Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

The costumes in One Night with the King  are stunning, particularly those of Hadassah (or Esther, whichever you prefer).  She actually wears so many different outfits that I'm picking my top five for the sake of conciseness. So here we go!:D The Royal Blue dress: Gorgeous.  It sort of reflects the passion and sadness of the scene.   The Rosebud dress: Don't you dare laugh at my title;)  So anyways, the gown.  A little pink, perhaps, but beautiful.  (By the by, I aDORE all of Hadassah's headdresses!) The Multi-colored dress: Okay, to be fair, it's difficult to come up with good titles for these dresses!xD  This is the dress Hadassah wears when she receives the news of the plot to assassinate Xerxes, if I am correct, and I love it.  This actress can really pull off any outfit, it seems. The Reading dress: You can't see it very well in this picture, but this is a very pretty dress.  I love t...

"For I saw very well that I could not have been intended to die, or I should never have lived; not to say should never have been reserved for such a happy life." ~ Bleak House , Chapter 36 Charles Dickens is not my favorite author.  'T'is just a fact.  Naturally, I love his conclusion to A Tale of Two Cities  (makes me sob), but having read that book and a part of Little Dorrit , as well as seen adaptations of LD and A Christmas Carol , I'm simply not a huge fan.  That isn't to say I don't think he's an amazing author, he just isn't my favorite.  There are reasons for that, but I shan't go into them now.  Suffice it to say that when I started reading BH (Bleak House) on Goodreads, I didn't expect to finish it.  I was fairly convinced that I would find it yet another dark tale that would weigh me down until I reached the far-off ending, and to be frank I didn't want to have to sacrifice hours and hours in the dark to get to a ...

My dears,  a Rumor floated around some months ago that Anthony Andrews (he who stole our hearts as the elusive Pimpernel) has "recreated" the role of 'Enry 'Iggins from My Fair Lady .  The Rumor states that Anthony Andrews' portrayal has, as one descriptor put it, "blown Rex Harrison's out of the water." Um. Darlings. *cue the Queen's voice from Mirror Mirror *  There's no such thing.  Anythony Andrews couldn't have outdone Rex Harrison's Higgins because that's simply humanly impossible. I missed the broadcast of A.A.'s MFL , but I have listened to a bit of Andrews' performance, and...I remain as staunch in my belief as ever.  Remind me exactly why  we prefer his portrayal to Rex Harrison's?   While I'm sure Anthony Andrews was delightful as Higgins (I personally didn't enjoy what I heard that much, but...as you've noticed, I'm somewhat biased:D), Rex Harrison, to me at least, took Higgi...

This book is odd.  Not in a bad way, necessarily, but still odd.  When I first bought it, I skimmed through it and didn't find it that interesting.  But a while ago, being sick and rather bored, I picked it up again and discovered that it's a perfect sick-day read. Which is strange, since it's not a very happy story, and not even one of my favorites at that.  Definitely the grimmest L.M. Montgomery story premise I've read, the novel starts out "drab and colorless," with the account of Valancy Stirling's woes.   Now, frankly, I wasn't crazy about Valancy.  I felt she wallowed in self-pity too much and was downright rude when she decided to "break free."  Admittedly, her family was oppressive and clearly messed up in many ways, but that didn't excuse some of her remarks.  I mean, honestly, telling an aunt that you can give her the address of a beauty parlor that could reduce the number of her chins?  That's just cruel.  And y...

Well, peeps, I finally did it.  I can now say that I have read  The Lord of the Rings trilogy!  *confetti and general fanfare* (With the exception, of course, of the appendices in TROTK.  But I do plan to read those.  Soon.) How does it feel to have finished it?  How do you take up the threads of an old life?;)  More importantly, how do you even begin to blog about it?  The simple answer is, I don't know, to all questions.  Since it's still sinking in that I've actually finished what seemed to be such a huge undertaking, I'm what you might call shell-shocked.  Joyfully shell-shocked, but nonetheless. So, what was my final opinion? ;D Seriously though, did I learn a heck of a lot more about Middle-earth?  Of course. Did opinions on certain characters change?  A little.  Were old loves strengthened?  Ooh, boy oh boy, just you wait;)  Did I like certain characters less  in the trilogy? ...

Yes…indeed they are:) (Shameless plug for The Book Thief , because I just finished reading it and you need to obtain a copy as soon as is humanly possible.  But, ahem, more on that later.) As I am having trouble finding inspiration for a post, I thought I'd just let whoever happens to be reading this have a peek at my reading aspirations for the summer.   I'll admit, I haven't been able to plow through all the books I have planned as quickly as I thought I would.  I suppose I read more slowly than I used to (can't think why…), in addition to the longer books, and all the other *ahem* pressing demands on my time in the summer *cough* like Leverage and movie nights and the ongoing obsession with LotR *cough* . But anyway, here's just a little glimpse at what I've already completed this summer (and my thoughts thereon), and what I hope to complete before school starts back up.  (Note:  This list will be shortened considerably, for reason's sake:D) ...

I've happened upon a new idea for a blog series, that I'm planning on keeping in the back of my mind for those times when I'm suffering for a good post idea.  In this new series, I will pick a movie character whose wardrobe I particularly enjoy or think interesting, and I'll devote a blog post to the analyzation of each character's wardrobe.  Sound fun?  Alrighty then, let's get started!:D First on the list to be examined is Arwen Undomiel, who, aside from being my favorite female character in The Lord of the Rings , also possesses my favorite movie wardrobe.  I'm making this up as I go along, but I suppose I shall just jump into examining Arwen's dresses. #1:  The White Dress Pictures for this one were kind of hard to find, so…I do apologize:-/  This dress is beautiful and simple, folds of white cloth draped tastefully, accessorized by a gorgeous necklace;) This outfit is very soft and lovely and is very well-suited to the scene...