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The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 movie poster

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 Dramas14 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

movie cover for The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019

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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Review

Last year I read David Copperfield for the first time, and I laughed, I cried, it moved me, Bob. (You can read a blow-by-blow of my thoughts on each chapter if you want. *waves hand in direction of David Copperfield…

By Lizzie Hexam February 25, 2025Period Dramas9 Comments

picture of fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof

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Fiddler on the Roof and What Makes a Good Movie Musical

In my humble opinion, it's very hard to make a good movie musical. Musicals and movies are two wonderful ways of telling stories, but I would consider them to be pretty nearly diametrically opposed means of storytelling. Musicals are inherently…

By Lizzie Hexam February 13, 2025Period Dramas28 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas

We Love Musicals Week Tag

We Love Musicals Week is starting today over at Hamlette's Soliloquy! I'm hoping to get a post up for that later this week, but in the meantime I decided to fill out this fun-looking We Love Musicals Week tag. 1. …

By Lizzie Hexam February 10, 2025Miscellaneous, Period Dramas10 Comments

Period Dramas Spiritual Life Vintage-ness

2024 Year in Review: Movies

I hope you're been having a marvelous 2025! Here I am to make it even better by blabbing about movies to you. You're welcome. This seems to have been The Year of the Animated Movie for me, since towards the…

By Lizzie Hexam January 4, 2025Period Dramas, Spiritual Life, Vintage-ness4 Comments

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Inklings // December 2024 (Christmas Edition!)

A very merry and wondrous Christmas Day to all of you! This seems like a highly appropriate time to share my post for the Inklings link-up (see the rules to link up here!), as the December prompt is (fittingly) a…

By Lizzie Hexam December 25, 2024Period Dramas8 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Period Drama Match It Game Answers

(If you still would like to play this period drama match it game, by the way, it's not too late! Just hop back over to this post and play it now before you check out the answers in this post.)…

By Lizzie Hexam November 7, 2024Miscellaneous, Period Dramas4 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Period Drama Match It Game

Here is the long anticipated, long awaited, breathtakingly wondrous period drama screencap and quote match-it game I mentioned last week. I'm so excited to try this out with you! Firstly, the rules. To play, leave a comment matching as many…

By Lizzie Hexam October 24, 2024Miscellaneous, Period Dramas22 Comments