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About Thistle

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

Top Ten Authors I Want to Meet

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Thistle

I’ve met a few authors here and there over the years, but there are some I’ve still never met (and some I can’t meet, not without going to the grave first…). In no particular order: 1. Brandon Sanderson – I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Next Great Adventure

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Thistle

It’s been a long time since I posted on my personal blog, Boston Blooming. The reasons for this are twofold. First, the blog’s original intention was to catalog my family’s move from San Antonio to Boston, from the time we … Continue reading →

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Forever, by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Thistle

Spoiler warning: Spoilers from the previous two books, Shiver and Linger, but none from this book. In this conclusion to the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, the wolves have come under heavy scrutiny. More death has led to more anger, … Continue reading →

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Linger, by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Thistle

Spoiler warning: This will give away spoilers for the first book in the series, Shiver, but no spoilers from Linger. In this follow-up to Shiver, the roles have reversed. Sam is human, and Grace can feel the wolf trying to … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I’ll Probably Never Read

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Thistle

There are a lot of books I doubt that I will ever read, but I think these ten make up the ten I’m least likely to read unless forced to by a class… 1. Finnegan’s Wake, or anything else by … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – April Showers

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Thistle

April can pretty much be split into two categories, book-wise. First, there was the four books that I read that were written by Maggie Stiefvater. Then, there were the four books not written by Maggie Stiefvater. It was an accidentally … Continue reading →

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Operation Girly-Girl

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Thistle

I mentioned a few weeks back that I was doing a personal project in April that involved “dressing up like a traditionally-gendered girl” every day this month. The project was meant to focus on two things that I would very … Continue reading →

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Destiny Disrupted, by Tamim Ansary (audio)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes It comes as no surprise that different parts of the world view the history of the world in different ways, or that the western view of history that I learned in … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books with Lovable Flawed Characters

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Thistle

Flawed characters lead to rounder books, but flawed characters do not necessarily mean lovable characters, not for me anyway. I’m not a fan, for instance, of the Count of Monte Cristo’s vigilante “hero” or the manipulative, controlling love interest in Austen’s … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Spring Break

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Thistle

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 →

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