Category Archives: Year

Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Thistle

Minor spoilers. In complete contrast to what I normally think about second books in a series, I not only enjoyed Scarlet as much as Cinder, but I think it improved Cinder in my mind. Scarlet is a retelling of Little … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Madness Underneath, by Maureen Johnson

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Thistle

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MWF Seeking BFF, by Rachel Bertsche

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Thistle

When Jill reviewed this book, I thought it sounded fascinating, but potentially terrible. The author, Rachel Bertsche, had newly moved to Chicago to be with and marry her boyfriend, but in the few years that she’d been there, she’d been … Continue reading →

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A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness (audio)

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Thistle

People have been talking about this book for a very long time, but because of my negative experience with Patrick Ness’s The Knife of Never Letting Go in the past, I wasn’t interested in reading it. However, my oldest son … Continue reading →

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The Uninvited, by Liz Jensen

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thistle

Spoilers. What a bizarre book. This starts out almost like an apocalyptic or near-dystopian sort of book. Two seemingly disconnected things start happening all around the world. First, there are the children who suddenly attack their parents in gruesome ways, … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan (audio)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Thistle

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Girl of Nightmares, by Kendare Blake

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Thistle

This is the follow-up to Anna Dressed in Blood, which I enjoyed immensely last week. The second book was good, but I have to admit, not as good as the first. Some of the plot was very flimsy, as well … Continue reading →

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Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Thistle

I went into this book expecting it to be nothing more than a fun, silly teen horror/thriller novel. That’s exactly what it ended up being, and I read it all in a single afternoon. The plotting was perfect, and the narrator … Continue reading →

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City of Dark Magic, by Magnus Flyte

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Thistle

This is my favorite book of 2013 thus far. It’s so creative and so much fun, flying across a dozen different genres, with a plot and characters so ridiculous the book should be ludicrous, but it doesn’t take itself seriously, … Continue reading →

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Free-Range Kids, by Lenore Skenazy (audio)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Thistle

In 2007, I visited my cousin and aunt at my aunt’s house. She was watching one of her grandsons, who was 2.5 years old at the time. While I was there, I played with him, picking him up by the … Continue reading →

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