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Strut your big fluffy butt

Therapy Chickens: Let the Wisdom of the Flock Bring You Joy by Tedra Hamel

August 30, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you think, when it’s time for a chicken to lay her egg it’s a do or die moment? Like when a human really really has to go and there are four people ahead of you for the one working stall? I mean, does the chicken cross its legs (never mind the road) and squeeze the cheeks and say, “It’s not your turn yet?” (If you don’t know, like I didn’t, chickens can stand in line to wait to lay their eggs as, like anyone, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: chickens, mind & body & spirit, nature therapy, Plants & Animals, Tedra Hamel, themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:420 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: chickens, mind & body & spirit, nature therapy, Plants & Animals, Tedra Hamel, themes ·
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The not so innocent is found by the innocent

Mage and the Endless Unknown by SJ Miller

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have had Mage and the Endless Unknown saved in my online reader copies folder since probably 2022 or at least early 2023.  I am not sure why it was still available, but it was. And SJ Miller’s graphic novel is about a typical innocent who goes into the world only to find out how cruel and evil the story is. And of course, Mage, marvels how beautiful things are, but soon realizes everything in it wants to destroy them. Things are big, bad, scary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:779 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards ·
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Warfare of soccer at Bull Run Regional Park (and other stuff)

Team Photograph by Lauren Haldeman

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

What the flaming monkey toots did I just read? Or more accurately, took me a few days to read. Team Photograph is an artist’s interpretation of Lauren Haldeman’s experiences and feelings. When I first finished the online (though currently available) reader copy, I was thinking, “Is Team Photograph a memoir? An attempt at purging the feelings she has about death? Is it a commentary on war and the resulting death that will haunt people if they are aware of it? Or is it just a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: battles, Bull Run, civil war, Fairfax Station Virginia, ghosts, identities, Lauren Haldeman, literary, Places, siblings, Soccer, Social Themes, themes, topics

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:778 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Sports · Tags: battles, Bull Run, civil war, Fairfax Station Virginia, ghosts, identities, Lauren Haldeman, literary, Places, siblings, Soccer, Social Themes, themes, topics ·
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