Category Archives: Book Talk

Sunday Coffee – Disturbing Themes

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Thistle

For the last month, I’ve been skim-reading thrillers. Not reading them enough to review them here, but kinda speeding through them when my brain needs something fast and furious to swallow down. Frankly, I’ve been disturbed by a lot of … Continue reading →

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Top Ten(ish) Autumn-themed Books

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Thistle

I struggled hard with this topic. I don’t know if it’s just me – maybe I don’t read the right kind of books – or if publishers just don’t take advantage of autumn-themed palettes, but I couldn’t find many books … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Serial

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Thistle

I have always struggled with reading in chunks. If I’m going to read through a whole book, I won’t take more than three weeks to do it.** Even the really long and/or tough ones, like Pale Fire or Don Quixote, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Thistle

So technically today’s topic wants us to talk about which characters we as readers have crushes on. I don’t have very many of those, though, and instead I have a particular soft spot toward the rare functional couple in fiction. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Thistle

There are/were a bunch of books coming out this year that I can’t/couldn’t wait to get my hands on, and nearly all of them were scheduled to arrive in the fall. A couple are out now, but most are still … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Starting Again (Series Edition!)

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Thistle

Everyone does it. We start a series and then, for one reason or another, quit reading. Now, there are plenty of series I’ve started and never continued because I simply disliked the first book. A couple examples: Tithe, The Knife … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Struggled With And…

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Thistle

Today’s topic at Top Ten Tuesday is about books we struggled with, in whichever interpretation of that you’d like. I decided to split my list into two categories: the books I struggled with and ultimately abandoned, and the books I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Turning Point

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Thistle

As I mentioned last week, the turning point of the summer came on July 31st. Three major things happened that day. First, I got a call about a job I’d applied and interviewed for at CVS and was offered the … Continue reading →

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RIP XII

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Thistle

Twelve years. That’s how long this challenge has been running now. Of course, I’ve only been doing it since 2009, so I only go back to RIP IV (if I’m calculating that correctly…), but this remains my favorite reading event … Continue reading →

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Most Anticipated Rest-of-2017 Releases

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Thistle

The rest of 2017 looks amazing when it comes to book releases that I’m anticipating. A few came out in the first half of this year, but there’s a ton to come still and some are ones I’ve waited for … Continue reading →

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