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A reader and caffeine addict who consumes all sorts of books, some just more frequently than others. Your CBR Book Club Maven with over a decade of Cannonballing experience I believe in the beauty that comes from a common goal of reading, reviewing, and discussing. Also, Fuck Cancer. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: faintingviolet's Quick Questions interview.)

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“If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.”

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

November 23, 2024 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

When I started writing this review, I could not have told you what made me put 84, Charing Cross Road onto my to-read list back in August 2015. So, then I did what I usually do in that scenario and checked the Cannonball Read archives to see if there was a review that launched it onto my list and sure enough, there were two in 2015 – one by scootsa1000 and another by yesknopemaybe that sealed the deal for me. While it took me 9 years […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 84 charing cross road, book about books, cbr16bingo, epistolary, helene hanff, read harder challenge, vintage

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:47 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: 84 charing cross road, book about books, cbr16bingo, epistolary, helene hanff, read harder challenge, vintage ·
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“I don’t want it if I can’t have it with you.”

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall, Will M. Watt (Narrator)

November 22, 2024 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I blasted through three Alexis Hall books in relatively quick succession in 2022 and then sputtered out in 2023 when I borrowed Husband Material from the library and never got around to reading it and had to return it. Last year was a slump year, but the bummer of not being able to get into a book that I had been so excited about following reading Boyfriend Material has sort of kept me away from Alexis Hall books since. That is, until I saw narfna’s […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, Will M. Watt (Narrator), CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, fake amnesia plot, LGBTQ romance, queer romane, swoony

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:54 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, Will M. Watt (Narrator), CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, fake amnesia plot, LGBTQ romance, queer romane, swoony ·
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“You mean because you’re built like the Abominable Snowman and I’m the size of the Sugar Plum Fairy?”

Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood

Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey

All By My Elf by Olivia Dade

Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur

Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria

November 21, 2024 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Amazon has put out a holiday collection of five stories that is free to Prime members, and it grabbed my attention when Olivia Dade publicized that she had a story in the collection (Ali Hazelwood, Tessa Bailey, Alexandria Bellefleur, and Alexis Daria are the other authors). I requested an ARC and was granted it, so here we are with me reading a holiday collection earlier than I normally would because we all deserve nice things when the world feels like it is crashing down. Cruel […]

Filed Under: Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: Alexandria Bellefleur, Alexis Daria, Ali Hazelwood, All by My Elf, ARC, Cruel Winter With You, Merriment and Mayhem, Merry Ever After, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, Only Santas in the Building, romance collection, Tessa Bailey, Under the Misteltoe Collection

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:53 · Genres: Romance, Short Stories · Tags: Alexandria Bellefleur, Alexis Daria, Ali Hazelwood, All by My Elf, ARC, Cruel Winter With You, Merriment and Mayhem, Merry Ever After, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, Only Santas in the Building, romance collection, Tessa Bailey, Under the Misteltoe Collection ·
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“He is a person, complicated and confused. Just like you.”

Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

November 8, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Ayesha at Last is a retelling the story of Pride and Prejudice featuring the titular Ayesha, a Muslim woman in her late twenties who has put aside her dreams of poetry and just finished a career change to become a teacher, financed by her wealthy uncle who has been financially supportive of her family since her father’s death including moving them to Canada and giving them the house they share with her grandparents. She is single and being passed on the proverbial marriage mart by […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a little romance, ayesha at last, bollywood, cbr16bingo, debut novel, Pride and Prejudice, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a little romance, ayesha at last, bollywood, cbr16bingo, debut novel, Pride and Prejudice, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin ·
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“With the mystery genre booming in print and on screen at present, I have had no problem satisfying my cravings for crime.”

Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

November 4, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Are you in the mood for a light and breezy book about how gardens and gardeners feature in crime and mystery writing? If so, I have the book for you. I am not a gardener, in fact my great grandparents who ran a greenhouse would be shocked at my inability to understand the finer points of plants and their needs and five years of working on a living history farm did not improve the situation. But it did introduce me to the author of Gardening […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: a little murder, cbr16bingo, Earth Day, Gardening, Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta McDowell, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:46 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: a little murder, cbr16bingo, Earth Day, Gardening, Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta McDowell, read harder challenge ·
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How Many Lies, How Many Truths

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

November 4, 2024 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

The Truth According to Ember ended up on my reading list because of social media. When the ARC was released author and reviewer folks who I follow were promoting it because they liked what they were reading, but also it is a romance by and about Native people published by a mainstream publishing house (in this case, Berkley). While I didn’t receive an ARC, I was interested enough to keep an eye out for publication, and once that happened, I immediately placed myself on the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: a little romance, cbr16bingo, Danica Nava, free, Native RomCom, The Truth According to Ember, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: a little romance, cbr16bingo, Danica Nava, free, Native RomCom, The Truth According to Ember, we need diverse books ·
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