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Piano player, meet piano maker

What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor

December 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Though available, read What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos via an online reader copy. Laurie Lawlor created a story that is more on the friendship and Beethoven’s life than the actual pianos Streicher built. It is an interesting look into their lives, through an outlet not usually used. While you might learn a few new things about Streicher, overall, there might not be a lot of new for Beethoven. This picture book is not to be considered […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anna-Maria Stein, Becca Stadlander, composer, friendship, German piano maker, Laurie Lawlor, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, music educator, Nannette Streicher, Vienna, writer

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:897 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anna-Maria Stein, Becca Stadlander, composer, friendship, German piano maker, Laurie Lawlor, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, music educator, Nannette Streicher, Vienna, writer ·
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Zooni is a plucky, friendly pup

Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan

Zooni Tales: A Friend Till the End by Vikram Madan

December 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category (a thriller/mystery/romance and a humorous/romance/fantasy graphic novel) and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  And my very little kid came out when I read Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan. And while I can take or leave Zooni, they have some interesting elements that could really make […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Poetry, Short Stories Tagged With: adventure and adventurers, animlas, friendship, Social Themes, Vikram Madan

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:896 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Poetry, Short Stories · Tags: adventure and adventurers, animlas, friendship, Social Themes, Vikram Madan ·
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I ended 2023 reading Part 2

Moonstruck Volume 2: Some Enchanted Evening by Grace Ellis

December 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  After I read about Teen Killers/Assassins who are now in love and going on a Bonnie and Clyde-like spree (only, you know they are the “good guys””) I needed a little humor and read book two of the Moonstruck graphic novels. Moonstruck Volume 2: […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, Grace Ellis, Kat Fajardo, shae beagle, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:894 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, Grace Ellis, Kat Fajardo, shae beagle, Social Themes ·
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I ended 2023 reading Part I

Teen Killers Club V02 Teen Killers in Love, by Lily Sparks

December 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality.  Though I do not think I am a teenage assassin (I really don’t like cleaning up messes and chasing/hunting people is soooooo much work) but I do like an escapist story and book two in the Teen Killers Club series, Teen Killers in Love, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, Lily Sparks, murder, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:893 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, Lily Sparks, murder, Social Themes ·
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“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

From the official plot description: At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches ·
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I can’t help myself! I keep finding things to read!

The Shadow and the Ghost by Cat Min

A Damsel Not in Distress! by Bethan Stevens

December 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Cat Min’s April 2024 picture book, The Shadow and the Ghost is an odd tale.  The story starts with a ghost and how they are not the typical ghost, and when they get the chance to make a wish on a falling star, they wish for a friend. They then see the rock they love sitting on with the word “Hi” written on it. Then we have a shadow of the rock. They are lonely too. You see, the ghost is from the night (when […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Sports Tagged With: adaptations, Bethan Stevens, Cat Min, Concepts, Fairy Tales & Folklore, friendship, girls, Opposites, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:890 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Sports · Tags: adaptations, Bethan Stevens, Cat Min, Concepts, Fairy Tales & Folklore, friendship, girls, Opposites, Social Themes ·
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