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“It’s true that giving can be a part of love, but contrary to popular belief, your love should never take from you.”

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

August 10, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Books Bingo – Graphic novel Official plot summary, because once again I have waited to long to review the book: Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley’s dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There’s just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy’s best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winner, CBR16, contemporary fiction, friendship, Graphic Novel, Laura Dean Keeps breaking up with me, LGBTQIA, Mariko Tamaki, Nowhere Book Bingo, Relationships, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Young Adult

Malin's CBR16 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winner, CBR16, contemporary fiction, friendship, Graphic Novel, Laura Dean Keeps breaking up with me, LGBTQIA, Mariko Tamaki, Nowhere Book Bingo, Relationships, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Young Adult ·
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Girl is not truly one but truly two…. unless she has the magical antidote

Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White

August 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not sure I liked the book Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White. I know I enjoyed it, but liked it? I am still on the fence about it. There is a lot of good, but I am assuming that I am not really the audience for it, and therefore, not picking up what Bondor-Stone and White were putting down.  And this story is obvious: Jaclyn Hyde is perfect. Perfect grades, organizes her school books alphabetically by authors’ hometowns, never really gotten […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White, Connor White, family, friendship, magic potions, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:384 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White, Connor White, family, friendship, magic potions, Social Themes ·
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Two books. Two different Series. One review.

Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel: V08 Karen's Sleepover by Ann M. Martin

The Wings of Fire V06 Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland

August 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Series are pluses and minuses in my book. You can continue with characters you like, you can grow and change with them; you can learn from their mistakes and they can become like friends. But if you end on a cliffhanger, you have to wait. And sometimes wait and wait!  And sometimes the series is a take off from another series and you need to do a little catch up.  But the nice thing about the Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel is that you do […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: #FactorySeries, Ann M. Martin, Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, dragons, friendship, Katy Farina, mike holmes, siblings, Tui T. Sutherland

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:382 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: #FactorySeries, Ann M. Martin, Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, dragons, friendship, Katy Farina, mike holmes, siblings, Tui T. Sutherland ·
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Getting lost and found again

Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

August 8, 2024 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Mia is visiting her grandmother in Maine on her own for the first time. This would be exciting, but the reason her mom is staying behind is to sell their old family house, so they can move in with her new boyfriend. The changes are freaking Mia out a little, so she’s glad to visit her reliable Grandma in the small town of Stone Harbour. But when she arrives, she finds that things have changed at Grandma’s too – a boy about her age named […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade

cosbrarian's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade ·
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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

August 2, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Rings (a whole bunch of rings being exchanged in this book) In Boyfriend Material, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to date for a number of reasons, pretended to be in love, fell in love, broke up, and then decided to actually date for real. By the time this book starts, they have been together for a good while (I want to say at least a year?) and as is often the case at a certain age of your life, they keep being invited […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, audio book, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, Husband Material, Joe Jameson, LGBTQIA, London Calling, narfna, rings, weddings

Malin's CBR16 Review No:38 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, audio book, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, Husband Material, Joe Jameson, LGBTQIA, London Calling, narfna, rings, weddings ·
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Life in Ruins

Ruins by Peter Kuper

August 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ruins by Peter Kuper is the kind of book that can’t really be rated. There are parts that were a five, parts that were a one, and parts a nice solid three. And even each page really could be given its own rating. The main part that I based my score on is the cleverness of the story. We follow a monarch butterfly as its journey parallels the human couple for their year in Mexico. Some things are left up to the imagination in places […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: corruption, family, friendship, government, literary, Marriage, mexico, Oaxaca Mexico, Peter Kuper, revolution, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:379 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: corruption, family, friendship, government, literary, Marriage, mexico, Oaxaca Mexico, Peter Kuper, revolution, Social Themes ·
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