Category Archives: Book Talk

Top Ten Books on my Fall TBR

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Thistle

It’s been a while since I made myself a seasonal TBR! There’s a ton of excellent books coming out over the next couple months, though, and there are others waiting for me to begin ASAP. I have a very definite … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books that are Better on Audio

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Thistle

I’m a huge fan of audiobooks, though I’m very picky about my audiobooks. Some books, however, just beg to be listened to. These are my favorites: 1. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (narrator: Will Patton) – I originally tried … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee: Library

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Thistle

I’m still not here very much right now. Settling in is going rough, trying to coordinate about a thousand different things. Jason is back in TX getting our house on the market, so I’m a single mom (kinda) this week … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – August Miscellanous

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Thistle

Because I was pretty much absent this past month, I thought I’d use my first Sunday Coffee in awhile to bullet up a miscellaneous post of books and life. Here’s how my month went: Moving: This consumed most of the … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. XI

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Thistle

I say it every year, and I’ll say it again: autumn is my favorite time of year, and Readers Imbibing Peril is my favorite reading event of the year. My family just barely arrived in Wisconsin two days ago, and … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Read Before Blogging

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Thistle

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is a Rewind: Choose any topic from the past that you didn’t get to participate in before. I had a couple years of only on-and-off blogging, so I thought I’d choose a post from that time. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – July Belongs to Other Stuff*

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Thistle

July was not a bookish month. I read three books, which split out like this: One – listened on audio while crocheting and barely remember. Two – read quickly right after the audio and barely remember. Three – took three weeks to … Continue reading →

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The Books Made Me Do It

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Thistle

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday asks about the things books have made me want to learn or do. Excluding travel-related things (“I really want to see X now”), I have eight that I can think of off the top of my head. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books Set Outside the USA

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Thistle

There are so many great books set outside the US that I had a hard time picking a top ten! I mostly tried to avoid European settings as well, because they are also super common. I also limited this to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – I read a thing.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Thistle

Starting in mid-April, around the time of the Readathon, I succumbed to binge-reading in my stress. I read waaaaaay too much in April, and waaaaaaay too much in May, and continued the pattern in June up until my Wisconsin vacation. … Continue reading →

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