Library conferences rarely take me to beautiful places. The American Library Association, for example, has […]
Island, by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
I’ve never had a chance to use this word in earnest, but I’m glad that […]
The Comfort of Monsters, by Willa C. Richards
Trigger warning for domestic violence. I don’t know what the statistics are on unsolved murders […]
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington
Anyone looking at the coroners and the use of forensics experts in Mississippi would see […]
Build Your House Around My Body, by Violet Kupersmith
I thought I knew what to expect from Violet Kupersmith’s astounding novel, Build Your House […]
The Silent Listener, by Lyn Yeowart
Trigger warning for child abuse. Blackhunt is the last place Joy ever wanted to go. […]
Two Storm Wood, by Philip Gray
Note: This book was originally scheduled to come out in June 2021. According to Edelweiss, […]
The Bombay Prince, by Sujata Massey
Perveen Mistry returns to right wrongs in Sujata Massey’s The Bombay Prince. This entry sees […]
Tastes like War, by Grace M. Cho
Trigger warning for disordered eating and brief domestic violence. When we think of war literature, […]
The Hidden Palace, by Helene Wecker
The Hidden Palace, by Helene Wecker, is not the book I was expecting. I think […]