This Thanksgiving weekend, I went to South America…via Every Day the River Changes, by Jordan Salama. Books are the perfect … More
Tag: 2000s
Where You Come From, by Saša Stanišić
There are some people who you never want to ask where they are from unless you’re ready to sit down … More
The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones
Trigger warning for animal cruelty. Throughout Stephen Graham Jones’s challenging novel, The Only Good Indians, characters constantly refer to how … More
Seven Down, by David Whitton
Helmuth von Moltke said way back in 1871 that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. (In a nutshell.) … More
The Hidden, by Melanie Golding
Trigger warning for domestic violence. Ruby is a special person. She has a big heart, but is haunted by family … More
The Nameless Ones, by John Connolly
I’ve been dipping in and out of the Charlie Parker series for years, ever since I picked up the first … More
God of Mercy, by Okezie Nwoka
Trigger warning for physical abuse of children. Somewhere in Igboland (a region in Nigeria) is the small, remote village of … More
The Queen of the Cicadas, by V. Castro
Trigger warning for racism and hate crimes. V. Castro’s unsettling The Queen of the Cicadas was not what I expected. … More
The Wagers, by Sean Michaels
The ancients used to think of luck as a supernatural force. I find it hard to argue with them. Luck … More
Repentance, by Eloísa Díaz
Joaquín Alzada is a police inspector who has a thinner line to walk than most. Twenty years ago, he had … More
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