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Get a mop, things are going to get messy

The Leak by Kate Reed Petty

May 11, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Leak has been on my radar for a while now. But the timing to read it was never right. I finally got an email on a Friday that the book was available for me at the library. I would retrieve the book Saturday. Read it on Sunday. And would write about it on Monday. But what was this book? Yes, you can boil it down to the line of Kate Reed Petty created a fun story about the politics of journalism, the politics of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery Tagged With: Activism & Social Justice, Andrea Bell, Environment, investigative reporting, Kate Reed Petty, Middle school students, Mystery & Detective, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:211 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery · Tags: Activism & Social Justice, Andrea Bell, Environment, investigative reporting, Kate Reed Petty, Middle school students, Mystery & Detective, Social Themes ·
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Lisa Naffziger, I say this with love and respect, you are one disturbed lady! I like you! 

Minus by Lisa Naffziger

May 28, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Minus is a graphic novel that is constructed well but one very messed-up story! Whatever your biases are will directly color and create your opinion of it. Beck is a young girl who has convinced her overprotective father to let her go to college. She has been homeschooled her whole life and she is only seventeen, but knows she needs to do this. Even if she knows there are rules that will have to be strictly followed. On her way there a pit stop at […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: college students, coming-of-age, Lisa Naffziger, missing persons, Mystery & Detective, Psychology, Social Themes, Thrillers & Suspense

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:186 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: college students, coming-of-age, Lisa Naffziger, missing persons, Mystery & Detective, Psychology, Social Themes, Thrillers & Suspense ·
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An Elderly Lady might be up to no good but she is one Hell of an old broad!

September 17, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is Two Heads Are Better Than One review. The below review is from our website from one of the staff members who liked it. I have to admit, this could have easily been my cover book. However, even with the really cool and nifty cover and awesome title I probably still if had not be for Sarah K. tell me that she, Sarah D. and Tambra loved this book. This review is from Tabmra. “I hope that I am as feisty, but perhaps not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: cbr10bingo, dark humor, Helene Tursten, International Mystery & Crime, Marlaine Delargy, Mystery & Detective, two heads are better than one

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:361 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: cbr10bingo, dark humor, Helene Tursten, International Mystery & Crime, Marlaine Delargy, Mystery & Detective, two heads are better than one ·
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