Category Archives: Adult

It Was Me All Along, by Andie Mitchell (audio)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Thistle

Growing up, food was Mitchell’s best friend and most consistent source of comfort. By twenty years old, she was up to 268 lbs, and went on a weight loss journey to lose 135 lbs. She was thin and physically healthy, … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen and Players, by Joanne Harris

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Thistle

St. Oswald’s Grammar School for Boys has withstood so much, from curriculum modernization to the dwindling of funds to a series of scandals buried as deep as the Board of Governors can dig. Roy Straitly has been teaching Latin there … Continue reading →

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The Underground Girls of Kabul, by Jenny Nordberg (audio)

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: In Search of Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan [some versions are subtitled: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys] When Jenny Nordberg was reporting in Afghanistan, she came across a phenomenon she hadn’t heard of before: bacha posh, … Continue reading →

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Nekropolis, by Maureen McHugh

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Thistle

Hariba has voluntarily entered a life of forced servitude to escape the death-homes of Nekropolis, the section of a large Moroccan city where she was raised. She’s working for a rich couple who buy the contract of many such forced-servants, … Continue reading →

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Fat Girl Walking, by Brittany Gibbons (audio) + getting personal

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin…Every Inch of It One woman’s journey into body-positivity. Exploring her life through stories, Gibbons discusses the ins and outs of being a larger woman in our society, and how she … Continue reading →

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Middlemarch, by George Eliot (audio)

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Thistle

I’m not even going to attempt to summarize Middlemarch. It’s a situational story about a small town in Britain, and the various things that happen to several key families. Actually, I’m not even sure I can really review this book. … Continue reading →

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Her, by Harriet Lane

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Thistle

Nina is a successful painter, life neat and orderly. Emma has left her career to care for her children, and is caught up in the drudgery of that life. When the two meet, seemingly by chance, they take to each … Continue reading →

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Where They Found Her, by Kimberly McCreight

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Thistle

When Molly is assigned to investigate a murder for the local newspaper, she doesn’t expect the victim to be a newborn, embroiling her in memories of her miscarriage two years before and the depression that followed. I read Reconstructing Amelia … Continue reading →

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The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther (audio)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Thistle

Maryam is an Iranian immigrant who has long lived in Britain with her British husband and a now-grown, pregnant daughter, Sara. When Maryam’s sister dies in Iran, her son comes to live with Maryam, dredging up a past that Maryam had long attempted to forget. … Continue reading →

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing So…basically this is a kind of self-help course in decluttering and organizing, as the subtitle suggests. It’s been traveling around the blogosphere for a time now, and I first heard about it … Continue reading →

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