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20 Questions Book Tag
For those of us still in some form of education, welcome back to the school year! (If you need a little encouragement for the new year, check out this old post of mine of 10 Things to Be Grateful for…
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Of Tea and Idiots and Ominous Crashes (aka Story Snippets)
I fear that my last few posts - including this one - have been a little on the slapdash side. I apologize. I do have an actual substantive post in the works, which I should be posting by the end…
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10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer
Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…
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Ramblings on That Hideous Strength
I've reviewed the other two books in the Space Trilogy (here and here!) so in this post I'll finish off the series and ramble about That Hideous Strength. I must admit that That Hideous Strength is my least favorite of the…
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Beautiful People: Pauline Gantley
Audio version of "Beautiful People: Pauline Gantley" is available here. A little while ago I did a ramblish post regarding first drafts and writer's block. I mentioned a project of mine (known henceforth as Pauline Story Take 3), and the…
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Inklings // June 2024
Listen to the audio for "Inklings // June 2024" here. The subject for the June Inklings link-up (see Heidi’s post here for rules to link up!) is an archery scene in book or film. I've chosen a scene from Prince Caspian…
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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 61-64 & Concluding Thoughts
And here we finally are, with my last installment of my reading David Copperfield: Chapters 61-64! And some concluding thoughts on the book as a whole. (Here are the other posts in this series, if you missed any of 'em:…
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Musings on Perelandra
A little while ago I did a post featuring random musings on Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. I had a very sweet request to write about the rest of the Space Trilogy, so here I am with…
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Inklings // May 2024
The subject for the May Inklings link-up (see Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene with a pearl necklace in book or film. Of course, my brain being the uncooperative thing it is, the first pearl…
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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 51-60 (or In Which Things Are Really Depressing)
What ho, what ho! We're back once again for the second to last installment of my reading David Copperfield: Chapters 51-60. (This is a long book, my friends. In case you were wondering.) You can read my other Reading David…