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About Thistle

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

Wellness Wednesday – Brain-dead

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Thistle

Once upon a time, in the dim recesses of my past: April 2003. I’ve just passed my 24th birthday. I have two boys at home, one that’s 2.5 years old and one that’s not quite a year. I’m working as … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Thistle

There are/were a bunch of books coming out this year that I can’t/couldn’t wait to get my hands on, and nearly all of them were scheduled to arrive in the fall. A couple are out now, but most are still … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – And After a Year…

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Thistle

Two weeks after our ill-fated move to Wisconsin last summer, my nephew Rory was born. September 9th, 2016. And of course, I was too far away to meet him in person, and too broke to travel back for a visit … Continue reading →

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The Empty Grave, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Thistle

As this is the fifth book in the Lockwood & Co series, any description would necessarily give away series spoilers, and I don’t want to do that. Instead I’ll do my best to sing this book’s praises – and the … Continue reading →

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My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Thistle

Sophomore year, 1988, and a stupid girls’ night out changes everything for Abby and her best friend Gretchen. Gretchen just doesn’t seem to be herself anymore, and the changes in her go from disturbing to worse. Soon Abby has to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Starting Again (Series Edition!)

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Thistle

Everyone does it. We start a series and then, for one reason or another, quit reading. Now, there are plenty of series I’ve started and never continued because I simply disliked the first book. A couple examples: Tithe, The Knife … Continue reading →

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And I Darken, by Kiersten White

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Thistle

From Goodreads: No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Struggled With And…

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Thistle

Today’s topic at Top Ten Tuesday is about books we struggled with, in whichever interpretation of that you’d like. I decided to split my list into two categories: the books I struggled with and ultimately abandoned, and the books I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Turning Point

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Thistle

As I mentioned last week, the turning point of the summer came on July 31st. Three major things happened that day. First, I got a call about a job I’d applied and interviewed for at CVS and was offered the … Continue reading →

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RIP XII

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Thistle

Twelve years. That’s how long this challenge has been running now. Of course, I’ve only been doing it since 2009, so I only go back to RIP IV (if I’m calculating that correctly…), but this remains my favorite reading event … Continue reading →

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