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My Favorite Movie Version of Every Jane Austen Novel (almost)

I enjoy watching Jane Austen movies, and I enjoy watching multiple adaptations of the same story. Put these two things together, and over the years I have watched quite a few adaptations of Jane Austen's books. As is darkly hinted…

By Lizzie Hexam February 13, 2026Period Dramas14 Comments

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2025 Year in Review: Movies

Happy still-pretty-new year! As promised, here I am with the movies edition of my 2025 year in review (and I'm only posting it a few days later than I said I would. Wonders never cease). I didn't watch many new…

By Lizzie Hexam January 6, 2026Period Dramas, Vintage-ness25 Comments

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Bleak House (2005) Review

I should start this review off with a confession. Although I didn't love every single thing about the 2005 Bleak House, and although it drove me to say more than once (though not often) that stinging indictment "that's not how…

By Lizzie Hexam September 15, 2025Period Dramas17 Comments

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Inklings // July 2025 (The Court Jester)

The prompt for July's Inklings (check out Heidi's post here for details on linking up!) is a sword dueling scene in book or film. There are plenty of thrilling, intense sword-dueling scenes I could choose, but the first scene that…

By Lizzie Hexam August 25, 2025Period Dramas, Vintage-ness9 Comments

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Sunshine Blogger Award #4

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was tagged for some Sunshine Blogger Awards. Cecilia very kindly tagged me (thank you Cecilia!), then Liz Churchill very kindly tagged me (thank you Liz!), and then Frankie very…

By Lizzie Hexam July 16, 2025Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas21 Comments

movie poster for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

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The Return of the King (2003) Review

Hello, dear reader. How are you this fine summer afternoon? I hope you're in the mood to hear opinions about The Return of the King, since that is what I am here to provide. If you missed my reviews of…

By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2025Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

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The Two Towers (2002) Review

I reviewed The Fellowship of the Ring a little while ago, promising to return with reviews of the rest of the trilogy. So here I finally am with my review of The Two Towers. I started off my Fellowship post…

By Lizzie Hexam June 3, 2025Period Dramas12 Comments

The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 movie poster

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The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Review

A lot of people have a deep love for The Lord of the Rings movies. I unfortunately don't, and in this post I shall touch on some of my reasons for that. However, aware that these movies are special for…

By Lizzie Hexam May 3, 2025Bookishness, Period Dramas19 Comments

Period Dramas Spiritual Life

Inklings // March 2025

The prompt for the March Inklings (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene with strangers meeting / becoming acquainted. Since we are in the beginning of Holy Week, leading up to the most holy time of…

By Lizzie Hexam April 15, 2025Period Dramas, Spiritual Life3 Comments

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Inklings // February 2025

The prompt for this month's Inklings link-up (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene at the piano. This prompt just calls out for Jane Austen submissions, doesn't it? I considered trying to be different and original…

By Lizzie Hexam March 13, 2025Period Dramas9 Comments