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Favorite Reviews:
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
BBAW: Thanks to Bloggers
Day 3 of Book Blogger Appreciation Week asks: What have you read and loved because of a fellow blogger? After eight years of blogging, there are literally hundreds of books I’ve read due to blogger influence. Picking a single book is … Continue reading
BBAW: Introducing Annabel!
Welcome to Day 2 of Book Blogger Appreciation Week! Today, I’m interviewing Annabel from Annabel’s House of Books. Annabel’s blog is new-to-me, so I’m going to let her do most of the talking here: 1. Tell us a little about yourself … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Eight Years
On February 14, 2008, in a fit of jet-lag-induced insomnia at 4:00 am, I created my first blog. The very next day, I wrote my first book review. Back then, I knew nothing of book blogs or blog communities. I’d … Continue reading
Stars Above, by Marissa Meyer
Stars Above is a collection of nine short stories related to Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles. The stories are in roughly chronological order, starting with some prequels and ending with (essentially) epilogues to the series. Each is from a different point … Continue reading
Mistborn: Secret History, by Brandon Sanderson
As I said in my review of Bands of Mourning, this novella is a companion to the original Mistborn trilogy, with major spoilers for that trilogy, plus minor spoilers for Bands. The story goes deep into the depths of Sanderson’s … Continue reading
Bands of Mourning, by Brandon Sanderson
In this third installment of this particular set of books in this multi-series sequence (ha!), our hero (Wax) is attempting to rescue his sister, deal with personal loss, and find a mythological magical item that may or may not exist. … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Zeroed Out TBR
Well, it’s been just over a month since 2016 began, and I’m super happy to say that I now have absolutely no books on my physical TBR pile! Granted, I didn’t start with tons – I only had six unread … Continue reading
Callback: Warbreaker
When I read Words of Radiance last month, I was pleasantly surprised to run across characters from Warbreaker. I’d been thinking about rereading the book for a long time, so this was the perfect lead-in! During my first experience with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Adult, Prose
Tagged callback, Cosmere, divinity, dream-invader, memorable, reread, speculative, WTF moments
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