Tag Archives: revisiting

Wellness Wednesday – Throwback List

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Thistle

Back in June 2012, I was near the end of my weight loss journey, but stalled due to a stress fracture in my leg. For twelve weeks, I wasn’t allowed to exercise, and I basically maintained a steady weight in … Continue reading →

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Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (audio)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Thistle

Tess has always been the “bad” twin, in her angelic sister’s shadow, tormented by her mother and younger brothers. Her family is completely miserable: parents estranged and impoverished, half-sister who is also a half-dragon, and Tess herself, “ruined” at the … Continue reading →

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Now I Rise, by Kiersten White

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Thistle

After And I Darken, the paths taken by the three main characters have diverged. Lada (Vlad the Impaler) has gone back to Europe to try to claim the throne of Wallachia. Mehmed (sultan of the Ottoman Empire) plans to conquer … Continue reading →

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And I Darken, by Kiersten White

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Thistle

From Goodreads: No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by Jack Thorne

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Thistle

(based on a story by JK Rowling, and in collaboration with John Tiffany) Many years after the end of the Harry Potter series, a new story starts centered on the children of several characters of the original series. In play … Continue reading →

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Happily Ever After (Part 1)

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Thistle

I’ve been reading a couple of fairy-tale like series this month – princesses! – and instead of reviewing each book one by one, I’m going to do mini-reviews in a single set. No sense clogging up my blog with tons … Continue reading →

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A Kiss at Midnight, by Eloisa James

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Thistle

After seven years of virtual servitude at the hands of her callous stepmother, Kate once more has her wants overruled. Her stepsister is injured and thus cannot go with her fiance to meet the prince and gain approval for the … Continue reading →

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The Madwoman Upstairs, by Catherine Lowell (audio)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Thistle

Samantha Whipple is one of the last surviving members of the Bronte descendants, and as such, receives a lot of unwanted attention as she begins her first year at Oxford. Between a bullying tutor, a snooping journalist, a grotesque room … Continue reading →

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Winter, by Marissa Meyer

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Thistle

And finally, the Lunar Chronicles conclude. Happily, they conclude without the series falling apart (as too often happens), and I love them even more now that they’re all written and published and read. I imagine sitting down with the entire … Continue reading →

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Dodger, by Terry Pratchett (audio)

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Thistle

I don’t have much to say about this book. It’s historical fiction, pulling in all sorts of figures recognizable from both fiction and real life. Dodger – the narrator – encounters Charles Dickens, Sweeney Todd, Queen Victoria, and others I’m … Continue reading →

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