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2025 Year in Review: Books

Happy New Year! It's become my tradition the past couple years to write a little recap of all the new-to-me books of the past year. That seems like a fine tradition to uphold, so here I am for my 2025…

By Lizzie Hexam January 1, 2026Bookishness, Spiritual Life13 Comments

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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

ceramic rabbit sitting on top of a stack of books

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“It will be an inducement to her to read more herself. … She means it, I know.”

...or in which Lizzie rambles about books she wants to read, because Lack of Time In General also means Lack of Time to Write Actual Intelligent Blog Posts, and this will be quick and fun to write (and hopefully at…

By Lizzie Hexam April 5, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life26 Comments

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis book cover

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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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Mini Book Reviews: All Saints’ Day

Last Wednesday was All Saints' Day. It seems fitting, therefore, to do a saint-related post, so I've decided to do mini-book reviews for the saint-related books I've read this year. (Would it have been even more fitting to put this…

By Lizzie Hexam November 3, 2023Bookishness, Spiritual LifeNo Comments