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The message is not just on the wall

The Crows by Anders Fager

June 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I recently read this creepy graphic novel called, The Crows. At first, it acted like it might be one of two things: either a ghost story where the main character is haunted by the ghost of (fill in the blank) a parent(s), grandparent(s), their former self, or some real monster/ghost. Or it would be a descent into madness and everything was hallucinations, just in the characters head. There was the possibility of lots of gore and blood, but that only came into play once physically; […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Anders Fager, family, memories, Peter Bergting, rural Sweden, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:415 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Anders Fager, family, memories, Peter Bergting, rural Sweden, Social Themes ·
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An Intense Horror on Grief

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

June 11, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

Wow, this book… this is such a beautiful, painful story exploring grief and how not letting go, staying in the past can cause more harm than learning to move forward. Beck lost her mother only a few months ago and she and her sister are on their way to Texas to live with their dad, but first Beck has to find out the truth of Backravel, the place that her mother was investigating, the place that basically stole her mother from her. But things in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: Courtney Gould, grief, horror, lesbian character, queer romance, sapphic, small town mysteries

LB's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: Courtney Gould, grief, horror, lesbian character, queer romance, sapphic, small town mysteries ·
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Keep an eye on your enemies, but watch your family closer

The Keeper by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

June 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Some days I just cannot get into reading (and you know I like to read). And when that happens I take a break from reading. This happened recently, and when I came back to it, I found the graphic novel,  The Keeper by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes.  I was not sure what I would be reading about. It was not giving away secrets: there is a girl on the cover; some designs look like it could be a combination of adventure and maybe fantasy. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, friendship, girls, grandmothers, Marco Finnegan, monsters, Steven Barnes, tananarive due, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:397 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, girls, grandmothers, Marco Finnegan, monsters, Steven Barnes, tananarive due, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes ·
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I keep saying I’m not a horror reader, and yet…

Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

May 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I keep saying that I am not a horror reader. However, I am trying to go outside my comfort zone in reading, and that would include horror and manga. And guess what? Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! is both.  Not only are there several stories within this collection, Inuki (author and illustrator) has extras at the end talking about influences, an interview with them from several years ago, things that scare her, manga that they read and much more. There is also (at the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: friendship, Kanako Inuki, paranormal, school life, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:371 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: friendship, Kanako Inuki, paranormal, school life, Social Themes ·
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You won’t have to write a book report on these

Who Is R. L. Stine by M.D. Payne

Who Was Maurice Sendak by Janet B. Pascal

Who Was Ernest Hemingway by Jim Gigliotti

May 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know some are familiar with the Who Are/Who Was series? And, I have written abut them before, so saying they are books about a subject (person for the Who Are/Was, place or thing for the What Is/What Was), and they have realistic, black and white illustrations that are not necessarily “fantastic” but get the point across and there is a double timeline at the end (for the subject, in this case  three authors, and the world timeline) is redundant. But needed as an intro […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #writing, authors, Ernest Hemingway, Jake Murray, Janet B. Pascal, Jim Gigliotti, M.D. Payne, Maurice Sendak, Nancy Harrison, R.L. Stine, Stephen Marchesi

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:348 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #writing, authors, Ernest Hemingway, Jake Murray, Janet B. Pascal, Jim Gigliotti, M.D. Payne, Maurice Sendak, Nancy Harrison, R.L. Stine, Stephen Marchesi ·
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This is weird, even for Murakami

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

May 20, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure I bought The Strange Library as an ebook, never read it, forgot it, then picked up the physical version in the library years later. This is not a book that would have translated well to the ebook form because the fold outs and page turns are pretty essential to the story. It also seems sort of like a children’s book, but feels too existential in a way. It’s weirdly philosophical in a way I can’t quite explain. Turns out libraries are indeed […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Horror Tagged With: haruki murakami, horror, middle grade, The Strange Library

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:42 · Genres: Children's Books, Horror · Tags: haruki murakami, horror, middle grade, The Strange Library ·
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