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Joe Buck LOVES Christina Applegate

Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV by Joe Buck

July 24, 2025 by Halbs Leave a Comment

A lot of people on the internet hate Joe Buck. I’m not one of those people. Because I grew up in Texas, I am a big Troy Aikman fan. I like Joe Buck by association. Plus, unless a sports broadcaster never stops talking, I usually have a favorable opinion of them. Ergo, I picked up this audiobook. I was looking for a light, fun listen for my work drives. Lucky Bastard delivered. Joe Buck was born in 1969 to beloved St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck […]

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 […]

Old Hollywood Movie Magic Comes Alive, really!

Just Beyond: Monstrosity by R. L. Stine

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Goosebumps meets Alfred Hitchcock meets the Scooby Gang meets family drama in Just Beyond: Monstrosity by R. L. Stine, Irene Flores and Joana Lafuente. This is a fun story of a brother and sister (Ruthie and Ezra Dillon) whose father and uncle have purchased an old horror movie studio. But strange occurrences are happening and the hauntings might be more than just movie magic. Split between the point of view of Now and the original 1950s studio (but mostly now) this is a cute, little spooky, graphic novel for […]

King Alice Rules Her Snow Day

June 29, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I think the only book I have liked Matthew Cordell’s illustrations in is Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg. His “scattered” style are lacking for me. There is the right amount of color and detail to compliment the story, yet, I am not “there” with him. This book is in his style from illustrations to text and I, sadly, find nothing in it I like. The characters are lacking something for me. The story is flat. It is too busy overall. […]

My Papa is a Princess and So much More

June 25, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My Papa is a Princess is a slightly preaching book. After all, the cover is after all pink, with a stereotypical looking top-half of a male in a crown. At other times it is more straight forward and less in your face. They never say inside the book that Papa is a princess, but it is obvious due to the cover/title. But they mention when he is a hairdresser, firefighter, race car driver, etc. The book mostly is a dad having father and daughter time […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
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.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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