So here we are with another book recommendation post! It’s the end of the summer and as we all feel the school year/work year closing in, there’s nothing like an epic summer read to make these final days of freedom last a little bit longer. We had some assistance from our kittens and Jack Sparrow–…
Friends, Romans, Blogosphere August 2017: Broadway, Russian Men & Clara’s New Sword
Friends, Romans, Blogosphere, lend us your ears! (Eh, was that a little tacky? Probably. But we’re gonna go with it.) So, here we are, with our very first ever Life Update Post. Also to be known as Friends, Romans, Blogosphere (or maybe just possibly FRB—and you know what? That acronym sounded like a better idea…
Silver Screen To Silver Page: Book Recommendations From Our Favorite(ish) Movies
Hermione: Greetings, peasants! It is currently a hot summer’s afternoon. Clara is sitting next to me playing with dominoes. I’ve spent most of today reading this absolutely fascinating book about English History (no joke—it’s a serious page-turner, and it’s nonfiction. I am quite proud of myself.) But we are going to take a wee break…
Much More Than This Poor Provincial Script {And Other Storytelling Lessons from Beauty & The Beast}
Who doesn’t love Beauty and the Beast? Well…let’s clarify. Because there are quite a few Beauty and the Beasts out there today. You have the classic 1991 animated Disney film (which is just iconic, let’s be honest); the original fairy tale (was it a Grimm’s fairy tale? Or a Hans Christen Anderson one?? Or somehow…
Sorting Hat Anonymous: The Hobbit
Hi, I’m a blogger and I’m addicted to sorting fictional characters. Greetings peasants! We are back with a new a Sorting Hat Anonymous, this one based off J.R.R. Tolkien’s timeless fantasy classic—er, one of his timeless fantasy classics, that is. Just a note: we did base our sortings off of the film trilogy, because a…
Dear Sylvia Plath // My Response To *The Bell Jar* {Classic Analysis}
In a way, I’m almost glad that you’re dead, and that I’m writing this letter to a woman/author who will never ever read it. This way I can be brutally honest. I really wish I could do nothing but sing your praises for The Bell Jar, and blather on and on about how much I…
Me and Earl and The Confused Readers of the World
By Clara Oswin Oswald (Yes, I am aware this “whale” hello gif has already been used on our blog–but I saw it and I cannot stop laughing!) Hello Chums! If you haven’t already guessed, today I’m going to dissect Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. What you DON’T know is that I’m also going…
A Grand YA Rant // Our Thoughts on Characterization & Diversity in YA Novels
It’s currently a rather rainy *bleh* sort of June day—and so the perfect time to do a blog post, obviously! The thing is…when we sat down to write this, neither of us were really in the mood to write something terribly concise and/or witty. So, we decided to enter into a discussion on (what else?)…
Review: Unhooked // Basically a OUAT Fanfic tbh+Psychopathic Peter Pan+DARK FANTASY
“I would give Unhooked 4 out of 5 aces,** for an intoxicating plot, a renamed version of Killian Jones, and being set in Neverland. One ace demoted for the soul-devouring and Olivia.” “Neverland retellings usually just aren’t my thing. Unhooked, however, was so dark and entrancing that I was completely captivated. I left the book…
Sorting Hat Anonymous: Once Upon A Time
Hi, I’m a blogger and I’m addicted to sorting fictional characters. About two and a half billion light years ago, we put up our first Sorting Hat Anonymous Post, and finally–finally!–we’re doing another one. And really, what better to do than OUAT, especially with the way Season Six ended? (Emma and Killian got married and…
The Versatile Blogger Award {Featuring 28 Stunning Facts Concerning Clara & Hermione}
Quite a few months ago, both Holly @ Nut Free Nerd and Megan @ Green Gables State of Mind nominated us for this Versatile blogger award. You really ought to go check out both of their blogs—Holly does some fantastic discussion posts/literary analysis stuff, and Megan mixes travel and books perfectly (plus she’s currently reading…
Eight Reasons to Write Your Female Characters Like Elizabeth Swann
Lately Clara and I have been in sort of a Pirates of the Caribbean mood, because a.) the soundtrack for At World’s End is the PERFECT thing to write our Camp NaNoWriMo fantasy/sci-fi novels to; and b.), we’ve been re-watching the original trilogy over the past couple of weeks (and did you know that there’s…
