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No bird brain here

Clever Crow by Chris Butterworth

August 14, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had this online reader link in my keep files for ages. I looked at the title (Clever Crow) and thought, so I want to read it? It seems like it might be a bit slow. And then I clicked on it, saw a few illustrations by Olivia Lomenech Gill and figured I would give it a shot. This artwork was giving off darker vibes that I didn’t think a traditional picture book crowd would be the audience for.  The picture book Clever Crow has […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, birds, Chris Butterworth, Crows, intelligence, Olivia Lomenech Gill, Science & Nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:387 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, birds, Chris Butterworth, Crows, intelligence, Olivia Lomenech Gill, Science & Nature, Social Themes ·
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Throwing a kitten out a window was only a warning shot.

April 29, 2017 by borisanne 2 Comments

Halfway through Moonglow, I caught myself with my hand over my mouth, trying to keep my breath inside my body because the prose was so exceptionally beautiful. I had my worries before reading this book. I have only recently discovered Chabon, and have only otherwise read The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, which was so stunning that it made me want to punch something. There is a lot of hype surrounding Moonglow, and even I only got it by accident from the library on a strict, one […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cancer, Chabon, Cold War, divorce, horses, intelligence, Judaism, literary fiction, Love, lust, mental illness, Michael Chabon, nasa, Nazis, Non-Fiction, ptsd, rockets, science

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:18 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cancer, Chabon, Cold War, divorce, horses, intelligence, Judaism, literary fiction, Love, lust, mental illness, Michael Chabon, nasa, Nazis, Non-Fiction, ptsd, rockets, science ·
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