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Inklings // April 2025
(My Two Towers post is in the works, really and truly it is. I hope to get it up next week. (I'm telling you that because there's a faint hope that saying it will make it more likely to happen.))…
Posted inBookishness Period Dramas
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Review
A lot of people have a deep love for The Lord of the Rings movies. I unfortunately don't, and in this post I shall touch on some of my reasons for that. However, aware that these movies are special for…
Posted inBookishness Spiritual Life
“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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Posted inBookishness 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…
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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…