Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

You know how occasionally you'll find a trailer and it just looks so good and you get super psyched for it and then finally you get to see the movie, and even though it had the potential to be a letdown, like any movie you're excited about does, it isn't -- it's actually just as amazing as you thought and hoped it'd be and so afterward you're just like  Basically, that. Set against the backdrop of a beautiful London garden, this contemporary fairy tale stars Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.  Facing eviction in a month if she can't resurrect the dying garden in her backyard, reclusive librarian Bella Brown (Findlay) meets her grumpy next-door neighbor (Wilkinson), who happens to be a talented horticulturist.  As the two form an unlikely friendship, Bella begins to wonder if she can revive both the garden -- and her dreams of becoming a children's book author -- in this magical, witty film about life and love, also starring Andrew ...

I am here today, as a friend, to issue a warning to my fellow humans.  Unfortunately, a great number of my fellow humans have already fallen victim to this menace, and -- I believe I may safely say I speak on behalf of them, too -- I felt it incumbent upon me to caution any unwary newcomers to the world of entertainment that there is a force out here that should be staunchly avoided. Have you heard of it?  It's called . . . *ominous music* . . .  The BBC. This is serious stuff, folks.  The BBC is a terrible corporation out to profit from the hearts-blood of innocent adolescent girls.  If you value your emotional stability, your sanity, your reputation, your ability to function in day-to-day life, and your independence,  STAY. AWAY. FROM. THE. BBC.   I'll even give you fifteen reasons why.   #1.  It takes a sick satisfaction in making sure that there's always at least one death, and rarely has it ever been content with ...

Well, I'm baaaaaack!  Did you miss me? ;)  (I guess I kind of already announced that I was back in my answers to the Jane Austen tag, but we shan't quibble.) I've been wanting to do a "TV ship appreciation" kind of post for a while now, so here I am!  There are so many couples from so many TV shows that I just love to pieces, so I'm going to unleash all my feels on you all now.  You have been warned;)  Some of these ships sailed and the two became a couple, some are still airing as series, so it's still up in the air, and some of these ships sunk, but I love them all:) Oh, and I won't be mentioned all the couples I ship from all the TV shows I like--just the ones that have really been burning in my mind recently (that's an odd way of putting that…).  Hence the lack of certain couples, such as Sookie/Jackson, Rumple/Belle, Chummy/Peter, Guy/Meg, Alfie/Minnie, etc:) Alec Hardison and Parker (does Parker have a last name??) From:  Lever...

My dear ol' chumps,  Abby  and  Hamlette , have both awarded me!  Thank you, dearies!  I do so appreciate it:) First, for Abby's award-and-questions! ~Rules~ 1.  Thank and link to the blogger/s who nominated you  2.  Answer the 11 questions 3.  Nominate/tag 11 bloggers and ask them 11 questions Do you have a hero (someone who has inspired you)? Several!  One of the most influential being C. S. Lewis:) Books touch us all:  which book or story has touched you in particular? Well, here's a list of some of the stories that have stayed with me over time, that have changed the way I look at something: The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Princess Bride by William Goldman Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the Redwall books by Brian Jacques BBC Robin Hood TV series Wow.  Bet you never saw those com...

I'm going to post the answers to this game a day early because I have another idea for a game that I want to start:)   (It's also because I have a strong suspicion that tomorrow, I'll be absorbed in posting a review to the third season of A Certain TV Show whose finale has left me shell-shocked and heartbroken, but also gloriously, gloriously happy.  Yeah.) I'll also list the films in which I've seen these actors, in case that helps to identify them. #1 is Keira Knightley (First, why does the 'e' come before the 'i' in her name??   It makes no sense.  But anyway.  I've seen her in The Phantom Menace , Princess of Thieves , Pride and Prejudice  (2005), the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and in part of Jack Ryan:  Shadow Recruit .) #2 is Martin Freeman (I've seen him in The Hobbit  trilogy and bits and pieces of the BBC television show Sherlock .) #3 is Lucy Griffiths (I've seen her in the BBC television show Robin Hood .) ...