Tag Archives: WTF moments

Wellness Wednesday #5: Deferred

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Thistle

To be honest with you all, I am not well. Not by any stretch of the imagination. For months now, I’ve been sleeping poorly, attacking myself with food/wine binges, and having complete emotional breakdowns that seem to come out of nowhere. … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen and Players, by Joanne Harris

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Thistle

St. Oswald’s Grammar School for Boys has withstood so much, from curriculum modernization to the dwindling of funds to a series of scandals buried as deep as the Board of Governors can dig. Roy Straitly has been teaching Latin there … Continue reading →

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The Shadow Cabinet, by Maureen Johnson

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Thistle

Before I even start this review, I have to say one very important thing: THERE’S A FOURTH BOOK ARE YOU KIDDING ME WTF I THOUGHT THIS WAS A TRILOGY HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR BOOK 4??!??!? Okay, … Continue reading →

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Where They Found Her, by Kimberly McCreight

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Thistle

When Molly is assigned to investigate a murder for the local newspaper, she doesn’t expect the victim to be a newborn, embroiling her in memories of her miscarriage two years before and the depression that followed. I read Reconstructing Amelia … 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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Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Thistle

Third book in the Raven Cycle, after The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves. I cannot review this one in regular fashion. I just love these books too much to formulate coherent thoughts. Instead, I will simply list out some … 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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Ruin and Rising, by Leigh Bardugo

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Thistle

Third in the Grisha series, after Shadow & Bone and Siege & Storm. This will be a hard one to write about. First, let me just say that Ruin & Rising was my number one most anticipated book of 2014. … Continue reading →

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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Thistle

Major spoilers. The synopsis of this book doesn’t really say much. It’s about a dysfunctional family. Pretty typical, no? This book is anything but typical, and the only way for me to review it is to go through my mental … 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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