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Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
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- gender studies
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- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
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- KonMari
- Latin America
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- lists
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- Middle East
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Author Archives: Thistle
Sunday Coffee – House
So on Wednesday, we got big news – an offer on our Wisconsin house! A good offer, too! We were working with our relocation company on how to sign it over and such, when the realtor called to tell us … Continue reading
Protected: Into the Bright Unknown, by Rae Carson
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged gender studies, historical, LGBTQIA, mini-review, POC, speculative
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Wellness Wednesday – Depression and Weight
For years, I’ve noticed a longterm trend with my weight as related to moods. When I’m depressed and have low energy, I either gain or can’t lose weight. When I’m happy and have high energy, I lose easily. Those seem … Continue reading
Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)
Since this book is third in a ten-book series and is over 1200 pages long, a synopsis would pretty much be the size of a full review. I’ll just skip it, and if you’re interested in one, GoodReads has a tidy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, 2018, 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, comfort, Cosmere, divinity, dream-invader, favorite, memorable, multi-read, psychology, reread, shredded me, speculative
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Sunday Coffee – A Very Unusual Week
It was the Twilight Zone in the Gignac household this week. It started on Monday when we received a large, unexpected check in the mail. Turns out, when we sold our house last fall, they calculated our closing expenses wrong … Continue reading
City of Miracles, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Since this is the third book in a series, I don’t want to give a synopsis and spoil previous books. A few quick details: This installment takes place nearly twenty years after the first book and follows Sigrud (a side … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – The Problem With Calories
Whether or not it’s an easy thing to do, the generally accepted theory of weight loss is that the calculations are simple: eat less than you burn and you’ll lose. Calories in vs calories out and all that jazz. While … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Dishwasher, and such
You know you’re a boring grownup when the most exciting thing that happens in a week is getting a new dishwasher. Heh. Okay so it wasn’t the MOST exciting thing, but it was a high point this week! The dishwasher … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 