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Inklings // June 2025 (The Great Divorce)

The Inklings prompt for June (see Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene with running water in book or film. Heidi already chose a (fantastic, of course) C.S. Lewis selection for this prompt, and I am…

By Lizzie Hexam July 28, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life13 Comments

book illustration from The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

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3 Cool Biblical Connections in The Chronicles of Narnia

There are a lot of 'obvious' Biblical parallels in Narnia, of course. But as well as the 'big-picture' things, there are particular Scripture passages which always remind me of a little detail or one specific passage in a Narnia book.…

By Lizzie Hexam July 7, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life14 Comments

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20 Questions Book Tag

For those of us still in some form of education, welcome back to the school year! (If you need a little encouragement for the new year, check out this old post of mine of 10 Things to Be Grateful for…

By Lizzie Hexam August 27, 2024Bookishness10 Comments

book cover for That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

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Ramblings on That Hideous Strength

I've reviewed the other two books in the Space Trilogy (here and here!) so in this post I'll finish off the series and ramble about That Hideous Strength. I must admit that That Hideous Strength is my least favorite of the…

By Lizzie Hexam July 13, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life6 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…

By Lizzie Hexam June 14, 2024Bookishness6 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…

By Lizzie Hexam May 17, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life8 Comments

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Ramblings on Out of the Silent Planet

The lovely Maidens of Green Gables are hosting a Faith Filled Fiction Blog Party - do hop over and check it out! As you may have deduced from the post title, I have decided to write about Out of the…

By Lizzie Hexam March 15, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life14 Comments

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Heaven and Hell in The Great Divorce

Today's blog post was slotted to be something quite different (its elegant title in draft was "First Drafts & Writer's Block & Snippets"), but then I stumbled upon the Grim Writer's Remember, O Thou Man Lent link-up...and that put an…

By Lizzie Hexam March 8, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life11 Comments

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A Slice of Catholic Life: Three Spiritual Reading Recommendations

Welcome to my second Slice of Catholic Life! This time around, I'm giving three spiritual reading recommendations that have been especially helpful to me in my spiritual life. (Oh, and of course, the Bible is a given. Everybody should read…

By Lizzie Hexam October 1, 2023Spiritual LifeNo Comments