang, witches

finnyfinfinn's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Courtney Smyth, fibromyalgia, ghosts, LGBQT+, mystery, Scooby Gang, witches ·
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Cover of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales.

Lost tales or lost tension?

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

March 12, 2025 by Jen K 2 Comments

This one was more of 3.5 for me, but rounded down because the others in the series were 4s. Overall, this was a pleasant book and if you liked the others ones in the series, you’ll enjoy this one. I can’t even quite put my finger on what I liked less about that one because all the points that come to mind don’t feel like they are quite the right explanation. I don’t think this was that vastly different from the other books and yet, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia ·
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