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Kip is a quiet girl in a loud city and now now her fun pencil eraser is talking to her.

The Odds by Matt Stanton

August 24, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When the imagination goes wild, it goes really wild for Kip in this 8- to 10-year-old reader graphic novel called The Odds. In this first volume of a new series by Matt Stanton, lives up to its name, The Odds. Kip, our main character, wakes up one morning to see several characters from her dad’s game from his phone, from the television, from her books, a dinosaur her dreams/nightmares, her dad’s comic character, the alien eraser from her pencil, plus a pink elephant that really […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: family, fathers and daughters, friendship, imagination, Matt Stanton, mothers, school, social situations, toys

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:253 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: family, fathers and daughters, friendship, imagination, Matt Stanton, mothers, school, social situations, toys ·
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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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: death & life, family, fathers and daughters, Kate Glasheen, Nick Tapalansky

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:101 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: death & life, family, fathers and daughters, Kate Glasheen, Nick Tapalansky ·
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The journey we take to get where we are going

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My journey to Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel was, to say was odd, but normal for me. I knew of Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out for series. I have the collection on my TBR list. And I knew that they had this book when it came out. The store I work at hosted an event. (July 2018 to be exact) I was interested in but forgot (long story why) to attend. Flash forward to about two months ago when I was speaking […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Alison Bechdel, Cartoonists, family, fathers and daughters, Lesbians, lgbt, secrets, sexuallity

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:324 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Alison Bechdel, Cartoonists, family, fathers and daughters, Lesbians, lgbt, secrets, sexuallity ·
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Any day she’s with Dad is Father’s Day

Papa Brings Me the World by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

September 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not think I was going to like Papa Brings Me the World. When I picked up Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw’s book, I was in a less than great mood when reading it (which always colors my feelings of a book) but instead of me thinking it was “too sappy” or “too cute,” it put me in a better frame of mind. It just looked like it could be dull or overly preachy (or both). And, without reading, I assumed it was going to be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: family, fathers, fathers and daughters, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw, traveling

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:275 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: family, fathers, fathers and daughters, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw, traveling ·
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