It's spooky season, so Holly and CJ are handing over their fall TBRs, plus the haul from two weeks in Ireland and Scotland.
We get into all of it. Witches, werewolves, and one grim reaper. A tradwife who makes a very bad deal. A manor in Maine and the woman who may have killed her whole family. Dismemberment as a treat. The seasonal genre calendar, which is REAL and NOT NEGOTIABLE. Whether it still counts as horror if there's romance in it.
ALSO. CJ's reading slump is dead and it was a five star read. We are as shocked as you are.
CURRENTLY READINGAndrew - Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman), Escaping Gravity (Bruce Sentar), and a DNF on Consider Me (Becka Mack)Holly - Normal People (Sally Rooney), and still not The Witcher (Andrzej Sapkowski)CJ - The Wolf King (Lauren Palphreyman) and Glow of the Everflame (Penn Cole), the five-star that ended the slumpCJ'S FALL TBRRitual Income (B.L. Brown) - Witch of the Demesne #1Always Practice Safe Hex (Juliette Cross) - Stay A Spell #4Across the Vanishing Sky (Catherine Cowles) - Starlight Grove #1Burn of the Everflame (Penn Cole) - Kindred's Curse Saga #4Meet Cute Magic (Morgan Elizabeth) - claimed by Holly on air, so we are down to fourHOLLY'S FALL TBRMeet Cute Magic (Morgan Elizabeth) - Heartwood HollowThe Haunting of William Thorn (Ben Alderson)Trad Wife (Saratoga Schaefer)Brimstone (Callie Hart) - Fae & Alchemy #2
THE RECOMMENDATIONSHolly - Cackle (Rachel Harrison), the annual reread. A Halloween Hallmark movie with an edge.Holly - The Only One Left (Riley Sager), if you actually want to be spookedCJ - Tourist Season (Brynne Weaver) - Seasons of Carnage #1CJ - Not the Witch You Wed (April Asher) - Supernatural Singles #1CJ - Morbidly Yours (Ivy Fairbanks) - Love in Galway #1Bonus - the whole Stay A Spell series (Juliette Cross), starting with Wolf Gone WildHOLLY'S IRELAND & SCOTLAND HAULThe Names (Florence Knapp) The Future Saints (Ashley Winstead) Pretty Reckless (L.J. Shen)The Midnight Feast (Lucy Foley) ALSO MENTIONEDSpark of the Everflame and Heat of the Everflame (Penn Cole) · Mile High (Liz Tomforde) · Throne of Glass, Heir of Fire and Kingdom of Ash (Sarah J. Maas) · Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke) · Say You Swear (Meagan Brandy) · Boys of Tommen (Chloe Walsh)· The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood), on Prime Video September 23 · Bright Side Books & Wine in Raleigh · past guests B.L. Brown and DC Powers
TROPES / SPICE / TRIGGER WARNINGSFor the books we talk about: pregnancy horror and body horror (Trad Wife), family annihilation and disability (The Only One Left), graphic violence and dismemberment (Tourist Season), grief and infidelity (The Haunting of William Thorn), domestic abuse (The Names), addiction and hallucination (The Future Saints), bullying and dubious consent (Pretty Reckless).
TALK TO US!!!Team horror or team absolutely not? Leave a comment wherever you're listening and tell us what we should read for our upcoming book clubs.If you liked this one, a rating helps more than you'd think.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclubEmail: hello@triggerwarningsbookclub.comOne more thing. Holly is running the New York City Marathon on November 1st, raising money for Book Fairies, a charity that gets books into the hands of kids who need them. We are officially in the home stretch. Every little bit helps.Donate: https://give.thebookfairies.org/fundraiser/7126101
