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  • The Haunting Of Hill House 1: Swallowed By A Monster

    The Haunting Of Hill House 1: Swallowed By A Monster

    Oct 17, 2025

    This week, we begin our thirteenth unit with an introduction to The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

  • The Haar 3: The Old Woman And The Sea

    The Haar 3: The Old Woman And The Sea

    Oct 10, 2025

    This week, we consider faith and fate as we conclude David Sodergren’s The Haar.

  • The Haar 2: Bright Sea

    The Haar 2: Bright Sea

    Oct 3, 2025

    This week, we consider bodies, memory and identity as we continue David Sodergren’s The Haar.

  • The Haar 1: It’s Mrs McAuley

    The Haar 1: It’s Mrs McAuley

    Sep 26, 2025

    This week, context and conflict in our first discussion of David Sodergren’s 2024 novel The Haar.

  • Sense And Sensibility 6: A Knave Or A Fool

    Sense And Sensibility 6: A Knave Or A Fool

    Sep 21, 2025

    This week, heroism, protagonism and transformation at the end of Sense and Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 5: Dropping Eaves

    Sense And Sensibility 5: Dropping Eaves

    Sep 15, 2025

    This week, conversations are had and secrets are revealed in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 4: A Very Awkward Narrator

    Sense And Sensibility 4: A Very Awkward Narrator

    Sep 5, 2025

    This week, the return of Willoughby and the scandals best kept secret in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 3: Properly Idle

    Sense And Sensibility 3: Properly Idle

    Aug 29, 2025

    This week, the spirit of the age and the burden of secrets in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 2: Neither Genius, Taste Nor Spirit

    Sense And Sensibility 2: Neither Genius, Taste Nor Spirit

    Aug 15, 2025

    This week, heroic entrances and secret metaphors in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 1: To Wish Was To Hope

    Sense And Sensibility 1: To Wish Was To Hope

    Aug 7, 2025

    This week, we begin our eleventh unit and our discussion of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense And Sensibility.

  • The Silmarillion 27: The Hands Of The Weak

    The Silmarillion 27: The Hands Of The Weak

    Aug 1, 2025

    This week, we conclude the our study of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion with the back half of On the Rings of Power and the Third Age.

  • The Silmarillion 26: Into The Realm Of Hidden Things

    The Silmarillion 26: Into The Realm Of Hidden Things

    Jul 25, 2025

    This week, we conclude the history of Númenor and the Second Age with some apocalyptically terminal punctuation,.

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