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“We learn as we get older to appreciate the people we love for who they are, and for how they love us.”

It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny

January 12, 2020 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Other than knowing I had initially picked this book out to be my Far and Away CBR Bingo square I have no idea how this book got on my radar. I didn’t read this before Bingo ended, so this book has been hanging around my house since late October (thanks library extensions!) waiting for me to get to it. Its due back in two days, so now is the time. Since this was my Far and Away square it was picked because its so different […]

Oddly comforting book

A Hug from Heaven by Anna Whiston-Donaldson

January 8, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My cousin and I were texting a few days before the new year. She mentioned her youngest son was having issues dealing with the death of his father. Now, this is not unusual, but he passed a couple of years ago. You would think he would have been dealing with things then. But he is autistic and was young when his dad passed. Now he is starting to “mature” and realize the things that kids do about death, such as: Dad is not coming back […]

Through the grieving process

Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez by Christiane Duchesne

The Immortal Jellyfish by Sang Miao

December 30, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Today, two books arrived for a customer. I figured these books were new, being promoted or had a contemporary theme as they were purchasing two copies each. They are important as they both deal with the deal of an older male/grandfather. This tricky subject has books that really work or do not depending on beliefs. In November 2019 we saw Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez and August 2019 The Immortal Jellyfish published. While they might not be my personal first choices, they were lovely books that […]

New York Times Book Review told us:

Just Because by Mac Barnett

I Miss My Grandpa by Jin Xiaoling

The Famer by Abadia Ximo

December 13, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

New York Times Book Review told us a few months back what their 67th annual list of Best Illustrated Children’s Books for 2019 was. I picked up one or two here and there and today I found myself reading three. My “like” of Just Because by Mac Barnett comes from Isabelle Arsenault’s illustrations. They are simple, with a lack of a traditional color, but the details are far from simplistic. The story (a child asking all the questions even many adults want to know) is […]

And a road trip to finish the Bingo Board!

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

October 21, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Travel! Coyote Sunrise and her father Rodeo live an unconventional lifestyle. Tried and true hippies, they drive round the country as the wind takes them on a repurposed school bus which acts as both home and transport. Sometimes they drive toward their favorite sandwich shop in the Bayou, or maybe they’re assisting a fellow traveler they found stranded. It’s been this way for five years – because five years ago, Coyote’s mother and sisters were killed in a car accident. And leaving home […]

A Contemporary Marriage of Convenience Romance

Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience (Loose Ends Book 2) by Rebekah Weatherspoon

October 19, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Xeni is grieving the death of her Aunt Sable. At her aunt’s request, she has traveled from her home in Los Angeles to upstate New York to scatter her aunt’s ashes, clear out her house and attend the reading of the will. At the scattering of the ashes ceremony, a large Scotsman in a kilt shows up to play bagpipes. At the reading of the will, the same Scotsman shows up (sans bagpipes). Her aunt drops three bombs on Xeni, one I won’t share because […]

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