Trigger warning for rape, mutilation, and slavery. The little bit of magic held by Young-ja’s […]
A Long Long Way, by Sebastian Barry
Trigger warning for brief description of rape and mutilation. I always read historical fiction about […]
Lavender House, by Lev AC Rosen
Trigger warning for references to suicidal ideation and depiction of suicide. We meet Evander Mills […]
The Sea Child, by Linda Wilgus
Isabel brings a lot of secrets with her to her very humble new home in […]
The King at the Edge of the World, by Arthur Phillips
Mahmoud Ezzedine, a talented physician to the Ottoman sultan, did not want to be included […]
Laurus, by Eugene Vodolazkin
My quest to read books in as many places and times as possible has brought […]
Nicked, by M.T. Anderson
It begins with a dream. Brother Nicephorus dreams that St. Nicholas of Myra visits him […]
The Hunger We Pass Down, by Jen Sookfong Lee
Trigger warnings for rape, child sexual abuse, forced prostitution, other forms of abuse, and suicide. […]
The Return of Moriarty, by Jack Anderson
I was surprised to learn, after I read Jack Anderson’s riveting new novel The Return […]
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by Rabih Alameddine
Raja’s mother drives him insane. He spends a lot of Rabih Alameddine’s affecting new novel, […]