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About Thistle

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

Top Ten(ish) Autumn-themed Books

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Thistle

I struggled hard with this topic. I don’t know if it’s just me – maybe I don’t read the right kind of books – or if publishers just don’t take advantage of autumn-themed palettes, but I couldn’t find many books … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Serial

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Thistle

I have always struggled with reading in chunks. If I’m going to read through a whole book, I won’t take more than three weeks to do it.** Even the really long and/or tough ones, like Pale Fire or Don Quixote, … Continue reading →

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Words in Deep Blue, by Cath Crowley

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Thistle

After three years away, Rachel has lost touch with most of her friends from her home town. Those she didn’t drift away from, she cut from her life after her brother died. Grief has caused Rachel to withdraw, but she … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Arrogant Doctors

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Thistle

I was planning to discuss the way I’ve been feeling about my body and my health/fitness journey lately today, but I had an experience Monday that got my blood boiling, and decided to put off my original plan til next … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Thistle

So technically today’s topic wants us to talk about which characters we as readers have crushes on. I don’t have very many of those, though, and instead I have a particular soft spot toward the rare functional couple in fiction. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – New Goals

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Thistle

This year has been a weird one. I made goals for myself back in December, only to immediately have a bunch of them thwarted when an MRI revealed that I had a broken foot and thus I couldn’t really exercise … Continue reading →

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Now I Rise, by Kiersten White

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Thistle

After And I Darken, the paths taken by the three main characters have diverged. Lada (Vlad the Impaler) has gone back to Europe to try to claim the throne of Wallachia. Mehmed (sultan of the Ottoman Empire) plans to conquer … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Ode to Some of My Favorite Things

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Thistle

Nothing special today. I’m in a good mood and just want to rhapsody about some of my favorite fitness-related things! Comanche Lookout Park I’ve mentioned my local hiking/running trails ad nauseum in the past. They’re accessed from the same parking … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Fletcher, by Tom Perrotta

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Thistle

Eve Fletcher is a divorced single mom whose only son has just gone off to his freshman year of college. As she struggles with empty nest syndrome, she finds herself addicted to internet smut, while simultaneously taking a class in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Settling In (Again)

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Thistle

It’s taken me much longer than usual to get settled into this house (unpacked, furniture arranged, decorations up, etc). Usually that’s a three-to-five day job. It’s just such a relief to get everything out of boxes and to know where … Continue reading →

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