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A Girl Called Echo Omnibus (Combined Volume) by Katherena Vermette

November 2, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back, I read the first volume in A Girl Called Echo series. And recently I was given a finished copy of the Omnibus. I like the word omnibus. I picture a large bus that has wings or something magical about it. And it carries a lot of things inside of it. And that fits this story by Katherena Vermette as they created a story that has elements of the here and now, and time travel. Or a bit of magic. I have not […]

Missed book two, but three was still fun

School Trip (New Kid volume 3) by Jerry Craft

October 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While you can read the graphic novel, School Trip (New Kid volume 3) solo, you should read volumes one and two first. Jerry Craft has created another interesting look into the life and times of the “new kid at school” Jordan, and how he changes, grows and has the crazy growing pains of being a kid today. And these are not just the usual homework, bullies and friend issues, but he is also dealing with being a kid of color, and is different from most […]

Getting your fright on

Frights from Feral V02 Last Exit to Feral by Mark Fearing

September 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This time around, the style is vamped with the chapters having a postcard (mostly, of course, of the creepy variety or at least sinister seeming) starting things off. And this is not the only thing that is different with Frights from Feral V02 Last Exit to Feral by Mark Fearing. This time we follow Freya and her friend Monica (the person who runs into Frey’s office (the basement of an old house no longer standing) at the end of book one, as they learn an important clue to the […]

A crazy little thing, but I’m not sure it’s love

A Condition Called Love Volume 1 by Megumi Morino

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Manga is a unique format to read. You first have the different style of page set-up and then you have the themes. Though they are familiar (growing up, self-esteem, relationships, school) they can take on a different form then we are used to. There is also a cultural difference with possible different values and behaviors. Yet, I cannot really wrap my head around how the male character in A Condition Called Love Volume 1 by Megumi Morino is okay in any culture. At first, he […]

Homework, boys, hidden lizard people labs

School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight by Jeremy Whitley

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am giving School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight by Jeremy Whitley a 3.5 as I need the rest of the series (and there were some story flow issues that I had). This is a series where I need everything it has all at once. I can handle it! This nickel and diming Tara and her friends story is going to make me spontaneous combust! Like Tara does one day in class. That part of the story is from book one, where we learn that Tara is […]

Nothing like a sister

Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends The Graphic Novel by Francine Pascal

September 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s I read the Sweet Valley Twins High School series by Francine Pascal. There were a few others that would come along over the years, such as I seem to remember reading about the middle school years or at least seeing them on the shelves of the bookstore I would later work at and/or on my sister’s shelves. I think maybe I was just reading about the high school years and then a few college days, but I know I […]

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