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Can We Find Ourselves by Going Home?

December 18, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is my 103rd review. I think three things have made my reading output this year increase exponentially. Those three would be: no cable television, the discovery that audiobooks work for me as part of my current commute, and the Read Harder challenge put on by Book Riot. (Although, the last two are really one in the same.) I am in the middle of listening to my 17th audiobook of the year, and Teju Cole’s Every Day Is for the Thief completes my final of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Every Day is for the Thief, faintingviolet, Lagos, Nigeria, read harder challenge, Teju Cole

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:103 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Every Day is for the Thief, faintingviolet, Lagos, Nigeria, read harder challenge, Teju Cole ·
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A new book I’m happy to give a good home!

December 17, 2015 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Many thanks to Captain Tuttle for my wonderful new book. I was so excited to recieve it that it went immediately on the bookcase in a place of honor, and I forgot to take its picture and post here. Now for the new year’s resolution to read the books I’ve received the past two years as part of book exchange. Outlander, your time has come… once I get done reading about RBG. 🙂

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange, Captain Tuttle, faintingviolet, gifts

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange, Captain Tuttle, faintingviolet, gifts ·
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A delightful present under the tree, just for me

December 17, 2015 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

Just look at what I got in the mail from the lovely faintingviolet! Bunnybean and Joemyjoe forbid me to open this until Christmas Eve, but I think I’ll sneak a chocolate before then. Thank you, and happy holidays!!  

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Book Exchange, CBR7, faintingviolet, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Book Exchange, CBR7, faintingviolet, Scootsa1000 ·
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A romance in which I was annoyed by the subplots, but enjoyed the love story.

December 16, 2015 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

A while back narfna mentioned trying romance novels in audio book format and I thought it sounded like an interesting idea. Then Audible, those b@stards, had a sale (I may have overspent with them lately) and Tessa Dare’s One Dance with a Duke was there. I’m not sorry I spent that $5 – even though its far from my favorite romance I read this year. The basic premise from Goodreads: A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, One Dance with a Duke, Stud Club trilogy, Tessa Dare

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:102 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, One Dance with a Duke, Stud Club trilogy, Tessa Dare ·
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Curiosity is a shit starter.

December 2, 2015 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I don’t read as many “self-help” books as I probably should. I like to learn. Scratch that, I LOVE to learn, and in many ways books traditionally shelved in the “self-help” department are meant to help us do just that. So why stay away? Because of the other types of books that inhabit those shelves. The ones that are all touchy feely or tell you to “let go and let God”. (Yes, thank you, I’m aware of that, now what?) When I decided to do […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Brené Brown, faintingviolet, Mental Health, read harder challenge, Rising Strong

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:101 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Brené Brown, faintingviolet, Mental Health, read harder challenge, Rising Strong ·
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“We try to make it easier for those who come after.”

December 1, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I had a goal with this book, I wanted to be able to read and review it in time for World Aids Day, which is December 1st. I have been reading some heavy hitting things of late; Between the World and Me, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Fifteenth Minute come immediately to mind for different reasons, but each was difficult to review in its own way, and this one is as well. In my last review I talked about how the dark times in our history […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, AIDS, faintingviolet, Paul Monette, Roger Horowitz, World AIDS Day

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:100 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, AIDS, faintingviolet, Paul Monette, Roger Horowitz, World AIDS Day ·
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