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“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (translator)

September 19, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

 The Hour of the Star is a book that climbed onto this year’s TBR by the Read Harder Challenge. One of this year’s tasks is to read a work of literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author. So, I went to books already on my radar to see if any fit the bill and sure enough Clarice Lispector’s final book did just that (Lispector was severely injured in a fire in her 40s and nearly lost her hand). It also was a book […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (translator), literary fiction, novella, read harder challenge, TBR, work in translation

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (translator), literary fiction, novella, read harder challenge, TBR, work in translation ·
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My First Manga… Ever

My Special One, Volume 1 by Momoko Koda

May 3, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Read Harder Challenge is living up to its name this year for me… pushing me out of my comfort zones and into areas I have not read in a long time or in the case of My Special One at all. My sister read manga when we were growing up and I just never saw the allure (it probably had a lot to do with my lack of reading comics, something she also did). The task was specifically to read a manga or manhwa […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: manga, Momoko Koda, My Special One, read harder challenge, work in translation, YA Romance

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: manga, Momoko Koda, My Special One, read harder challenge, work in translation, YA Romance ·
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