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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: Ghost Squad

May 21, 2021 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. Each of our three books – Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  – have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. (*Sign up […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books Tagged With: book club, Book Discussion, CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, Ghost Squad, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Children's Books · Tags: book club, Book Discussion, CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, Ghost Squad, Young at Heart ·
· 7 Comments
Discussion has begun!

Young at Heart Discussion Topics

May 20, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Young at Heart Book Club has arrived!! We hope you’re as excited as we are to talk about some fun, nostalgic reads. Our individual book discussion posts are now live: Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy  Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  We’ll meet up to chat on Zoom on tomorrow evening, Sat. May 22, 2021 7 pm EDT, . (Sign up for the CBR newsletter “Cannon Fodder” to get Zoom details.) We will also be talking on our Social […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books, Young Adult Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Ghost Squad, Preview Post, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Children's Books, Young Adult · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Ghost Squad, Preview Post, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
· 1 Comment

Spiders, Grasshoppers, and Bears, Oh My!

(Trust) Falling for You by Charish Reid

May 12, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

What an enjoyable snack of a book this was. I was reminded a few days ago that I had bought (Trust) Falling for You as a birthday gift to myself back in February and I snuck it into my weekend reading line up. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it is a novella, I hadn’t realized, but a 120-page story was just the right size for my mood. Charish Reid specializes in writing stories featuring people of color in higher education and their love […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: (Trust) Falling For You, a little romance, Charish Reid, faintingviolet, novella

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: (Trust) Falling For You, a little romance, Charish Reid, faintingviolet, novella ·
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Reminder! The Young at Heart #CannonBookClub is Coming Soon!

May 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Hello my lovely fellow Cannonballers! We are 10 days away from our first #CannonBookClub of 2021 – Young at Heart. Our books this time are Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. Choose one or more and join us to chat about these (hopefully) nostalgic stories. We’ll have three discussion posts – one for each book – here on the site starting May 21 as well as Discussion posts on Social Media.  Then on […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club · Tags: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
· 1 Comment

This was not the book I was looking for.

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married by Nancy Rubin Stuart

May 4, 2021 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

I had such hopes for this one, but alas it was not to be. It should be said that this is a review of a DNF, I read enough to know what wasn’t working for me but with the due date at the library’s arrival I had to give it back and I don’t miss it. Proceed with that knowledge, because I’m probably going on a little bit of a rant here. Here we go: I am so freaking tired of women’s stories being told […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Defiant Brides, faintingviolet, Nancy Rubin Stuart, nopity nope nope, read women, we need better history books, Women's History

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Defiant Brides, faintingviolet, Nancy Rubin Stuart, nopity nope nope, read women, we need better history books, Women's History ·
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· 2 Comments

“Don’t dismiss your emotions and your self-protection as just a fucked-up decision. Don’t reduce something so complex and real and important to nothing.”

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

May 4, 2021 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

I loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown. I swooned, I laughed, I commiserated. Hibbert delivered on all fronts. This is my first Talia Hibbert book (I’ve followed her on Twitter for quiet awhile and enjoy her greatly there), and it lives up to the hype. In broad strokes, it’s a relatively slow burn romance that slips right past enemies to lovers tropes and instead lands in the “you annoy me but once I actually get to know you I’m enamored of you” zone which isn’t […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chronic pain, faintingviolet, fibromyalgia, Get a Life Chloe Brown, read harder challenge, read women, Talia Hibbert, toxic relationships, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chronic pain, faintingviolet, fibromyalgia, Get a Life Chloe Brown, read harder challenge, read women, Talia Hibbert, toxic relationships, we need diverse books ·
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