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Fern and Otto besties on an adventure

Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin

December 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends is an adorable book about friendship. But it is also about one friend who probably needs some special glasses to see the adventures right in front of him! And, of course, there are adventures aplenty for Fern and Otto. Much of which are more exciting then first look would assume. These two friends go out looking for an adventure that is more exciting than the one Fern is writing about in her book (enjoying themselves, each […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: authors, bears, Cats, fairy tales & folk tales, friendship, Stephanie Graegin

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:412 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: authors, bears, Cats, fairy tales & folk tales, friendship, Stephanie Graegin ·
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Not as fluffy and carefree as the title and cover make it seem

Beach Read by Emily Henry

July 29, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Pandemic (read what you want) Official book description: Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.   They’re polar opposites.   In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.   Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life ·
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Dead men tell no tales….. unless it is in the form of a trilogy

Exquisite Corpse by Penelope Bagieu

June 8, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

With a title like Exquisite Corpse, I was not sure what to expect. What journey was Penelope Bagieu (with translation by Alexis Siegel) going to take me on? Was I going to be Brazen or would I be California Dreaming again? Neither. I was in the middle of Pairs, locked in an apartment with one crazy-a$$ author, a girl who is as naïve as she is a selfish-20-something and one editor who put the fatale in femme fatale. Zoe is less than sophisticated. She hates […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Alexis Siegel, authors, Crime & Mystery, literary, Penelope Bagieu

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:195 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Alexis Siegel, authors, Crime & Mystery, literary, Penelope Bagieu ·
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