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This Box Contains One Genuine Pet Rock

Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm

February 26, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I read the Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Sunny series of graphic novels out of order. The good thing for the adult reader is that they should be able to pick the story up regardless of where you start. However, for the aimed audience of ages 10 to 14 (maybe ages 8/9 for the stronger reader as there is some context that might be a bit “much” for the sensitive reader) it probably is best to read them in order. Therefore, first up is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: Brothers and sisters, Dysfunctional Families, family, Family problems, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, Middle schools, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:105 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: Brothers and sisters, Dysfunctional Families, family, Family problems, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, Middle schools, siblings ·
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Secrets and lies

A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel

February 23, 2020 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

A book about betrayal, A Change of Climate lets us into the lives of the Eldred family – Ralph, Anna and their children, and Ralph’s sister Emma. Brought up by deeply religious and incredibly rigid and intolerant parents, young Ralph was blackmailed into a life he didn’t want by his father’s threats to his sister’s dreams. Living a life of dutiful charity, sent first as missionaries to South Africa under apartheid and now back in rural Norfolk, what little the Eldreds have has always been […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #Hilary Mantel, family, Fiction

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #Hilary Mantel, family, Fiction ·
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Surprisingly Serious Truths from a Seriously Silly Guy

Vacationland by John Hodgman

February 12, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

John Hodgman is many things: Daily Show correspondent, a “PC”, podcast guest and host, internet judge, former literary agent, and generally droll New England weirdo. He wrote several books prior to  Vacationland, and all of those books were collections of “facts”. I say “facts”, as that is what he might say as well: Hodgman (with the help of Jonathan Coulton) created three full books of completely made-up facts that he presented as being VERY true. They are a weird delight, and sometimes they are correct, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: Boston, brookline, Daily Show, family, growing up, humor, John Hodgman, john roderick, jonathan coulton, judge john hodgeman, maine, maximum fun network, New England, podcast, Show Business, summer, vacation, western mass, Yale

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: Boston, brookline, Daily Show, family, growing up, humor, John Hodgman, john roderick, jonathan coulton, judge john hodgeman, maine, maximum fun network, New England, podcast, Show Business, summer, vacation, western mass, Yale ·
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Hug me once, then hug me twice; Then hug me once again

One Hug by Katrina Moore

February 5, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have been on a picture book binge. I need a little something to read, but not too difficult to process. Not to say picture books are simple, but I needed something that would take my mind off current events, personal issues and such. It does not take a lot of effort to read one, but you never know what gem you will be able to find. I picked up One Hug the other night. Katrina Moore’s story is a sweet, rhyming story about family […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Asian-American, family, Julia Woolf, Katrina Moore, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:60 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Asian-American, family, Julia Woolf, Katrina Moore, Multigenerational ·
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Reading isn’t always a good idea while wearing eyeliner

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

February 1, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

When she was 15, Laurel Mack’s beautiful daughter (and favourite child) Ellie left the house to go to the library and never returned. Written off as a runaway by the police, in the years since Laurel has lost what was left of her family – divorcing her husband as she couldn’t stand how he was able to get on with things, and withdrawing emotionally from her surviving son and daughter due to her inability to deal with her own grief. Getting through her days by […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: family, Fiction, grief, Lisa Jewell, mystery, obsession, thriller

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: family, Fiction, grief, Lisa Jewell, mystery, obsession, thriller ·
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Hop along Teetu

The Bold, Brave Bunny by Beth Ferry

January 31, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

“B is for Brave; B is for Bold. B is not only for … bunnies!” And we see the bold bunny Teetu show us how he can be brave, how much beauty there is in the world, how one bunny can make a book and how there is no place like home even if there are so many bunnies it is not funny. Beth Ferry’s The Bold, Brave Bunny is simple, but far from simplistic. There are some grand details with Chow Hon Lam’s illustrations, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Beth Ferry, bunnies, Chow Hon Lam, Emotions & Feelings, family, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Beth Ferry, bunnies, Chow Hon Lam, Emotions & Feelings, family, siblings ·
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