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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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- Harry Potter
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Author Archives: Thistle
The Secret Place, by Tana French (audio)
Stephen Moran has been working cold cases since his appearance in Faithful Place. Holly Mackey, who has aged seven years since Faithful Place, comes to him with a postcard from a wall at her private girls’ school. The wall is … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, dream-invader, RIP-worthy, speculative, WTF moments
8 Comments
Sunday Coffee – Busy busy busy
I haven’t had time for much these days. Been under a lot of stress. Just wanted to take a moment to pop my head back in and say hello. Hopefully soon I’ll get back to my feed reader and responding … Continue reading
An Age of License, by Lucy Knisley
An Age of License is Lucy Knisley’s latest memoir/travelogue-thingy. It depicts an uncertain time in her mid-twenties, on a trip through Europe, and the discoveries she made about herself there. Let me just say first off: I adore Knisley’s work. … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Reflections on 2010: Guilt-reading
My years of book blogging look like a bell curve: starting with a lower number of books read per year, rising steadily for several years, and then slowly dropping back down. The peak of that curve was in 2010, a … Continue reading
The Whispering Skull, by Jonathan Stroud
The adventures continue for Lockwood & Co, related to the teaser at the end of The Screaming Staircase. It involves murder, theft, old uncontained relics, a black market ring, and leaping off buildings. I don’t want to say anything more … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2016, Children's, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative
4 Comments
Sunday Coffee – A Rating History
Last week in my Sunday Coffee post, I talked about how my impressions of books tend to change over time. I wanted to sort of continue that talk, specifically with regards to ratings. Ratings are a really easy way to … Continue reading
The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)
This review will necessarily contain spoilers for the first book in the series, The Raven Boys. It will unnecessarily contain minor spoilers from The Dream Thieves. Ronan Lynch has a secret. He can remove things from his dreams, taking them … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2015, 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, dream-invader, favorite, humor, LGBTQIA, memorable, multi-read, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative, tarot
4 Comments
The Zen Leaf 