Category Archives: Adult

Rejection Proof, by Jia Jiang (audio)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: 100 Days of Rejection, or How to Ask Anything of Anyone at Anytime Also subtitled: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible, One Rejection at a Time Okay. I think the premise of Rejection Proof is obvious by the … Continue reading →

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Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Thistle

A dilapidated hotel. A November weekend. A pair of elfin-looking twins. A sociopath music director. A missing girl. A volatile conductor. An a cappella boy band. A legendary murder-suicide celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. A blizzard that traps everyone inside. This … Continue reading →

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Spark Joy, by Marie Kondo

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up This is a follow-up to The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, which I read and loved last summer. I spent six months last year doing a giant … Continue reading →

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Laughing Without an Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: Adventures of a Global Citizen Not long ago, I was asking around about books set on cruise ships. Jason did some research and discovered this collection of nonfiction stories, one of which is indeed set on a cruise. Considering … Continue reading →

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The Widow, by Fiona Barton

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Thistle

Glen Taylor is a very bad man, or at least a man accused (but without enough evidence to convict him) of doing very bad things. Jean, his wife, has stood by him over the years of accusations, police investigations, press … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of Strangers, by Zoe Ferraris

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Thistle

When a body is found in a remote part of the desert, evidence emerges that there’s a serial killer long on the loose near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The homicide team is stumped, digging for patterns and clues as over a … Continue reading →

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Something New, by Lucy Knisley

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: Tales From a Makeshift Bride As evidenced by the title and cover of this graphic novel, Lucy Knisley takes us through the year of her wedding planning and eventual ceremony. And just as with other Knisley books, I was … Continue reading →

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Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Thistle

Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet. From this beginning, the story of a mixed-race family in the 70s unfolds, spinning outwards as the discovery of the favored child’s death affects everyone. This will be a very difficult … Continue reading →

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Happily Ever After (Part 1)

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Thistle

I’ve been reading a couple of fairy-tale like series this month – princesses! – and instead of reviewing each book one by one, I’m going to do mini-reviews in a single set. No sense clogging up my blog with tons … Continue reading →

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Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande (audio)

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Thistle

Subtitled: Medicine and What Matters in the End I recently learned about this book from Bryan at Still Unfinished. I’ve never read much about aging, dying, and mortality in general, and this was honestly the perfect time to come across … Continue reading →

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