Trigger warning for rape, racism. At the outset of Catherine Kurtz’s troubling novel, Feast, Minha […]
Waiting on a Friend, by Natalie Adler
There is no getting used to death, even in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. […]
A Perfect Hand, by Ayelet Waldman
The further I got into Ayelet Waldman’s incredible new novel, A Perfect Hand, the more […]
Honey in the Wound, by Jiyoung Han
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 […]