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9 min read 2023-03-03 18:00:42

Louise Freeman — Strike Series Ranking

I decided to do my Strike book rankings in a Dance Moms-style pyramid, because, for me, there is one clear favorite, two great second tiers, and then

7 min read 2023-02-05 04:03:40

Now that we are getting some Twitter header hints, speculation about the contents of The Running Grave has begun in earnest. The two Norfolk

10 min read 2022-11-26 16:38:31

As the first flush of excitement after the publication of Ink Black Heart has passed, many serious readers are now on to our first (or more!)

9 min read 2022-11-17 23:58:25

In a conversation about Cormac Jone’s ‘The Cosmic Chiasmus’ this morning, I recalled that I wrote up an annotated bibliography for ring

4 min read 2022-11-12 21:50:33

An Orthodox Christian man in Texas with whom I correspond sent me a link to Cormac Jones’ ‘The Cosmic Chiasmus’ yesterday. His note did not

8 min read 2022-09-21 00:26:55

I am beginning to write up the notes I jotted down in Utah earlier this month about the structure of Ink Black Heart. My premise for this work, as

2 min read 2022-09-17 23:21:17

@jk_rowling I’m so curious as to whether you’re deliberately creating parallels between the Potter books and the Strike books?

8 min read 2022-09-16 18:00:43

Hours after it came out, I started on Ink Black Heart. I wanted to read it slowly so that I had adequate opportunity to test, theorize, and predict,

2 min read 2022-09-15 12:46:58

Image courtesy of ‘The Rowling Library’ The feature story in this month’s Rowling Library pdf is ‘The Ink Black Prince: Connections

14 min read 2022-07-09 13:15:37

This is the last, at least for now, of my Pentagram Predictions Posts. As I started in the introduction to this series, this model has a serious

3 min read 2022-07-06 18:00:58

Under the Pentagram model, the stars that Talbot scrawled frantically on his notes are a clue not just for Strike and Robin but for the readers,

4 min read 2022-07-05 18:00:07

Several days ago I floated a new idea on this side: 5-6 Flip, the possibility that Troubled Blood was originally intended as the sixth book in the

8 min read 2022-07-02 22:42:56

Cover reveal! The Ink Black Heart, out on 30th August 2022 pic.twitter.com/dhmVqDrOo3 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2022 Two days ago,

13 min read 2022-06-30 19:29:02

This morning we finally have the cover for The Ink Black Heart, complete with a plot teaser from the publisher. A few hours earlier than expected,

16 min read 2022-06-20 06:34:05

I am a scientist by training and profession, whether I am teaching behavioral neuroscience, designing treatment plans for special needs children, or