inventors – Cannonball Read 17

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Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When it comes to cbr16bingo categories I like to do both the “literal interpretation” and the “creative interpretation.” Sometimes at the same time. Therefore, TECH is going to be both. Yes, the Rubik Cube is not “true technology” but it is technology. It is a tool that is used to drive one insane. And Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya shows us the journey Erno Rubik took to get there. This is a fantastic read about the puzzle that has probably had […]

The new Guardian Knights

Juniper Mae Volume One: Knight of Tykotech City by Sarah Soh

October 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had a small adventure when I first tried to read Juniper Mae Volume One: Knight of Tykotech City. Nothing fancy, just I had an online link, lost it, then found it again. Who knows how that happened; but it did. Then recently I went back to my stored online reader copies and was deleting the links that were no longer active. But Sarah Soh’s short graphic novel was. And since this was published March 2023 you can run out and get the book, too. […]

The Real Gamer

Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by Kate Hannigan

January 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport, Different genres (A non-fiction book/biography in picture book format not “novel”) My reading of Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession made me realize that, well duh someone had to invent video games, but as a very much non-gamer (I mean, my Mario Cart went into the water! My friend I was with didn’t even realize you could do that) I had no idea who that person would be. Kate Hannigan’s picture book biograph of […]

Johnson isn’t all Wet

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton

July 27, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Machinery I wanted to do another book for Machinery (an interesting interpretation actually) but stumbled on this book by accident. I had an opportunity to read and enjoy. The definition of machinery is the parts of a non-organic/non-living item all having their place and job to do and are not organic in the way my other pick was. And Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions is the perfect definition. Inspired by an activity Chris Barton did at a conference (you learn of […]

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