Bookishness Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Starlight and Saucepans

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam August 10, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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…

By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam July 13, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life6 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam June 21, 2024Bookishness12 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam June 14, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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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:…

By Lizzie Hexam May 24, 2024Bookishness8 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam May 17, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life8 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam May 10, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam May 3, 2024Bookishness4 Comments

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Short Ramblings on First Drafts (& Snippets)

Wow...writing is one of my Things, enough of a Thing that I mention it in my About Me section and everything, and how many blog posts have I written about writing? One. One measly little blog post. So today I'll…

By Lizzie Hexam April 26, 2024Bookishness14 Comments