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Took the subway, changed his life

Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio

March 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Our Subway Baby is an adorable story! Peter Mercurio tells the story how he and his partner literally found and adopted a baby and within months became parents. One day, Mercurio’s partner, Danny, was in the subway and noticed what looked like a doll wrapped up in a corner. And when he got closer, he noticed that it was not a doll but a baby. The police, foster care and a one sympathetic judge later, a baby makes a Papa Pete and Daddy Danny. That […]

Sheep trying to take control of things, tricksters, talking dogs and a few other things

Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic by Thom Pico

March 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic is a cute and fun graphic novel. However, it is definitely the sequel to Aster and the Accidental Magic. To help you understanding the pieces of this puzzle, you really should read the first book to understand the twists and turns of this section one. Thom Pico is continuing the misadventures of one gal named Aster. Forced to move to the middle of nowhere for her mother’s work, Aster learns that there is magic in dem darn hills…and dogs and […]

Good thing I’m not allergic to books, but if I was, I’d still read this!

Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

March 4, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While the story on the surface of Allergic: A Graphic Novel sounds simple, there is also the complicity of learning of an illness and the result of it being “not fair” to the person dealing with the situation. There is also the typical growing up issues of siblings, friendship, and fear issues. All of it will come to a head by the end and while it might seem overwhelming our heroine, Maggie, finds a way. Megan Wagner Lloyd’s story is an old one (coming to […]

Hold on: If you can

A Radical Shift of Gravity by Nick Tapalansky

February 26, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What the flying monkeys did I read? This whacked-out beautiful piece of art is a testament to the fact we can have something for everyone and everyone for something. This graphic novel named A Radical Shift of Gravity boils down to one small but oh so important theme: Humanity’s struggle to survive. It is gorgeously done, and captures the cycle of life, death, and a combination of the two. Everything unfolds on the pages with style. It is organized and chaotic all at once. The […]

Go Nutcracker! Go!

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel by Natalie Andreson

February 22, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Having never read the original version of The Nutcracker, I only have various (mostly cartoon) movie imagery to reference. Therefore, I am not sure how close to the text in this book is to that original story. But The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel is a version that seems to follow what I know from the movies. Whether it is good, or close or something altogether other, that is up to the reader. Natalie Andreson has the basics of E. T. A. […]

Grab books one and two while you grab three

Last Pick V03 Rise Up by Jason Walz

February 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Now that book three of the Last Pick series is out, you need to find all three books of this trilogy and dive in. Rise Up continues the adventures from Last Pick and Born to Run. Due to the fact that it had been a long since I had read books one and two, I had forgotten a few points. So of course, I recommend you start (not one as you will want to take a bathroom break and at least one snack break. Saving […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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