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Out of step in dance, love and friendship

Leap by Simina Popescu

May 12, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One of my flaws is that I collect links to reader copies, then forget to read them. I have had one of those links for so long I had forgotten that I not only had it, but all about the book, Leap by Simina Popescu. But once I found this graphic novel, I wasn’t sure I wanted to read it. Dancers? Ballet? Another LGBTQ story? Not that I have anything against any of those subjects or themes, but dancing and ballet are not usually my […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: arts, ballet, body image, Bucharest, coming-of-age, dance school, Dancers, dancing, friendship, LGBTQ, modern dance, roommates, school, self-esteem, Simina Popescu

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:257 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: arts, ballet, body image, Bucharest, coming-of-age, dance school, Dancers, dancing, friendship, LGBTQ, modern dance, roommates, school, self-esteem, Simina Popescu ·
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I laughed too hard when I tagged this as an “age gap romance.”

By the Pint by Jemma Croft

November 5, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

The decennial Bloodsuckers in Business conference was held, unsurprisingly, once per decade at Dreadmourne Castle. A fortress built approximately half a bajillion years ago, and so gothic and cliched, it was borderline offensive to my brethren. ― Jemma Croft, By the Pint “Didn’t quite go as you expected?” I needled. I didn’t need to read his thoughts to understand what he was trying to achieve. “Thought you’d go all,”—I held my hands up like paws and hissed—“scary vampire dude on me. Show me what kind […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires ·
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And cbr16-BINGO is its name-o

Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell

July 26, 2024 by BlackRaven 4 Comments

Thank you to the person (I have forgotten your name! Sorry!) that said the Fangirl novel by Rainbow Rowell would work for the cbr16bingo Fanfic category! I knew that I could probably read that as it is a young adult and I like young adult reads, so win-win! However, while looking for it, I found that it comes in a manga format as well. I like graphic novels, but manga is not really my go-to choice. But I want to read more manga and this […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Colleges, coming-of-age, fan fiction, Fans, gabi nam, groupies, interpersonal relationships, manga, Rainbow Rowell, roommates, Sam Maggs, self-esteem, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, twins, university

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:330 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr16bingo, Colleges, coming-of-age, fan fiction, Fans, gabi nam, groupies, interpersonal relationships, manga, Rainbow Rowell, roommates, Sam Maggs, self-esteem, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, twins, university ·
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Girls just want to have graphic hyperbole

Girl Juice by Benji Nate

June 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Benji Nate is one screwed up person and you will love or hate their work. Sometimes at the same time, like Girl Juice was for me.  This graphic novel is broken down into two main sections. The first follows four roommates that might not really like each other, but they do seem to love each other and have each other’s backs. Unless there is a cute boy, or work, or you know, they have something better to do. We mostly focus on Bunny (the self-proclaimed […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: Benji Nate, Contemporary Women, friendship, literary, roommates, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:401 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: Benji Nate, Contemporary Women, friendship, literary, roommates, Social Themes ·
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I’m pretty sure I hate this book

January 28, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

  So I was right when I made the title of this post. I definitely hated this book.  It promise to be single white female on steroids. Sounds exciting right? What I got was nine and a half hours of nothing happening between people, no single white female anything, and characters that I really had a hard time rooting for. I would’ve given it 1 star, but the last half hour was pretty good. Why oh why did I have to slog through the other […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Mary Kubica, missing, roommates

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Mary Kubica, missing, roommates ·
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