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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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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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Book Club Discussion Post: All Boys Aren’t Blue

September 16, 2022 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

Other Discussions The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Welcome to our Banned Books book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that have been banned or challenged for various reasons. Each of our books – All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – have their own Discussion Posts. Even if you weren’t […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: All Boys Aren't Blue, banned book, CannonBookClub, George M. Johnson

Genres: Book Club · Tags: All Boys Aren't Blue, banned book, CannonBookClub, George M. Johnson ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: The 1619 Project

September 16, 2022 by faintingviolet 12 Comments

Other Discussions The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Welcome to our Banned Books book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that have been banned or challenged for various reasons. Each of our books – All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – have their own Discussion Posts. Even if you weren’t […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: banned book, CannonBookClub, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project

Genres: Book Club · Tags: banned book, CannonBookClub, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project ·
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A Gendered History

Gender: A World History by Susan Kingsley Kent

September 14, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Gender: A World History found its way to my ears (I went audiobook form for this one) due to a sale. For $2.99 this sounded like just the sort of thing I’d like to read. For the most part this book did fit my needs and meets the criteria of being as advertised: this was in fact a history that was serious about being global in scope and a historical survey of the topic of gender and how it has been understood through the ages. […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr14bingo, gender, gender and sexuality, question, Susan Kingsley Kent

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:60 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr14bingo, gender, gender and sexuality, question, Susan Kingsley Kent ·
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“I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”

My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

September 14, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

The story of Julia Child’s years in France in her own words was literally the second book I put on my Goodreads to read list in January 2012. It has taken me this long to get to it, but I’m perfectly happy to have waited until I was in the right mood – even though this book made me hungry every time I picked it up. My Life in France is exactly what the title says it is. For most people the contents of this […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food Tagged With: adapt, cbr14bingo, foodie reads, Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme, my life in france, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:59 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food · Tags: adapt, cbr14bingo, foodie reads, Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme, my life in france, read harder challenge ·
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Grumpy/Sunshine Double Header (and Bingo!)

His Grumpy Childhood Friend (Cider Bar Sisters #2) by Jackie Lau

Her Pretend Christmas Date (Cider Bar Sisters #2.5) by Jackie Lau

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was simply delighted by this one. His Grumpy Childhood Friend hit a couple different trope happy places for me – second chance romance, friends to lovers – but it also did something I love more and more as I consume a good amount of Romance books: it released its third act tension without a break-up or fight.  The tension point of the story isn’t a misunderstanding or one of the pair freaking out and walking away, instead we get characters dealing with traumatic experiences […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake ·
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Cider Bar Sisters Series Opener

Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I started reading this series from the middle. I had recently signed up for Jackie Lau’s reviewer list (which has benefitted me with many books) and the first novella in the Cider Bar Sister series, Her Pretend Christmas Date was released for reviews. I had a great time with that novella and have read the rest as they come (my review of the final in the series, Her Unexpected Roommate, is forthcoming). But I hadn’t gotten around to reading the first two books, a very […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, Contemporary Romance, grief, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, Series

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, Contemporary Romance, grief, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, Series ·
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