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Sail Away

Sunset by Jessie Cave

April 24, 2024 by Zirza Leave a Comment

London-based sisters Ruth and Hannah are very close in spite of everything – their difference in age, their difference in outlook on life. Tied together by an upbringing with two selfish, disinterested parents (one actor, one writer, neither of them very successful) they’ve taken two very different paths in life: Hannah is professionally successful, has a loving boyfriend, has started a charity for disadvantaged children, while Ruth is an art-school drop out whose longest relationship is with a man who doesn’t give her the time […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jessie Cave, mourning, Sisters, Sunset

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jessie Cave, mourning, Sisters, Sunset ·
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The stories of two young men

Hands by Torrey Maldonado

Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes

March 21, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I needed a short read or two. I found two, while terribly short looking, books that also felt like they would have some “meat” to them. And those books were Hands by Torrey Maldonado and Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes. I was familiar with Grimes, as they are the author of Garvey’s Choice and others I enjoyed reading. But Maldonado was new. Hands looked like it would be a boxing book. And it is, somewhat. But really what the book is about are […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: African American & Black, black, boxing, Covid-19, family, mothers, music, Nikki Grimes, Novels in Verse, pandemic, responsibility, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Stepfathers, Torrey Maldonado

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:109 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, black, boxing, Covid-19, family, mothers, music, Nikki Grimes, Novels in Verse, pandemic, responsibility, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Stepfathers, Torrey Maldonado ·
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Birthday Cupcakes Gone Bad!

Forsynthia V01: Rise of the Cupcakes   by Rachel DiNunzio

March 5, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Working in an independent bookstore has a lot of perks. One is that you get emails telling you BOOK X is coming out! Request a reader’s copy today! And when I got an email telling me that Forsynthia V01: Rise of the Cupcakes  by Rachel DiNunzio was available I emailed the rep and asked if they had a finished copy. And they happily sent me one. Therefore, I read via a physical reader’s copy and glad I did. An online version would not have had […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, cupcakes, dragons, early reader, family, Rachel DiNunzio, science, siblings, Sisters, super agents/spies

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:77 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, cupcakes, dragons, early reader, family, Rachel DiNunzio, science, siblings, Sisters, super agents/spies ·
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Pancakes, britches and home

Pancakes for Findus (Findus and Pettson) by Sven Nordqvist

The Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police by J.F. Fox

A Garden Called Home by Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are a great way to read books and have fun as well. You not only read a book (and can read several in a day: Think of a tailor and some flies and “seven in one blow”), but you can learn something. Like how to make pancakes out of your pants, or what britches are, and even that some plants need snow to help them grow. And not only that, you can just have a delightful story you can solo read or read […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: Addie Van Buren, Cats, Elaine Chen, emigration & immigrations, family, farmers, friendship, Gussie Van Buren, J.F. Fox, Jessica J. Lee, Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen, nature, Sisters, Sven Nordqvist, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Sports · Tags: Addie Van Buren, Cats, Elaine Chen, emigration & immigrations, family, farmers, friendship, Gussie Van Buren, J.F. Fox, Jessica J. Lee, Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen, nature, Sisters, Sven Nordqvist, Women's History ·
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Extra Extra Read All about Frankie and her Hard News Investigating Crew!

Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News by Christine Platt

January 23, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR16SweetChallenge #Cozy (the book turned into a cozy read) I picked up a slightly shelf worn copy of Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News the other day, though I was not sure why. The cover was not “grabbing me” (there are toys and a girl who looks like a doll herself) but maybe it was because it was short, and I was looking for something that was quick and easy. When I needed a quick break from the more intense stories I was reading (a graphic novel about racism and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: African American girls, Alea Marley, Business, Careers, Christine Platt, Dolls & Puppets, families, family, imagination, journalism, Occupations, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, toys

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: African American girls, Alea Marley, Business, Careers, Christine Platt, Dolls & Puppets, families, family, imagination, journalism, Occupations, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, toys ·
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Fantastic Fantasy!

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

January 8, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Saara El-Arifi immediately place herself on my auto-buy list with her debut, and this new world she’s created just confirms why I love her storytelling. The book starts with a myth telling of the three gods: Asase, the Wheat, god of the earth and creator of humans; Ewia, the two-headed Bat, god of the sun and creator of fae: and Bosome, the Water, god of the moon and creator of the elves. As far as anyone is aware, all that remains in the world are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, elves, fae, Faebound, faerytale, fated romance, mythology, politics, prophecy, queer, Saara El-Arifi, sapphic, Sisters, war

LB's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, elves, fae, Faebound, faerytale, fated romance, mythology, politics, prophecy, queer, Saara El-Arifi, sapphic, Sisters, war ·
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