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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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Worth it for the illustrations alone, but there is SO MUCH more here.

This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook by Henry James Garrett

June 11, 2024 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Embarking on reading This Book Will Make You Kinder I knew extraordinarily little. I could not say I was familiar with its author and illustrator, Henry James Garrett although his visual work is what he is most known for. I had spotted ASKReview’s review (which must be how it ended up on my to read list), but that was pretty much it. But at some point this winter, I plunked it on my library requests list without too much thought other than, I could, in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: empathy, Ethics, Henry James Garrett, kindness, This Book Will Make You Kinder

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: empathy, Ethics, Henry James Garrett, kindness, This Book Will Make You Kinder ·
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“Because I know the day you come here to tell me that she’s dead will be the worst day of my life.”

Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen (Writer), Jonathan Case (Illustrator)

June 3, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Reading Doomed sparked a push for more true crime reading and I hit up my TBR and put in a slew of library requests. First in was another Read Harder choice, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case. Before this year I was unfamiliar with the existence of this book, or the decades long investigation it chronicles. But such is the reward of hitting up library lists for challenges, particularly banned books. (The challenge task was specifically banned comics […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: banned book, Green River Killer, Jeff Jensen, Jeff Jensen (Writer), Jonathan Case (Illustrator), Jonathan Case, read harder challenge, true crime

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:20 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: banned book, Green River Killer, Jeff Jensen, Jeff Jensen (Writer), Jonathan Case (Illustrator), Jonathan Case, read harder challenge, true crime ·
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“What I say is that I am innocent… I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I was an Italian, and indeed I am an Italian…”

Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti, & the End of the American Dream by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro

May 29, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Read Harder Challenge strikes again. Task 15 for this year was to read a YA non-fiction work, and that is an area of my to read list that is stunningly small. I thought I had a book picked out, but it turned out to not be YA (but, The Art and Life of HIlma af Klint was still an enjoyable read).  I went back to the Arlington, VA Public library list of books you might have missed in 2023 to produce some additional ideas […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Doomed, John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro, read harder challenge, red scare, Sacco and Vanzetti, YA nonfiction

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Doomed, John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro, read harder challenge, red scare, Sacco and Vanzetti, YA nonfiction ·
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My First Manga… Ever

My Special One, Volume 1 by Momoko Koda

May 3, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Read Harder Challenge is living up to its name this year for me… pushing me out of my comfort zones and into areas I have not read in a long time or in the case of My Special One at all. My sister read manga when we were growing up and I just never saw the allure (it probably had a lot to do with my lack of reading comics, something she also did). The task was specifically to read a manga or manhwa […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: manga, Momoko Koda, My Special One, read harder challenge, work in translation, YA Romance

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: manga, Momoko Koda, My Special One, read harder challenge, work in translation, YA Romance ·
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New Jackie Lau with Fake Dating – I was automatically in!

Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

May 3, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I make a habit of reading Jackie Lau books when I can, and being able to read Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie as an ARC was something I just couldn’t pass up, particularly when the logline for the book is a Pride and Prejudice retelling having a good time with some tropes (Lau tends to always have more than one in her work). The tropes in question are fake dating, forced proximity, and enemies to lovers, and I think Lau did a good job with […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: ARC, Asian Heritage, asian representation, Canada, CBR16SweetBooks, enemies to lovers, fake dating, forced proximity, Jackie Lau, Love Lies and Cherry Pie, read harder challenge, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: ARC, Asian Heritage, asian representation, Canada, CBR16SweetBooks, enemies to lovers, fake dating, forced proximity, Jackie Lau, Love Lies and Cherry Pie, read harder challenge, we need diverse books ·
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“Maybe I was right. We’re not normal people. We are monsters. But if we’re monsters, we’ll thrive in the dark. Together.”

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

April 26, 2024 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

The first book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy came to my attention thanks to my fellow Cannonballers. I feel like I went from knowing absolutely nothing about this book or its author to being flooded with information about it and somehow still managing to go into the reading experience with extraordinarily little spoiled for me (something I hope to accomplish with my own review). Malin’s review from March was the linchpin as I don’t traditionally go in for dark romance but if Malin gave it her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, dark romance, murder most foul, Romance, serial killer romance, thriller

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, dark romance, murder most foul, Romance, serial killer romance, thriller ·
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