Ngozi Ukazu – Cannonball Read 17

She’s bad, bad Big Barda! Baddest gal in the whole of Apokolips

Barda by Ngozi Ukazu

January 17, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I do not know enough about Barda to understand all the ins and outs of her story. However, you can pick up some of it (the idea she is not the villain Granny Goodness wants, who Granny is, the Furies, etc.), in Ngozi Ukazu’s graphic novel of the same name. Some of the world was lost on me (why is the prisoner Scott Free the way he is? How did he get his name? What about the background he has with another person of Barda’s […]

Not so picture-perfect

Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu

October 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I looked at the cover and said to myself that I knew exactly what this book was about. Well, I wasn’t wrong, but I wasn’t right. I guess I was on a superhero kick at the time as I felt it would have more of that element. I also thought she would have to struggle to paint/do art. And instead, she isn’t a “real magical power superhero” but our gal does perform a pretty neat trick: Getting Art Students to do the dreaded Group Project […]

All the Warmth and Comfort of a Freshly Baked Pie

Check, Please! #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

Check, Please! Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu

October 30, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Eric Bittle has just started at Samwell University on a hockey scholarship. He’s excited to start his college career, especially someplace where he can be open about the fact that he’s gay. However, college hockey is quite different from what he’s been playing and Eric can’t take a check without collapsing on the ice. While most of the team is pretty welcoming, quickly bestowing then nickname Bitty on him, Eric’s captain is another story. Still, armed with freshly baked pie and a can do attitude, […]

Breaking ice and barriers

Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu

August 17, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Sportsball This time around Ngozi Ukazu is heavy on relationship status and less focus on hockey in Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones. Bitty and Jack now have a relationship that is never totally fleshed out but is presented with the “highlights” of events. Jack has his hockey career, Bitty has his last few years of college, hockey, vlogging, and baking. Yet, the two must deal with the ups and downs of one being openly gay, in a welcoming community and the other […]

This series is like the ideal fantasy college experience. Acceptance and friends and lots of pies.

Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu

July 6, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Again, read this in April, don’t remember as well as I should. PSA: Always write your reviews within a week of finishing the book! It doesn’t end well otherwise! (Writing this mostly for future Ashley, who insists on being a total asshole in this regard.) It was cute! I remember that. Bitty and the other hockey bros are a good bunch of people to hang out with for an hour or two (these are very fast reads). And this one, if I’m remembering correctly, had […]

Happy Pride Month!

Check, Please! Vol. 2 by Ngozi Ukazu

June 9, 2020 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

I have posted my review of Check, Please! Vol 1 here: https://everyday-offershub.com/2019/02/check-please-debcapsfan/. Check Please Vol 2 continues the story of Eric “Bitty” Bittle in his Junior and Senior years at Samwell. When we last left our hero, his boyfriend, Jack, has graduated and is playing in the NHL for Seattle’s expansion team. Jack is a professional player, and they are keeping their relationship quiet. But slowly, Jack and Bitty reveal themselves to the hockey team at Samwell, and Jack’s teammates, and finally to Bitty’s parents. […]

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