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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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- dream-invader
- education
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- Harry Potter
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- house
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- I made a thing.
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- KonMari
- Latin America
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- lists
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- Middle East
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Author Archives: Thistle
Sunday Coffee – Spring Break
This past week was spring break here (much later than I’m used to!) and we decided to spend the week traveling around to all the little New England states we’d never been to: Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. … Continue reading
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is ordinary and passive, floating through life and letting things happen to him. One day he makes the choice to take an action, helping an injured girl that he stumbles upon. Suddenly, he’s thrown into an alternate London: … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Adult, Prose
Tagged circus horror, divinity, dream-invader, place-character, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Sunday Coffee – The Great Laptop Kerfuffle
Back in June 2013, I got a new laptop. It was a PC, running Windows 8 – the first Windows computer I’d had in over five years. I’ve never really been a 100% Windows or Mac person. There are things … Continue reading
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story, by Mac McClelland
Mac McClelland is a journalist who developed PTSD while on assignment in Haiti. The various events/conditions that led up to the disorder are more complicated than the previous sentence makes them out to be, and of course dealing with PTSD … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Change
This week, while reading a book, I had a moment of clarity. You know those moments when a single word or phrase can take the way you remember a part of your life and rearrange it in an instant? An … Continue reading
Vanishing Girls, by Lauren Oliver
Nick and Dara used to be close, but after a major accident leaves them both scarred, the sisters are no longer speaking. That’s all I’m going to say about that. There’s more in the book description, but I feel any … Continue reading
San Antonio Vacation
Back in December, I went to San Antonio for a week to visit with friends and family. It was the first time since we moved to the Boston area in early August, and it was lovely to see everyone again. … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 