Tag Archives: revisiting

Aurora Leigh, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Thistle

Note: This review will contain spoilers both for this book and for Jane Eyre. This epic poem tells the life of Aurora Leigh, whose parents died in her childhood and who was raised by her aunt. She is romantically pursued … Continue reading →

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Protected: Readathon: The Pearl, by John Steinbeck (audio)

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Thistle

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The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde (audio)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thistle

The Fourth Bear is the second title in the Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde, following The Big Over Easy. Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of the Nursery Crime Division of Reading’s police department are back for another mystery, this … Continue reading →

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The Mark, by Jen Nadol

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Thistle

Don’t judge this book by its cover, all my readers who wouldn’t normally read a book like this one. Please, take a moment to read the review – The Mark is very different from what you might expect. Cassandra – … Continue reading →

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Proof by Seduction, by Courtney Milan

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Thistle

This is my first ever Harlequin romance novel, and honestly the only one I’ve ever wanted to read. A couple years back, I saw the query pitch for this book on an agent’s blog and loved it so much I … Continue reading →

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Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Thistle

When Mary Yellan’s parents die, she must move up north to the moorlands to live with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss at Jamaica Inn. When she gets there, though, she finds that her aunt is no longer the happy … Continue reading →

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Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Thistle

When the Classics Circuit chose to visit Imperial Russia, I knew immediately I wanted to read Dead Souls by Gogol. It’s a book I’ve wanted to read for awhile now, both for my GLBT Challenge (Gogol was gay) and because … Continue reading →

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Ash, by Malinda Lo

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Thistle

Ash is a retelling of the Cinderella fairy story, with a twist. Aisling, or Ash, lives in a world where fairy tales and reality collide. When her father dies, leaving her orphaned with a (realistically) cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Ash … Continue reading →

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The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Thistle

Humpty Dumpty falls off a wall to his death, but was it murder or suicide or accident? That’s up to Officers Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of Reading’s Nursery Crime Division to determine, if fellow officer and top story detective … Continue reading →

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Matchless, by Gregory Maguire

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thistle

This was my first book of 2010. I bought it for Jason, who loves “The Little Match Girl,” and read it before I’d read the fairy tale. It’s a retelling and an expansion of “The Little Match Girl,” split into … Continue reading →

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