Category Archives: Book Talk

Sunday Coffee – Responsible Reader

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Thistle

This week’s blog-task was to transfer across my reviews from April and May of 2009. As I said last Sunday, 2009 and 2010 were my two giant-reading years, so they will take me some time to transfer. I could get … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters at my Lunch Table

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Thistle

Ooh, great question! And difficult to narrow down to ten. Hm. I’m not sure my top ten characters would all love to be at a table with each other (or me, for that matter), but I guess all that matters is … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Most Wonderful Time of Year

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Thistle

Autumn. I know, I know, technically it’s not autumn, but for me, this is the beginning of the autumn season. There is so much to look forward to over the next few months. Carl’s RIP event, of course, which I’m over-the-top … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. IX

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Thistle

It’s that time of year again!!! Time for approaching autumn and changing leaves and Halloween and pumpkins and creeping shivers – and this year, it’s EVEN BETTER, because I live up north and will get to experience a REAL autumn for … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books I Really Want To Read…

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Thistle

…But Don’t Own Yet. That’s a really long title! It’s been a long time since I got to participate in Top Ten Tuesday. I’ve missed it! I’ve watched other book bloggers post different book lists and found myself planning what … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Beginnings

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Thistle

This week has been a fun trip back down memory lane: Resurrecting The Zen Leaf. Back-posting my earliest reviews, from 2008. God, I was such a snob about modern fiction back then. A lot of those reviews were rather snarky, heh. … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting The Zen Leaf

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Thistle

I started blogging on Valentine’s Day of 2008. My second post was a book review. At the time, I’d never heard of book blogs, nor did I know anyone else who blogged about books. Fast forward a couple months, and … Continue reading →

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2013 in Books

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Thistle

Well, another year has come and gone. I admit, it wasn’t a great year for reading. Actually, since I began keeping track of books in 2008, it’s been my worst year in reading. I’ve had other really bad years – … Continue reading →

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2012 in Books

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Thistle

It’s been a good year for me in books this year. I spent most of the year on a much slower reading schedule pace, and read far fewer books than I have since I began blogging in 2008. I also … Continue reading →

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2011 in Books

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Thistle

It’s been a pretty good year for books for me. It didn’t start that way. While I had some good books from time to time, 2011 started a lot like the way my entire year went in 2010 – mostly … Continue reading →

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