Bookishness Archives - Starlight and Saucepans

ceramic rabbit sitting on top of a stack of books

“It will be an inducement to her to read more herself. … She means it, I know.”

...or in which Lizzie rambles about books she wants to read, because Lack of Time In General also means Lack of Time to Write Actual Intelligent Blog Posts, and this will be quick and fun to write (and hopefully at…

By Lizzie Hexam April 5, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life15 Comments

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Inklings // January 2025

Happy February, my peeps! To celebrate the start of a new month, let's post an Inklings...from last month. The Inklings link-up for January (check out Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene at sunrise. I've been…

By Lizzie Hexam February 1, 2025Bookishness14 Comments

Bookishness Miscellaneous

“There was now a glittering wall of icicles, as if the side of the dam had been covered all over with flowers and wreaths and festoons of the purest sugar.”

Last autumn I made a post with seasonal moodboards and aesthetics for various stories, and I thought it might be rather fun to continue the series and do a winter moodboards post as well. (I presented these as period drama…

By Lizzie Hexam January 24, 2025Bookishness, Miscellaneous18 Comments

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2024 Year in Review: Books

First things first: Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a sixth day of Christmas which is just as lovely and joyful as the first. Last year I did a review post of all the new books I had read…

By Lizzie Hexam December 30, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life20 Comments

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Beautiful People: Katinka

I haven't done a writing-themed post since...let me see...okay, about mid-August, and I haven't put up a Beautiful People questionnaire since June, so I think it's about time for another one. (You can find all the original questionnaires here!) Today's…

By Lizzie Hexam November 16, 2024Bookishness9 Comments

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Inklings // October 2024

I'm a little on the late-ish side, but here I am for the October Inklings link-up! The prompt for this month (check out the rules for linking up here) is a scene by a lake in book or film. I've…

By Lizzie Hexam November 11, 2024Bookishness4 Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” (beware ✨aesthetics✨ ahead)

I wanted a post celebrating the beautiful season that is autumn, and eventually I hit on the idea of autumn-themed period drama mood boards. Part of the credit for this inspiration goes to a random denizen of the Internet who…

By Lizzie Hexam October 4, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

cover for 1991 Khraniteli Soviet Fellowship of the Ring

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Highlights from Khraniteli (Soviet Fellowship of the Ring)

Where The Lord of the Rings are concerned, I'm more of a by-the-books kind of girl. But there is one film version I would like to highlight for you all today for Tolkien Week (check out Hamlette's post here to…

By Lizzie Hexam September 27, 2024Bookishness14 Comments

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Tolkien Blog Party Tag

The Tolkien Blog Party has started (see Hamlette's kick-off post here!), and there's a fun tag for it. I fear my tag answers will shame me, as I'm a comparatively light-ish Tolkien fan...I've read The Hobbit and LOTR multiple times,…

By Lizzie Hexam September 23, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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Inklings // September 2024

What ho, readers all! The Inklings prompt for September (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene in a kitchen in book or film. I've decided to share the scene near the very beginning of Eight Cousins…

By Lizzie Hexam September 18, 2024Bookishness2 Comments