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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Tidbits

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Thistle

Good morning, everyone! It’s one of those weeks for me, the kind that involves miscellaneous bits and pieces as my family tries to fully settle into the new place. Jason now has a place to go to work during the … Continue reading →

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Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Thistle

Park is half-Korean and barely escapes bullying at school. Eleanor is the new girl, overweight and red-haired and oddly dressed, the target of bullying – and she sits next to Park on the school bus. The year is 1986. The … Continue reading →

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Last Ten Books Acquired

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Thistle

Today’s topic asks us what are the last ten books that came into our possession, through any possible means of acquisition (bought, borrowed, received for review, etc). Now, I’m a prodigious library-user, and the sort of reader who will borrow … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Not Like Others

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Thistle

I began blogging about books in early 2008, and have done so off and on (mostly on) in the seven years since. During that time, I’ve come to realize that I’m a bit different from many book bloggers. I don’t … Continue reading →

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The Rest of the Trip

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Thistle

Yesterday’s post was all about the first day of the trip, the really cursed day of the trip. It was awful, but we survived. The rest of the trip, while not entirely smooth, was at least not nearly as bad … Continue reading →

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I would drive 2000 miles…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Thistle

So. Newton, MA to San Antonio, TX = roughly 2050 miles. About 3 days of travel, if you time it properly and don’t stop much along the way. Jason and Morrigan left in the Penske on Friday afternoon, pushed hard, and … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Thistle

I’m not a real big hype person, meaning that I don’t pay much attention to whether or not a book has a lot of hype. I don’t go out of my way to pick up books that win awards and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Home Sweet Home

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Thistle

Hello everyone! Oh. Man. I LOVE being home! We are settling in pretty well. The 3.5-day trip went as well as can be expected, with only a few hiccups (more about the trip in general in a future post), and … Continue reading →

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The Living, by Matt de la Peña (audio)

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Thistle

The summer before his senior year in high school, Shy gets a job as a crew member on a luxury cruise ship. All seems right with the world, until 1) his nephew contracts a deadly new disease making its way … Continue reading →

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Top 2015 Books (So Far)

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Thistle

Hm. Difficult topic for me this week, because I’ve only read 34 books* so far in 2015, and ten would be a pretty huge chunk! I don’t want to cheat and pad my numbers by including rereads of favorites (like the … Continue reading →

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