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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

Pride and Prejudice 1995 vs. 2005 Comparison

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Pride and Prejudice Comparison: 1995 vs. 2005

Before I was in the position to compare the 1995 and 2005 versions of Pride and Prejudice for myself, I had seen quite a lot of what people had to say regarding them. The overall impression I got was that…

By Lizzie Hexam April 25, 2023Bookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments

The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien book cover

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Thoughts on Re-reading The Lord of the Rings

It had been some years since I actually sat down and read The Lord of the Rings, so I recently decided to re-read it. I got more sucked in than I thought I would (I ended up reading The Return…

By Lizzie Hexam March 21, 2023Bookishness2 Comments

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Character Comparison: Lizzie Hexam and Amy Dorrit

Lizzie Hexam and Amy Dorrit are heroines from Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend and his Little Dorrit, respectively. If you've read both these books, you may have noticed that there are a number of similarities between these two characters. (WARNING:…

By Lizzie Hexam November 18, 2022BookishnessNo Comments