cbr15bingo – Page 72 – Cannonball Read 17

Some princesses, a prince and a bear go on an adventure

Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

cbr15bingo Politics: two rival kingdoms are pitted against each other due to lack of understanding and greed There are way too many references to modern ideas, not to mention Swan Lake and Tchaikovsky in the graphic novel, Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms. But that is part of its charm for adults. For the 10 and up crowd, it is a funny, interesting story that mixes in friendship and assumptions and sword fights together. Combining all the fantasy and science fiction elements (I can make a […]

When the spirits ask for help

Guardian of Fukushima (Junior Library Guild) by Fabien Grolleau

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Asia/Oceania set in Japan While I am giving Guardian of Fukushima (Junior Library Guild) a five, there are a few bumps that make this graphic novel 4.5 to a 4.7. However, while this is not a perfect story, it is wonderfully done and is the story that was needed. The emotional and human aspects of the earthquake, the tsunami and nuclear devastation of March 2011 is explored in ways we do not usually see. Which tends to be, when a disaster happens, we usually find the […]

Next time you call someone a butt face, you might be right

Butt or Face? by Kari Lavelle

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo You are Here I picked up the readers copy at my local independent bookstore, but I will buy copies from there as well! You do not know funny until you see me and my dad guess, Butt or Face? Now, he probably did not want to be considered perverted and he guessed a lot as a face, but I know a butt when I see it (then again, I am short so I have seen my share of butts). Yet, I played along (remember I have […]

Underwater archaeology

Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor by Martin W. Sandler

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Relation”ship” cbr15bingo Because SHIPwrecks! I officially did not finish the book, Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor. But I did get about halfway through before I realized I really could not finish. There is a lot of technical science and that is not my thing. It can be text heavy, and I needed a more uninterrupted setting to read. However, what I did read was really very good. Things are heavy on the facts, the information and the technology. If you have […]

Poor Bruce, his friends are at it again

Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (Mother Bruce) by Ryan T. Higgins

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Hold Steady: Bruce is stuck with people who do not listen to him and make him do things he does not want to. I am not usually a Bruce the Bear (or Mother Bruce) fan. I have enjoyed the one or two Penelope Rex books I have read, but did not like Norman. Yet, when I read Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow (Mother Bruce) I did not hate it. I am still not a huge fan of forcing Bruce to do things […]

Get your wolf on

Willa the Werewolf: A Fractured Fairy Tale V01 by Michele McAvoy

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo. In the Wild: Willa is a shifter, she is a Pig by Day and a Wild WereWolf-Pig at night in the wild world of Paris Fashion! The abstract realism to the illustrations of Willa the Werewolf: A Fractured Fairy Tale V01 was not something I enjoyed. Jan Dolby’s effort, I appreciate, but the results did not work for me. However, I can see how people would like the goofy, passionate, and sweet character of Willa, and how her world unfolds because of them. Her […]

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