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“But the only way to get lucky is to be prepared for luck to find you.”

December 20, 2016 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

When I found out that Bryan Cranston would be publishing a book in 2016, I was on the lookout. I am a late in the game Cranston fan, but there’s something about the roles he’s chosen, and the way he conducts himself in public that spoke to me, and I thought, I’d really like to know what he has to say. Since I had particularly enjoyed his reading of The Things They Carried I decided to go with the audio version. Here’s the thing about […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston, faintingviolet

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:83 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston, faintingviolet ·
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“She’s my little sister. Mine to torture and mine to protect.”

December 19, 2016 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

The end of 2016 finds me reading and reviewing quite a few Romance novels. This is my third in recent weeks. I decided to read the second four books in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series this year, which meant it was time to make sure I hit that goal and finally get to Gregory’s book, On the Way to the Wedding. When I started the Bridgerton series in 2015, I knew from the romance readers around Cannonball Read that these were peak Quinn books, and I […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Bridgertons, faintingviolet, Julia Quinn, On the Way to the Wedding

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:82 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Bridgertons, faintingviolet, Julia Quinn, On the Way to the Wedding ·
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Expose Complexities, Display the Messy

December 14, 2016 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I work in museums. Specifically, I work at historic sites, and one of the main types of historic sites is the Historic House Museum (HHM). There are a lot of ways in which HHMs are interesting and important to our cultural heritage, and tons of ways where the traditional methods of running such institutions are just plain bad ideas at this point. The entire cultural sector is down in visitation/consumers, so there are always conversations being had about how to be better, attract more people, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums, Deborah Ryan, faintingviolet, Franklin Vagnone, interpretation, museums, visitor experience

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:81 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums, Deborah Ryan, faintingviolet, Franklin Vagnone, interpretation, museums, visitor experience ·
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“Miss Bowman, if I had enough pockets, I could save the world.”

December 12, 2016 by faintingviolet 8 Comments

Here we have the concluding story of the Wallflowers quartet (ok, not quite, there is a Christmas book about a brother that I have already requested from the library even though Mrs. Julien marked it two stars…) and we have arrived at Daisy’s story, our last remaining Wallflower. I’ve had ups and downs with these books this year, but mostly this book ends the series on a good note. Scandal in Spring shows that Kleypas has learned from her previous outings.  I still feel It […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, lisa kleypas, Scandal in Spring, Wallflowers series

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:80 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, lisa kleypas, Scandal in Spring, Wallflowers series ·
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Thank you to our most lovely exchange coordinator, faintingviolet, for my new books :D

December 9, 2016 by narfna 5 Comments

I came home from a poop day at work to a book exchange package from Katie (faintingviolet) and it made my day. I legit squealed when I opened the first book and saw Wishful Drinking. And I’ve been meaning to read Austenland and start Sandman for yearrrrs. (Although, I will confess that I’m actually super intimidated to start Sandman.) Thank you so much, Katie! And thank you for organizing this beautimous tradition.

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: austenland, Book Exchange, carrie fisher, faintingviolet, narfna, Neil Gaiman, preludes & nocturnes, Sandman, Shannon Hale, wishful drinking

narfna's CBR8 Review No:0 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: austenland, Book Exchange, carrie fisher, faintingviolet, narfna, Neil Gaiman, preludes & nocturnes, Sandman, Shannon Hale, wishful drinking ·
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A Simple Love Story

December 8, 2016 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

At the tail end of 2015 I listened to my first Romance audio book. It was an interesting experience. Not my favorite, but also not bad. Since I started the Stud Club books that way, with Tessa Dare’s One Dance with a Duke I figured I would continue on that path for the series and picked up Twice Tempted by a Rogue. Then I promptly forgot to read it as I worked through other books this year. When I finished We Should All Be Feminists […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, historical romance, Stud Club Series, Tessa Dare, Twice Tempted by a Rogue

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:79 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, historical romance, Stud Club Series, Tessa Dare, Twice Tempted by a Rogue ·
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