Me adding a new dark academia book to my overflowing (and mostly unread) collection:

The Ultimate Dark Academia Book Recommendation Guide Ever

The title of this post is clickbait. I, unfortunately, have not read every book ever. Not all of these books are particularly “dark” either. However, these are my recommendations for your dark academia fix. The quality of each of these books varies. I have limited this list to books that are directly linked to the world of academia and/or which have a vaguely academic setting.

Dark Academia staples:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Dead Poets Society by Nancy H. Kleinbaum

Vita Nostra by Maryna Dyachenko

Dark academia litfic or contemporary:

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

White Ivy by Susie Yang

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Attribution by Linda Moore

Dark academia thrillers or horror:

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Dark academia fantasy/sci-fi:

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Dark academia romance:

Gothikana by RuNyx

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Dark academia YA or MG:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Dark academia miscellaneous:

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip

Queer WWI Literature

This is a very niche and limited category, so I’ve been trying to throw together a list of what I can find out there for anyone else who might also be interested. What follows are all books that contain LGBTQ+ rep of any kind, that also involve the First World War as a central theme.

Titles with an asterisk* are the ones I have personally read, and would be more than happy to talk about/answer any questions about their content/rep!

Written in the 20th Century

Alf, by Bruno Vogel (1929)

Despised and Rejected, by Rose Allatini (pseud. A.T. Fitzroy) (1918)*

Lads: Love Poetry of the Trenches, edited by Martin Taylor (1989)

The Memorial, by Christopher Isherwood (1932)

My Father and Myself, by J.R. Ackerley (1968)

The Prisoners of War: A Play in Three Acts, by J.R. Ackerley (1925)*

The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road), by Pat Barker (1991, 1993, 1995)*

A Scarlet Pansy, by Robert Scully (1932)*

Strange Meeting, by Susan Hill (1976)

Written in the 21st Century

The Absolutist, by John Boyne (2011)

Across Your Dreams, by Jay Lewis Taylor (2016)

Alec, by William di Canzio (2021)

Ashthorne, by April Yates (2022)

Awfully Glad, by Charlie Cochrane (2014)

Bonds of Earth, by G.N. Chevalier (2012)*

The Boy I Love, by Marion Husband (2005)*

The Daughters of Mars, Thomas Keneally (2012)

Eleventh Hour, by Elin Gregory (2016)

The Fallen Snow, by John J. Kelley (2012)

Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars, by Stephen Bourne (2017) – (I know I said fiction, but I’m going to leave this one here anyhow)

Flower of Iowa, by Lance Ringel (2014)*

The Great Swindle, by Pierre Lemaitre (2013)*

The Indian Clerk, by David Leavitt (2007)

The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing, by Mary Paulson-Ellis (2019) *

In Memoriam, by Alice Winn (2023)

The Lie, by Helen Dunmore (2014)

The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters (2014)

A Pride of Poppies, short story collection published by Manifold Press (2015)

Promises Made Under Fire, by Charlie Cochrane (2013)

The Shell House, by Linda Newbery (2002)*

Spectred Isle, by K.J. Charles (2017)

The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst (2011)

The Warm Hands of Ghosts, by Katherine Arden (2024)

Whistling in the Dark, by Tamara Allen (2008)*

Wild with All Regrets, by Emma Deards (2023)

The World and All that it Holds, by Aleksandar Hemon (2023)

This is a dynamic list, which I will continue to update whenever I find something new. If you know of anything that isn’t on this list and needs to be, please let me know!

Every Film I Watched in 2022

The Matrix (1999, dir. Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski) Bidoof’s Big Stand (2022, dir. Shaofu Zhang) Samurai Cop (1991, for. Amir Shervan) The Matrix Resurrections (2021, dir. Lana Wachowski) Citizen Kane (1941, dir. Orson Welles) Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (“鉄男II BODY HAMMER” 1992, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto) The Elephant Man (1980, dir. David Lynch) Grandma’s Boy (2006, dir. Nicholaus Goossen) Always Be My Maybe (2019, dir. Nahnatchka Khan) Game Night (2018, dir. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein) When We First Met (2018, dir. Ari Sandel) The Kid (1921, dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1972 rerelease) Menace II Society (1993, dir. Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes) Duck Soup (1933, dir. Leo McCarey) 30 Minutes or Less (2011, dir. Ruben Fleischer) Chimes at Midnight (1965, dir. Orson Welles) Money Plane (2020, dir. Andrew Lawrence) Man with a Movie Camera (“Человек с киноаппаратом” 1929, dir. Dziga Vertov, Cinematic Orchestra soundtrack) Godzilla (1998, dir. Roland Emmerich) City Lights (1931, dir. Charlie Chaplin) Krull (1983, dir. Peter Yates) Klute (1971, dir. Alan J. Paluka) The Lawnmower Man (1992, dir. Brett Leonard) Area 51: The Alien Interview (1997, dir. Jeff Broadstreet) Ratty (2020, dir. John Angus Stewart) Heavy Metal (1981, dir. Gerald Potterton) The Northman (2022, dir. Robert Eggers) Autumn Sonata (“Höstsonaten” 1978, dir. Ingmar Bergman) Battles Without Honor and Humanity (“仁義なき戦い” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukasuka) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (“仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukasuka) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (“仁義なき戦い 代理戦争” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (“仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦” 1974, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (“仁義なき戦い 完結篇” 1974, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Logan’s Run (1976, dir. Michael Anderson) The Vietnam War (2017, dir. Ken Burns & Lynn Novick) The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel) Best in Show (2000, dir. Christopher Guest) Shaolin and Wu Tang (“少林與武當” 1983, dir. Gordon Liu, dub) Shin Godzilla (“シン・ゴジラ” 2016, dir. Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi) The Legend of the Suram Fortress (“ამბავი სურამის ციხისა” 1985, dir. Sergei Parajanov) The Six Directions of Boxing (“六合八法” 1980, dir. Hsu Tien-Yung, dub) Shaolin vs Lama (“少林鬥喇嘛” 1983, dir. Lee Tso-Nam, dub) Inside the Mind of a Cat (2022, dir. Andy Mitchell) Prey (2022, dir. Dan Trachtenberg) Marathon Man (1976, dir. John Schlesinger) Final Destination (2000, dir. James Wong) Final Destination 2 (2003, dir. David R. Ellis) Final Destination 3 (2005, dir. James Wong) The Final Destination (2009, dir. David R. Ellis) Final Destination 5 (2011, dir. Steven Quayle) Mulan (1998, dir. Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook) No Time to Die (2021, dir. Cory Joji Fukunaga) The Munsters (2022, dir. Rob Zombie) House of 1000 Corpses (2003, dir. Rob Zombie) One Night in Miami… (2020, dir. Regina King) Magnificent Obsession (1954, dir. Douglas Sirk) The Knight Before Christmas (2019, dir. Monika Mitchell) Halloween (1978, dir. John Carpenter) Noel Next Door (2022, dir. Max McGuire) Ice Sculpture Christmas (2015, dir. David Mackay) Alexander Nevsky (1938, dir. Sergei Eisenstein) Love Hard (2021, dir. Hernán Jiménez) Falling for Christmas (2022, dir. Janeen Damien) A Christmas Prince (2017, dir. Alex Zamm) Holidate (2020, dir. John Whitesell) Cyborg (1989, dir. Albert Pyun) Full Metal Jacket (1987, dir. Stanley Kubrick) Star Trek Generations (1994, dir. David Carson) Christmas Vacation (1989, dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik) Star Trek: First Contact (1996, dir. Jonathan Frakes) Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, dir. Sharon Maguire) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, dir. Steve Barron) Waterworld (1995, dir. Kevin Reynolds) Elf (2003, dir. Jon Favreau) Feliz NaviDAD (2020, dir. Melissa Joan Hart) Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977, dir. Jim Henson)

'Emily Blunt is on a break from the big screen.

During an appearance on Bruce Bozzi’s iHeart podcast Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi, the A-lister opened up about a decision to spend more time with her children in 2023.

“This year, I’m not working. I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is 9, so we’re in the last year of single digits,” she explained. Blunt shares two daughters, Hazel and Violet, with husband John Krasinski. “And I just feel [like] there are cornerstones to their day that are so important when they’re little. And it’s, ‘Will you wake me up? Will you take me to school? Will you pick me up? Will you put me to bed?’ And I just need to be there for all of them for a good stretch. And I just felt that in my bones.”

The interview comes just days ahead of the release of her newest film, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, in which she plays Kitty Oppenheimer, the wife of Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer. Blunt, who recently starred in the limited series The English, also has a slate of projects on deck including David Leitch’s The Fall Guy opposite Ryan Gosling and David Yates’ Pain Hustlers opposite Chris Evans.

The latter film follows Blunt’s character as she seeks to build a better life for herself and her daughter only to wind up working at a pharmacy and getting caught up in a dangerous racketeering scheme. “I feel strongly that most female characters in Hollywood are usually held up to some sort of feminine ideal,” she said talking about her Pain Hustlers character. “And I’m always hearing this like, ‘Is she likable?’ I like, I don’t give a fuck if she’s likable, you know? And no man has ever asked that. Like, those guys in The Big Short or Wolf of Wall Street, we were never concerned if they were likable and they were doing terrible, corrupt things.”

Aside from spending time with her family, Blunt also revealed that she happens to share quality moments with another Oppenheimer co-star, Matt Damon, who lives in the same Brooklyn building.

“Matt [Damon] is just the most easygoing, beautiful person. Lucy is even more beautiful — sorry, Matt. But we all became friends and then they moved to Brooklyn and they said, ‘We found this amazing building.’ And of course, we were like, ‘We’ll live in the same building!’ But there’s really lovely, cool people living in Brooklyn and we have Sunday night dinners … the kids love each other.”

Bozzi also asked Blunt about the time she spends with Krasinski. “It’s usually the morning. We [rescued] a puppy who’s absolutely beautiful. … I wasn’t wanting to get a dog, but the kids were pushing for it and John was up for it,” she noted. “I don’t mind getting up early with this puppy because it means that John and I can kind of talk in the morning and catch up and really talk before the kids are up and everything. … I love watching things like The Voice. I mean, we love The Voice.”'

Mystery/Thriller Monday

In 1996 Andy’s Mom predicts the end of the world, and, so, Andy and her friends decide that they’ll meet the end of the world at a manor house that’s been deserted. The house is also the site of an unsolved cold case mystery. Then David appears out of nowhere. This causes lots of different types of drama. One of those things being that there’s the story that supposedly there may be a diamond necklace hidden somewhere on the manor’s grounds. The friends then create “The Game” where they search for fake hidden diamonds all over the manor grounds.

In the present day one of her friends, Peter, has been missing for weeks and his parents are worried and so call Andy. From there, secrets, likes, and the past start bubbling up as they only can. It’s a very character based novel, with a bit of mystery, and so so much a slow burn. If you’re looking for something that blows right along like whitewater, this is not it. But, I do recommend keeping going, especially when you get to the last few chapters, let’s just say that the slow burn definitely doesn’t go out.

You may like this book If you Liked: The Witch Elm by Tana French, Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates, or The Animals by Christian Kiefer

Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling

2024 Reading List

Black Chalk - Christopher J. Yates

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

Family of Liars - E. Lockhart

Our Wives Under The Sea - Julia Armfield

Brutes - Dizz Tate

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark

Durham Report Verdicts:

Donald J. Trump- Innocent

FBI- Guilty

DOJ-Guilty

IC-Guilty

Comey-Guilty

McCabe-Guilty

Strzok-Guilty

Lisa Page-Guilty

FISA Judges-Guilty

Rosenstein-Guilty

Chris Wray-Guilty

Gina Haspel-Guilty

Sally Yates-Guilty

Lisa Monaco-Guilty

John Carlin-Guilty

Michael Sussman-Guilty

Christopher Steele-Guilty

Stephan Halper-Guilty

Fusion GPS-Guilty

Mark Elias-Guilty

Clinton-Guilty

Bruce Ohr-Guilty

Nellie Ohr-Guilty

The American People- Robbed of Justice

Radio NET Bulgaria (November 14, 2022)

23:59 BRIAN BROMBERG - Saul Goode 23:55 NAJEE - Dr. Dolittle 23:51 ALEXANDER ZONJIC - Hipster 23:47 DEE BROWN - Our Summer 23:43 RICHARD ELLIOT - Mystique 23:39 REZA KHAN - Waiting for the Sky 23:35 DEON YATES - For Hosea 23:30 RHYTHM LOGIC - Beverley 23:25 JONATHAN FRITZEN - To the Top (feat. Vincent Ingala) 23:22 496 WEST - Intentional 23:18 DAMIEN ESCOBAR - Awaken 23:14 BLAIR BRYANT - Spend the Night 23:09 THE SAX PACK - A Little Bit Closer 23:04 NILS - Catnap 23:00 PETER WHITE - Confidential 22:57 HEADSTRONG, SHELLEY HARLAND - Here In The Dark 22:50 FLAER SMIN - Alone In The Dark 22:46 EVANESCENCE - My Immortal (Acoustic Version) 22:42 GARBAGE - Milk 22:37 MICHAEL ANGELO, MELISSA LORETTA - Hearts Unspoken (Christopher Breeze Chillout Mix) 22:34 METAHARMONIKS - Doors 22:29 MIGUEL LARA - Oblivion 22:26 MOBY - Porcelain 22:21 FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Like a G6 (DJ Dan Karim Relax Mix) 22:17 MICHAEL E - Deja Vu (Short Mix) 22:12 DEEP MOTIONS - Memories 22:08 MIA LEMAR - Colourful Life (Photo In Lounge Remix) 22:01 DELIRIUM, SARAH MCLACHLAN - Silence (Michael Woods Mix) 21:57 ERIK HAKANSSON - Smooth (Original Mix) 21:51 ALBERT ST. BARTH - Balearic Treasure 21:46 ALY, FILA, TIFF LACEY - Paradise (Original Mix) 21:42 MR. SPECIAL - Aren't You Clever (CJ Alex Chillout Remix) 21:35 PROJECT BLUE SUN - Ibiza Zouk (Sunny Mix) 21:31 DOMINIK POINTVOGL - Step up (original mix) 21:27 AHY O - Shine On 21:22 MATHIEU & FLORZINHO - Life Is Just a Dream (Levitation Remix) 21:17 PRIME CIRCLE - As Long As I am Here (Cafe D'Afrique Mix) 21:12 BLANK & JONES - Coming Home (Afterlife Mix) 21:07 KUBA - Kailash 21:01 DENIS SERGEEV, 4ONE - Merging Of Two Destiny 20:55 DEEP SECTOR - Rainbows (Original Mix) 20:51 DEEJAY HOUSE PROJECT - Komodo (Stefy Martinez Lounge Mix) 20:46 CHRIS B, LADY V - A New Direction (Original Mix) 20:40 CHRISTIAN HORNBOSTEL - Waiting At Potsdamer Chaussee 20:36 HOKKAIDO, DEBBIE DIGITAL - Sigh For The Beauty (El Gambrero Remix) 20:33 CJ STONE, ANNA TURSKA, SHERLOCK - Believe Me (Chill Out Classic Mix) 20:27 CLAUDE CHAGALL - Obsession 20:22 CJ RCM - Humans of space (original mix) 20:20 DAVID VENDETTA - Love To Love You Baby (Lounge Mix) 20:16 DJ MATISSE, LOUNGE PARADISE - This Love (Maroon 5 Cover) 20:10 KITARO - Caravansary Original 20:08 HOUSE MASSIVE, J. GOLUBEVA - Apologize 20:05 DARK MATTERS, DENISE RIVERA - Take Me Home 20:01 IDENLINE - At Sunset (Original Mix) 19:55 DON GORDA PROJECT - Attractive Qualities 19:50 DOWNTEMPO GROOVERS - Smooth And Sexy Mix 19:46 EXIMINDS, AELYN - I Feel You (Chillout Version) 19:42 BROCKMAN - Live your life (free your mind) 19:36 COASTLINE - Adriatic Sea (Lounge Cafe Chillout Del Mar Mix) 19:33 INMOTION - Summer Days 19:31 INNA - Hot (Chill Out Remix) 19:27 CRISTINA CAMACHO - Thank you 19:21 AK47, TRACY DIAMONDS - It's No Good 19:14 HALDO, GEORGIA CEE - Clouds 19:09 DEPECHE MODE - Enjoy The Silence (Pacific State Chillout Mix) 19:06 GYSNOIZE - Loving You More 19:02 ELLIE GOULDING - Heartbeats (Cosmonaut Grechko Edit) 18:58 HEAVN - Bright Lights 18:54 DJ G.ROS, IAN CAREY - Keep On Rising 18:50 DJ A - Let Me Love You (Andreas Agiannitopoulos Remix) 18:46 DJ ANTOINE - This Time (Acoustic Mix) 18:41 DASH BERLIN, SECEDE, SARAH HOWELLS - Believe In You 18:36 DJ ARTAK SAMVEL, SONE SILVER - I Feel Your Body 18:32 DJ ELECTRA - I Feel You (Acoustic Version) 18:28 DIMA ZIMAKOV - Right back (original mix) 18:22 DIDDY, KEYSHIA COLE, B-STAR - Last Night (Slow Version) 18:19 DASH BERLIN, ROXANNE EMERY - Shelter 18:16 DIANA KRALL - California Dreamin' 18:10 DINKA - Hotel Summerville (Original Mix) 18:07 ROB NUNJES - Smells Like Teen Spirit 18:03 DJ GROOVE - So Late 18:00 DARK MATTERS, CATHY BURTON - Together (Album Mix) 17:55 DJ KODI - Love Will Tear Us Apart 17:50 DJ SHAH - Over & Over (Acoustic Mix) 17:44 ROAN PORTMAN - In Faith We Trust 17:39 RIHANNA - We Found Love (Dj Fernandez Chillout Remix) 17:28 ENVIO - Touched By The Sun (Rusch & Elusive's Chillout Mix) 17:23 ENRICO DONNER - Chicago At Sunrise 17:18 DJ MILEWS - Children 17:15 ENIGMA, SARAH BRIGHTMAN - La Mer 17:10 DJ OKAWARI - Luv Letter 17:06 ARMIN VAN BUUREN, FIORA - Waiting For The Night (Zetandel Chill Out Mix) 17:00 LEO ROJAS - Brothers 16:56 KAYLA WATERS - Black Cove 16:50 JOEL DEL ROSARIO - Coastside 16:47 DEE LUCAS - Tried and True (feat. David P. Stevens) 16:42 KEN NAVARRO - You Are Everything 16:38 ART RUPRECHT - A Good Thing 16:33 RAINFOREST BAND - One More Time 16:29 NORMAN BROWN - Just Chillin' 16:25 STEVE OLIVER - The Game Is On 16:21 3RD FORCE - Carry On 16:17 AL GOMEZ - For Sure 16:13 ROD TATE - Kool 16:09 NICHOLAS COLE - The Weekend 16:05 NILS - Two Of A Kind 16:00 KOOL&KLEAN - Dream Weaver 15:59 PETER WHITE - Excusez 15:55 JAY KING - Opened Up My Heart 15:51 BE'NE MUSIC - Gold Finger 15:46 AMANDUS - Hey Man 15:42 DONN BYNUM - Mercy Mercy Me (feat. Lew Laing Jr.) 15:38 PAUL JACKSON JR. - Walkin' 15:34 ROBERT HARRIS - Forever Yours 15:31 ADRIAN CRUTCHFIELD - Now I See 15:26 DARREN MOTAMEDY - 50 Shades of Cool 15:23 BRANDON WILLIS - In The House 15:18 CHIELI MINUCCI - Big Sky Country 15:13 GEORGE JINDA - Deep as The Night 15:08 KEITH MASON - I Wanna Thank You 15:04 NICK COLIONNE - Let's Get Serious 15:00 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Amber Skies 14:59 VINCENT INGALA - Aftermath 14:54 ROB MALETICK - Give It Back 14:50 WAKANA - SilK 14:46 RANDY SCOTT - Make Me Over 14:41 OLI SILK - Ahead of the Weather 14:38 PETER HEROLD - Heartbeat 14:34 BILLY EVANS - Let's Save the World 14:30 BLUEY - Back Here Again 14:25 BAKERS DOZEN - No Doubt 14:21 HERB PARTLOW - Funky Jazz 14:16 KENNY NIGHTINGALE - My Inspiration 14:13 JASON PETERSON DELAIRE - After Hours 14:09 SHAUN LABELLE - Tomorrow 14:04 EVERETTE HARP - All Jazzed Up (And Nowhere To Go) 14:00 NILS - Summer Nights 13:56 BALANCE9 - Sway 13:51 PETER WHITE - My Lucky Day 13:47 BOBBY LYLE - Living In The Flow 13:42 PIECES OF A DREAM - Just Do It! 13:39 DEAN JAMES - DJ's Groove 13:35 JS FLOYD - Foundation Funk Video Single 13:31 LIN ROUNTREE - Koolin 13:26 H ALLAN - Bam! 13:23 BENNETT B - Slipstream 13:18 ROB SABADO - Fly By 13:13 BOB BALDWIN - Every Breath Is A Gift 13:07 TOM BRAXTON - How Do I Live 13:04 J.J. SANSAVERINO - The Groove Messengers 13:00 MEKIEL REUBEN - Corey 12:58 DAVID DAVIS - If Your Girl Only Knew 12:50 DARRYL WILLIAMS - Reflections 12:45 JOHN NOVELLO - Crush 12:42 RON OTIS - Peace 12:38 JAZZ IN PINK - Smoother 12:34 GIL - Starting All Over Again 12:30 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Always 12:26 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Eddie's Groove 12:22 RICK HABANA - Table for Two 12:16 LOWELL HOPPER - You've Got to Get It (feat. G. Vernon Burrell, Jr.) 12:12 2UNES - All I Need Is You 12:08 GARY HONOR - Way Back When 12:05 PAUL BROWN - Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 12:00 JOHN E. LAWRENCE - Slow Jam 11:58 CHILLAXING JAZZ KOLLEKTION - Speak Life 11:53 NILS - Georgy Porgy 11:48 BILL MCGEE - Full Circle 11:43 PETER WHITE - Jump On It 11:38 KEITH SLATTERY - The Last Minute 11:34 RICHARD ELLIOT - You Make Me Feel Brand 11:30 MIKAEL - The Weather 11:25 KENNEY POLSON - Blessed 11:21 VINCENT IOIA - Get on It! 11:17 SONIX - Easy Street (feat. Eric Marienthal) 11:12 KIRK FISCHER - Reach into Your Heart 11:08 EDGARDO CINTRON - Nice Little Bar 11:03 CHUCK LOEB - 7th Ave South 11:00 DANIEL CHIA - Say You Will 10:56 WILL DONATO - Sax Drive (Feat. Blake Aaron) 10:51 DREAMING IN COLOUR - Waiting in Texas 10:47 DARRIUS JAMAR - Bounce Back 10:42 DOMINIC CAMARDELLA - Shine 10:38 LES SABLER - Easy Moves 10:34 NORTH 2UNES WOODALL - On the Move 10:30 BROOK ALFORD - Empire State of Mind 10:26 SAM BASSMAN JENKINS - That Moment 10:23 TONY LINDSAY - Maybe Someday 10:19 ZACH BRIDGES - Yonder 10:13 U-NAM - Cool Blue 10:09 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - City Life 10:04 ADAM HAWLEY - Party People (Feat. Jeff Lorber) 10:00 PAUL BROWN - White Sand 09:57 ALEX FALDIN - Throwback Vacations 09:53 NILS - Get On the Dance Floor 09:48 DERRICK HARVIN - This Time Around 09:43 GREGG KARUKAS - First Love 09:39 DANNY LERMAN - Summer in a Hummer 09:35 PETER WHITE - Peeto Bandito 09:31 ANDRE DELANO - Gypsy 09:27 RICHARD ELLIOT - Just A Taste 09:23 ERIC MARIENTHAL - Blue Water 09:17 FOURPLAY - Esprit de Four 09:12 JEREMY HECTOR - Islander 09:08 DAVE BRADSHAW JR. - Moon And Stars 09:04 BEN TANKARD - Unlisted Number 09:00 FREDDIE FOX - Smooth 08:58 ANDREY CHMUT - Don't Loose The Faith 08:54 GARY MEGGS - Cuban Nights 08:50 DEMETRIUS NABORS - Get on the Floor 08:45 GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH - Presence of Mind 08:41 JUSTIN KLUNK - Make It Real 08:36 NATE WHITE - Up Close 08:32 RONALD BOO HINKSON - How Can I 08:28 ALTHEA RENE - Let Me Love You 08:24 HANK BILAL - Sunny Days 08:21 BONEY JAMES - Full Effect 08:16 MOTOWN MOE - Shades of Funk (feat. Chris Campbell) 08:13 FRANK SUTTON - Brighter Days Ahead 08:09 STEVE WATSON - Pear Bear 08:05 CHRIS GODBER - Starting Over 08:00 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Better Days Ahead 07:57 PAUL BROWN - Makes Me Feel So Good 07:49 NILS - Malibu 07:45 SOLEX - Full Moon 07:42 GREGG KARUKAS - Elegant Nights 07:37 UNDER THE LAKE - Another Mothers Day 07:32 PETER WHITE - Smooth Sailing 07:29 CHRIS 'BIG DOG' DAVIS - Silver Street 07:25 RICHARD ELLIOT - Bring It! 07:21 PHILLIP DOC MARTIN - Her Touch 07:16 BILLYRAY SHEPPARD - Heels And Pearls 07:12 KIRK WHALUM - The Wave 07:08 WADE C. LONG - Mr. Jones 07:04 ROCCO VENTRELLA - Say Goodbye 07:00 DAVID PETROSYAN - Midnight Groove 06:58 LOUIE FITZGERALD - Livin' on the Edge 06:53 GERRY SMOOTH - Sweet Delight 06:48 EARL KLUGH - Doin' It 06:43 MARQUEAL JORDAN - Elevation 06:38 MARC ANTOINE - Forever 06:34 JAMHUNTERS - Room for Milk 06:29 GINO ROSARIA - Gentle Touch 06:24 GARY MEEK - For a Long Time 06:20 HIROSHIMA - Someday Soon 06:16 JAKOB MAGNUSSON - Karlsson's Arrival 06:12 JAREZ - Slow Motion 06:08 KEITH ANDREW - Little Sierra 06:04 KEN POWE - College Hills 06:00 YULARA - Lights Of Ayodhya 05:59 GHOST JAZZ TRIO BAND - Sun Tides 05:55 SLIM GAMBILL - Boom 05:50 PAUL BROWN - Notorious 05:46 NILS - Life is What You Make It 05:43 SONNY EMORY - You Don't Have to Cry 05:38 GREGG KARUKAS - Two Hearts Make One 05:33 EJAZZ ARTISTRY - To Love You More 05:29 PETER WHITE - You Are Everything 05:24 JEFFERY SMITH - Summers Melody 05:19 RICHARD ELLIOT - Golden Triangle 05:13 DONALD HAYES - Can't Help It 05:08 DWIGHT SIRLS - Time 05:05 DIDIER LABOSSIERE - Soarin' 05:00 JULIAN VAUGHN - Waymans Way 04:59 SKINNY HIGHTOWER - Bittersweet 04:55 TIM BOWMAN - Glory to Glory 04:51 SHAWN RAIFORD - It Feels so Nice 04:47 SPECIAL EFX - Lavish 04:44 MICHAEL ROSS - We Slept in the Rain 04:40 EARNEST WALKER JR - Chandelle Drive 04:36 FOSTINA DIXON - More 04:31 NOTEWORTHY BAND - Sweet Breeze 04:27 MAX HIGHSTEIN - The Ship Hail Mary 04:21 MICHAEL MANSON - Groovin Tonight 04:17 ILYA SEROV - Ironic 04:13 MARK R. HARRIS - Setting It Straight (feat. Ignacio Nunez & Daniele Silvestri) 04:09 DARREN RAHN - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me 04:05 SPONTANEOUS GROOVIN' COMBUSTION - Kickin' It (Remastered) 04:00 AVENUE BLUE - Just Goodbye (feat. Jeff Golub) 03:56 PEET PROJECT - Sunday at the Spa 03:51 GARY METZ - Summer Night Jam 03:47 VINCENT INGALA - If I Could Fly 03:43 PAUL BROWN - Tequila Moon 03:39 NILS - Detroit Strut 03:33 GREGG KARUKAS - I Mean What I Said 03:29 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - Love Is All There Is 03:25 PETER WHITE - Let's Stay Together 03:19 JAMES SAXSMO GATES - Airwaves (feat. Fabian Lance & Carl Lester 03:15 RICHARD ELLIOT - Q.T. 03:11 ELAN TROTMAN - Lay Back and Ride (feat. Nephrok! & Tyrone Chase Jr.) 03:07 BRETTINA - Bop Baiye 03:04 CHAZZY GREEN - Because of You 03:00 GARY PALMER - Chicago by Morning 02:56 CAL HARRIS JR., JEFF LORBER - The Neighborhood 02:52 EVAN CARYDAKIS - Groove House 02:48 J. WHITE - Believe 02:43 RON NING - Grasshopper 02:40 SLOW - You Move Me 02:35 CAL HARRIS JR., TED BELLEDIN - Bella Nova 02:31 PAUL TAYLOR - Polaris 02:27 POP'N BOSSA - When I Was Your Man 02:24 LE JAZZ COLLAB - On the Tap 02:21 MARION MEADOWS - Carousel 02:17 CAL HARRIS JR. - Endless Summer 02:13 LISA ADDEO - High Heels 02:08 GTF - Autumn Rain 02:04 JOE MCBRIDE, THE TEXAS RHYTHM CLUB - Gentle Rain 02:00 MARK ETHEREDGE - Rain 01:57 ERIC DARIUS - Back To You 01:54 JEANETTE HARRIS - Oh So Good 01:50 MARCIN NOWAKOWSKI - Sensual 01:46 DAVE KOZ - A New Day 01:42 JODY MAYFIELD - Strawberry Sunday (feat. Walter Beasley) 01:38 PAUL BROWN - In The Shadows 01:34 NILS - Spin Cycle 01:30 VINCENT INGALA - Shadow Dancer 01:27 GREGG KARUKAS - Fly Away (Thinking of You) 01:22 CHILLAXONIC - Other Side Of Jupiter 01:17 PETER WHITE - Boulevard 01:12 RICHARD ELLIOT - Mango Tango 01:08 ELAN TROTMAN - Passport to Paradise 01:04 AL DEGREGORIS - People Power 01:00 ROB TARDIK - Flip Flop 00:58 ATTILA ZAVODI - River Waves 00:53 QUINTIN GERARD W. - Cleared for Takeoff 00:48 EUGE GROOVE - Just My Imagination 00:44 JOY RIDE - What's Up 00:41 VASSAL BENFORD - Ba De Da 00:37 TONY MOMRELLE - We Can Have It All 00:32 SOFT JAZZ SEXY MUSIC BAND - Leonardo's Saxophone 00:28 VANN BURCHFIELD - Freedom 00:23 WALTER BEASLEY - My Name Is Love 00:18 WARREN HILL - Daydreamer 00:14 RICHARD SMITH - First Kiss 00:10 DAVID BENOIT - Rejoyce 00:04 MARCOS ARIEL - Green Eyes 00:00 JOYCE COOLING - Before Dawn

“I will embark upon the journey of the recovering warrior, just like in the boxing movies.” — Christopher J. Yates, Black Chalk

The funny thing is I act like my taste in books is mysterious, sophisticated and cultured when the truth is all it takes is a group of nerdy college or boarding school kids who are obsessively devoted to their studies beyond the point of violence and are unsurprisingly queer (at least 2/3 of them anyway) for me to develop an obsession.

She’s obviously not read any Deb Harkness

Grist Mill Road

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Title: Grist Mill Road Author: Christopher J. Yates Genre: thriller I’m reading a really dense book right now and needed something a bit lighter. Not sure mystery/thriller books are technically lighter, but they are quick reads and I don’t have to focus as much on them. This one has been on my TBR for awhile, although I knew nothing about it. I have to say this one was just okay for me. The…

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As a child, aged twelve perhaps, I began to regard Jane Austen as my mother and Charles Dickens as my father.  These were the only two constants in my life, the only two people to whom I gave my unconditional love.  Austen and Dickens whispered bedtime stories to me, made me laugh, taught me all about life.  And soon came three sisters: Anne, Charlotte, and Emily.  This was my family and between them they couldn't do anything wrong.  I loved them for their words as others love, without question, for blood or lust or family ties.  As I got older I unearthed thrilling aunts and uncles.  Greene, Nabokov, Woolf, Updike.  Each would come to visit with fascinating tales from worlds a million miles away.  And they too earned my love, my adoration.  Here was a family I could choose, not the other way round.  I read and I read and I loved.

Christopher J. Yates, Black Chalk