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Inklings // October 2024
I'm a little on the late-ish side, but here I am for the October Inklings link-up! The prompt for this month (check out the rules for linking up here) is a scene by a lake in book or film. I've…
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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.)…
Posted inMiscellaneous 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…
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Two Year Blogiversary (and an important question for readers)
Starlight and Saucepans has been gracing us with its presence for longer than you might think (certainly longer than I would have thought) - start the applause, because today is my two year blogiversary! (I shan't ramble for long, but…
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” (beware ✨aesthetics✨ ahead)
I wanted a post celebrating the beautiful season that is autumn, and eventually I hit on the idea of autumn-themed period drama mood boards. Part of the credit for this inspiration goes to a random denizen of the Internet who…
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Highlights from Khraniteli (Soviet Fellowship of the Ring)
Where The Lord of the Rings are concerned, I'm more of a by-the-books kind of girl. But there is one film version I would like to highlight for you all today for Tolkien Week (check out Hamlette's post here to…
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Tolkien Blog Party Tag
The Tolkien Blog Party has started (see Hamlette's kick-off post here!), and there's a fun tag for it. I fear my tag answers will shame me, as I'm a comparatively light-ish Tolkien fan...I've read The Hobbit and LOTR multiple times,…
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Inklings // September 2024
What ho, readers all! The Inklings prompt for September (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene in a kitchen in book or film. I've decided to share the scene near the very beginning of Eight Cousins…
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Sunshine Blogger Award #2
The lovely Astrya of Inkling Corner has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! (Awfully obliged, Astrya!) First things first I'll let you know the rules, so you can chastise me if you catch me breaking them. 1. Display the…
Posted inPeriod Dramas
Emma (1997) Review
(Please note that this Emma really originally came out in 1996, but to differentiate it from the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which I reviewed here), and because it wasn't released in the US until 1997, I'm referring to it as the…