Lizzie Hexam, Author at Starlight and Saucepans

Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 41-50 (or In Which I Am Surprised by Something HAPPY Happening For Once & I Gush Over Mr. Dick)

Well, we're back! Part 5 of my reading David Copperfield: chapters 41-50. (We've passed the half-way mark!) As usual, be prepared for lots of spoilers and strong emotions. You can find my other Reading David Copperfield installments here: Chapters 1-10,…

By Lizzie Hexam April 19, 2024Bookishness2 Comments

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Inklings // April 2024

Heidi at Along the Brandywine is hosting an Inklings link-up for April! Check out her post for the rules to link up. The subject for April is a scene with a cake in book or film. Pretty much immediately on…

By Lizzie Hexam April 12, 2024Bookishness16 Comments

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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 31-40 (or In Which I Come to Properly Appreciate Agnes Wickfield)

I have slipped a little behind in posting my David Copperfield series (as in, I finished reading the entire book nearly two weeks ago at this point), but better late than never, what? So here is part 4 of my…

By Lizzie Hexam April 5, 2024Bookishness4 Comments

Easter painting of the women finding the empty tomb

Spiritual Life

Happy Easter!

I don't just wish you a happy Easter; I wish you a deeply joyful Easter, an Easter whose meaning soaks into your innermost consciousness and which envelops every part of you - physical, mental, and spiritual. Worship the Lord in…

By Lizzie Hexam March 31, 2024Spiritual Life8 Comments

Quote from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday: "Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and He has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and Hell trembles with fear."

Spiritual Life

Short Ramblings on Holy Saturday

In December I think, "You know, Christmas really is my favorite time of year." And now, as we approach the Triduum, I'm saying, "Um...actually...you know what...I think this is my favorite time of year." I love Holy Week. I love…

By Lizzie Hexam March 27, 2024Spiritual Life9 Comments

Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Reginald Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster

Period Dramas

A Favorite Jeeves and Wooster Episode: “Introduction on Broadway”

The 1990-1993 TV show of Jeeves and Wooster is widely considered to be the best adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's original stories to date. It's also a highly-regarded show on its own right, apart from its status as an adaptation -…

By Lizzie Hexam March 22, 2024Period Dramas16 Comments

Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis book cover

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Ramblings on Out of the Silent Planet

The lovely Maidens of Green Gables are hosting a Faith Filled Fiction Blog Party - do hop over and check it out! As you may have deduced from the post title, I have decided to write about Out of the…

By Lizzie Hexam March 15, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life14 Comments

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis book cover

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Heaven and Hell in The Great Divorce

Today's blog post was slotted to be something quite different (its elegant title in draft was "First Drafts & Writer's Block & Snippets"), but then I stumbled upon the Grim Writer's Remember, O Thou Man Lent link-up...and that put an…

By Lizzie Hexam March 8, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life11 Comments

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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 21-30 (or In Which I Devote Much Time to Yelling in Frustration at David)

This poor little series has been pushed aside in the past few weeks (and probably will continue to be neglected for some weeks more, since I have quite a few posts in the works), but here is part 3 of…

By Lizzie Hexam February 29, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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A Half-Hearted Defense of Henry and Mary Crawford

Shall I shock you all and confess that there was a point in my first perusal of Mansfield Park in which I was really hoping Fanny would end up with Henry Crawford? While Jane Austen has plenty of interesting villains,…

By Lizzie Hexam February 21, 2024Bookishness12 Comments