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About Thistle

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

Rejection Proof, by Jia Jiang (audio)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: 100 Days of Rejection, or How to Ask Anything of Anyone at Anytime Also subtitled: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible, One Rejection at a Time Okay. I think the premise of Rejection Proof is obvious by the … Continue reading →

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Autumn Shawl

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Thistle

One of the first things I noticed when we arrived in Wisconsin is how quickly it gets chilly in the evenings. I’m used to wearing lots of tank tops and shorts, and our moving truck wasn’t set to arrive (with … Continue reading →

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An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir (audio)

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Thistle

Laia is forced into a dangerous mission after the ruling class kills most of her family and takes her brother captive. She’s sent to spy on the leader of a military school in exchange for the rebels rescuing her brother. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – August Miscellanous

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Thistle

Because I was pretty much absent this past month, I thought I’d use my first Sunday Coffee in awhile to bullet up a miscellaneous post of books and life. Here’s how my month went: Moving: This consumed most of the … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. XI

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Thistle

I say it every year, and I’ll say it again: autumn is my favorite time of year, and Readers Imbibing Peril is my favorite reading event of the year. My family just barely arrived in Wisconsin two days ago, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Changes

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Thistle

So remember last week, when I said we’d decided to move across the country? We had a plan worked out. The boys would go up at the end of this month, and Jason and I would follow in October once … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by Jack Thorne

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Thistle

(based on a story by JK Rowling, and in collaboration with John Tiffany) Many years after the end of the Harry Potter series, a new story starts centered on the children of several characters of the original series. In play … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Read Before Blogging

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Thistle

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is a Rewind: Choose any topic from the past that you didn’t get to participate in before. I had a couple years of only on-and-off blogging, so I thought I’d choose a post from that time. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Another Adventure Begins

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Thistle

The decision has been made. We are indeed moving to Wisconsin. And soon. That’s the new part. Original talks circled on prepping our house to go on the market next spring, and moving up next summer, after the boys were … Continue reading →

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Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Thistle

A dilapidated hotel. A November weekend. A pair of elfin-looking twins. A sociopath music director. A missing girl. A volatile conductor. An a cappella boy band. A legendary murder-suicide celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. A blizzard that traps everyone inside. This … Continue reading →

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