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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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“The only good thing this broken heart of mine can feel is love for you.”

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

September 28, 2021 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

The Heart Principle was delayed a year while its author Helen Hoang dealt with some personal traumas which she goes into in depth in the Author’s Note. Many of those traumas feed directly into the re-worked plot of this book. I’m firmly in the camp that this is a romance, even if the romance plotline finds itself uncentered through sections of the work, but this is certainly not a rom-com style book as its cover would want you to believe – in fact I have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: autism representation, cbr13bingo, content warnings necessary, end of life care, Fuck Cancer, Helen Hoang, rep, The Heart Principle

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: autism representation, cbr13bingo, content warnings necessary, end of life care, Fuck Cancer, Helen Hoang, rep, The Heart Principle ·
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“I go to the grave shared by my father and Jimmy. The question I get most, the one I hate, is why I went into his room. And why I helped people. Again and again, ‘Why did you do it? How?’ The answer is, How could I not?” (Bingo#1)

All the Young Men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South by Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary

September 23, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I read a lot of memoirs; I love listening to someone tell me their story. All the Young Men tells Ruth Coker Burks’ story as a young single mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis and becoming an activist in the fight against AIDS. Coker Burks story starts in the way that I think many of us hope we would respond – while visiting her friend recovering from cancer surgery, she notices nurses drawing straws to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History Tagged With: #memoir, AIDS crisis, All the Young Men, American South, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Home, Kevin Carr O'Leary, lgbtq history, Ruth Coker Burks, Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History · Tags: #memoir, AIDS crisis, All the Young Men, American South, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Home, Kevin Carr O'Leary, lgbtq history, Ruth Coker Burks, Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary ·
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“If this is the last decision I can ever make, at least it is my decision. Let me go, Alyosha. I am not afraid.”

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

September 23, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

One of our #CannonBookClub prompts asked if there’s any special power in taking a known story and envisioning it in a new way, and for me the answer is a resounding yes. Whether its something along the lines of Longbourn where characters who are merely set dressing in the original tale are given the limelight or something like The Bear and the Nightingale where history and folktales are put into a blender, metaphorically, and something new arrives there is more often than not an engaging […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, fairytale adaptation, Katherine Arden, low fantasy, remade folktale, The Bear and the Nightingale

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, fairytale adaptation, Katherine Arden, low fantasy, remade folktale, The Bear and the Nightingale ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Deerskin

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations  book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books below have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Deerskin, Discussion Post, donkeyskin, fairytale adaptations, Robin McKinley

Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Deerskin, Discussion Post, donkeyskin, fairytale adaptations, Robin McKinley ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Alif the Unseen

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations  book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books below have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Alif the Unseen, book club, CannonBookClub, fairytale adaptations, Folk Tale, G Willow Wilson, The Jinn, Thousand and one nights

Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Alif the Unseen, book club, CannonBookClub, fairytale adaptations, Folk Tale, G Willow Wilson, The Jinn, Thousand and one nights ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Sea Witch

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations  book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning or […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Sarah Henning, sea witch, the little mermaid

Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Horror · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Sarah Henning, sea witch, the little mermaid ·
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