Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

Hi, everyone!  I thought that this might be the month that broke my posting streak, but it turns out that old goals  habits die hard, so here we are. 😉   The title is pretty self-explanatory; I thought it would be fun to match atmospheric books, movies, etc. to iconic fall-time hobbies.  (As always, use your own discretion with these; the media listed here encompass a wide variety of content levels.) source If you like hiking , try The Fellowship of the Ring ( by J.R.R. Tolkien) for the ultimate autumnal quest experience, with plenty of cozy cottagecore moments, plenty of mountains, and plentyyyyyyyy of walking. 😜 If you like baking , try Brave (2012) for a tart, sweet exploration of what it means to be family. If you like  leaf peeping , try  In the Forests of Serre  ( by Patricia A. McKillip)  for the chance to lose yourself in a mysterious forest full of fiery color and breathtaking magic. If you like decorating , try Ever Afte...

How do you do, fellow kids? I've been in a period drama frame of mind recently, and I started reminiscing about a couple of my own personal Defining Moments™ when it comes to said genre, and this post snowballed into being from there.  The title is pretty self-explanatory; I'll be sharing some scenes or fragments of scenes from various historical dramas that live rent-free in my mind.  These are the moments I tend to rewind an ungodly number of times whenever I'm watching whichever show in which they appear. Brace yourselves for a lot of caps lock and emoji usage up ahead; I didn't even try to mask my inner teenage fangirl in this post.  (In fact, you might say I deliberately pulled her out of storage.  Dusted her off and flaunted her, you might say.)  Also, 'ware spoilers .  Only a couple of the following moments are spoiler-y, but there are one or two.   Most of these moments come from stories I first experienced as a very wee tot, but there are...

This list was actually even harder to compile than my favorite fictional heroes .  And I feel even more compelled to say: This list is as accurate as I can make it to this specific moment in time; it may easily change tomorrow. ;)  The ranking was harder this time, too.  It changed a lot and I'm still not sure.  Some of them are real close. Also, yes: There are two different Cinderellas on this list.  There was only going to be one, but then I remembered Danielle and poor Leslie Knope got bumped off the roster. *shrugs*  What are you gonna do. (I still love you, Leslie.) #10. Jane Eyre { Jane Eyre } "Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be.  If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?  They have a worth ⎼ so I have always believed . ...

As I mentioned in this post ,  Rebellious Writing is hosting their It's So Classic blog party until the end of August, and I decided a fun way to participate would be to share my top favorite literary classics.  As you can see, there are only five of them in this post, because I have this weird thing where I don't like claiming that any book is a favorite until I've read it at least twice, and a lot of the classics I've liked have yet to be re-read. :-P  Also, I'm restricting my post contributions for this event to classics of the historical fiction variety, which obviously excludes Narnia and Middle-earth and so on.  But five his-fic offerings will do for now, don't you think? So, here they are.  The classic (non-fantasy) books that I've loved the most so far.  (This list will probably surprise exactly no one, but there's nothing for it.  I'm Predictable™.) #5. The Age of Innocence  {Edith Wharton} I'm in the midst of re-reading th...

This month, Rebellious Writing is hosting a classic-themed blog party in celebration of their two-year blogiversary. (Congrats, RW!) The idea is to get talking about classic literature: What makes it great? What can we learn from it? What do we love about it? So, while I am not really a huge classics fan in the sense that I don't read tons and tons of them, I was excited to join in when I first heard about it through Hamlette's announcement . (Thanks for spreading the word, Hamlette!) And since the party is conveniently running all the way through August 30th, we all have plenty of time to figure out if and how we want to participate. :) I have another post for this that I hope to be releasing soon, but for now, here are my answers to the tag questions the party hosts have put out.  (For this party, I'm restricting my answers to books that fall into more of the historical fiction category of classics than classics of the fantasy or sci-fi or children's v...