fathers & sons – Cannonball Read 17

I’m still not going camping, but I’ll read about it

The Best Worst Camp Out Ever by Joe Cepeda

October 9, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Every so often I still find an older online reader copy in my saved links. And The Best Worst Camp Out Ever by Joe Cepeda (from late April/early May 2024) is one of them. I honestly do not think I would have liked this book if I had not found (again) and read it on a day in October 2025. I was in the right place and it was the right time for it. Summer was ending, fall was bursting out (minus good color for […]

Corey’s faith

Visitations by Corey Egbert

October 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Visitations by Corey Egbert is more of a rating of 3.5 than a pure 4 as there were areas I would have liked to have seen “more” of the story (I like that we don’t have a lot of “before divorce” (just enough to let you know what has happened) but seeing more of the Visitations (what their mother calls the time Corey and his sister, Sarah, have with their father) would be interesting. Afterall, this is part of the title. And I would have […]

Faith and fun

Zain’s Super Friday by Henna Khan

June 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While Zain’s Super Friday is not my all time favorite book, it is up there for two reasons. The first is that it has at least two layers and the second is that it deals with representation in a positive manner. Zain is a young boy who is ready to go-go-go! on Friday morning. However, his father must work, and when he is done, it is time for prayers. We are exposed to the Muslim culture in a positive way. There is no racism, just […]

Fathers and Sons

Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty

August 20, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was hoping for something different when I saw the cover of Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty. I was not completely sure what I excepted, but I thought it would be about the waiting for the knock and the joy we feel after we open it for that “surprise” on the other side. Be that surprise is a new sibling, a parent coming home from work or school or was in the service. Or the joy of having a grandparent or sibling that lives far […]

Again…

August 14, 2015 by Lynn Leave a Comment

I snagged When I Found You from JB’s bookshelf. The book had been a gift from someone, and the inscription inside mentioned that it was a story about true unconditional love. And it is. When I Found You is a story about the bonds between humans, about the unspoken connection we sometimes find in other people, about the strength and patience it takes to love someone, even (and especially) when they are most unlovable. Accountant Nathan McCann is out duck hunting one chilly fall morning […]

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