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Dan Da Dan vol. 1 by Yukinobu Tatsu

June 29, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have seen Dan Da Dan manga all over social media/the internet, so when I saw volume 1 at the library I picked it up out of curiosity. The premise is interesting: two high school outsiders, one obsessed with aliens, the other believes in spirits, dare each other to prove the other person’s belief is invalid by sending each other to the most likely haunted/abduction sites in the area, per the web. Guess what happens next? One thing I hadn’t noticed initially was that there […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Aliens, content warning, Dan Da Dan, high school, manga, speculative, Spirits, violence, Yukinobu Tatsu

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Aliens, content warning, Dan Da Dan, high school, manga, speculative, Spirits, violence, Yukinobu Tatsu ·
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The rom-com romp

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

March 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was hesitant to start Lunar New Year Love Story for a few reasons: I am not a romance reader; I thought the use of Leuyen Pham as the illustrator was an odd choice; and as I like Gene Luen Yang, would I build this book up too much and it would not live up to my hype?  Well, I am still not a romance reader and the arc was not how I run my romance life, but it was fun and heartwarming. (Granted if […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: #fate, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Dance, dating, family, fathers, friendship, Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham, lion dance, Lunar New Year, mothers, paranormal, Spirits

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:102 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: #fate, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Dance, dating, family, fathers, friendship, Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham, lion dance, Lunar New Year, mothers, paranormal, Spirits ·
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Not a lively group of students

Spirited Volume one: Day of the Living Liv by Liv Livingston

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Liv Livingston tells her story in Spirited Volume one: Day of the Living Liv. Okay, I am not sure who the author actually is, maybe she has a ghostwriter? After all, Liv is starting a new school and her classmates are kinda a dead bunch to be around. No really, a lot of them are ghosts and boy do they have questions about Liv and being alive! (Yes, we need umbrellas when it rains.) This is a cute story about being yourself and that is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult Tagged With: being yourself, family, friendship, ghosts, Glass House Graphics, Liv Livingston, self-esteem, Spirits

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Young Adult · Tags: being yourself, family, friendship, ghosts, Glass House Graphics, Liv Livingston, self-esteem, Spirits ·
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The stranger and the story

The Voice in the Hollow by Will Hillenbrand

October 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I saw a reader copy online called, The Voice in the Hollow. “Oh, isn’t that sweet.” I thought. “A little critter is going to hear the voice of the wind, nature, other animals, all the above as they go on a cold, winter walk” (or maybe no cold, but it did look blustery). And boy was I wrong. And right. It was sweet, just not that kind of sweet. Our young character, Hubert, (who I fell in love with because of the name) is a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Blizzards, Books & Libraries, Spirits, Will Hillenbrand

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:762 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Blizzards, Books & Libraries, Spirits, Will Hillenbrand ·
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Of butterflies and spirits

A Blanket of Butterflies (The Spirit of Denendeh Volume One) by Richard Van Camp

As I Enfold You in Petals (The Spirit of Denendeh, Volume 2). by Richard Van Camp

July 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I found a reader copy request form. After asking and receiving it, I realized it was book two. I did find book one, but never got around to reading it. After receiving the second book, there was still no reading of it. I only realized why I had the delay the night I read them. They are books that must be read “at the right time,” otherwise you will not be ready for them. The books were A Blanket of Butterflies (The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Alcohol, Bereavement, Canada, Death, Donovan Yaciuk, drugs, family, Fort Smith (N.W.T.), grief, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nickolej Villiger, Northwest Territories, paranormal, Richard van Camp, Samurai, Scott B. Henderson, Social Themes, Spirits, substance abuse, values & virutes, War & Military

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:535 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Alcohol, Bereavement, Canada, Death, Donovan Yaciuk, drugs, family, Fort Smith (N.W.T.), grief, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nickolej Villiger, Northwest Territories, paranormal, Richard van Camp, Samurai, Scott B. Henderson, Social Themes, Spirits, substance abuse, values & virutes, War & Military ·
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The Monsters We Defy

An Immersive World

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

May 6, 2023 by Debcapsfan 1 Comment

I love a good immersive world in fantasy and speculative fiction, where you feel like you could be in the setting. The Monsters We Defy takes place in Washington, DC in 1925, and Clara Johnson, the main character, can communicate with spirits. I listened to the audio book of this, and Shayna Small does an exceptional job with the voices and the setting and making you invested in the story. I am not surprised to see this won the Audie award for best audio book […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, 1920s, Leslye Penelope, Spirits

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, 1920s, Leslye Penelope, Spirits ·
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