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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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Why We Can't Sleep book cover.

“It’s a strange state of vacillating between having our shit together and feeling less and less like we give a damn about what the rest of the world thinks.”

Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun

March 7, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Why We Can’t Sleep is a book about Gen X Women and how mid-life is affecting them. Why then, am I a Millennial lady reading it? Because as someone who just turned 40 I often find that I identify more with things that are defined as Gen X as opposed to Millennial (the accepted year bracket for Gen X is 1964-1980, but there are models that have put it as late as 1984). I’m like many other millions of people existing on the boundaries of […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ada Calhoun, Elder Millennial, Gen X, midlife crisis, Why We Can't Sleep, Women's History Month

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Ada Calhoun, Elder Millennial, Gen X, midlife crisis, Why We Can't Sleep, Women's History Month ·
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“Art thieves steal more than beautiful objects; they steal memories and identities. They steal history.”

Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures by Robert Wittman, John Shiffman

March 2, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Sometimes professional curiosity places books on my to read list, and that’s certainly how Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures ended up there. While I don’t work in an art museum something that remains a point of interest for me from my days in grad school is the world of stolen and looted art and its recovery. Historical objects can fall into this category easily (and represent a good portion of the cases covered in Priceless) but art and antiquities […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Art Crime Team, art theft, FBI, looted art, museums, Priceless, Robert Wittman, Robert Wittman, John Shiffman

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Art Crime Team, art theft, FBI, looted art, museums, Priceless, Robert Wittman, Robert Wittman, John Shiffman ·
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For the love of great romcoms

From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy by Scott Meslow

February 21, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I love romantic comedies. It’s the same reason I love Romance novels, I’m sure. There’s a joy in knowing that the end of the story is going to be happy, and that you’ll be treated to laughs along the way. They are my re-charge kind of story. When I saw Ellesfena’s review last year I plunked Scott Meslow’s From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy on my to read list. When putting in my library requests this […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: from hollywood with love, hollywood history, movies, romcoms, romcoms can never hurt you, Scott Meslow

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: from hollywood with love, hollywood history, movies, romcoms, romcoms can never hurt you, Scott Meslow ·
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“Not to be devastated by my mistake, but instead to be motivated. He spoke to me with the quality one often encounters in truly wise people—forgiveness.”

Spare by Prince Harry

February 17, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I had no intention of reading Prince Harry’s memoir. Until I did. I should have known I’d cave, I’m a sucker for memoirs. There’s something about hearing a person’s story in their own words, particularly if that story is contested in some way, as Prince Harry’s has always been. What Spare is, at its core, is a person reckoning with the way in which they were raised, and the very real ways grief and trauma informed their experience of the world. That is the piece […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, autobiography, british royalty, Prince Harry, spare

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, autobiography, british royalty, Prince Harry, spare ·
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“Anger is powerful, but care for one another is, too.”

On the Line: a Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union by Daisy Pitkin

February 7, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I had some unexpected travel last week and grabbed the nearest library book to read on the plane. On the Line: a Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union had come to my attention due to a pro-union cat on twitter (@jortsthecat – which if you haven’t encountered, I promise he and Jean are worth taking a quick deep dive). I don’t know if it was the time/place I was reading it, or my affection for the recommending source […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: class, Daisy Pitkin, fight the fights that need fighting, On the Line, pro-union, Solidarity

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: class, Daisy Pitkin, fight the fights that need fighting, On the Line, pro-union, Solidarity ·
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Book cover showing a red bookstore door and display window

“Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual.”

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

January 27, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I’m nearly a decade late to The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. It has been on my to read list since 2016 and got pushed to the top tier of the pile last year for the Read Harder challenge (as it does take place in a big way in a bookstore). Then I never got to it but seeing that there was a movie adaptation out I decided to get my proverbial act together and dig into the story.   The book tells […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a little romance, adoption, death and dying, Gabrielle Zevin, movie adaptation, read harder challenge, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a little romance, adoption, death and dying, Gabrielle Zevin, movie adaptation, read harder challenge, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry ·
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Recent Comments

  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Good choices! I feel like I don't see Emma Thompson in enough stuff these days.
  • narfna on A great time was had.My friend and I actually fancast it while we were reading! We decided on Viola Davis for Billie, Michelle Yeoh as Helen, Emma Thompson as...
  • Emmalita on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Faintingviolet and ASKReviews did. I clearly need more Ada Calhoun in my life.
  • booktrovert on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Thank you- I highly recommend this one! Did you review her book, Why We Can't Sleep? I remember seeing someone review that here on Cannonball...
  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Agree, a movie would be great. Who are we casting? :)
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