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Double Booking: The Tail of the Mummy Cat by Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris

May 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? (FYI: they still have them. ) Anyway, at first, I thought that the book, Double Booking: The Tail of the Mummy Cat by Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris, was going to be one of them when I found an online reader copy of it (though currently available). I figured, well this will be interesting to try and read. Thankfully (or maybe not thankfully depending on if you think it might be fun to try a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: action, adventure, Ancient Civilizations, Cats, egypt, family, Kim Shearer, mummies, museums, Nic Touris, Pangburn, Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris, siblings, travel

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:263 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: action, adventure, Ancient Civilizations, Cats, egypt, family, Kim Shearer, mummies, museums, Nic Touris, Pangburn, Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris, siblings, travel ·
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Metamorphoses for a New Millennium

Fit For the Gods by Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor)

April 26, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Though Greek mythology originates from several millennia ago, their stories have been renewed again and again over the centuries through art and literature. In this anthology, more than a dozen authors tackle this too – but their tellings are with a twist, bringing racially, sexually, and culturally diverse takes to the classic stories. I’ve always loved Greek mythology and have engaged with in a plethora of ways, from reading classic translations to the Percy Jackson books to the recent trend in novel-length unpackings like Madeline […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, Anthology, ARC, greek mythology, Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor), lgbt, NetGalley, retellings, Romance

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, Anthology, ARC, greek mythology, Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor), lgbt, NetGalley, retellings, Romance ·
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Princesses, pirates and sisters

Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale of Danger, a Princess, and Her Crew of Lady Pirates by Cassandra Federman

April 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started a review once that said that I like sibling books and sister books in particular. Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale of Danger, a Princess, and Her Crew of Lady Pirates written and illustrated by Cassandra Federman is one of those books. Currently available, this is a cute story about modern day sisters, with one having some old school ideas that get messy when the sisters unite to tell their “other sister” a bedtime story. Of course, there is more than that. The oldest […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adventure, Cassandra Federman, family, imagination, pirates, Play, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stories

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:207 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adventure, Cassandra Federman, family, imagination, pirates, Play, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stories ·
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It appears that 19th century soap opera adventure stories are my thing!

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

April 19, 2025 by KimMiE" 13 Comments

Reviewer Note: In 2024, I started to read the free version of The Count of Monte Cristo that is available from Project Gutenberg (my go-to resource for novels in the public domain). After reading 200 pages, I couldn’t understand why I was so bored. This novel has more action than a Die Hard movie, yet I was struggling to stay interested. I decided to do some research into what’s considered the best translation of this novel, and I found recommendations for the edition translated by Robin […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, alexandre dumas, cbr17, classics, French author, French fiction, KimMiE", revenge

KimMiE"'s CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: adventure, alexandre dumas, cbr17, classics, French author, French fiction, KimMiE", revenge ·
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God forbid the beautiful, eligible daughter of a duke have hobbies

Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

April 15, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Books Bingo 25: Book by an author you’ve never read Thank you to Netgalley and Joy Revolution for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Lady Zenobia “Zia” Osborn and several of her female friends have started a secret society, calling themselves Lady Knights, and at night, they dress up as highwaymen and rob the carriages of Lady Zia’s brother’s rich friends. They need to collect enough money to ensure the survival of their boarding school, not to mention the orphanage next door to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, Amalie Howard, BIPOC, book club, cbr17, feminism, friendship, highwaymen, historical romance, Lady Knight, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency, secret society, The Diamonds, Young Adult

Malin's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Amalie Howard, BIPOC, book club, cbr17, feminism, friendship, highwaymen, historical romance, Lady Knight, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency, secret society, The Diamonds, Young Adult ·
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Not sure if I’ll read the sequels

The Changeling: Volume 1 by Tina N. Lugo

April 9, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Tina N. Lugo’s The Changeling: Volume 1 was not a “pure” three, but is not a 2 either. Maybe a 2.75? It is a series that needs all volumes to be read at once and that would have probably boosted the rating. Volume 2 should be available and volume 3 is due end of April/early may 2025.  There are a few pages of introduction in this first volume that allows the reader to have background information on the characters, which allows you to be able […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: action, adventure, East Asian Style, family, Indigenous Taíno culture, magic, manga, Tina N. Lugo

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:181 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: action, adventure, East Asian Style, family, Indigenous Taíno culture, magic, manga, Tina N. Lugo ·
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