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“If there was one thing she had learned on this trip, it was that leadership was more than titles and giving orders. It was an act of becoming something greater than what one had been before; it was doing things for others, things that they could not do themselves. It was a burden, true, but it refined as much as it hurt.”

White Sand Omnibus by Brandon Sanderson

July 6, 2025 by wicherwill 2 Comments

hot take very worth re-reading, they should just pull the older version off the shelves — book recall, anyone? wonder if it would have made as much sense if I hadn’t already known what Sanderson was trying to do via the author note So yes, this is markedly, substantially different from the individual books. The art still has the abrupt switcheroo halfway through the second (third?) volume, and the fundamental plot is the same, but there’s a real attempt to clarify the narrative thrust via […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere

wicherwill's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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Magic in the Tea and Maybe Something Else

The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch vol. 1 by Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji

June 29, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

By the cover and title, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch looks like a mildly entertaining cozy fantasy. Remy is a tea witch, meaning she can magically make perfect tea, which o the one hand is enough that she gets to work in the royal palace, but on the other hand classifies her as basically a servant. Remy seems a little lazy and not minding this, but as you might guess, there’s more to her and her situation (mostly just hints in volume […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, Ameko Kaeruda, Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji, magic, manga, tea, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, witches, Yorifuji

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, Ameko Kaeruda, Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji, magic, manga, tea, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, witches, Yorifuji ·
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Much Bigger CW Needed

Dan Da Dan vol. 1 by Yukinobu Tatsu

June 29, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have seen Dan Da Dan manga all over social media/the internet, so when I saw volume 1 at the library I picked it up out of curiosity. The premise is interesting: two high school outsiders, one obsessed with aliens, the other believes in spirits, dare each other to prove the other person’s belief is invalid by sending each other to the most likely haunted/abduction sites in the area, per the web. Guess what happens next? One thing I hadn’t noticed initially was that there […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Aliens, content warning, Dan Da Dan, high school, manga, speculative, Spirits, violence, Yukinobu Tatsu

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Aliens, content warning, Dan Da Dan, high school, manga, speculative, Spirits, violence, Yukinobu Tatsu ·
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“Baba will realize what he’s missing, and he’ll come home so we can be a normal, happy family again.”

How To Draw A Secret by Cindy Chang

June 28, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Well, my New Year’s resolution to keep up with my book reviews has not gone amazingly the first half of the year, but there’s always time to refocus so I’m trying to get back into it. Fortunately this summer of grad school classes hasn’t been as overwhelming as last year, so I have been able to do some reading for fun and have some books to review. I even have had the time to go to the local bookstore twice, which is pretty astonishing versus […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Cindy Chang, Graphic Novel, middle grade

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Cindy Chang, Graphic Novel, middle grade ·
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“Join a commune!” they said.

The Gulf by Adam de Souza

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Gulf by Adam de Souza was an interesting read. However, since I have read several similar titles, the theme did not WOW or “Hit me powerfully.” However, it was a great coming of age story with some interesting twists and turns. The concepts might be a bit mature for some readers, but for the most part the content is fine for at least thirteen and up. And as always, older teens and adults should read it as it has an almost all age appeal. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC)

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:315 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC) ·
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A lost world

The Horizon Volume Two by Jh and Abigail Blackman

The Horizon Volume Three by Jh and Abigail Blackman

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Honestly, I think The Horizon Volume Three contributed to some bad dreams I had after finishing it. I had finished volume two of The Horizon a few days before, and that probably did not help. I had forgotten some of volume one, but at the same time you almost didn’t need it as it was its own story, but if you want to know how The Boy and The Girl meet and a bit of the war and situation the children are facing you should. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Abigail Blackman, Dystopian, East Asian Style, friendship, jh, Jh and Abigail Blackman, Manhwa, orphans

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:314 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Abigail Blackman, Dystopian, East Asian Style, friendship, jh, Jh and Abigail Blackman, Manhwa, orphans ·
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