Category Archives: Book Talk

2025 in Books

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Thistle

It’s generally been a good year in books for me! I read 80 total (31 tradpubbed, 49 fanfiction (over 10K)), with two rereads (one of each) plus a third that is technically a graphic novel adaptation of a book I’ve … Continue reading →

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Abandoned Books of 2025

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Thistle

I cull a lot of books, and I don’t feel any need to include those anywhere in my reading counts/reviews. When it comes to abandoned books, however, I’ve read a good chunk – over 50% – and I feel the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Readathon-ish

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Thistle

I haven’t participated in a Readathon on quite a long time. The last time I tried was spring of 2018, and I realized throughout that I’m just not cut out for a hyper-focus reading day anymore. Since then, I’ve periodically … Continue reading →

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SC – All the Books, 6mo In

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Thistle

For the last five years or so, I’ve been averaging around 50 books a year, down from the few years before that when I was reading about 70-75 a year, down from the horrific early days of blogging when I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Audible Scam

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Thistle

A few months ago, I purchased a book from Audible through one of their sales, for something like $7. Recently, I started listening to it, but it wasn’t catching my attention and I didn’t think it would do so in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Accidental Book Spine Poetry

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Thistle

Years ago, I saw my first book spine poetry as part of a challenge for Readathon participants. I thought it was so cool, but for that particular Readathon, I was at a hotel (woohoo!) with just the books I wanted … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – StoryGraph

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Thistle

For the last few years, I’ve been trying to get away from Amazon purchases whenever I can. But I also realize there are other places where Amazon has a big grip on the commercial market, namely in Audible and GoodReads. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – A Dangerous Place

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Thistle

When my family moved to Boston in 2014, we had no idea that it would only stick for a year and we’d be back in San Antonio the next summer. At the time, I removed myself from all of my … Continue reading →

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A Bloggers’ Night Out

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Thistle

It’s been almost six years since I last got to meet up with a blogger friend. I mean, to be fair, I’ve hardly traveled at all since that meetup in autumn 2018. There was a trip to Wisconsin in the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Lockwood & Co

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Thistle

On Friday, I found out that there was a new Lockwood & Co series running on Netflix. I hadn’t heard anything about it and Netflix didn’t recommend it to me on my account, but I guess it had only released … Continue reading →

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