Monday, October 9, 2023

Currently: Summer 2023

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows

- St. Francis of Assisi 

Hello and I hope everyone had a fun and active summer! Mine sure was! This was a typical humid summer, but thankfully the days weren't consistently hot either. This summer was also very different for the sole reason that I spent it almost entirely with my boyfriend. Something I never thought would happen, but what a beautiful time it has been!

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Coromoron Strike: The Running Grave

Book seven of the Cormoran Strike series arrived yesterday (the release day)! I started it and it's already intense! 

I should humorously add that the thickness of this book is roughly half an inch less that its predecessor. 

Previous Books:

The Cuckoo's Calling

The Silkworm

Career of Evil

Lethal White

Troubled Blood

The Ink Black Heart

 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

A Fool For Good - A Study on Peregrin "Pippin" Took

If we are completely honest The Lord of The Rings is about the Hobbits. The story starts and ends with them and most of the story is from their POVs. Even though they are regarded as simple creatures, there is a great deal of depth and understanding that the four (five counting Bilbo) possess. There's Bilbo's character arc from a country bumpkin to a famed adventurer, Frodo's sacrifice, Sam's bravery and Merry's cleverness. 

And then there's Pippin, the youngest of the group (still a child by Hobbit standards), the clumsy, awkward one, who lives in everyone's shadow, who's always saying the wrong thing, doing the wrong thing, never really knowing his place; and certainly getting into enough trouble to earn him him his nickname, "Fool of a Took," by Gandalf. What does this confused and often misunderstood character bring to the story?