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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.)

faintingviolet's Reviews:

Some Spooky Season Romance

To Whom it May Concern by Roxie Noir

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*My review title is a little bit of a fib – there is a Halloween decoration as the plot McGuffin here, but the story takes place November – February. There are a handful of authors whose mailing lists I am on. One of those is Kate Canterbary and in some of her newsletters she provides links to free eBooks from other authors. In August it was Roxie Noir’s Break the Rules. I downloaded it, signed up for Noir’s list – even though I hadn’t read […]

A New Series from Janine Amesta Starts and I’m in Love

Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta

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Heck yes, this is my favorite Janine Amesta book yet.   Love in the Time of Wildfires tells the story of Logan Sonelli, hotshot firefighter fighting wildfires in the pacific northwest, and River Alfaro, a wildlife behaviorist relocating for a job and a fresh start. They are neighbors in their apartment building who get off on the wrong foot. Through bumping into each other a few times, a tentative friendship is forged. Both are very specifically not looking for another relationship – Logan having sworn them off entirely […]

“Even as a small child, nothing pleased her more about their travels than the ride home”

The Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik

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The Tall Pine Polka is my final book for Re-Readathon 2026 – a comfort re-read and a book I annotated. It had been a long time since I had read this last, since 2013 in fact. My experience this time wasn’t quite the same as it had previously been. I remained mostly interested in the interpersonal relationships of the denizens of the Cup O’Delight cafe, especially the ones between Fenny, Lee, and Bill. But this time some of the hiccups of this book being published […]

Opus the Penguin Stories

A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed

The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story by Berkeley Breathed

Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed

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I don’t know about you, but I keep a shelf of my childhood favorite books amongst the rest of my books. Re-Readathon had a prompt for re-reading a childhood favorite, so I knew I had some on hand, but I forgot that I didn’t have a copy of Strega Nona until I went looking for it. So, once staring at the shelf I grabbed my copy of A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed and also The Last Basselope […]

“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can’t.”

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

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This is my first Elizabeth Acevedo and I’m happy to report that the hype is real. I think that I’ve been putting off reading Acevedo because I’ve become a little allergic to YA and I was afraid that it would prevent me from enjoying her work. But Read Harder has a task for reading a YA book by a Latine author this year so with a little encouragement With the Fire on High made its way to my to read list for the year.   With […]

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall.”

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

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When narfna announced her Re-Readathon and I went through the prompts, two books immediately jumped to mind as ones I wanted to tackle based on the prompts. The first up review-wise is a revisit to Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels. When I first read Lord of Scoundrels, I did it via audio, I knew then that it hadn’t given me the experience with the book that was possible. I could see the mechanics of why I liked this book, but it had all felt at a bit […]



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