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About Thistle

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

The Books Made Me Do It

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Thistle

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday asks about the things books have made me want to learn or do. Excluding travel-related things (“I really want to see X now”), I have eight that I can think of off the top of my head. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Home Stretch

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Thistle

This summer has been galloping by. Travel, construction, camps. Funny to realize there are only four weeks left. Four weeks that will be filled with more travel, construction, and camps, heh. My brain is therefore a bit scattered, and today … Continue reading →

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The Scorpion Rules, by Erin Bow

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Thistle

It’s the future, and AIs rule the world. Talis, one of the first AIs, was charged by the UN to stop the wars sparking all across the globe after too many natural resources disappeared and conflict swelled proportionately. They didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Shadow Hour, by Melissa Grey (audio)

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Thistle

Sequel to The Girl At Midnight. Caveat: I barely remember this book, despite having just listened to it. This is not the book’s fault. This is entirely my fault, as I listened to it while doing about a thousand other … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books Set Outside the USA

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Thistle

There are so many great books set outside the US that I had a hard time picking a top ten! I mostly tried to avoid European settings as well, because they are also super common. I also limited this to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – I read a thing.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Thistle

Starting in mid-April, around the time of the Readathon, I succumbed to binge-reading in my stress. I read waaaaaay too much in April, and waaaaaaay too much in May, and continued the pattern in June up until my Wisconsin vacation. … Continue reading →

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Calling Beta Readers

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Thistle

Just a quick post today. I’m looking for beta-readers for a couple of my manuscripts (Maldralith, Summer Rain, Phantom). Descriptions of these three novels are listed on my Writing page, but in general, they are (respectively) a fantasy that is … Continue reading →

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Travelogue Part III: Goals and Crafties

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Thistle

When we go on longer vacations, I tend to make mini-goals for myself, just as a way to keep myself on track. A little. I knew there would be some down-time on this vacation and I didn’t want to spend … Continue reading →

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Ten Facts About Me

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Thistle

Today’s prompt is a fun one! Fun facts about yourself, bookish or otherwise. So here goes – some fun things about Amanda: 1. I have synesthesia, a cross-sensory neurological condition. I see letters and numbers in color, and occasionally music … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – No place like home?

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Thistle

June. What a crazy month! Travel: first to Houston the last weekend of May, followed by a week at the coast in early June, followed by two weeks in Wisconsin, ending on July 4th. I think I spent more days … Continue reading →

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