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About Thistle

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

The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge (audio)

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Thistle

Imagine a tree that grows only in the dark and thrives on a diet of human lies. When well fed, the tree bears a bitter fruit, and when eaten, the fruit shows visions of secret knowledge. Now imagine a young … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – 5K Anxiety

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Thistle

Last Saturday, I was supposed to participate in my first 5K since moving back to Texas this summer. The 5K was to benefit the Animal Defense League, a no-kill animal shelter that I love (and where we got our first … Continue reading →

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All the Crooked Saints, by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Thistle

From GoodReads: Here is a thing everyone wants: a miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: what it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Life in Photos

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Thistle

I tire of those memes that show up talking about how we’re all addicted to phones and so we’re not actually paying attention to the world around us. Looking at our phones does not mean we’re not engaging in the … Continue reading →

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City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett (audio)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Thistle

From GoodReads: The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions — until its divine protectors were killed. Now, Bulikov’s history has been censored and erased, its citizens subjugated. But the … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Eighteen Years

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Thistle

My oldest son turns 17 today (happy birthday, Morrigan!), which means that I’ve spent nearly 18 years as a mother (including pregnancy time). You learn a lot about yourself and about motherhood in that number of years. Here are a … Continue reading →

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The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Thistle

Naomi is known as the “child finder” because she specializes in locating missing children. She has a connection with those children, because she was once a lost child herself. The time before she was found is a blank, though – … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Disturbing Themes

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Thistle

For the last month, I’ve been skim-reading thrillers. Not reading them enough to review them here, but kinda speeding through them when my brain needs something fast and furious to swallow down. Frankly, I’ve been disturbed by a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Call, by Peadar O’Guilin (audio)

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Thistle

It’s been twenty-five years since the Sidhe began their revenge on the Irish. They were banished thousands of years ago, and now they plot to exterminate the population of the island. No one can get in or out of Ireland. … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – About a Body

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Thistle

In The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater, there’s a thematic opener throughout the book. “Depending on where you began the story, it was about ___.” I often feel that the story of my health and fitness journey is much the … Continue reading →

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