Alice Law has only ever cared about being the brightest and the best in the field of Magick, which, of course, means working with Cambridge professor Jacob Grimes, the greatest magician there is. However, things take a dive when Grimes dies in a magical accident, and it’s an accident that could be Alice’s fault. Now, with Grimes in hell, Alice is descending after him, knowing his recommendation means everything for her future, though it seems her rival, Peter Murdoch, has similar ideas.

This episode we’re finishing up Katabasis by R.F. Kuang!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Abuse of power; ableism; animal death; blood; character death; health self-negligence; descriptions of a dead body; discussion about medical procedures/treatments; emotional abuse; gore; grief; grooming; manipulation; mention of suicide; misogyny; murder; self-flagellation; sexual abuse (past, recollected); suicidal thoughts; unhealthy eating habits

• Katabasis - Book Trigger Warnings

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Alice Law has only ever cared about being the brightest and the best in the field of Magick, which, of course, means working with Cambridge professor Jacob Grimes, the greatest magician there is. However, things take a dive when Grimes dies in a magical accident, and it’s an accident that could be Alice’s fault. Now, with Grimes in hell, Alice is descending after him, knowing his recommendation means everything for her future, though it seems her rival, Peter Murdoch, has similar ideas.

This episode we’re reading Katabasis by R.F. Kuang, stopping before Chapter 18!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Abuse of power; ableism; animal death; blood; character death; health self-negligence; descriptions of a dead body; discussion about medical procedures/treatments; emotional abuse; gore; grief; grooming; manipulation; mention of suicide; misogyny; murder; self-flagellation; sexual abuse (past, recollected); suicidal thoughts; unhealthy eating habits

• Katabasis - Book Trigger Warnings

• Descriptions of activities typical for the circles of hell

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt are writers and rivals. However, when they’re both invited to a mysterious Christmas party that turns more mysterious when the host, fellow author Eleanor Ashley, disappears, their only hope of figuring out the truth and finding Eleanor might just be each other. Assuming these rivals could ever become allies.

This episode we’re finishing The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Some TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Anxiety and anxiety attacks; Infidelity; Emotional abuse and gaslighting; Death of parents (recounted); Domestic violence (recounted); near-death experience from a fall (recounted); poisoning; arson; kidnapping

• More complete list:

• • The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter – Trigger Warning Database

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt are writers and rivals. However, when they’re both invited to a mysterious Christmas party that turns more mysterious when the host, fellow author Eleanor Ashley, disappears, their only hope of figuring out the truth and finding Eleanor might just be each other. Assuming these rivals could ever become allies.

This episode we’re reading The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, stopping just before Chapter 37!!

Some TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Anxiety and anxiety attacks; Infidelity; Emotional abuse and gaslighting; Death of parents (recounted); Attempted murder by a partner; near-death experience from a fall; poisoning; arson; kidnapping

• More complete list:

• • The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter – Trigger Warning Database

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

Holden Caulfield, recently expelled from yet another school, finds himself adrift in New York City, seeking companionship but only feeling out of place and misunderstood.

This episode we’re finishing up The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Ableism, assault, blood, cancer (mentioned), child death (mentioned), depression, emesis, homophobia, institutionalization (implied), pedophilia (implied), prostitution, racism, sexism, sexual assault, sexual harassment, gun violence, slurs/outdated terms, suicide, suicide ideation, underage alcohol and smoking, violent fantasies

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Book Trigger Warnings

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

Holden Caulfield, recently expelled from yet another school, finds himself adrift in New York City, seeking companionship but only feeling out of place and misunderstood.

This episode we’re reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, up to (but not including) Chapter 15.

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Ableism, assault, blood, cancer (mentioned), child death (mentioned), depression, emesis, homophobia, institutionalization (implied), pedophilia (implied), prostitution, racism, sexism, sexual assault, sexual harassment, gun violence, slurs/outdated terms, suicide, suicide ideation, underage alcohol and smoking, violent fantasies

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Book Trigger Warnings

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers discover a mysterious staircase to nowhere in the middle of the woods. One of them climbs up only to never come down, and then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it appears again, and the friends return to find the lost boy and figure out just where the staircase leads.

This episode we’re finishing The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig! And we’re finishing it with a super long episode (so sorry (or not sorry???)). Genuinely we’re in the trenches over this book :p

Happy spooky month everyone!!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, drug use, overdose, child abuse, child sexual abuse, cancer, parent death, child death, racism, homophobia, use of a slur, neglect, trauma, gore, murder, and violence

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers discover a mysterious staircase to nowhere in the middle of the woods. One of them climbs up only to never come down, and then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it appears again, and the friends return to find the lost boy and figure out just where the staircase leads.

This episode we’re reading The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig, up to (but not including) Chapter 41 New Room, Who This.

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, drug use, overdose, child abuse, child sexual abuse, cancer, parent death, child death, racism, homophobia, use of a slur, neglect, trauma, gore, murder, and violence

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books