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Art Club by Rashad Doucet

July 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Art Club by Rashad Doucet is fun. It has a modern take on things, has a mostly diverse cast, and while we know the coming of age story, it is fresh. Best for ages 10 and up (younger can read, but I’m not sure the concepts would be okay for some. Content is fine). There were a few bumps (things solved too conveniently, a few cliches for the adult characters) but overall everything works well. The idea is how the adults in our main character’s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: art, Business, friendship, grandparents, Money, parents, Rashad Doucet, Relationships, school, school clubs, Social Themes, teacher / students

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:335 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: art, Business, friendship, grandparents, Money, parents, Rashad Doucet, Relationships, school, school clubs, Social Themes, teacher / students ·
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The woman who supposedly said the only thing smaller than Hemingway’s talent was his d%ck…

Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes by JL Macy

July 19, 2024 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

I knew I had my cbr16bingo Scandal book when I read the line “your soft saliva, loosed with orgy, drip!”  This category was giving me trouble. I thought I was going to do a children’s graphic novel series for it (there is one big scandal that leads to several littler ones by the looks of the first one I read) but how could I not pick Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes as my Scandal book? Her whole life was a scandal!  She was […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:329 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: #writing, art, cbr16bingo, Djuna Barnes, friendship, hedonism, JL Macy, Jon Macy, LGBTQ, literary, lovers, Social Themes ·
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More toymakers for the children!

Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal

July 19, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo  Bollywood (child lives in a village of India and the author is from Mumbai, India)   Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal is something that one needs to experience themselves. I can say it is about Asha and her father in India. I can say that she is a young girl whose father wants her to study hard, not worry about money (that is his job to raise money so she can go to school) and have the opportunities that he did not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: art, cbr16bingo, daughters, family, father, Girls & Women, India, parents, Sakshi Mangal, toymakers, toys

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:328 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: art, cbr16bingo, daughters, family, father, Girls & Women, India, parents, Sakshi Mangal, toymakers, toys ·
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The toy that made you grow old is now 50!

Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When it comes to cbr16bingo categories I like to do both the “literal interpretation” and the “creative interpretation.” Sometimes at the same time. Therefore, TECH is going to be both. Yes, the Rubik Cube is not “true technology” but it is technology. It is a tool that is used to drive one insane.  And Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya shows us the journey Erno Rubik took to get there. This is a fantastic read about the puzzle that has probably had […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: art, cbr16bingo, games, Hungary, Inventions, inventors, Kara Kramer, Kerry Aradhya, puzzles, Rubik Cube

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:325 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: art, cbr16bingo, games, Hungary, Inventions, inventors, Kara Kramer, Kerry Aradhya, puzzles, Rubik Cube ·
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Screw Your Courage to the Sticking-Place

Monster Movie! by Chuck Wendig

June 24, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Ethan is afraid of everything, so when his best friends Olivia and Harvey insist on him joining in on a screening of a mysterious film considered to be the scariest movie ever made, he refuses outright. However, when the movie turns out to be a monster bent on destroying the town, Ethan must brave his fears if he is to save everyone and everything he loves. There’s a difficult balance to reach with middle grade horror, which I hadn’t thought much before I started reading […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: adventure, art, chuck wendig, friendship, horror, middle grade

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:74 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Horror · Tags: adventure, art, chuck wendig, friendship, horror, middle grade ·
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“I think Jesus would like better bands, you know?”

Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art Through the Eyes of Faith by Russ Ramsey

June 24, 2024 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I recently came across an old CNN interview with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. In the interview, Corgan talks about how God is an unexplored area of rock because most people believe in some form of God, but most bands never mention God. CNN asks, “What would you say to Christian rockers, then?” Corgan thinks for a second and says, “Make better music…I think Jesus would like better bands, you know? Stop copying U2.” Corgan, in his very Corganesque observation, is correct. He is […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: art, art history, Russ Ramsey

Halbs's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: art, art history, Russ Ramsey ·
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