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“You made a severed finger into a feckin’ snow globe.” “It was almost Christmas,” she says with a shrug. “It felt … festive.”

Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

July 25, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR16 Bingo: Bananas   Lark Montague and Lachlan Kane have an unfortunate first meeting, when Lark during Halloween has had an “accident” and needs a car and a body fished out of a lake. Lachlan is the man forced by his employer to come help her do this. Lachlan is in scuba gear, Lark is heavily made up in a Halloween costume. Lachlan chooses to force Lark into the car of his trunk to transport her unseen away from the incident site, not […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: audio book, Bananas, Brynne Weaver, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Eric Nolan, family, Hit Man, Leather & Lark, Malin, Samantha Brentmoor, serial killer, Suspense, The Ruinous Love trilogy

Malin's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: audio book, Bananas, Brynne Weaver, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Eric Nolan, family, Hit Man, Leather & Lark, Malin, Samantha Brentmoor, serial killer, Suspense, The Ruinous Love trilogy ·
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More toymakers for the children!

Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal

July 19, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo  Bollywood (child lives in a village of India and the author is from Mumbai, India)   Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal is something that one needs to experience themselves. I can say it is about Asha and her father in India. I can say that she is a young girl whose father wants her to study hard, not worry about money (that is his job to raise money so she can go to school) and have the opportunities that he did not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: art, cbr16bingo, daughters, family, father, Girls & Women, India, parents, Sakshi Mangal, toymakers, toys

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:328 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: art, cbr16bingo, daughters, family, father, Girls & Women, India, parents, Sakshi Mangal, toymakers, toys ·
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Now I have to wait until November/December for book 8!

Asadora!Vol. 7 by Naoki Urasawa

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo Rings (Japan hosting the 1964 Olympics) Asadora!Vol. 7 by Naoki Urasawa is a manga series that I, for some reason, became hooked on. I am not a manga reader, especially when it is in the traditional Japanese format. I do not usually like horror or monsters. And honestly, a couple of the characters in the story are stereotypes of Japanese people, with the “slant eyes,” odd mustaches, and old/ugly. And yet, there is something about the character Asa that just “gets me” in the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr16bingo, East Asian Style, family, friendship, manga, Naoki Urasawa, Occult & Supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:326 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cbr16bingo, East Asian Style, family, friendship, manga, Naoki Urasawa, Occult & Supernatural ·
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Mystery and Superheroes

Just Like Click by Sandy Grubb

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo Horses (see below) Have you ever read a book where you thought, “This is an okay book. It’s not WOW, but not poor either.” Yet, you just can’t say that everyone should read it? That was how Just Like Click by Sandy Grubb was for me.  I started reading via an online reader copy, then found an actual copy. This helped me see things a little better/able to read a bit easier, but still, since the book was physically stiff, I didn’t like how […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, cbr16bingo, family, friendship, parents, Sandy Grubb, siblings, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:322 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, cbr16bingo, family, friendship, parents, Sandy Grubb, siblings, superheroes ·
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s SUPERBUNS!

Superbuns!: Kindness Is Her Superpower by Diane Kredensor

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo  Golden (for the “golden rules”)  Superbuns!: Kindness Is Her Superpower by Diane Kredensor is a cute story about real superheroes. Or more accurately, what makes you, an everyday person, a “superhero” to other people. There are cute illustrations that are fairly simple, but still support the story. This allows you to focus on the text, but are still able to enjoy the art as it is not lacking in fun or details Buns is a bunny who likes helping people in her community. The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: animals, cbr16bingo, Diane Kredensor, family, rabbits, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, values & vitures

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:319 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: animals, cbr16bingo, Diane Kredensor, family, rabbits, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, values & vitures ·
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Two Reviews for Category Part Two

Meesh the Bad Demon #2: The Secret of the Fang: (A Graphic Novel) by Michelle Lam

City of Dragons V02 Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel by Jaimal Yogis

July 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Obviously Meesh the Bad Demon #2: The Secret of the Fang: (A Graphic Novel) by Michelle Lam is cbr16bingo Part Two because it says it is a Book Two in the title!  As is City of Dragons V02 Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel. However, while I enjoyed both sequels, I was not as “into it” as book one. Still I like both and recommend them for the younger crowd, though there is some “spooky” to both, and especially in book one City of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr16bingo, demons, dragons, family, friendship, Jaimal Yogis, Michelle Lam, self esteem issues, Social Themes, Vivian Truong

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:316 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cbr16bingo, demons, dragons, family, friendship, Jaimal Yogis, Michelle Lam, self esteem issues, Social Themes, Vivian Truong ·
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