Monthly Archives: June 2014

Summer Rain – DONE!

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Boston Blooming. Back on the last day of April, I announced on Facebook that, four drafts and eight years to the day, I’d completed the final version of Phantom, the first novel I’d ever written. I was … Continue reading →

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Year of No Sugar, by Eve Schaub

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Thistle

Several years back, Eve Schaub, her husband, and her two daughters decided to spend a year not eating any added sugar. She blogged about the process, and eventually compiled this memoir about the results. Not sure where I first heard … Continue reading →

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Ruin and Rising, by Leigh Bardugo

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Thistle

Third in the Grisha series, after Shadow & Bone and Siege & Storm. This will be a hard one to write about. First, let me just say that Ruin & Rising was my number one most anticipated book of 2014. … Continue reading →

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Ninepins, by Rosy Thornton

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Thistle

Laura is a single mom of 12-year-old Beth, living out of the way in the fens, in a house dubbed Ninepins. Beth’s father is remarried and has three little boys, and Beth sees him every other weekend. Laura supplements her … Continue reading →

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The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Thistle

Lucy is a ghost-hunter in alternate-world London. In this alternate world, ghosts of the dead frequently come back to haunt the living, and only children can see them (though adults can sense them to a certain degree). Ghost-hunting agencies then … Continue reading →

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Between Two Thorns, by Emma Newman

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Thistle

The plot of this story is a bit convoluted. There are three worlds: the fae world, where fae are trapped by Sorcerers, the real world, and the “in between” world, where some families live. I’m not sure if those families … Continue reading →

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