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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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Author Archives: Thistle
Sunday Coffee – Reflections on 2011: Shifting Focus
I finished transferring all my backlog of reviews awhile ago, but I still wanted to take some time over the next few weeks to look back over my years of book blogging (or, sometimes, not book blogging). I already looked back over … Continue reading
Throwback: Sorcerer’s Stone
I am in need of comfort right now. I’m also right smack in the middle of NaNoWriMo, having received a wonderful bit of inspiration when the NaNo team chose to design a cover of my novel for their 30 Covers … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Children's, Prose
Tagged callback, comfort, Harry Potter, memorable, multi-read, reread, speculative
9 Comments
Sunday Coffee – Rough
I have to be honest. I am struggling right now with something very big and very disheartening, and I cannot say a word about it. Earlier this week, a Facebook friend linked out to a book blogger talking about being … Continue reading
Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater
Third book in the Raven Cycle, after The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves. I cannot review this one in regular fashion. I just love these books too much to formulate coherent thoughts. Instead, I will simply list out some … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, 2015, 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, favorite, humor, memorable, multi-read, place-character, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative, WTF moments
7 Comments
Storm Front, by Jim Butcher (audio)
Harry Dresden is a professional wizard, meaning that yes, he can perform magic – such a thing does exist, along with vampires and demons and various other paranormal phenomena – and yes, he does so for a fee when you … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month. November. Fifty thousand words in thirty days. A tradition for me now since 2009, an event I love to pieces. And yet, I debated whether or not to participate this year. Moving across the country has … Continue reading
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (audio)
I have read the story of Jekyll & Hyde so many times since my first read eight years ago that I really cannot just review it like a normal book. Even my first review – my third read-through, and one … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Adult, Personal, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, callback, circus horror, classics, favorite, memorable, psychology, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative
7 Comments
