Jr. – Cannonball Read 17

My love for the beautiful cover did not translate to love, or even like, of the book.

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

June 23, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I AM NOT ALLOWED TO GET LIT-FIC FROM BOOK OF THE MONTH ANYMORE*. I am completely unable to judge this book on it own merits because I was so unenthused while reading it, and the style really put me off. People are absolutely shitting themselves over this one, and it sounded so interesting to me, I’m upset I didn’t get anything out of it. *Except, this one time they had The Vanishing Half? And I loved that book. Maybe I will just make my rule […]

When Pencil Met Purple Marker

When Pencil Met the Markers by Karen Kilpatrick

September 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Pencil should have stopped meeting writing tools after they meet Eraser. Karen Kilpatrick and the gang (Luis O. Ramos, Jr. and German Blanco) have created a new Pencil and Eraser picture book book (ages 4 to 7) with When Pencil Met the Markers. But this time the point of the story is that it is okay to “color outside the lines.” In fact, it is encouraged after the initial, “Oh no! You cannot do that! You cannot be different!” We also learn that you cannot […]

Who Was…. Part two

November 9, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Yes, I have mentioned the Who Is/Who Was series before, but I have several of the titles and could not let good reads go to waste! This time: Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? and Who Was Barack Obama? and Who Was Amelia Earhart? and Who Was Charles Darwin are the “newest” ones devoured. Of course, pairing Martin Luther King, Jr. and Obama is natural. Two men of color who broke racial barriers. But why pair Earhart and Darwin, too? Earhart broke down barriers, too, […]

It’s Not the Fall, It’s the Sudden Stop at the End

August 10, 2015 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

I’ve just finished a week-long family vacation spent about 10 minutes south of Yosemite National Park. The first day we went into the valley, my husband and I hiked about 7 miles, and stopped into a few of the little stores. Everywhere we went, this book was on the shelves. If you’re familiar with any of my favorite books, it shouldn’t surprise you that this book caught my eye. Off the Wall is a well-written, fascinating, long (nearly 600 pages) book that covers all of […]

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