Category Archives: Adult

Understanding Exposure, by Bryan Peterson

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Thistle

Subtitled: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera The subtitle says it all. This isn’t so much a how-to for working a camera in manual mode, but to help photographers understand more the ins and outs of doing so … Continue reading →

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Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty (audio)

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Thistle

After a cryptic and inexplicable text to her four grown children, Joy Delaney disappears on Valentine’s Day. A missing person’s report is filed. Her husband, Stan, is looking mighty suspicious. The police are searching for a young woman named Savannah … Continue reading →

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It Could Be Worse, by Beth Probst

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Thistle

Subtitled: A Girlfriend’s Guide for Runners Who Detest Running The title and subtitle basically describe the book. Beth Probst is a larger-bodied person who took up running as a kind of personal challenge, and uses every kind of running incentive … Continue reading →

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Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, by Ben Montgomery (audio)

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Thistle

Emma Gatewood through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1955, at the age of 67. She was a robust woman who trained by walking ten miles a day for months leading up to the hike, and who knew how to survive on … Continue reading →

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The Original (audio)

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Thistle

by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal Holly wakes up in the hospital, confused and disoriented. She demands to know what happened to her, and suspects that she has died and been replicated. Except, she has no memory of the … Continue reading →

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The Postscript Murders, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Thistle

From GoodReads: The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy’s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith’s passing. But Natalka had … Continue reading →

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The Ex Hex, by Erin Sterling

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Thistle

Heartbroken at nineteen years old, Vivi breaks the family motto: Never mix vodka and witchcraft. Of course, she and her cousin Gwyn are just playing around. The “curses” they put on Vivi’s ex, Rhys, are of the utterly ridiculous type. … Continue reading →

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The Haunting of Gillespie House, by Darcy Coates (+ bonus)

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Thistle

Elle is thrilled to have landed a housesitting job that will get her out of her crappy apartment for awhile and into a place where she can have complete solitude. Except that solitude isn’t all its cracked up to be … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Thistle

Subtitled: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone In March 2011, an enormous earthquake shook Japan. Afterwards, one of the largest earthquake-driven tsunamis swept over communities in the northeast part of the country. In this book, Parry lets the survivors … Continue reading →

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The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Thistle

Jax has distanced herself from her older, bipolar sister, Lexie, and refuses to answer a series of phone calls one night when Lexie is manic. The next day, she discovers that her sister has drowned. Jax travels to her sister’s … Continue reading →

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