Trigger Warnings Book Club

Andrew is back this week to keep us on task (try to contain yourselves), and we're joined by indie fantasy author K.N. Timofeev, creator of the Lost Guardian trilogy and the A Tale of Blades and Darkness series. We get into how leaving the Marine Corps plus one very long YouTube rabbit hole turned into two fantasy series, whether she's a plotter or a pantser, the movie trope she refuses to...

Andrew's out sick this week so apologies if things are more chaotic than usual. Since we've all been fighting off reading slumps for what feels like months now Holly & Caitlyn took some time this week to recommend some of their sure fire books to bust your reading slump. We've got a little something for everyone: series, cliff hangers, romance, fantasy, etc. Bonus content includes...

The secret to surviving a holiday dinner... you have to choose. Fuss or chew. North Carolina author La Toya Hankins joins us to talk Black love, sisterhood, and the power of good food. We get into all of it. Writing the South she actually lives in. The character who showed up uninvited and took over the book. Gas station snacks as a plotting philosophy. Liver pudding, fish roe, and one very import...

We had so much fun a few episodes ago when CJ asked Holly an impossible smut, marry, kill question so we decided to dedicate a full episode to the game. Each of the four rounds had a theme: contemporary, fantasy, wild card, and dark romance/villains. It wouldn't be the podcast you know and love if we didn't make a few rounds at least a little evil. Things quickly got out of hand. Trigger w...

This month's book club pick is Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Holly read all eight....We get into all of it. The tutorial guild. The pants situation(or lack thereof). The bathroom rules. Odette's... look. The goblin nursery. The worst talk show host in the dungeon. One very important pedicure kit. A WARNING... CJ is 87% in and refuses to rate it until she's done. Listen to hear...

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 stil...

Our guest quit her job in Nashville and moved to North Carolina to become an actress. Three months later the world shut down…so she started writing about the Carolina coast instead.  This week we're joined by Courtney G. Foutz, who writes contemporary romance and women's fiction as Courtney Giardina.  We get into all of it. The journal she kept through a divorce, and what happened when she...

This week we're joined by indie author D.C. Powers to talk about The Stalker's Playlist. Cindel is deaf. She finds a single earbud left behind at the pub where she bartends, and the songs that start playing are laced with messages about her own past. Her brother is dead. Her boyfriend vanished. Somebody is following her…and he is the only one telling her the truth. We get into all of it. W...

We've been teasing the sex snakes for weeks…the sex snakes are here. Our August book club pick is Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube, and this is the full spoiler discussion. We get into all of it. The claw, where it goes and what it is made of. The blood that turns into gold. Whether Caspen's personality survives part two. Whether this even counts as a love triangle. And the quote we...

The question as old as time…are vampires and werewolves monster romance, or is it straight paranormal? We bring in a subject matter expert to give the official ruling. B.L. Brown (Britta) writes across three worlds: — the sapphic monster romance of Camp Cryptid — the witchy urban fantasy of Witch of the Demesne — and Beer Hall Brides, a cozy fairy-tale romance set at a magical Oktoberfest where ev...

Welcome back to Trigger Warnings Book Club! We are switching it up this week; Holly and Andrew scandalized Caitlyn by telling her all about Morning Glory Milking Farm. It is safe to say we have never read anything quite like it. Follow us on instagram : ⁠ ⁠⁠ @trigger.warnings.bookclub ⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our Youtube channel: ⁠ ⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TriggerWarningsBookClub ⁠⁠⁠ Want to be a guest...

Welcome back to Trigger Warnings Book Club! This week we had the pleasure of chatting with C.R. Lee, an author of both contemporary and fantasy romance (and quite possibly our most hilarious guest yet)! We covered topics such as the differences between writing in the contemporary vs fantasy romance genres, how indie books really set trends in publishing, her experiences self publishing, and of cou...

Welcome back to Trigger Warnings Book Club! This week we discuss our July 2026 book club pick: The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt. None of us had previously read from this author so we had a great time with this discussion! Andrew will certainly never think about shadows in quite the same way again. Follow us on instagram : ⁠⁠ @trigger.warnings.bookclub ⁠⁠ S...

This week CJ and Holly share a few books they think you should add to your summer reading list! There's a little something for everyone- romance, mystery, fantasy etc. Let us know what we should read this summer. Follow us on instagram : ⁠ @trigger.warnings.bookclub ⁠ Subscribe to our Youtube channel: ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TriggerWarningsBookClub ⁠ Check out our website where you can list...

Contemporary Romance author Leigh Creek joins us this week as we discuss fan-fiction, meteorological love, the tropes we stan and the ones we're over. As well as, Andrew read a book?! Also Holly had a chance to meet someone special. Follow us on instagram : @trigger.warnings.bookclub Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TriggerWarningsBookClub Check out our website where...

This week we are doing our mid-year check-in for 2026! We discuss how many books we've read so far as well as a few standout reads. Lastly, we update you on our progress on our 26 books to read in 2026 competition (it was a real nail biter!) Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Andrew's Instagram if you want to contact him for all your editing...

This week we are chatting with Speculative Women' s Fiction Writer, and author of The Rest of My Lives, Elle Nestico. We talk about, Imposter Syndrome, the Metaphysical and what it means to find happiness. Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elle's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/author_elle_nestico Link to purchase The Rest of My Lives Am...

This week we are chatting about our June Book Club pick, Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner. Spoiler alert: we have a lot of feelings about this one! This book is perfect for fans of Below Deck. As always this episode contains major book spoilers. Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Andrew's instagram if you want to contact him for all your editing or cont...

This week we are discussing the MindFck series by S.T Abby. Spoiler alert: CJ and I are huge fans although we caution interested readers to search out trigger warnings first because this series is seriously dark and not for the faint of heart. As always this episode contains major spoilers so listen with caution. Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠⁠⁠ Andrew...

This week we are hazing Andrew by making him participate in a game of he's a 10 but... A few of the books we mention include The Pucking Wrong Number, Zodiac Academy, and Pestilence. Don't feel too bad for Andrew- he hazed CJ right back by keeping in an episode blooper at the start. Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠⁠ Andrew's instagram if you w...

This week we are joined by two exciting guests: Nicole and Amy, two of the co-leaders of Silent Book Club of Monmouth County. They told us all about what silent book club is, some exciting meetups they have planned for the summer, and chatted about their favorite authors and books. Silent Book Club of Monmouth County Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silentbookclub_moco_nj/?hl=en Silent Book Cl...

This week we are discussing our May book club pick, The Seven Year Slip, by Ashely Poston. This is a magical realism romance set in NYC dealing with some heavy topics such as grief. As always this episode contains major spoilers. Andrew also shares his thoughts on Off Campus Episode 1. Podcast Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ ⁠ Andrew's instagram if you want to cont...

Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast! We are kicking things off with a deep dive on the new Off Campus show. As always this episode contains spoilers (for both the show and the entire book series) We also welcomed the newest member of our team: our new editor, head of all things technology, and non-reader, Andrew. Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trigger.warnings.bookclub/ Andrew's i...

This week we are discussing a book that made Caitlyn so angry that I knew I had to read it: The Pucking Wrong Number. It's part hockey romance, part dark romance and 100% over the top. Go in knowing you're going to have a laugh and you might enjoy it like I did. As always this episode contains major spoilers.

This week we are joined by the fabulous Cassie Swindon, an indie author in North Carolina! Cassie writes fantasy romance and also organizes Oak and Ink, pop-up book markets in the Triangle area of NC. Cassie was kind enough to tell us a bit about herself, her process as an author, her books, and her hilarious cats! Check out one of Cassie's books and if you're local to NC we highly recomme...