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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 – An Interesting Development
So. My house is for sale. Not that one. I guess I should explain a little something. Jason and I have owned four houses in San Antonio (and six houses altogether). The one we owned the longest – from early … Continue reading
Quarantine Stuff 1/28/22
More insanity, more bullet points. Though not quite as much of either this week. Weeks 2 and 3 of January added up to over 80K positive covid cases in SA. As of Tuesday the 25th, there were over 125k new … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – Medical Updates, Part 2
Last week, I gave a round of updates for my current health status, as my trio of doctors narrow down on diagnoses. This is the second half of my medical tests, now that I’ve seen my primary doc and gotten … Continue reading
American Portrait, by Multiple Authors
Subtitled: The Story of Us, Told by Us This is a collection put out by PBS about people’s lives (mostly**) through the first year of the pandemic. There were various prompts posted online (“The tradition I carry on is…” or … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Adult, Visual
Tagged collection, mini-review, nonfiction, quarantine
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Sunday Coffee – Winter Garden
Even in south TX, the winter garden is going to look different than the summer version. Most of our plants have gone dormant, or need to be cut back, though a few – copper canyon daisy, a few mums, a … Continue reading
Quarantine Updates – 1/21/22
Things continue to be interesting and awful and so yeah I’m doing the bullet thing again. My overall thoughts, though? I think Texas is telling Texas to hold its beer… Here are some examples of numbers seen in SA this … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – Medical Updates, Part 1
Over the last few months of 2021, I had a TON of medical tests and appointments pending, many slipping over through January this year. Rather than try to cram all of them into one post, I thought I’d discuss the … Continue reading
A Trio of Cytonic Novellas
Over the fall of 2021, three novellas in the Cytoverse were released, co-authored by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson. The stories mostly happen between the second book in the main series, Starsight, and the third book, Cytonic, which also released … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Kinda
It was a bit of a hodgepodge week for me. Monday, I had to prep for a fasting SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) test, which meant I wasn’t allowed to eat any dairy or fiber. The office wasn’t very specific … Continue reading
Quarantine Updates – 1/14/22
So yeah, I’m not resuming my Quarantine Diaries series, but a lot is happening right now, so I thought I’d bullet-point my way through this mess. My sister and one nephew officially have covid, thankfully mild, and thankfully my BIL … Continue reading
