{"id":1143,"date":"2016-05-10T12:28:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2016-05-03T19:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T23:16:16","slug":"review-birds-of-prey-volume-1-by-chuck-dixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Review: Birds of Prey volume 1 by Chuck Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1144 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"birds1\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a> ISBN: 9781563894848<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the beginning there was Black Canary and Oracle. One is fresh out of a break up with Green Arrow (that Green Arrow, yes) with a passion for kicking evil butt and a somewhat short attention span. The other is wheelchair-bound, hopeful and determined to find a way to still save the world from her clock tower. Oracle might be a Charlie, but Black Canary is not an Angel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I really enjoyed this book. Really. Black Canary is sassy without being annoying, strong without being obnoxious. She&#8217;s on the right side of confident. There&#8217;s a strong sense that she&#8217;s trying to not just take back her life, but also take back crime fighting for herself, instead of fighting to support someone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop1.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop1.jpeg\" alt=\"bop1\" width=\"207\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>Oracle struggles with the same. She&#8217;s lucky enough to have big Bat brothers watching out for her, but she&#8217;s tired of being coddled. They, for all their differences and arguing, find a friendship together, while also fighting tyrants, terrorists, and&#8230; soda reps?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These characters have certainly been around a while, but you don&#8217;t need to be a die-hard fan to enjoy this book. It&#8217;s a great place to start if you want less super powered, more secret agent style comic tales. With only a butt joke here or there it&#8217;s a great place for young teens to start too. Highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISBN: 9781563894848 In the beginning there was Black Canary and Oracle. One is fresh out of a break up with Green Arrow (that Green Arrow, yes) with a passion for kicking evil butt and a somewhat short attention span. 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