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The October Country by Ray Bradbury

September 13, 2022 by auntadadoom 9 Comments

This was a Did Not Finish, on account of I hated it. Hokay, so, The October Country. This is a collection of Bradbury short stories, and the first one is about a dwarf (it’s called, inventively, “The Dwarf”) who is a regular at a carnival with a house of mirrors where there’s a room where he can see himself as tall, and of course that’s all he wants to do and isn’t it so self-evident that it’s grotesque and he’s grotesque and he couldn’t possibly […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Ray Bradbury

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Ray Bradbury ·
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Contains more teeth than you can imagine

Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1) by Stan Stanley

September 12, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Title from online review   Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1) by Stan Stanley is dark, odd, sexy, thoughtful, spooky, serious, humorous, and much more. The path of love is never easy, especially when a talking cat tricks you out of your life and you are tossed into a magical realm where humans are snacks, slaves or worse. Gorgeous illustrations that are both overly busy and simple, will amaze and create unease as you flow through the story of a non-binary teen and what […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Diversity & Multicultural, glbtq, Imaginary places, Latino, Queens New York, Stan Stanley

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:479 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Diversity & Multicultural, glbtq, Imaginary places, Latino, Queens New York, Stan Stanley ·
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When I get bored, I look for trouble. Or books. Whichever is easier to find

Supergirl Adventures: Girl of Steel by Various

Superman Adventures: Lex Luthor, Man of Metropolis by Various

Justice League Unlimited: Girl Power by Various

Dear DC Super-Villains by Michael Northrop

DC Super Hero Girls: Midterms by Amy Wolfram

September 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I get bored, I look for trouble. And since I have no idea what trouble looks like, I usually find a book, or five books. Granted, none are more than a 150-200 pages each. Just quick young graphic novels that were not really “that young” with some mature themes, issues and images going on. In Supergirl Adventures: Girl of Steel we are introduce to Kara (aka Supergirl) from a young girl on her home planet, to the day Krypton was destroyed and the sister […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Amy Wolfram, friendship, Gustavo Duarte, justice league, Lex Luthor, Michael Northrop, Social Themes, Supergirl, superheroes, Superman, various, villains, Wonder Woman, Yancey Labat

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:472 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Amy Wolfram, friendship, Gustavo Duarte, justice league, Lex Luthor, Michael Northrop, Social Themes, Supergirl, superheroes, Superman, various, villains, Wonder Woman, Yancey Labat ·
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Books of Meh

Books of Blood (vol 1-3) by Clive Barker

September 8, 2022 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

As a Constant Reader of Stephen King, sometimes I get a little worried that there might be a whole world of horror novels out there that I am missing out on, so, I did some research. After digging deep into the r/books subreddit, it seemed apparent to me that I was truly missing out by having not consumed any of Clive Barker’s novels. Of course, I’m familiar with the name and a Pinhead fan (at least in a theatrical sense) so I thought I’d better […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Clive Barker

Caesar's Wife's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Clive Barker ·
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When she wants something, she has the knack of making it seem inevitable.

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman; Leigh Bardugo; Alyssa Cole; Lucy Foley; Elly Griffiths; Natalie Haynes; Jean Kwok; Val McDermid; Karen M. McManus; Dreda Say Mitchell; Kate Mosse; Ruth Ware

September 4, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I enjoyed this collection of contemporary writers writing new short stories featuring Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple. Two of the things that make Miss Marple such an interesting character, and so ripe for reinterpretation are her clear eyed, somewhat cynical view of humanity, and the way she is underestimated because of her age. The stories that worked best were the ones that embraced these aspects. Some stories worked better than others with a couple of standouts and a couple of authors whose backlist I’ll be […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: advance reader copy, agatha christie, Anthology, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:96 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: advance reader copy, agatha christie, Anthology, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware, NetGalley ·
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Not for young in age, but young at heart

My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron by Various

The My Little Pony: Friends Forever Volume 2 by Various

My Little Pony Friends Forever #9 by Various

My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 3. by Various

September 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I’m a kid of the 1980s and still a fan of good Saturday morning cartoons. One of those was The Transformers (okay good might be a loosely used term, but I stand by it) and sure, I was a little into My Little Ponies, but not like my younger sister (who btw is mom to a nephew I will mention in a bit, but as I only have the one sibling, that is redundant). When I saw that the powers that be had created a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Agnes Garbowska, andy price, Casey W. Coller, christina rice, friendship, Jack Lawrence, James Asmus, Jay P. Fosgitt, Jeremy Whitley, Katie Cook, magic, My Little Ponies, Sam Maggs, Social Themes, The Transformers, Thomas F. Zahler, tony fleecs, various

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:465 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Agnes Garbowska, andy price, Casey W. Coller, christina rice, friendship, Jack Lawrence, James Asmus, Jay P. Fosgitt, Jeremy Whitley, Katie Cook, magic, My Little Ponies, Sam Maggs, Social Themes, The Transformers, Thomas F. Zahler, tony fleecs, various ·
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