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About Thistle

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

Alif the Unseen, by G. Willow Wilson

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Thistle

Hiding under the handle of Alif, a young man fights back against the government censorship and violence via computer in an unnamed Middle Eastern city. When his lover leaves him to enter into the marriage her family has arranged for … Continue reading →

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Top Seven Rest-of-2015 Releases

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Thistle

Well…I’ll be honest. I barely had ten releases I was looking forward to for all of 2015, much less the second half. And my most anticipated 2015 release (The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater) has been pushed back until February … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Wrapping up May

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Thistle

May was an interesting month, both in life (very fun last-northern-vacation!) and in books. Because in books, the month was anything but typical for me. I finished six books in May, two on audio and four in print. None of … Continue reading →

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Orange is the New Black, by Piper Kerman (audio)

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: My Year in a Women’s Prison I’m sure most people have heard of the TV show version of this, at least, so I won’t spend a lot of time recapping. Piper Kerman spent roughly a year in a federal … Continue reading →

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Top Ten TV-or-Movie Books

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Thistle

Fun stuff today! The topic is “books I’d love to see as movies or TV shows.” There are books I’d love to see as movies, and books I’d love to see as TV shows, so I’m splitting into the two … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Niagara

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Thistle

<– Guess where I bought this mug??? CANADA!!!!! That’s right. Last weekend – our last three-day weekend before we move across the country – my family decided to road-trip across Massachusetts and upstate New York to visit Niagara Falls. None … Continue reading →

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories, by Rae Carson

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Thistle

Last year, one of my favorite series of books was Rae Carson’s Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy. I was very excited to discover there was a set of short stories written from this world as well, and even more … Continue reading →

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Hyperbole and a Half, by Allie Brosh

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things that Happened Exposure and Decision: I’ve heard of Allie Brosh’s blog for a long time, and I’ve seen memes around all over the place with her drawings. For some reason, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Beach Reads

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Thistle

Today’s topic is about beach reads, but I don’t really have a good concept of “beach read,” because I never go to the beach. Ew, sand. Yeah. However, there are many books over the years that, for one reason or … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Summer Break Challenge

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Thistle

The last year has been incredibly stressful. My family moved across the country to an area where we had no support, and we’re planning on moving across the country again in about a month. There have been a lot of … Continue reading →

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