Dark Academia

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Michael J. Sullivan: Riyria

The Riyria Revelations are the fantasy series that brought Michael J. Sullivan instant recognition back in the late 2000s.  Originally published as a series of six installments, they are now available as a set of three books, with each of the three books comprising two volumes of the original format.  As he did with almost […]

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Halloween Bingo: Book Selections – UPDATED

Like virtually all of my book consumption this year, my Halloween Bingo books are more or less necessarily going to have to be primarily audiobooks.  So I had a look at my Audible and CD collections what might fit the bill for my card, and here’s what I’ve come up with (mostly new-to-me books but […]

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Halloween Bingo 2019: Tracking Post — Blackout! (And bingos Nos. 12 and 13.)

  Many thanks to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for hosting this game for the fourth year in a row, bigger and better than ever before! Witih today’s call, I’ve blacked out my card, in addition to collecting my final bingos (nos. 12 and 13). Somewhat to my surprise, after completing my books for my […]

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Halloween Bingo 2019: Tracking Post — Bingo No. 3 and Reading Blackout

* Triple Bingo Happy Dance * Well, that went by much faster than I had anticipated … Many thanks to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for hosting this game for the fourth year in a row, bigger and better than ever before! I’ll continue tracking my bingos of course — and since we now have […]

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Bingo call: 9/23/19 – Dark Academia

Reblogged from: Moonlight Murder   Dark Academia: Any mystery, suspense, supernatural or horror that takes place at a school – high school, college, boarding school, etc. Non-genre-specific square.   Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1956523/bingo-call-9-23-19

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Halloween Bingo 2019: The First Week

So, on the plus side, despite serious RL interventions progress on my card is well under way, with four squares (including the centre / free / raven square) marked “called and read”; three of these in a row — plus reading for the remaining two squares of that row also in progress — and several […]

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James Hilton: Was it Murder?

  My 2019 pre-bingo read and actually a fairly decent start into the game.  And yes, this is “the” James Hilton of Goodbye Mr. Chips and Lost Horizon — actually, in a number of ways this book was probably Hilton’s dry run for Goodbye Mr. Chips. Hilton’s protagonist jokingly describes writing a novel a young […]

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Reading progress update: I’ve read 100%: Happy Halloween Bingo Everybody!

  Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1944849/reading-progress-update-i-ve-read-100-happy-halloween-bingo-everybody

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Reading progress update: I’ve read 99.9%.

    Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1944800/reading-progress-update-i-ve-read-99-9

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Halloween Bingo 2019: The Game Is Afoot!

MM has rung the starting bell … and we’re off! My pre-reading book is James Hilton’s Was It Murder? (aka Murder at School), which I’m reading of course for the “Dark Academia” square.     Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1942095/halloween-bingo-2019-the-game-is-afoot

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Halloween Bingo 2019 PreParty — Question for 08/09 (Day 9): Book Suggestions for the New Squares? Part 2

DARK ACADEMIA Somehow, British universities and public schools seem to provide a particularly fertile ground for this sort of story: * Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (Oxford University) * Agatha Christie: Cat Among the Pigeons (private girls’ school) * Nicholas Blake: A Question of Proof (public school) * Edmund Crispin: The Moving Toyshop (Oxford University) […]

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All 61 squares revealed: 1 through 18 (New Squares & Horror)

Reblogged from: Moonlight Reader   All of the new squares (and scares) have been revealed, and I got these posts put together over the past few days, so I’m ready to reveal ALL OF THE SQUARES! Buckle up, butter cup. A note on book lists: where we have already got a working book list, I’ve […]

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New space #5: Dark Academia

Reblogged from: Moonlight Reader     Any mystery, suspense, supernatural or horror that takes place at a school – high school, college, boarding school, etc.   Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1930792/new-space-5

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