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Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans! (And please do be happy if you're not American, too. Celebrating one's national holiday is not a prerequisite for being happy.) Today is the day to remember just how much we love this country…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 4, 2024Posted inMiscellaneous4 Comments
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Our Mutual Friend (1998) Review

I think I was thirteen when I first read Our Mutual Friend, and I fell head-over-heels in love with it. When I first heard there was a mini-series of it, I had no interest in seeing it. They thought they…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 29, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas5 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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 21, 2024Posted inBookishness12 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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 14, 2024Posted inBookishness6 Comments
Amanda Seyfried as Cosette in Les Miserables
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Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables

Audio version of "Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables" is available here. The sad fact is that I am not the Les Misérables nerd that I was four years ago. (I apologize. We all have our flaws, you know.)…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 6, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas12 Comments
movie poster for Saving Mr. Banks 2013
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Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Review

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - otherwise known as back in January in my post on new-to-me movies of 2023 - I mentioned that I wanted to do a review of Saving Mr. Banks. Since…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 31, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas4 Comments
David Copperfield: Chapters 61-64
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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:…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 24, 2024Posted inBookishness8 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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 17, 2024Posted inBookishness, Spiritual Life8 Comments
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Inklings // May 2024

The subject for the May Inklings link-up (see Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene with a pearl necklace in book or film. Of course, my brain being the uncooperative thing it is, the first pearl…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 10, 2024Posted inBookishness6 Comments
David Copperfield Chapters 51-60
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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 51-60 (or In Which Things Are Really Depressing)

What ho, what ho! We're back once again for the second to last installment of my reading David Copperfield: Chapters 51-60. (This is a long book, my friends. In case you were wondering.) You can read my other Reading David…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 3, 2024Posted inBookishness4 Comments

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