Trigger warning for suicide. Nora Breen returns in Murder at the Spirit Lounge, by Jess […]
The Sourdough Compendium, by A.G. Slatter
Trigger warning for interpersonal violence, mutilation, rape, incest, and references to pedophilia. I’ve been a […]
Feast, by Catherine Kurtz
Trigger warning for rape, racism. At the outset of Catherine Kurtz’s troubling novel, Feast, Minha […]
Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
Trigger warning for brief interpersonal violence. One of the things that makes fiction great is […]
Commonplace book: March 2026
From The Language of Liars, by S.L. Huang: Their learning at the Warren stressed it […]
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 […]
Daughter of Crows, by Mark Lawrence
Trigger warning for child abuse. Assassins aren’t supposed to get old, especially ones that serve […]
Cabaret in Flames, by Hache Pueyo
Trigger warnings for references to sexual and physical abuse of children. An extraordinarily hard life […]
Lavender House, by Lev AC Rosen
Trigger warning for references to suicidal ideation and depiction of suicide. We meet Evander Mills […]
