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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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A Wordless Comic Means No Fun Quote Review Title

A Sea of Love by Wilfred Lupano, Gregory Panaccione (illustrator)

June 19, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This is a book that only came to my attention because I had a Read Harder task to complete and nothing on my current 600+ Want to Read shelf on Goodreads had anything that fit the bill. This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first wordless comic I’ve ever read as an adult.   This is the second book that I tried for this task, as the first ended up not actually being wordless and I returned it to the library (Google is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: comic, read harder challenge, Wilfred Lupano, Gregory Panaccione (illustrator), wordless comic, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: comic, read harder challenge, Wilfred Lupano, Gregory Panaccione (illustrator), wordless comic, works in translation ·
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“Regrets are more fun when the choices they derive from are made intentionally.”

How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis

Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis

June 13, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was having a bit of a reading slump – nothing sounded good, and I returned several books to the library unread, which is a bit out of character for me. I had figured, though, that since I had such a fun time with Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis last month that her brand of space heists in novella format might be what I needed to jumpstart my oomph. Then we got word that Bothari43 had passed, and I knew that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: a little science fiction, Beth Revis, capers and heists, Chaotic Orbits series, How to Steal a Galaxy, Last Chance to Save the World, novella, unapologetic badass heroine

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: a little science fiction, Beth Revis, capers and heists, Chaotic Orbits series, How to Steal a Galaxy, Last Chance to Save the World, novella, unapologetic badass heroine ·
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“There are so many ways to tell it, and all of them are important. But each way paints a very different picture and leads down a different road.”

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

June 8, 2025 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Like many of my millennial siblings I partake in quite a bit of true crime content. Over the years it’s become important to me that the content I consume is doing the work of being ethical in how it portrays the victims and their loved ones. I’m not here for tragedy porn, I’m here because the hows and whys of human interaction fascinate me and sometimes those interactions are negative.    Which is perhaps why Lay Them to Rest found its way onto my to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cold cases, forensic science, history of forensics, John and Jane Does, Laurah Norton, Lay Them to Rest, true crime

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: cold cases, forensic science, history of forensics, John and Jane Does, Laurah Norton, Lay Them to Rest, true crime ·
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“When you love a thing too much, it is a special kind of pain to show it to others and to see that it is lacking.”

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

May 22, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

When Fiat.Luxury reviewed When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain I went to my library to put in a hold and discovered that we had both it and the first in the cycle, The Empress of Salt & Fortune available as audiobooks. I was on the hunt for audiobooks to keep me company on my commute so instead of just requesting When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain I went ahead and requested The Empress of Salt & Fortune as well.   The Empress of Salt […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: AAPI Heritage Month, Cindy Kay, Nghi Vo, novella, queernorm, read harder challenge, Singing Hills Cycle, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, we need diverse books, when the tiger came down the mountain

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: AAPI Heritage Month, Cindy Kay, Nghi Vo, novella, queernorm, read harder challenge, Singing Hills Cycle, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, we need diverse books, when the tiger came down the mountain ·
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“There’s some cursing. A lot. It’s kind of impressive.”

Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

May 19, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

To begin at the end, when I finished this novella, I immediately put in requests at the library for the second and third books in the Chaotic Orbits series because I enjoyed it that much and was very interested to see where the story would go next.   If I were to start at the beginning, I would tell you that following my enjoyment of Olivia Waite’s Murder by Memory I went on the hunt for books with a similar space mystery vibe because I […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Beth Revis, first in a series, Full Speed to a Crash Landing, novella

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Beth Revis, first in a series, Full Speed to a Crash Landing, novella ·
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Cover of Jackie Lau’s Time Loops and Meet Cutes

Magical Realism Dumplings

Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

May 15, 2025 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Time loop stories are not my favorite genre so when Jackie Lau announced last year that Time Loops & Meet Cutes would be the title of her next book published by Atria Books, I took note but hadn’t planned on prioritizing it in my reading. Then I was sent an ARC and my curiosity and trust in Lau pushed me to accept it and get reading.   When we meet Noelle Tom, she is an overworked, underpaid, chronically in her own head person who doesn’t have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Jackie Lau, magical realism, read harder challenge, time loops, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: ARC, Jackie Lau, magical realism, read harder challenge, time loops, Time Loops & Meet Cutes ·
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