Category Archives: Adult

Beyond Binary, by Multiple Authors

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction Edited by: Brit Mandelo Okay. I’ve never been good at reviewing short story collections, so I’ll just start out by saying why I chose to read this book. For the past few months, … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (audio)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Thistle

This book is way too long and multi-plotted for me to try to describe on my own. I’d paste in the Goodreads synopsis, but that’s also extraordinarily long, so instead, if you don’t really know what this book is about, … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Autobiography, by Neil Patrick Harris

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Thistle

When I was a kid, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure novels. There’s one in particular, The Magic of the Unicorn, that I read over and over and over. Having always been a pragmatic, logical kind of person, I took … Continue reading →

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All Joy and No Fun, by Jennifer Senior (audio)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Paradox of Modern Parenting. This book is a sociological look at the ways parenting has changed over the last hundred or so years. It is not a how-to or advice book about parenting, and it focuses on the … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter Page to Screen, by Bob McCabe

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Thistle

Four years ago, I read Harry Potter: Film Wizardry, which was about the Harry Potter movie series as it existed by that point (ie not all eight movies). Harry Potter Page to Screen covers some of the same areas as … Continue reading →

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The Queen of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen (audio)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Thistle

Raised in hiding until her nineteenth birthday, Kelsea Raleigh returns to the city to claim her place as queen. In order to avoid spoilers, that’s all I’m going to say about that. I’ve heard such good things about this book … Continue reading →

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Together Tea, by Marjan Kamali

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Thistle

I’m taking a break from my HP rereading to escape into a few quiet, soft comfort books in December. Together Tea was first up on my list. The back of the book synopsis is a bit misleading, I felt, and the GoodReads … Continue reading →

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Storm Front, by Jim Butcher (audio)

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Thistle

Harry Dresden is a professional wizard, meaning that yes, he can perform magic – such a thing does exist, along with vampires and demons and various other paranormal phenomena – and yes, he does so for a fee when you … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (audio)

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Thistle

I have read the story of Jekyll & Hyde so many times since my first read eight years ago that I really cannot just review it like a normal book. Even my first review – my third read-through, and one … Continue reading →

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The Secret Place, by Tana French (audio)

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Thistle

Stephen Moran has been working cold cases since his appearance in Faithful Place. Holly Mackey, who has aged seven years since Faithful Place, comes to him with a postcard from a wall at her private girls’ school. The wall is … Continue reading →

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