Category Archives: Audience

An Unwanted Guest, by Shari Lapena

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Thistle

A collection of guests are snowed in at a quaint luxury hotel in the Catskills. When one of them dies, it looks like an accident…but then another is quite obviously murdered. Terror ensues. I grabbed this one off my library’s … Continue reading →

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Love a la Mode, by Stephanie Kate Strohm

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Thistle

Henry and Rosie meet on a plane to Paris, where they’re both new students of a specialty culinary high school. They fall in love-at-first-sight, of course, as you’d expect, but you know things can’t be that easy. This was a … Continue reading →

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Callback: Return of the Native

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Thistle

Back in 2010, I read Return of the Native for the first time. A few comments about that. First, it was my first read of Hardy since Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 2006. I’d been scared to read more by … Continue reading →

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Protected: Someone Like Me, by MR Carey

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Thistle

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Song of Blood and Stone, by L. Penelope

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Thistle

The barrier between a magic land and a non-magic land is breaking. War threatens. Out in a remote cabin on the non-magical side, Jasminda is unaware of the impending danger. Her entire family has passed away before her, and she … Continue reading →

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City of Broken Magic, by Mirah Bolender (audio)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Thistle

Once long ago, a weapon was created to use against magic. Inevitably, it backfired, and infestations of hungry monsters spread across kingdoms, popping up anywhere they could take root. Only Sweepers are qualified to destroy these infestations, and the job … Continue reading →

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Nine Perfect Strangers, by Liane Moriarty

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Thistle

Last book of 2018! Nine people attend a 10-day health and wellness retreat run by a fanatical woman determined to make permanent improvements in all her guests. That’s the general premise of the book, with chapters narrated by each of … Continue reading →

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The Winters, by Lisa Gabriele

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Thistle

Getting in a last quick mini-review before the year ends! This book is a retelling of Rebecca updated to modern times and with a stepdaughter, Dani, instead of a Mrs Danvers. Rebecca was of course a loose retelling of Jane … Continue reading →

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Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Thistle

All her life, Spensa has been branded a coward’s daughter. Her father was a space-fighter, and in a critical moment, fled from battle and was shot down by his own team. Spensa is determined to prove that she’s not a … Continue reading →

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The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Thistle

Stella’s world is all about math, economics, and her work. She doesn’t have a lot of dating experience, and her mother is pressuring her. So she decides to go about dating and sex the way she approaches everything: logically and … Continue reading →

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