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Randy Randy you’re a dandy!

Randy, the Badly Drawn Horse by T. L. McBeth

February 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking at the description of the book Randy, the Badly Drawn Horse. All it says is “Title has strikethrough on “badly drawn.” Is this all that T. L. McBeth’s book is? Just a book with the words “badly drawn” with a slash trough it? It does not even mention the fact that “badly drawn” is replaced with a red, capitalized BEAUTIFUL! It does not mention that Randy tells the story or the fact that Randy is well, less than a traditional looking horse […]

Stop draggin’ your feet and get to Where the Dragons Live!

Where the Dragons Live by Serena Geddes

February 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Where the Dragons Live is a sequel to another Serena Geddes book called Rosie and Rasmus. The dragon Rasmus says goodbye to Rosie, journeys to the land of dragons (the Island of Dragons to be precise) and cannot wait to make new friends. The problem is Rasmus is not like the other dragons. They roar, play rough, little mean, are big and tall, breath fire and tell him he is not a real dragon. But then again, what is a real dragon? And Rasmus learns […]

I added the shocking image not for shock, but for an example of what you are getting.

Our Animal Neighbors: Compassion for Every Furry, Slimy, Prickly Creature on Earth by Matthieu Ricard

January 19, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I thought Our Animal Neighbors: Compassion for Every Furry, Slimy, Prickly Creature on Earth would be an environmental book because of the cover. Instead, Matthieu Ricard, Jason Gruhl and Becca Hall created something a little unexpected, but honestly, not surprising. This book is very pro vegetarian. (Sidebar: it is funny I find this book now as a Facebook friend has been a vegetarian for years and recently started posting more pro memes, comments, and articles). It talks of the community of Earth. How people and […]

Are You Super?

Pizazz by Sophy Henn

January 13, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Pizazz is a novel for the adult but a normal one for the ages it is geared to. It is aimed at strong first grade readers but probably best suited for the second to third/low fourth grade reader. (Or ages strong 6 to young 10). There is a mixture of text and illustrations. Having a reader copy, I am not sure what the result of the illustrations will be as currently they are black and white. But due to the cover’s comic book looking colors, […]

Just breathe, Juliet, just breathe

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

December 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera has been on my radar for awhile now. However, it always seemed daunting. Perhaps it was the subject, perhaps the length of the book itself or just the fact I am not in an actual novel reading mood this year. Therefore, when I saw that it was going to be in a graphic novel format, I preordered my copy. It was going to be illustrated by Celia Moscote (an illustrator I was unfamiliar with), but the cover gave […]

Red like the Blood that is all over the place

The Handmaid’s Tale: Graphic Novel by Renee Nault

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I admit, while I knew a smidgen of theme of The Handmaid’s Tale, I really did not know the “whole story.” The other thing was, I had (and still have) no interest in reading the over 300-page novel. And I really have no interest in watching the show based on it. Therefore, I figured I would just know about this modern classic and that was that. It was not until I saw that there was a graphic novel version that I figured, “Why not?” I […]

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