Books, movies, and writing. You know, the good stuff.
Merry Almost Christmas, lads and lasses! *passes around eggnog* (which I actually have never tasted in my life but whatevsssssssssssss) The mighty Rachel @Hamlette's Soliloquy came up with a delightful movie tag based on the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and since that's one of my all-time favorite Christmas carols, I figured, why not... Continue Reading →
Quick! Name a story with an all-male cast! [For the sake of argument, I'm defining this as "a story where no woman has a significant speaking part or affects the plot in any meaningful way." Women can be present, but, like, in the background.] Have you thought of any? Because I've thought of a whole... Continue Reading →
Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel, so here I am at last, with a long-overdue Rant™ about it!! Fun times!!! You've been waiting for this day for simply ages!!! *groans from the audience* Okay, here's the thing. We know the story, right? Anne Elliot falls in love with a hot Navy guy when she's... Continue Reading →
Buckle up, lads . . . it's time to talk about Tolkien!!! (Yes, I am aware that I do this a rather lot. 😛 ) What brought on this PARTICULAR bout of Tolkien musing, you might ask? Well, it's pretty simple. People be out here tellin' me you need to read Tolkien if you want... Continue Reading →
The mighty Rachel @Hamlette's Soliloquy (you don't mind being called 'mighty,' I hope, Rachel? 😉 #nod to Thor) recently included me in the Five Songs + Five Characters Tag. I may or may not have sQUEALED WITH DELIGHT when she did so: because associating songs with fictional characters is basically my life's work, and I... Continue Reading →
This tag came courtesy of my awesome pal Eva @Coffee, Classics, and Craziness . . . and, it's all about books. Ergo, I'm doing it. 😀 Eva's Seven Questions What's the first book you can remember reading? A children's study Bible that we had in the house. I was five, I think. I remember painstakingly... Continue Reading →
First things first: Have you seen the new Rise of Skywalker trailer? Well. Now you have. Being an avid Star Wars fangirl, I (of course) have Thoughts™ kicking around in my brain after watching that. Which I'd like to share with you. Pleeze be advised that many of said thoughts are not favorable to Kylo... Continue Reading →
Greetings and salutations, nerds and bookworms! There's a blog party about classic literature going on right now at Rebellious Writing, and the loverly Olivia @Meanwhile in Rivendell tagged me . . . so, here we are! The Tag Questions 1. What is one classic that hasn't been made into a movie yet, but really needs... Continue Reading →
Howdy! I've been absent most of this month, and I apologize, but there's a very good reason why . . . I was at Realm Makers!!!! For those of you who don't know, Realm Makers is a yearly speculative fiction [fantasy/sci-fi] writers' conference, held each July. For those of you who do know, because you... Continue Reading →
