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Family

Why Is Everybody Yelling? Growing Up in My Immigrant Family? by Marisabina Russo

June 11, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had a small roller coaster ride of thoughts and feelings about the graphic memoir, Why Is Everybody Yelling? Growing Up in My Immigrant Family? At first, I thought, “Sounds fun.” Then, “Huh, what’s going on?” And “This is slow reading.” With, “Oh, yeah digging this, getting meaty.” Along with several, “If this was fiction nobody would allow such a stereotype!” And finally, “Well that was a ride. And that afterwards was a good roundup.”   Our narrator, Cookie is “the lucky one” of her […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: family, fathers & daughters, first-generation American, friendship, Immigrants, Immigration, Judaism, Marisabina Russo, Mothers & Daughters, Religion, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:172 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: family, fathers & daughters, first-generation American, friendship, Immigrants, Immigration, Judaism, Marisabina Russo, Mothers & Daughters, Religion, siblings ·
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Annie and Nico are waiting to take you away

Magical History Tour Volume 4: The Crusades by Fabrice Erre

June 11, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Magical History Tour Volume 4: The Crusades felt easier to read than the others I have read in this series. Not that it was a younger read, it is still for the aged 8 to 11 (young 12) reader, but it seemed to have less information than Fabrice Erre’s other historical graphic novels. The Crusades are shown in a more European centered manner but touching on some of the non-Christian people and events of importance. The highlights of the crusades are presented in a simple […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: Christians and Muslims, Fabrice Erre, Holy Wars, jerusalem, Middle Ages, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Sylvain Savoia, the Crusades, time travel

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:171 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: Christians and Muslims, Fabrice Erre, Holy Wars, jerusalem, Middle Ages, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Sylvain Savoia, the Crusades, time travel ·
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Choose this day whom you will serve.

The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Christianity Not as Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life by Leo Tolstoy

May 20, 2021 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I took a long, weird road to this book. I grew up in Texas with public-service-minded parents of faith. I was a political science major turned public-interest lawyer turned political staffer. Public service, making the world a better place, all of it. In my mind, Jesus’ line about rendering to Caesar what’s Caesar’s meant that, in my democratic context, I had to work the system for good. I navigated the classic political argument of the “problem of dirty hands” with all of that in mind […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology

Halbs's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology ·
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This is a journey …..

Steeple by John Allison

April 6, 2021 by BlackRaven 5 Comments

Steeple is a perky journey that John Allison takes us on to find Satan and the good works they do. No, it is a journey that Allison takes us on to find a DILF (or a Priest I would like to friend on Facebook). No, it is a journey of a new Church of England minister, named Billie, who used to dabble in things as a teen, has her car blown up on her way to her new assignment, and who offers her thumb to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:134 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural ·
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When Langston Found Langston

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome is an interesting look at the late 1940s, Chicago, growing up and literature that was way too short. I would have enjoyed more of the history of the time and seen a bigger connection to the two people called Langston. Still, I enjoyed what I read but, like I said, there needed to be more: more of the history of the times (Why were the black families moving north? Why were the soldiers were coming back? Even the fact that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss ·
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We know where the Dragon’s Maw is, where is Paw?: Part two

Scales & Scoundrels V01: Into The Dragon’s Maw by Sebastian Girner

March 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As I have said before, I do not usually reread a book. However, I have had a book in the “give away pile” for longer than I can remember. If I looked at it, I thought, “Did I read that? I had to. It is in the “give away” box. But I do not remember reading it….” Recently I grabbed the book and said, “FINE! We are solving this once and for all! I am reading it!” And I started Scales & Scoundrels V01: Into […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, dragons, friendship & enemies, Galaad, Princes, Sebastian Girner, treasure, Women adventurers

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:108 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, dragons, friendship & enemies, Galaad, Princes, Sebastian Girner, treasure, Women adventurers ·
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