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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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Author Archives: Thistle
Sunday Coffee – Putting 2016 Behind Me
Let me start my first post of the year by joining my voice to the many shouts of HURRAH that 2016 is finally over. Woohoo! Yay for the first day of the new year! Have you heard the superstition that … Continue reading
2016 in Books
It’s that time of year again! The book geek in me rejoices, for it’s time for stats, lists, and the End of Year Survey from the Perpetual Page Turner. This year I’m going to start with my stats because I … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday #40: One Word for 2017
Awhile back, I mentioned the possibility of making Discipline my one-word for 2017. In many ways, it would be a good word for me, as I want to redevelop lost healthy habits and establish strong routines. As the new year approaches, … Continue reading
Seventeen
On this day in 1999, Jason and I stood before a judge and said, “I do.” The last seventeen years have had their ups and downs like any marriage. We’ve worked our butts off and sobbed our hearts out at … Continue reading
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Wellness Wednesday #39: Medication
My brain is obviously not working too well these days. I’ve had a lot of biochemical changes over the last three years. I went from a place of a healthy weight and great blood stats, to suddenly rising insulin and … Continue reading
Without You, There Is No Us, by Suki Kim (audio)
Subtitled: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite In 2011, a journalist named Suki Kim posed as a missionary posing as a teacher. Using this layered disguise, she got a position at a school in Pyongyang, North Korea. … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Looking Back on My 2016 Goals
It’s that time of year – time to look back on the year’s goals and look forward toward the new year’s goals. It’s the time of year I think of as being represented by the Judgement card in tarot: a … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday #38 – To Style or Not to Style
A year ago, I was in a place where I struggled between wanting to focus on weight loss and wanting to learn body positivity at my current size. Trying to do both was very difficult for me, and I ended … Continue reading
