Category Archives: Adult

Without You, There Is No Us, by Suki Kim (audio)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite In 2011, a journalist named Suki Kim posed as a missionary posing as a teacher. Using this layered disguise, she got a position at a school in Pyongyang, North Korea. … Continue reading →

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The Motion of Puppets, by Keith Donohue (audio)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Thistle

Theo and Kay Harper are newly married and spending the summer in Quebec when Kay goes missing. Theo frantically tries to find her, but Kay has been turned into a puppet, and while it’s possible for him to rescue her … Continue reading →

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The Girl with All the Gifts, by MR Carey (audio)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Thistle

I don’t know when exactly this book came to my attention. It was released a few years back, but I only really remember hearing about it this year, when people started raving about it. I glanced at the GoodReads description … Continue reading →

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Protected: Faking It & Finding It, by Cora Carmack

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Thistle

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The Masquerading Magician, by Gigi Pandian (audio)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Thistle

Since this is the second book in a series, I’m going to refrain from discussing the plot and simply refer back to the first book, The Accidental Alchemist, for anyone who is interested in storyline. In fact, I’m going to … Continue reading →

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No One Knows, by JT Ellison (audio)

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Thistle

Aubrey’s husband disappeared five years ago. She was eventually exonerated after she was accused of murdering him, and her life has been a wreck ever since. On the day her husband is declared dead, a mysterious stranger shows up, and … Continue reading →

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The Trespasser, by Tana French (audio)

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Thistle

Antoinette Conway is nearly done with the Dublin Murder Squad. The harassment has gotten to the breaking point, and Conway can hardly tell who is and isn’t out to get her anymore. The case that’s handed down to her and … Continue reading →

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Protected: Losing It, by Cora Carmack

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Thistle

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Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham (audio)

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Thistle

Earlier this month, I watched the first season of Poldark and rather enjoyed it. So of course, I had to start reading the books. I’ve finished the first book on audio, and here are my thoughts in handy little bullets: … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Alchemist, by Gigi Pandian (audio)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Thistle

A three-hundred-year-old alchemist, a teen hoodlum, and a French gourmet chef gargoyle take up residence in an abandoned haunted house in Portland… Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? That’s essentially the opening premise to this book, however, followed … Continue reading →

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