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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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Author’s recent cancer diagnosis haunted me as I read her great, new book

Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien

October 2, 2020 by pixifer 3 Comments

I’ve always assumed that Lana Lee, the main character of the Noodle Shop Mysteries, is a stand-in for the author, Vivien Chien. Near the beginning of Killer Kung Pao, Lana goes to the salon to have her hair dyed gunmetal gray. I know Chien likes to dye her hair fun colors so I checked her Instagram to see if she had tried gunmetal gray. Instead I saw her post about being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. My heart sank. Cancer is always sad and scary but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #cozymystery, cozy mystery, Fiction, Fuck Cancer, murder, mystery, Vivien Chien

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #cozymystery, cozy mystery, Fiction, Fuck Cancer, murder, mystery, Vivien Chien ·
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The human body is a disgusting miracle

Navel Gazing by Michael Ian Black

February 10, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

It’s so refreshing to read a man’s take on body insecurity, because man does it feel like society acts as though it’s an exclusively female problem. Obviously the expectations for women are higher and beauty standards are unfairly applied to women more than men, but the idea that body image issues are strictly female is often twisted into describing them as vain. So, Michael Ian Black’s insecurities about his feet and his waistline are welcome, particularly as they are written in his typically humorous tone, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Health Tagged With: body image, Fuck Cancer, michael ian black

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Health · Tags: body image, Fuck Cancer, michael ian black ·
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“We learn as we get older to appreciate the people we love for who they are, and for how they love us.”

It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny

January 12, 2020 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Other than knowing I had initially picked this book out to be my Far and Away CBR Bingo square I have no idea how this book got on my radar. I didn’t read this before Bingo ended, so this book has been hanging around my house since late October (thanks library extensions!) waiting for me to get to it. Its due back in two days, so now is the time. Since this was my Far and Away square it was picked because its so different […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Death, faintingviolet, Fuck Cancer, grief, It's Okay to Laugh, Nora McInerny

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Death, faintingviolet, Fuck Cancer, grief, It's Okay to Laugh, Nora McInerny ·
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Even Fictional Cancer Can F*ck Right Off

July 3, 2017 by Emmalita 2 Comments

It’s almost like this volume was written just for Cannonball Read. Dr. Jane Foster, The Mighty Thor, has breast cancer which has metastasized to her liver. When she picks up Mjolnir, she is the healthy and strong Mighty Thor. When she sets it down, she is the dying Jane Foster. Becoming Thor eradicates the poisons that kill the cancer, but not the cancer that is killing her. Regardless, she picks up the hammer when she is needed, because Fu*k Cancer. The Dark Elves are warring […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Fuck Cancer, Jason Aaron, Marvel Comics, Russell Dauterman, The Mighty Thor, Thunder in Her Veins

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:63 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Fuck Cancer, Jason Aaron, Marvel Comics, Russell Dauterman, The Mighty Thor, Thunder in Her Veins ·
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