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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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- Harry Potter
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- lists
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Author Archives: Thistle
Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 64-67
Not gonna lie – there’s not much going on in terms of quarantine any longer. Vaccinations are keeping things relatively under control. Which is awesome. Numbers Early in the month, we crossed the 50% line of fully vaccinated residents in … Continue reading
Murderbot Diaries #2-5
When I read a bunch of series books back to back like this, I don’t like to do individual reviews for each one. I especially like to skip descriptions as that can cause inadvertent spoilers for earlier volumes. So after … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Feral Colony, Part 2
Last Sunday, I posted about the feral cat colony that no one has been taking care of at the house four doors down from me. (I also posted about other things, but consider that post Part 1 of the Feral … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – I need my own TV show.
I’m supposed to get my stitches out this morning, yay! It’s been 13 days since my surgery, and let’s just take a moment to discuss the medical situation over the last less-than-two-weeks. First, I went home from surgery. No problem. … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Grief and Madness
Y’all. This week was just…like being sucker-punched over and over. It was a rough week. My thoughts are chaotic and not quite together, so forgive me if I ramble a bit. I suppose I should start with Tuesday, the night … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Surgery
Warning: contains post-surgical photos (bruises and bandages only). Early Thursday morning, I had a ganglion cyst removed from my left wrist. As far as surgery goes, it was fairly quick and easy. The hardest point beforehand was the IV. They … Continue reading
All Systems Red, by Martha Wells
From GoodReads: On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Rainbow Bridge
TW: Pet death. Not gruesome or anything, just sad, but still, it’s pet death. On Friday afternoon, our oldest kitty-baby, Ash, crossed the rainbow bridge. If y’all have been around here for some time, you’ll know that Ash has been … Continue reading
Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 61-63
Not much has changed. We keep marching on, trying to survive under a government that is trying to kill us. Numbers Things are holding steady here. We reached a couple major milestones in number over the last few weeks. First, … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 