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About Thistle

Queer, neurospicy, chronically longwinded oversharer. 40s; they/them. ✍️📷🐈📚🥾🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈😇💖🐍

July 2026 in Review

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Thistle

Moving month – let’s get into it! Tarot of the month (full year, month by month, drawn Dec 2025): The Chariot. This is a card about trying to keep yourself in balance when you’re internally being pulled in opposite/different directions. The … Continue reading →

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Fanfic Minis – July 2026

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Thistle

Two of the fics below were read either in April or May, but I was traveling/moving and so completely forgot to put them on my book list. Good thing ao3 has a good history feature! First: Hired Heart by GayDemonicDisaster. … Continue reading →

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Just as You Are, by Cameron Kellogg (audio)

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Thistle

Liz writes for a small lesbian magazine that is slowly failing. Just when the magazine thinks they’re closing the doors for good, two new investors swoop in to try to keep it going. Bailey seems nice enough – if overly … Continue reading →

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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency, by Lev AC Rosen (audio)

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Thistle

A series of bad choices gets a group of friends mixed up in espionage and murder. I’m not going to say anything more than that about the plot, because it’s best going in knowing as little as possible. This was … Continue reading →

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The Library After Dark, by Ande Pilego (audio)

Posted on July 20, 2026 by Thistle

From StoryGraph: A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems. That’s only a partial description but honestly that’s … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: The Fabled Fox Tattoos (23-25)

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Thistle

When I first moved in with Stephanie, she mentioned that a new tattoo shop – Fabled Fox – had opened up not far from her house. It was queer and neurodivergent owned, so that weekend, we decided to stop by … Continue reading →

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Heartstopper, by Alice Oseman

Posted on July 15, 2026 by Thistle

Back in January 2024, I picked up the first volume of Heartstopper while out at Nowhere Bookshop. I got sucked in and read the whole thing while at the shop. Then I ended up ordering the other four volumes from … Continue reading →

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Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (audio)

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Thistle

Viv is a retired warrior intent on opening a coffee shop and settling down to a quiet life. She didn’t expect opposition, nor the community that slowly becomes found family. I’ve had my eye on this one for years. I’m … Continue reading →

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June 2026 in Review

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Thistle

I really need a good month again. Life is no fun right now. Tarot of the month (full year, month by month, drawn Dec 2025): The Hanged Man. There are a lot of subtle different interpretations of this card, but in … Continue reading →

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Fanfic Minis – June 2026

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Thistle

First: Jasmine Cottage by thisisshiny. This is an adorable human AU where Az and Crow both inherit a sentient cottage that they have to visit together per the instructions of the will/estate. Said sentient cottage is a huge fan of … Continue reading →

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