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Life According to Literature Tag

Good morning...that is to say, what-ho! Snooping about other people's blog archives, I found this very fun-looking little thingamajig, the Life According to Literature tag. I don't know if it's still a Thing in any way, shape or form, since…

By Lizzie Hexam December 7, 2023Bookishness2 Comments

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North and South Book Review

If you so much as gingerly step into the outskirts of the period drama world, you're bound to hear about North and South. I wanted to see the mini-series, but I wanted to read the book first because That's What…

By Lizzie Hexam November 18, 2023Bookishness2 Comments

Bookishness Spiritual Life

Mini Book Reviews: All Saints’ Day

Last Wednesday was All Saints' Day. It seems fitting, therefore, to do a saint-related post, so I've decided to do mini-book reviews for the saint-related books I've read this year. (Would it have been even more fitting to put this…

By Lizzie Hexam November 3, 2023Bookishness, Spiritual LifeNo Comments

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Sense and Sensibility Dream Cast

This is the project, darkly hinted at in my last post, that I have spent so much time and effort on: a Sense and Sensibility dream cast. I know, I know, we already have two good versions of S&S, and…

By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Bookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments

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Bleak House Book Review

I just finished Bleak House. It took me quite a while to read, because for about 75% of the book I was Not Terribly Invested. (The last 25%, however, was a different story (figuratively).) Since my thoughts on Bleak House…

By Lizzie Hexam September 22, 2023BookishnessNo Comments

Bookishness Miscellaneous

10 Things to Be Grateful For As You Start a New School Year

For those of us for whom the end of summer means the start of school, whether that be high school, college, graduate school, etc., getting back to the grindstone can feel like a bit of a let-down. There's always a…

By Lizzie Hexam August 22, 2023Bookishness, MiscellaneousNo Comments

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Ten Sentence Prompts to Get Your Writing Juices Flowing

"I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose." - P.G. Wodehouse (P.G. Wodehouse, by the way, is a bloke who wrote over ninety books. The word…

By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2023BookishnessNo Comments

Bookishness Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade…

I did not have the foresight to prepare a post for this occasion, so this will be exceedingly short. I merely wish to bring to your attention the fact that today is Barricade Day, the day of the June Rebellion…

By Lizzie Hexam June 6, 2023Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas2 Comments

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Defending Javert

I've seen plenty of "Defending Ms. So-and-so" and "Defending Mr. Thingum" posts about, but I don't believe I've yet seen one defending Javert. I feel that I've noticed, as a rule, that the further one gets swallowed into the Les…

By Lizzie Hexam May 16, 2023Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

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10 Book Recommendations for a Rainy Day

I can think of fewer things cozier than curling up on the couch on a rainy day and reading a good book, a hot drink by your elbow. Sadly, one's duties do not usually stall on rainy days, and one…

By Lizzie Hexam May 9, 2023Bookishness4 Comments