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

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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S, by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Thistle

Context: I’d never heard of this book until my friend Stephanie gifted it to me for Christmas last December. The structure looked fascinating: an old book (Ship of Theseus by VM Straka), written all over with marginalia, and filled with … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Chunksters

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Thistle

It’s a freebie topic this week, and I’ve decided to focus on chunksters. I’ve read quite a few chunksters in my life, and some of them are right up in my favorite books. In no particular order, here are some … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Writer-Brain

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Thistle

I doubt there are many people reading this blog that don’t already know that I write fiction, but just in case: I write fiction! I’ve been writing fiction since I was old enough to hold a pencil, focusing on short … Continue reading →

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The Precious One, by Marisa de los Santos (audio)

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Thistle

When Taisy was almost an adult, her family fell apart when her father left her mother and additionally disowned her and her twin brother, Marcus. Dad then married his mistress and had a new child, Willow, whom Taisy has only … Continue reading →

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