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About Thistle

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

Fat Girl Walking, by Brittany Gibbons (audio) + getting personal

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin…Every Inch of It One woman’s journey into body-positivity. Exploring her life through stories, Gibbons discusses the ins and outs of being a larger woman in our society, and how she … Continue reading →

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Since You’ve Been Gone, by Morgan Matson

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Thistle

It’s summer, and Emily and Sloane have plans. Except that Sloane and her family have disappeared, and Emily has no idea where to find her best friend. When she receives a to-do list of crazy things in the mail – … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ipsy

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Thistle

Alright. Something entirely non-bookish today. I know my bookish posts – particularly reviews – have skyrocketed lately (more on that in a later post) and I wanted to take a break from that! Sooooo…remember back in April, when I decided … Continue reading →

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KonMari, Part I: Clothes

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Thistle

A few weeks ago, I devoured and adored The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I knew at once that this tidying method, dubbed the KonMari method, was one I would have to follow. As I said in the above-linked review, I … Continue reading →

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Middlemarch, by George Eliot (audio)

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Thistle

I’m not even going to attempt to summarize Middlemarch. It’s a situational story about a small town in Britain, and the various things that happen to several key families. Actually, I’m not even sure I can really review this book. … Continue reading →

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Ten Things We Did, by Sarah Mlynowski

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Thistle

Full title: Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) Five years ago, I read Gimme a Call by Mlynowski. It was a cute, fun summer read, light and well-written, not at all shallow: a perfect comfort read for a … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Most Read Authors

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Thistle

I adore today’s topic! When I first read it, I wrote down all the authors I thought I’d read the most books from, and then I went back through Goodreads to tally actual numbers. For the most part, I was … Continue reading →

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Her, by Harriet Lane

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Thistle

Nina is a successful painter, life neat and orderly. Emma has left her career to care for her children, and is caught up in the drudgery of that life. When the two meet, seemingly by chance, they take to each … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Bout of Books

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Thistle

Over the last few years, as I’ve greatly decreased my overall reading pace (by choice!), I’ve participated a lot less in various kinds of Readathons. Actually, the last time I participated in any kind of Readathon was October 2012. With … Continue reading →

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Dodger, by Terry Pratchett (audio)

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Thistle

I don’t have much to say about this book. It’s historical fiction, pulling in all sorts of figures recognizable from both fiction and real life. Dodger – the narrator – encounters Charles Dickens, Sweeney Todd, Queen Victoria, and others I’m … Continue reading →

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