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A Classic Ray Bradbury Story

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradury

March 27, 2019 by MarkAbaddon 4 Comments

There are books that you feel you know through one medium or another (television, movies, radio, etc.) which you then read and find that it is completely different than what you expected. This was the case for me with the brilliant novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. I had been familiar with the story through the 1983 film, which scared the bezeesus out of me when I was a kid. The original novel, however, is so much better. The story focuses on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: bradbury, carnival, fall, growing up, horror, Young Adult

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: bradbury, carnival, fall, growing up, horror, Young Adult ·
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Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave

May 8, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave by Jessica Hische is an interesting take on being brave, adventures and trying new things. The narrator has done many things today and tomorrow they will try to do them all over again. They will keep trying if they did not make it today or even if they did not make it tomorrow. They know that is okay. Tomorrow I’ll be all the things I tried to be today: Adventurous, Strong, Smart, Curious, Creative, Confident, & Brave. And if I wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: growing up, Jessica Hische, values

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:119 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: growing up, Jessica Hische, values ·
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If I ever meet her, I will embarrass Ursula K. Le Guin with my fangirl weeping.

September 10, 2015 by Amanda 6 Comments

The Tombs of Atuan is the story of Tenar.  According to the Priestesses of the Tombs, Tenar was the reborn spirit of the First Priestess.  Tenar is taken from her family at five years old and sent to the Tombs, where no man, not even the Godking himself, can enter, to train to serve the Nameless Ones, to live the life she has lived hundreds of times previously.  After a year her name is taken from her and she is only ever to be Ahra, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: characters who need hugs, fantasy, feminist, growing up, kick ass female lead, ursula k le guin

Amanda's CBR7 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: characters who need hugs, fantasy, feminist, growing up, kick ass female lead, ursula k le guin ·
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All the Yes: The Worst Years of Your Life.

May 25, 2015 by staramour Leave a Comment

The back of this book tells you this collection of short stories is “delightful and terrifying” which immediately drew me in, because I can’t think of two better words that together, conjure up adolescence.  In his introduction, the editor Poirier states the stories stem “from nostalgia for the intense and sometimes confusing emotions that we all experienced at this time in our lives.” The cover of the book has a drawing of a frog, belly side up, ready for dissection.  This gave me an overwhelming […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: adolescence, Anthology, growing up, short story

staramour's CBR7 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adolescence, Anthology, growing up, short story ·
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