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“Be happy, but never satisfied.” Bruce Lee

The Boy who Became a Dragon: A Biography of Bruce Lee by Jim Di Bartolo

August 16, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Travel I knew who Bruce Lee was. I had even seen one of his movies. But I knew only the “Hollywood version” of his life. And Jim Di Bartolo does continue with that slightly more romantic view of Lee in The Boy who Became a Dragon: A Biography of Bruce Lee. This graphic novel is due in February 2020. First, even the author says he has taken some poetic license with Lee’s life, as some pieces have been fabricated over the years, information exaggerated […]

An Elf, a Human and a Dwarf walk into a tabletop role playing game

Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy

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#cbr11bingo #And So it Begins This is a bit embarrassing to admit, but I was not even half way through the first chapter when something hit me as so FREAKING (only I really did not say freaking) funny I laughed so hard, I hurt myself. Yes. The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins caused me physical pain. Darn you Clint, Griffin, Justin, and Travis McElroy. And darn you Carey Pietsch for encouraging this team by illustrating their podcast in this graphic novel series! You might […]

What’s that I see walkin’ in these woods? Why, it’s Little Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood by Beatrix Potter

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#cbr11bingo #Classic I knew that Beatrix Potter had written outside the Peter Rabbit series but was not as familiar with them as I might have been. And I certainly did not realize she had written a slight retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story in Red Riding Hood. This is the traditionally-traditional Little Red story as it is darker and is more of a nod to the original tale. The illustrator, Helen Oxenbury, has an introduction that tells of how Potter’s edition is closer […]

Wake up to a beautiful day in Morningtown!

Welcome to Morningtown by Blake Liliane Hellman

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#cbr11bingo #Youth I started this book a few weeks back while waiting for a Goodbye Lunch of our long-time accounting person (she is leaving us after 34 years) to start. I put it in my mailbox for safe keeping (after all there was quiche for lunch). Due to the fact I no memory of what happened (except there was this hilarious, realistic, oh-so-typical image of a little kid flushing the toilet while holding up their pants in one hand and not quite covering everything up) […]

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon

A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont's Race Around the Eiffel Tower by Rob Polivka

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#cbr11bingo #TrueStory A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont’s Race Around the Eiffel Tower is one of those powerful books that gives you a piece of history you might not be familiar with. Though not an all-encompassing/text-book look, it is a complete and general look at the history of flight in its early years. And it also gives you the story of one person who did much to get it to what we know as aviation today. Years before the Wright Brothers, a young Brazilian man-made history […]

When the Sugar Plum Fairy meet Alice (well….not really)

The Nutcracker by E.T.A Hoffmann

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

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#cbr11bingo #Remix Various publishers have done board books that have a classic theme. They tell you the bare minimal of the story with each one having limited text; yet some have more than others. This series, Penguin Bedtime Classics, seems to be my favorite so far. Or at least the two I have read which are illustrated by Carly Gledhill. The Nutcracker (based on E.T.A Hoffmann’s story) is a simplistic version of the Nutcracker, with details that make it lighthearted and fun. The characters are […]

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