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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

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam August 27, 2024Bookishness10 Comments

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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

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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…

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

book cover for That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

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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