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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – First Impressions

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Thistle

(My pjs and mustache kinda match this morning…) It has been a really busy week, and a hard one, fraught with insomnia and so many school functions to attend that I had little time to recover. In my down moments – … Continue reading →

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The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Thistle

In this second Cormoran Strike novel, Strike takes on a case to find a missing husband. Owen Quine is an eccentric two-bit author whose latest work was rejected right before he disappeared. His wife believes he’s gone off in a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Reflections on 2009

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Thistle

All of my reviews from 2009, excepting a handful that have been lost since their original posting, are now transferred to this blog. That was a big year for me in blogging. I only started blogging, then book blogging, in 2008, … Continue reading →

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Love is Hell, by Multiple Authors

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Thistle

Love is Hell is a collection of five silly-spooky love stories (titles below) by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin, and Laurie Faria Stolarz. Westerfeld is one of my favorite YA authors, and I’ve enjoyed books by all … Continue reading →

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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Thistle

Blue Sargent lives in a family of psychics, though she has no (usable) magic herself. She’s been told since early childhood that if she kisses her true love, he will die, and therefore, she’s decided never to fall in love. … Continue reading →

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Landline, by Rainbow Rowell

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Thistle

Georgie’s marriage is on the rocks, but it’s always that way, so she doesn’t think much about it when her husband and children leave for Christmas at their grandparents without her. After all, she has to stay behind. She’s got … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Responsible Reader

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Thistle

This week’s blog-task was to transfer across my reviews from April and May of 2009. As I said last Sunday, 2009 and 2010 were my two giant-reading years, so they will take me some time to transfer. I could get … Continue reading →

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The Supernatural Enhancements, by Edgar Cantero

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Thistle

I have finished my first RIP book! And let me just say, it’s always wonderful when an event like RIP starts out so well. This book? Absolute perfect opener. When Ambrose Wells dies, his second-cousin-twice-removed inherits the house and all … Continue reading →

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Chasing Before, by Lenore Appelhans

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Thistle

Disclaimer: Lenore and I have known each other through blogging for years, plus we’ve met in person several times and we talk on other social media sites. However, this review is as honest as I can make it, and I have … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters at my Lunch Table

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Thistle

Ooh, great question! And difficult to narrow down to ten. Hm. I’m not sure my top ten characters would all love to be at a table with each other (or me, for that matter), but I guess all that matters is … Continue reading →

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