Category Archives: Adult

Callback: Warbreaker

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Thistle

When I read Words of Radiance last month, I was pleasantly surprised to run across characters from Warbreaker. I’d been thinking about rereading the book for a long time, so this was the perfect lead-in! During my first experience with … Continue reading →

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Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Thistle

Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, following The Way of Kings. Note: this review will not contain book spoilers, but will contain spoilers for The Way of Kings. Shallan and Jasnah make their way toward the shattered plains with information … Continue reading →

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Callback: The Way of Kings (audio)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Thistle

Note: Because this is a re-review, there will be book spoilers. My original review of The Way of Kings is spoiler-free. I admit it: I didn’t want to reread this book. It’s long. Over 1000 pages. And back in 2012, … Continue reading →

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Career of Evil, by Robert Galbraith (audio)

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Thistle

This is the third volume in the continuing series of Cormoran Strike’s detective agency. Strike’s assistant and business partner, Robin, has been sent a severed leg, and Cormoran immediately has a few ideas about who might have sent it. While … Continue reading →

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Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski (audio)

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life In Come As You Are, Nagoski discusses what women’s sexuality is and isn’t, and talks about the many ways that culture and history has interfered with and influenced the … Continue reading →

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Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy (audio)

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Thistle

Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, headstrong girl who has just come into the ownership of her uncle’s farm. She’s also beautiful, and has caught the eye of many. The cast of suitors: Gabriel Oak: a former farmer and shepherd that … Continue reading →

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Shadows of Self, by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Thistle

Part 2 in the second trilogy of the Mistborn trilogy-of-trilogies (ha!), this follows The Alloy of Law and continues the adventures of Wax and Wayne. The city of Elendel is burbling with unrest, and after some peculiar murders catch the … Continue reading →

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The Quick, by Lauren Owen (audio)

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Thistle

I’m not going to summarize this book the way I usually do in reviews, for two reasons. First, I knew almost nothing about the book going in, and that influenced my experience with it. Second, this is the sort of … Continue reading →

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Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Thistle

A witch, a vampire, and a pixie walk into a church… Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? But that’s really what this book is about, except instead of just walking into a church, Rachel (the witch), Ivy (the … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Elena Vanishing, by Elena and Clare Dunkle

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Thistle

Elena Dunkle developed anorexia as a teenager. This memoir, written with the help of her mother, Clare Dunkle, discusses her struggles with the disorder and her attempts to recover from it. Recovery is a path, not a destination. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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