March will be here soon!

I'm delighted to report that in Spring '26 I'll be offering two standalone (but related) modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Each focuses on an important novel related to the same real-life, #TrueCrime unsolved case. #DarkAcademia #PoliceProcedural #Books #Bookstodon

March: #LastSeenWearing by #HillaryWaugh: Discovering a Turning Point in #CrimeFiction

Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0910/

May: #TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt: Unpacking the 'WhyDunIt' #Mystery

Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0912/

“Maybe that’s why I tend to equate physical beauty with qualities with which it has absolutely nothing to do. I see a pretty mouth or a moody pair of eyes and imagine all sorts of deep affinities, private kinships. Never mind that half a dozen jerks are clustered round the same person, just because they’ve been duped by the same pair of eyes.” — *[Francis] “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt*

Now confirmed! I am delighted to report that in Spring '26 I'll be offering two standalone (but related) modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Each focuses on an important novel related to the same real-life, #TrueCrime unsolved case. #DarkAcademia #PoliceProcedural

March: #LastSeenWearing by #HillaryWaugh: Discovering a Turning Point in #CrimeFiction

Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0910/

May: #TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt: Unpacking the 'WhyDunIt' #Mystery

Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0912/

A celebrity book club selection - October 16, 2025 - This is on the Read with Jenna book club list. While technically well written, this book is extremely boring. It has a Tolstoy feel to it. It's less about the "climactic event" and more about the unraveling that occurs afterwards.

Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2

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Book review: The Secret History - Donna Tartt

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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7853811814

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https://www.thequillandthequasar.com/donna-tartt-the-secret-history/

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I know I’m probably the only person who likes The Secret History on here, but, if I’m not and if that someone else wants to draw The Secret History characters, listen to me. Camilla doesn’t have long hair and she doesn’t often wear dresses, that’s the devil speaking. Her hair is canonically only slightly longer than Charles’ and in a masculine cut, and she routinely steals his clothes.

Sincerely, someone who supports all artists doing whatever the hell they want but is also quite frankly tired of only ever seeing her drawn in long hair and frilly dresses

Am i the only one that loves 'the secret history' but hates 'if we were Villans' ?

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