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Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia by Christi Furnas

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

TRIGGERS: thoughts/talk of suicide, attempted suicide, toxic relationships/friendship, alcohol/drug use, mental health. Well Street Noise Books, you did it again with Christi Furnas and their Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia. This time, however, I both hated and loved a book from you. This is a surreal satire that is an all too realistic story of how one person (or Fox) goes down the rabbit hole of madness, but really it was just a bit twisted and would eventually start upwards again. Things are […]

I hit the 7th Cannonball with pun and fun

Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Grave: Epitaphs to Die For by Anthony Martignetti

The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

I like to read and I enjoy writing reviews. But sometimes a book is not able to produce a long review. There isn’t a lot to say, or if you do, there are more words in your review than the actual book. These below titles fall into that category as well as the category of sometimes you cannot find a theme to link books together in a review other than they don’t allow for longer reviews and they have nothing in common. And that is […]

Trans YA horror in a small town

Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli

August 2, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Lockjaw by Matteo L Cerilli is a YA horror that explores small town niceness and what makes a monster real. I’m still fairly newly into horror and very particular, but I like seeing the themes of monstrosity explored through marginalized lenses, so I took the chance to read Lockjaw with glee. This is a story told from several points of view and does some time jumps that aren’t obvious, for reasons that become evident about halfway through the book. I found several elements absolutely heartbreaking, […]

War! Destruction! Snacks! Dragon style

Wings of Fire Graphic Novel Book One: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes

Wings of Fire Graphic Novel Book Two: The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes

Wings of Fire Graphic Novel Book Three The Hidden Kingdom by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes

Wings of Fire Graphic Novel Book Four The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes

Wings of Fire Graphic Novel Book Five The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes

August 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The journey of the Wings of Fire Graphic Novel series was not a smooth one as I read volumes one and two out of order. Therefore, read the series in order, take your time and try to read as close together as possible as things pick up where we leave off from the previous book and it assumes you know the backstory. Book One: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes I have not read the novels this series is adapted from. However, considering […]

I Heard the Wisdom of Uncle

The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer by Faith Erin Hicks

August 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you like(d) Avatar the Last Airbender the television series (not that “movie we don’t name” or the blue people), you might want their story to continue since there are only so many times you can rewatch the Avatar and his friends save the world. And you can do that with the graphic novels that various authors, illustrators and creators have made. You can pick up where our gang of benders and friends left off. Some will allow you to continue their stories, add that […]

Scooby Doo, where are you Batman?

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Vol. 1 by various

Greener on the Other Side (Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures) by Matthew K. Manning and Jon Sommariva

July 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Like comics? Like cartoons? Like fun mashups? See below for some possible fun. So you like Batman? And you like Scooby Doo? Well, The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Vol. 1 is a fun way to get your fix of both. While we have the Batman villains, the Scooby Doo humor comes into play. Various stories (with Batman, different Robins, Nightwing, Joker, Batgirl and more, some new to me, or maybe just lesser known overall) intertwin the DC universe with the Scooby Gang. There is even […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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