Trigger warning for very brief mentions of child sexual abuse. Philippa Malicka’s In Her Defense […]
I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer, by Mary Beth Norton
When I read about history, I’m generally reading about life in chaotic times: wars, plagues, […]
The First Day of Spring, by Nancy Tucker
Trigger warnings for child neglect. I’ve always thought one of the biggest questions our species […]
Light Perpetual, by Francis Spufford
For me, reading Francis Spufford’s Light Perpetual, was a strange juggling act. On the one […]
Silence is a Sense, by Layla AlAmmar
When someone doesn’t speak, when they cut the rest of us off from their opinions […]
The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams
One small part of my job as a librarian is to help explain what words […]
The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale
In the fantastic (in both senses of the world) The Haunting of Alma Fielding, Kate […]
The Absolutist, by John Boyne
The dictionary definitions of “cowardice” and “bravery” pale in comparison to actually deciding what to […]
The Savage Instinct, by Marjorie DeLuca
Trigger warning for psychological abuse. In 1873, Mary Ann Cotton was executed for the murders […]
The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
There are so many novels that have been published in the last ten years that […]