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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Entering the New Year

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Thistle

I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to 2019. You know how you sometimes keep writing the previous year on dates for a month or two into the new year? I’ve been writing “2019” on my dates … Continue reading →

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2019 Book Priorities

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Thistle

Every year I make a list of books that I’d like to get to during that year. These consist of books on my TBR or to-investigate list, plus any backlogged Audible queue and books being published throughout the year. The … Continue reading →

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2019 Goals

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Thistle

As discussed in December, I’ve decided to make my individual 2019 goals to all aim toward a specific end: to help me discover the person I am again, and to then become that person. I’ve split these goals into four … Continue reading →

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2018 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Thistle

This was a difficult year for me. I really thought it was going to be a good one, and things did start by going really well. But so much fell apart. Two members of my family passed away, plus three … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – December in Review

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Thistle

Normally I’d wait until early January to do my final monthly wrap-up of 2018, but it feels better to get it done within the year and have as little as possible lingering come January 1st (I still have one book … Continue reading →

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2018 in Books

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Thistle

This has been a very off reading year for me. I’ve read fewer books this year than any other year since I began blogging, and I barely remember half of what I read, including books I loved while reading. Back … Continue reading →

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The Winters, by Lisa Gabriele

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Thistle

Getting in a last quick mini-review before the year ends! This book is a retelling of Rebecca updated to modern times and with a stepdaughter, Dani, instead of a Mrs Danvers. Rebecca was of course a loose retelling of Jane … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Anniversary and Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Thistle

It has been a fun week (minus the awful illness that went through our family mid-week – I’m trying to focus on the positives!). First off, it was Jason’s and my 19th anniversary yesterday. I bought us tickets to see … Continue reading →

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Abandoned Books of 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Thistle

I cull tons of books from my potential read list every year, and don’t consider those “abandoned.” Only books that I put down after some serious investment fall into my abandoned list, and those books deserve some blog-time. Often, what … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Grief and Identity

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Thistle

Most people have heard of the five stages of grief, and by now many people know that these stages aren’t exclusive, linear, or clear-cut. I, for example, never really do much with the bargaining stage, but bounce between denial and … Continue reading →

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