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“Flowers are definitely better than people. Because you can find a person’s ratio of light, water, and attention, and it still won’t be enough. For flowers, it’s enough.”

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

Ama Torres is an excellent wedding planner, who really gives her all to make sure the weddings she arranges go off without a hitch. However, personally, she doesn’t believe in marriage or in relationships that really last a lifetime. Probably because her mother has been married so many times (Ama has arranged a lot of her weddings). Now she has a whole host of former step-siblings, some of which she works with, others who she can rope in when she needs a favour. Despite Ama […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, flowers, Forget Me Not, Julie Soto, Malin, weddings

Malin's CBR15 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, flowers, Forget Me Not, Julie Soto, Malin, weddings ·
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Octopus’ Garden

The Den That Octopus Built by Randi Sonenshine

Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves by Susannah Buhrman-Deever

July 27, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have probably mentioned before that I was never a science person. However, if I had been taught that science was not just chemicals and numbers and formulas maybe I would have been into it more (don’t get me wrong, I had good teachers, just some did not know how to teach me). Therefore, as an adult I am enjoying my journey into Seemingly-Non-Science-Science areas. And of course, I have found books to help me. Books that show nature is a science. And since I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Anne Hunter, flowers, Gina Triplett, Matt Curtius, nature, plants, Randi Sonenshine, science, Susannah Buhrman-Deever

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:548 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Anne Hunter, flowers, Gina Triplett, Matt Curtius, nature, plants, Randi Sonenshine, science, Susannah Buhrman-Deever ·
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Love and A** Tulips

Flowers and Their Meanings by Karen Azoulay

June 12, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Most people probably have some general awareness of the language of flowers even if they’ve never heard the term; at minimum I’d wager most anyone you ask would know that a rose usually symbolizes love, and if you were lucky you might even get someone whose knows some of the color distinctions (white = innocence or purity, yellow for jealousy, etc). Flowers and Their Meanings goes beyond that; in addition to reviewing the origins and general history of the use of flower symbolism in England, […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #botany, #history, flowers, Flowers and Their Meanings, Karen Azoulay, language of flowers, refernece, symbolism

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:50 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #botany, #history, flowers, Flowers and Their Meanings, Karen Azoulay, language of flowers, refernece, symbolism ·
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Superheroes have all sorts of super powers

Camilla Super Helper by Julie Dillemuth

May 9, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Learn how to be a superhero in, Camilla Super Helper. When Camilla thinks about being a superhero, she thinks about being fast or strong, but when her bee friend needs help, Camilla learns that you can be a superhero in many different and special ways. This is a story about conservation and helping plant flowers and plants for the bees. The Julie Dillemuth story maps out how a group of animal friends listen to the bees needs, adapt their plans, and find ways to plant […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, bees, conservation, enviormentalism, flowers, friends, Julie Dillemuth, Laura Wood, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:318 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, bees, conservation, enviormentalism, flowers, friends, Julie Dillemuth, Laura Wood, superheroes ·
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One two three I gotta read

Don’t Touch that Flower! by Alice Hemming

Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Andy Elkerton

Gotta Go! by Frank Viva

March 2, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There are rules such as, Don’t Touch that Flower! and Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library. And there should be one, no matter how fun your game is, if you do not listen to your mom you will Gotta Go! later. Or in other words, those are the three picture books I read recently. Starting with Don’t Touch that Flower! I will start with I was not exactly in the mood for the slightly annoying “don’t get it” child personality of Squirrel. Still, this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alice Hemming, Andy Elkerton, dragons, flowers, Frank Viva, friendship, Julie Gassman, library, Nicola Slater, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:141 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alice Hemming, Andy Elkerton, dragons, flowers, Frank Viva, friendship, Julie Gassman, library, Nicola Slater, Social Themes ·
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Bingo Blackout with Chrysanthemums!

Chrysanthemums by Twigs Way

October 3, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 25: Flora I have to admit I was starting to despair about having to use a gardening book from the library which didn’t interest me for the Flora square, but then I found this: In case you can’t see under the library sticker, the title is Chrysanthemums. Also, am I the only one wondering if that’s a pen name or just really fortuitous coincidence for the author? This is supposed to be a cultural and horticultural history, which is super interesting since I know […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #botany, #history, cbr13bingo, Chrysanthemums, flowers, Twigs Way

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:82 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #botany, #history, cbr13bingo, Chrysanthemums, flowers, Twigs Way ·
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